are congregation revolving around mini-moguls or dynasties of elitist JW?

by cyborgVision 16 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa

    I have been to many halls and seen it in every hall, more noticable in small town congos.

    The congo I am in now, there are two predominate families, One family is from the PO , one is from elder, both with many kids. The PO's daughter is married to the elders daughter. Anyway, the elder has been removed recently so I think there will be a huge shift now.

    It is horrible for those that are not "IN" and it is a terrible form of control and abuse, but......they learned it from the best.

    purps

  • talesin
    talesin
    I am felated to one of these families from Central Oklahoma.

    lol

    but back to the topic,

    There was one family that controlled the area where I grew up. Two brothers. They ruled us like despots. blecch

    t

  • ezekiel3
    ezekiel3
    Conversely, I've noticed that many of these "icons" in the troof... are now "has beens".

    Agreed. Most of the old drama I used to see has dissapated only to be replaced by (choose one):

    A) A humble Christain attitude among all the elders

    B) A renewed sense of urgency

    C) Meeting naptime with an occasional announcement that another icon family member has been DFed

    I'll let you guess...

  • Stephanus
    Stephanus
    even what cereal you should not buy since it supports "Babylon the Great", etc.

    Let me guess: Sanitarium?

  • cyborgVision
    cyborgVision

    Yup Stephanus, I think that was one of those.

  • Stephanus
    Stephanus
    Yup Stephanus, I think that was one of those.

    Understandable - it's owned by the SDA church!

  • Gordy
    Gordy

    Two congregations used the same Kingdom Hall were I came from.

    For long time we used to "vote" for changing the Sunday meetings, morning-afternoon. One cong didn't want to change from morning to afernoon for 3 years.

    Then we got a letter from London Bethel, sent to all congs, that if a KH was shared then congregations will swap meetings times, on the 1st January each year. It must have been sent out because so many congs were having same problem.

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