The GB shares "without partiality" at Bethel!

by bebu 5 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  bebu

  An excerpt from the Proclaimer's book, an amazing piece of historical fiction, pp 350-351

  "The Watch Tower Society has always endeavored to use all the resources at its disposal to further the preaching of the good news... Right down to the present, the organization uses available funds to send out traveling overseers to fortify the congregations and to encourage them in their public ministry....It also uses whatever funds are available to send special pioneers into areas where little or no preaching of the Kingdom message has yet been done. As reported in the 1993 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, during the previous service year, $45,218,257.56 (US) was expended these ways."

  Considering their assets, even back then, 45 million is nothing to brag about.

  Then, further down on page 351:

  "Those who are accepted for special full-time service at the world headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses all subscribe to a vow of poverty, as have all the members of the Governing Body and all the other members of the Bethel family there. This does not mean that they live a drab life, without any comforts. But it does mean that they share, without partiality, the modest provisions of food, shelter, and expense remimbursement that are made for all in such service."

  Let's see... the GB shares their same food, lodgings, and comforts with those volunteering at Bethel? There is no partiality?

  I would love to hear from Bethelites who can confirm that statement.

  bebu
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  bebu

  Oh, and the same expense reimbursements! What a GB can ask for in reimbursements, the Bethelite has the same privilege to receive.

  Somebody forgot to tell them. ...Nobody read this book either, apparently...

  bebu
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  shotgun

  Thank God bebu they put my 56 cent donation to good use.

  $45,218,257.56

  Most missionaries and Special Pioneers need part time work to survive...along with mysterious donations of Campbells Tomatoe soup which are meat in due season for the hungry.
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  VM44

  "But it does mean that they share, without partiality, the modest provisions of food, shelter, and expense remimbursement that are made for all in such service."

  It has been pointed out here at JWD that the people at Bethel are billed for medical expenses, and that the person's job at Bethel determines how fast the bill would be paid off by the accounting department. So if you have a job that would pay top dollar in the secular world, your Bethel medical bill would be paid off faster. If you sweep floors, the bill will take longer to be settled. This is partiallity, and it cannot be denied.

  This one example shows the statement in the Proclaimers book to be false. This is also a reason the Watchtower doesn't want people to know what goes on at Bethel, so they can basically say anything they want about how great they are.

  The reality is different than what they say it is.

  Also, Fred Franz once took a group of people for dinner at a chinese restaurant (mentioned in the book "The Orwellian World of Jehovah's WItnesses"). Where did he get the money to do that? Obviously he had an expense account. How many people at Bethel have such an account?

  The Proclaimer book is mere PROPAGANDA! Smooth words written to counter the appearance of JW history books such as "Apocalypse Deylayed" by Jiim Penton.

  --VM44
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  iiz2cool

  Right down to the present, the organization uses available funds to send out traveling overseers to fortify the congregations and to encourage them in their public ministry

  This is complete bullshit. Each congregation pays for the CO expenses after each visit. The expenses include their personal expenses, such as groceries, medication, and gas for their cars.

  Walter
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  AK - Jeff

  "But it does mean that they share, without partiality, the modest provisions of food, shelter, and expense remimbursement that are made for all in such service."

  What about travel ? Raymond Franz reports in his books that he and all the GB members often took 'Zone Trips' - and it sounds like these were no low-cost affairs at times. Some of the brothers that I knew at Bethel could not afford to make it there without help from home - the weekly cost of subway fare was actually more than they were given - and they had to make meetings at congregations throughout NY three times a week. They sometimes had to hitch-hike to get home on vacations.

  Equal treatment? I doubt that.

  Jeff