Few JW leader have children

by slimboyfat 22 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • HereIam60
    HereIam60

    I well remember a talk given in the 1980's called "Responsible Childbearing in the Time Of The End". With the end " so close" upon us., we were reminded that Noah's sons and their wives evidently did not have children so as not to distract them from helping build the ark, and that the children of the wicked perished with them in the Flood, that Jesus said it would be harder for those with young children to flee to the mountains for safety, and that some of the besieged in Jerusalem ate their own children! I remember this caused quite a stir at the assembly I attended with people gathering together in the back of the auditorium and asking "Are they really saying NOT to have children?". The material later appeared as a Watchtower study article.

    At present, having a family does not seem to be actually discouraged, but there still is a major pitch for young people to remain " free" for full time service, less the pioneer ministry anymore, and more on working in construction projects.

    I'm sure Anthony Morris III's sons are still in. He said once, in a talk, and his printed life story that his sons "make us look good...". I've thought that one (of several) reasons for his deparure was his frank admission in an annual meeting talk, that interestingly was retained in the JW Broadcasting version, that when older ones in the 1970s told his sons they would not finish school in this system, and they asked him about this, he told then they needed to keep on the watch, as this system could go on many more years, mentioning 2020...

  • joey jojo
    joey jojo

    If a JW is serious about their faith, it is extremely difficult to reconcile bringing children into this world.

    Ive always wondered how any JW can preach about how sick the world is and how close to the end we are, and then proceed to increase the population with their own offspring.

  • Sea Breeze
    Sea Breeze

    Russell had a failed marriage.

    Rutherford had a failed marriage

    Knorr was not married for the first 9 years of being WT president. Then his new wife complained to other sisters that he never consummated the union.

    Fred Franz never married.

    WT leadership have not been what you would call "family men". They have created the greatest family killing machine ever devised. They were all weirdos.

    The produced the joke book - "Family Life". How dumb can people be?

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