by jehovaxx 30 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
his friend (who is the good JW trust the GB no matter what they say)) he wants a part time job.
the video shows him dreaming about investing his money on his phone and the chart goes up, he drives a nice car and seems to be doing well financially.
then he reads the scripture in Proverbs and next you see that investment chart go down in the red and he is so pleased he just got a low paid part time job.
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Do you also blame Jesus for what he said about spiritual vs material riches?
It's funny how Watchtower craps on education, but when they need free help it's a different story. My first lesson was that I don't need Watchtower for anything!
My JW father advised me early 90's to invest in bricks and think about long term. Also to follow good education.
I did and the result is not bad at all.
Gorby
“…he is so pleased he just got a low paid part time job.”
…said no real person, anywhere, ever.
I understand what they are trying to say: Don't become consumed with the love of money/material pursuits. No one can serve two masters. This is a Bibiblical message & it is true. We see time & time again how people trust so much in their material wealth that 5hey become absorbed in it & it leads to spiritual ruin. It is in fact Jehovah's counsel & warning to make your spiritual goals a priority & therfore build your spiritual treasures. In my life experience, I know this is absolutely true & good advice.
However, what I disagree with & don't like is the GB has taken that Bible counsel & twisted it into " full- time jobs are bad". They basically harass, judge & guilt- trip everyone who is trying to/needs to just make a living. This has personally affected me & this topic is a little touchy. It is absolutely one of the things that I don't fully agree with. Because there is a big difference with just trying to make a living and being greedy & pursuing riches.
If feel they need to include in their discussions about higher education & jobs/career the fact that there is nothing wrong with with those things in an of themselves. So they need to focus more on warning of spiritual dangers from the love of money, not assume that working full-time is bad & means your not spiritual.
I came in when I was in my early 20s & I was a divorced single mom. I had no family support or financial support/child support. I struggled terribly financially. Then a few years in I got a good full-time job with a decent salary & benefits. I was able to keep my head above water financially, but ai certainly wasn't rich or had excess. One Saturday a month, I was required to work 8- 2.
I got counsel from an elder I liked & respected that was negative. He says, remember, your 1st responsibility is raising & training your daughter to serve Jehovah. All the time you spend working means that's time away from your daughter, Jehovah & the congregation. Consider finding a job where you don't have to work so many hours.
I was flabbergasted! It came out of left field! Meanwhile this guy was married & both he and his wife worked. Do they critisise & judge men who are the 'head of household' when they have full-time jobs? Because as a single parent, I am the head of household. That was just one example of their criticism & judgement that I don't agree with.
TxNVSUE, they want everyone else in poverty, but not them. They are evil a**holes.
Does anyone have this video?
TXNVSUE2023:
I happen to agree with your post 100%.
This is what I have been saying all along: they try to say that full-time jobs are bad.. Meanwhile the hypocrite that spoke to you works (his wife as well).. Like you, I am the head of my household (even if it’s only one). They don’t like to acknowledge that if you are a woman.
I believe at this point the religion is desperate to keep younger people in the seats there. Hence the absurd advice to hardly work. They don’t care if somebody starves! Meanwhile, they are in the lap of luxury and not in reality about things like paying bills.
I also know the difference between making a living and chasing riches. They are not the same - even though the Witness religion tries to make it as if they are. They are so deceptive.
Back in the late seventies I was treated like an outcast in the congregation because I wouldn’t buckle under their pressure to quit my job and do housecleaning/pioneering - the only approved course for a young woman.
Maybe I can credit my non-JW upbringing for helping to resist their bad advice(?) I just know I would not be retired today if I listened to them back then. They certainly would not be supporting me - or anybody else.
They want everyone else in poverty.
But not them?
How in the hell do they expect the donations$$ to keep coming in? Especially with the cost of living these days.?
The Borganization is its own worst enemy.
