They all look very sad and tired to me.
What Do You Think Is the Typical Attitude Of The Average JW Now?
by minimus 21 Replies latest jw friends
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minimus
Oops, this question might give me away as a troll. You might even think that the Brooklyn delegation is reading this right now! Don't ANYONE answer these questions. It's a set-up to tip off the Society. EVERYONE is watching!!! They'll all be waiting for my next question. Remember, everytime you even read my questions, the Society sees it. Be careful. There's tape recordings and unseen videos EVERYWHERE.
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William Penwell
By the buses I see them standing there handing out the mags as if it was toilet paper They shove them in peoples faces and they only take them to get rid of them. You walk around the corner a few feet away and the mags are thrown all over the place. When I was peddling the crap, they always discouraged doing that because the WT said it brought a bad name on Jehovah's organization. Times have changed. I guess they just want to get up their placements.
Will
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Inquiry
This thread is an interesting read.. I've been out since '97, and it was my thinking that JWs were becoming a little more self protective....as in fearing reprisals for even the slightest breach... especially associating with anyone DA or DF... in the past year especially since a few have broken off contact... not all but a few...
Before I left, it was that methodical plodding along... but there was still some enthusiasm... the century was nearing it's end and people were excited... I remember the generation change and I remember the Watchtowers at the time were saying end of this century... then it was changed after 2000... they even changed it on the CDs.. without notation mind you... but in 94, 95, 96 it was all "by the end of this century".... Well, they blew that... I felt like such an idiot when 2001 came and went and still... no armaggedon... lol... what idiots we were eh! God, we knocked on people's doors telling them that... hahahahahhahah...
Inq
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drawcad_1
LB:
I think the average sister is sitting there looking at brothers around the hall and thinking "nice butt".
I think the average brother is sitting there looking at sisters around the hall and thinking "nice rack"
It Might be more like:
average sister "is this all I have to choose from"
average brother "is she legal, yet"
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gumby
Wannaexit ...hit the nail on the head
Witnesses today are planning for their future, retirement. Witnesses are going to colledge, making investments unlike before too.
Many changes within the borg in a short timespan have left many of them empty inside. If they were not a "works" oriented group (believing if they follow all the rules...they'll be saved) , I think most would quit going.
Gumby
BTW Minimus.......you ARE the king of questions
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LeslieV
Seems to me there is more judment and condemnation now. Keeping all the rank and file away from apostates, internet etc. It borders on paranoia. Sterness not compassion. Many of my family members are elders, MS, pioneers etc. There is no room for any individuality at all. Members of my own family are so afraid to even speak about anything other then JW jargon for fear that someone will interrupt it as apostate. It is silly.
Leslie
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acsot
The middle-aged and senior ones seemed tired. Tired of the grind, yet still hoping that somehow Armageddon will indeed arrive and save them from the futility of their lives.
The young ones in my area are pretty "normal". They seem to treat being a JW like any other religion - they go out, go to clubs, go to university or vocational schools, stuff like that. Some young ones are pioneering, and they are practically worshipped by the elders and CO's who don't have a lot of pickings these days when it comes to parts on the assemblies and meetings about "serving Jehovah in your youth".
I often wonder how many have emotionally and mentally disconnected from the collective and are living their own lives and making up their own minds on various issues, "undercover" if you will, in order to keep their family/friend relationships going.
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William Penwell
I hear so many stories of young Jdubs having emotional problems and seeking out p sychiatric help. I think it is due to trying to live a double life with the conflicts about the religion going on in their heads.
Will
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Number 6
I look at my parents now who have been banging on doors since 1974 telling people the end is coming 'real soon' and just think how tired and sad they look. I was told that I would not live in this system until 1980 and go to high school. Then 1981 came I was at high school and was told that there would be no need to look for a job as the system would well and truly be dead and gone before the 90's got here.
Now where are we? I'm 33, got kids of my own, and in less than 5 years from now my oldest daughter will be going to high school.
And so my parents are now running scared because as their 60's approach they have made no provision for their own future. Just the yearly grind of meetings, field service, assemblies on and on and on and on.... I just wonder if in their own minds the spark will eventually ignite and they will see that they have wasted their lives. To try to salvage their old age before they spend the next 20 years telling folks.. with a burnt out look in their eye... the end will be here any day now.
I just feel so sad for these people who 30 years ago were bright eyed 20 something couples with young kids full of zeal for the 'imminent' end of the world who are now middle aged hollow versions of their former selves slaving away to no purpose for the Watchtower Cult.
It's just so very very sad and such a waste of people's lives.
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