by Junction-Guy 6 Replies latest jw friends
There are very few circuit overseers that I remember from my childhood, however I remember Ron Soliday basically because of a talk he gave in Kentucky back in the early 1980's. In this talk he basically painted a grim picture of what the year 2000 held in store for earth and went on and on about how scientists predicted this catastrophe and that, but in the end he stated "thankfully the new system should be here by then" Just something I thought I would share with you all
Dave
Junction-Guy,
Aren't you in the new system now?
Welcome to the real world.
Yeah, the real world it is.
Dave
Paradise has been put on hold. New light.
JG,
I remember Ron Soliday,
He was our CO here in the Pittsburgh area. Not sure if it was late 1980's or early 90's. I'm picturing what he looked like but can't remember much about him. By the late 1980's my mind was already leaving the WT even though I was an elder until about 1991. By the late 1980's I couldn't stand the CO's when I realized they weren't concerned about cong. problems.......just their own agenda.
I think all CO's are told to keep the motto: "Don't rock the boat.....just be sure to encourage the dubs to do more".
HappyDad
Hell yeah! Long talks, was BIG on the 1914 prophecy stuff. Sang and prayed with the emotional fervor of a Baptist preacher. I wonder what the "generation shift" did to him. Did it knock the wind out of his sails at all? I mean, EVERY TALK was about how the 1914 generation was dying off.
If I remember correctly, he was from Hocking Hills, OH.
CZAR
although I never knew him, I can visualize his form of teaching. we had a few up here in Canada who were speakers like Baptist hell raisers.
was he a friend of Fredrick Franz. I can't stand it that some CO's were high and mighty. but hey thats what the society wants.
Orangefatcat
