Less We Forget-Unplanned Retirement.

by Blueblades 3 Replies latest jw friends

  • Blueblades
    Blueblades

    Of the many abuses that the Society is responsible for is the Unplanned Retirement of so many who have given their youth and strength and have sacrificed their whole lives, even selling their homes and businesses,not going to college etc. on the words coming out of the so-called slaves' mouth that we trusted in about an "END" that never materialized.

    Many are now turning more attention to their personal finances as many more face an Unplanned Retirement.Many are hopelessly in debt and burdened with mental / emotional problems from years of pioneering and slaving until they can give no more.Disappointed from an "END" that never materialized.

    The WT.study for today,March 9,2003 continues this abuse when it tells the rank and file not to plan for your future retirement, just continue to come to the meetings,continue to study WT.aids,continue to put the preaching work first,forget about wasting time in the pursuit of your own personal needs, just pray, just pray.

    I am one of many who has become a victim of this kind of abuse.So, for those of you who are young and still have years ahead of you,avoid having to wake up to the realization of an Unplanned Retirement.By all means plan for your future,do not let this abuse of enslavement of your youth ensnare you as the WT.study for today is continuing to try to do to the unwary.

    How many on this forum can testfy to the years of service they gave to the Society and now have to try and recover from an Unplanned Retirement as I am doing now.

    Blueblades, 60 yrs old and making up for lost time (32 yrs.aWT.slave ) and involved in a new career in the health field and not planning to retire for a long time yet.

  • happysistah
    happysistah

    Hi Blueblades,

    It is very unfortunate that the Watchtower tells people to not plan for their retirement. Personally, I have not really plan for retirement either, because I thought Armageddon was coming. So now I have to aggressively save. I have a little more time since I'm in my mid 40's.

    The Watchtower does not encourage people to be money savvy at all. I think on occasion throughout the years, there may has been a few articles on the perils of getting into debt, but that's about it. Likewise, there are many people here on this board that probably did not go to college, because the Watchtower said put spiritual interest before material interest. And of course, this has directly affected people's ability to earn a living.

    I do sympathize with you Blueblades because there are so many people who did put spiritual interest first and are now suffering materially. For some faithful JW's, the golden years are turning into the financial crisis years.

    In the United States, the bottom line is money and the Watchtower understands that. That is why the Watchtower has it publishers and pioneers out their pushing their products. The Watchtower has cheap labor--it free! At the end of the day, the pioneers and publishers suffer.

    Happy Sistah

  • freedom96
    freedom96

    This is yet another example of how the WTS hurts people, and they offer nothing to help. I feel for those who spent so much time in the organization, and now reality hits, and something has to be done. For way too many, it is to late.

  • Shutterbug
    Shutterbug

    The Awake, May, 22, 1969 Page 15 reads, in part: " As a young person you will never fulfill any career that this system offers. " Let's see here, 18 years old in 1969, would be about 51 or 52 years old now. Must take a hell of a long time to fufill a career!! Bug

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