I remember asking my parents about this when I was a kid and being told that the Society doesn't do that sort of thing because it wasn't wealthy and the risk of being taken advantage of was too high (in my parents' defense, I think they actually believed this).
Worldly charity helps Jehovah's Witness child with life-threatening heart defect after Watchtower Society 'charity' refuses help
by jwleaks 31 Replies latest watchtower medical
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Bob Loblaw
Hey, I was born in Greenfield IN.
Thank you Rotary Club for your world wide life saving work! Let me just squeeze by these people standing behind those carts there doing nothing on the corner and I would be more than happy to donate to your world wide charitable and humanity loving cause.
Thank you for saving this little HUMAN BEINGS life!
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breakfast of champions
It's amazing how Satan uses worldly charities to make God's Only True Religion look stingy, unfeeling and inhumane.
That damn Satan is pretty crafty! 👹😈👣👹👾💋🔥🍉🍷🍳💥🎉
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umbertoecho
My sister a devotee of this religion received some excellent assistance when she and her husband were dead broke.
In telling me about the Anglicare program that supplied so much food and vouchers, she was sort of..........laughing about it. Not in a nice way either. It was more of a "fooled the wicked system" sort of glee she felt. I was disgusted with her and told her to stop mocking people who are genuinely good. Quick change of subject followed.........I asked her if anyone at their hall had helped out...............No response.
This is quite a common type of attitude I have noticed throughout the years.
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WingCommander
"By their fruits you shall know them....................." -
brandnew
Damn.........the society got bitch slapped !!! 😆 -
brandnew
@breakfast......ummmmm whats the significance of the watermelon......cuz it made me crave some.......sorry gotta run to the grocery store!!!!!!!😉 -
brandnew
Charities are supposed to give.......not constantly be asking to be given to...........wow.....beggars.... -
disposable hero of hypocrisy
The original link only shows the first three paragraphs for me, does it work for everybody else?
I wonder if I could share this on social media , making a point but not drawing attention to myself...
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Zoos
Years ago I found myself with an extra sum of money during District Convention season for our area. Knowing we had a few in our congregation that were struggling, I approached an elder and asked if there was a fund in place that was used for helping local brothers get to the convention city or pay for lodging, etc... I got such a look of suspicion and it almost seemed like his face went into slow motion.... "Whyyyyy...?", he asked.
I quickly put it together that he thought _ I _ was asking for money and he was extremely uncomfortable with it. That made ME extremely uncomfortable so I quickly added, "I just wanted to pitch in to help the LOCAL brothers but I don't know what the arrangement is."
I gleaned from that experience that charitable giving is not a comfortable arrangement or topic inside "God's Christian congregation."