Charity work in Dubsville

by Qcmbr 11 Replies latest jw friends

  • Big Dog
    Big Dog

    First, Scully, that is so true in every venue, the WBTS works the system when it benefits them, the legal system, the tax system, etc. but forbids any type of participation in that system by its members, just the worst sort of parasitical and hypocrital behavior that I can think of.

    Second, when my father was dying last year hospice (which by the way I can't say enough good stuff about hospice) hooked my parents up with all sorts of outreach programs which included visits by a catholic priest of all things for grief counseling. One member of their old congregation came to see dad. Also an elder starts coming by and says, boy am I glad someone told me about this or we might have missed you. I ask him, (knowing the answer but wanting to make him squirm) don't you have any types of formal outreach programs for the sick and needy in your congregations. And he gives me this sick look and starts with uh, well, um see God (I can't even bring myself to type the J word) will provide for people and the congregation will take care of them blah, blah, blah. And I say, yeah like my dad who almost slipped through cracks, you know if you had a formal system set up that wouldn't happen. He starts with this well that's a nice thought blah, blah, blah. And then I say, the catholics are here and dad isn't even a member, do you do anything like that? Again with the sick look and then ums, and ah's and well with our preaching work we comfort people with the hope, blah, blah, blah. So of course I make sure that I say, but no specific grief counseling, just general preaching. Then I ask him what sort of training he has had in grief counseling, lots of ums and ahs, and well I have bible training blah, blah, blah.

    By the way, my dad died in my house, the house of the only child of his four kids that wasn't a JW, and the reason why, well gee, they were too busy with the preaching work and going to assemblies I guess.

  • xjw_b12
    xjw_b12
    When I first became a JW in 1972 that had a 55minute talk outline that basically said it's not agood idea to give to charities since they were of the world and run by corupt people that pokected most of the money

    Now there's an example of the pot calling the kettle black.

    I can never recall the congregation "voting" to give the needy financial assistance, though I do recall the contribution box being opened for that night only, when travelling missionaries stopped in and gave a talk/slide show. Whatever assistance individuals received was from other individuals.

    "Religion is the worship and service of the Devil and his associate demons .... Religion is the chief means that puts fear into the minds of the people and leads them into the Devil's snare .... Truly then, as stated, 'religion is a snare and a racket,' employed to collect money from them under false representations." Joseph Rutherford Watchtower, Jan. 15 1940, Page 29

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