Has Anyone ever turned down to be on the Governing Body?

by Iamallcool 21 Replies latest jw friends

  • The 12 Apostates
    The 12 Apostates

    I turned it down, the hours wouldn't have suited me.

  • dozy
    dozy

    In the pre-70's times , when the GB had little power and was basically an administrative / corporate advisory body ( essentially Russell , Rutherford and Knorr/Franz were the bosses and ran the Org like a dictatorship ) it was quite possible that sometimes an offer was turned down.

    In more modern times , when the GB really has become the FADS / body of power , one doubts there has been any refusals. To be even considered to be a GB members , one would have been groomed for years and would be totally lobotomised as an "Organisation man" - hence would be convinced that their appointment would have been God directed.

  • The 12 Apostates
    The 12 Apostates

    Are we really so petty here that we'll down-vote someone for making a joke?

    I swear some of you, though you may have left the religion, are still very much stuck in the stuffy, humourless mindset of the JWs. Perhaps you ought to just do us all a favour and rejoin.

  • OrphanCrow
    OrphanCrow

    The12Apsotates, don't worry about the downvotes. Some people have fat fingers and hit the wrong button sometimes. And about the re-joining...don't forget that there are posters on here that don't have to re-join - they haven't left yet.

    *psst....I gave you a like - I thought your remark was funny :)

  • The 12 Apostates
    The 12 Apostates

    Thank you, but are there really people here who are still in, as in mentally in? I thought the society forbid fellowship with apostates.

  • DesirousOfChange
    DesirousOfChange

    I thought the society forbid fellowship with apostates.

    Which tells me that there are more and more JWs getting little "chinks" in the armor. They are getting those nagging feelings in the back of their brain because things are not happening the way WTS promised them for decades. So, they decide they will "take a peek at the darkside".

  • OrphanCrow
    OrphanCrow
    12apostates: are there really people here who are still in, as in mentally in? I thought the society forbid fellowship with apostates.

    I believe there are. Don't forget that each dislike counts as a 15 minute "witnessing".

    Cognitive dissonance allows those who are "in" to excuse their lurking as giving a fine witness. Sites like these are like porn for them - it titillates them to visit here.

  • Betheliesalot
    Betheliesalot

    This question make me think, who is above the GB that is able to make such an offer? A top secret Mason agent that pulls all the strings tied to the current bozos known as governing body members? It can't be a god but must be someone who thinks they are God.

  • RubaDub
    RubaDub

    I turned it down also. They kept calling me about being a member of the GB.

    I got suspicious though when they kept asking me at the end of the call about extending the warranty on my car.

    Rub a Dub

  • careful
    careful

    Thank you, sir82!

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