by RR 25 Replies latest jw friends
Well, first of all, I buy my calendars at the Dollar Tree Store. They cost...you guessed it! One dollar.
And they are not only full color, but the photographers etc etc have to be paid.
So WTF do they come up with $5?
And not only that, their artwork SUCKS so nobody even WANTS one of those damn things on their wall.
SHEESH.
Lisa
Second of all, the KM of November 1996 states:
A failure to contribute enough to cover costs will ultimately restrict what the organization may otherwise be able to accomplish in furthering the worldwide work."
So WTF happened to their "rocks would cry out" theory? I say, stop with all the donations and lets see how damn loud the rocks are!
Lisa
That's so true, if it is Jehovah's organization then "ultimately restrict" doesn't come into it. Matthew 24:14 has to be fulfilled - "And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth". This takes either one of two things, hard cash or divine providence!
Going back to the calendar, I think most witnesses think they suck, but they have to create a good impression and so they tend to be in a prominent spot in the house. It's a good idea to pen lots of numbers on the calendar, to show what a busy little witness you are.
This years calendar shows grinning witnesses from around the world, you know the score. One page is Witnesses going to the meeting, i.e. "Not Forsaking Gathering Together", and sees them crowded on the back of pickup truck in Romania, sitting on donkeys in Brazil, Traveling on the Subway in NY, walking on a dirt track in Malawi.
The point they are making here is that all these people have to struggle to get to the meeting, but they appreciate the spiritual provisions. They have to swim through crocodile infested waters, walk though the snow 100km in their bare feet, walk through fields full of land mines, suffering for hours and hours just to get to the meeting. And you live five minutes from the hall, and you have an itty bitty headache, and you wanna miss?! Just you duck those bolts from above!!
At the moment though it's "Witnesses Building Halls". It's not very attractive having something on your wall that just looks like various pictures of building sites! It that worth five bucks?!
Edited by - matty on 24 June 2002 20:47:5
LOL you guys are totally on the money!
I always thought those calendars were god awful ugly. Who wants a pic of Israel with some red dirt and a donkey in the background??? How depressing!!! Then, in the corner, there is some map of the country... thats something I always want to see... a map of Israel!!
*ugh*
at WalMart, I get calendars for 3-4 bucks that have beautiful photos and are quite large. If I remember correctly, the jw calendars are tiny. Hmm...
bye the way , the new WT-CDROM can be ordered.
so ask your JW friend to get you one...:o)
greven.
