by was a new boy 18 Replies latest watchtower bible
p 24
Again passing blame on the rank and file.
After years of having last days,last days,, last days pounded in their heads for decades!!
My parents were baptised in the 1940's. They were told that little George would not have to go to school in this old system. Well little George did go to school, went to Uni, went to work, got married, retired and before much longer will probably die in this old system. Just like countless thousands of others.
George
Rutherford had an assembly talk in circa 1940 ,,,had all the young ones gather at the front of the stage advising them to never marry or have kids.
But only to serve the Borg,,, I mean,, WT,,,I mean Jah.
WAS A NEW BOY:
I believe this is obviously directed at the older people in the congregations (Baby Boomers and maybe the few older people there).. I’m Glad I left years ago.
These Witnesses have been waiting forever for ‘the New System’.. Some of them, sadly, sacrificed so much needlessly maybe not getting that decent job and struggling now financially in their senior years!
It was drilled into their heads to be in constant expectation of the ‘End’. To add insult to injury, many thought that the Covid pandemic was ‘it’. They feel let down because it was not. Now it seems the religion wants to readjust their thinking making them feel their expectations aren’t ‘right’. Well, where did they get these expectations from??
ST GEORGE OF ENGLAND:
I am Glad that you did get to do the normal things you did (university, retirement, etc.). Just imagine the many thousands of JWs who didn’t. They are sitting in congregations growing old waiting for the ‘new world’ in order to live. Doesn’t seem natural, does it.
Longhaired nailed it.
''It"' will always be close.
My mom was one of those kids, BethSarim. She is almost 87, waiting to learn how to play piano in the “new system.” 😢 I was never allowed to develop my interests, either.
Yea,,, life forever on hold.
Before you know you're lying there in hospice care,,,,life passed by realizing when its too tooo late.
Wake up lurking dubba dubs
All the above comments are so very true. I am one of those baby boomers who learned it young and believed for too many years . Now I am forever linked because of family but at least I have my own mind.
They are the masters of deflection and wriggling out of responsibility for their errors. Remember Tony Morris sneering at those of us who believed that kids of the 60s /70s would never grow old in this system... Good riddance to him .
