by minimus 51 Replies latest jw friends
Its those kinds of people that had my mother pioneering while she was being treated for cancer. Those same people had the nerve to roll their eyes when they would ask how she was feeling and she would respond honestly. I hope God shows them the same kind of mercy that they showed to my mother.
Curlygirl
So, by the logic of all this, what happens if a JW gets sick with a communicable disease, such as measles, influenza, tuberculosis. Does he/she have to attend, and if so, wouldn't that put the rest of the congregation at risk? When I was a JW back in the early 1960's, I don't recall this ever being an issure.
I sat in a talk once where the brother said that if you were sick with the flu or cold you should come anyway, since you were going to feel crappy either at the hall or at home you might as well feel good spiritually when it was all said and done. Of course when I mentioned that they should stay home to quit spreading their germs, I was the spiritually weak one, because Jah would protect the congo. Ugh.... he might protect the innocent but not the fricking stupid!
This is one of those topics that just makes me shake my head in disbelief that I was ever a part of such a stupid religion.
Blondie quoted this:
In some areas, great efforts have to be made to attend Christian meetings. A 70-year-old woman regularly walks about six miles (10 km) to get to the weekly meetings. On the way, she wades through one of Kenya?s biggest rivers, even though crocodiles are lurking nearby. At times the current becomes so strong that it almost sweeps her away. Yet, she considers the spiritual feast well worth the effort. What an outstanding example of zeal!
I seem to remember this very example, thinking they would even praise her more if she was eaten by the crocs or drowned due to her zeal. They would say she died faithful, I can just imagine them saying this at her funeral.
I remember there were some very sweet , older sisters , no they were very elderly,,,,,,in my old hall and they didnt miss meetings and risked their health and safety and the elders, usually very fit men,, didnt do a darn thing to make it easier for them. Sorry on the men, "brother " bashing , don't mean it to be that way, but there were some like that in my hall. It is just that our congregation had a great abundance of little sweet old sisters. They did the bulk of everything in our hall.
ALL THE ELDERS WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COUNCEL THEY DISH OUT. THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEIR OWN PERSONAL CONSIOUSOUS AND THEY MIGHT NOT MAKE IT INTO THE PARIDISE.
Where is the concern for a fellow bro or sis health? I just don't get it. These are people that are God's chosen ones? God's modern day organization and mouthpiece?! I know He's in heaven either getting ill or pissed over these idiots. I look back now and can barely fathom that this is where I came from. Honestly, it sickens me.
The people with no mercy deserve to get exactly what they're giving. I hope they remember how little mercy they shared as they sit there alone and without friends when their day comes.
Ugh..reminds me of one night when I still lived in the same city as my parents...They were calling for snow showers, nothing major. My dad (non-JW) told my mom she couldn't drive to the meeting that night because of the weather.
My mom was so concerned about the elderly sister that she picked up having to miss a meeting. She called me to pick them up, and I did as I had to go out anyway. She couldn't find another witness to do it, but judging by the cars in the lot, most of the congregation made it that night. My dad has a tendency to overreact, but still.
Where is the love? My mom was always doing things for others at the hall, but no one could return the favor? At her new hall, she picks up her sister who doesn't drive and a couple of others that are elderly for every meeting. My aunt rarely made it to the meetings before my mom moved up there.
Maybe the elders should have told people that they could count their drive time to the KH if they picked up an infirm one. I bet they'd get more volunteers. They'd also drive very, very slowly to the KH....LOL
My brother puts in a token appearance at the Sunday meeting a couple of times a month and he says that there are quite a few on the hook-up in his congregation. He's kind of friendly with one of the elders (who happens to work for him), and the elder let it slip a few months ago that the body of elders is concerned that there are so many on the phone and not in attendance. Now get this: "We need to get them to the meetings more. Publishers on the hook-up don't contribute anything." Do you reckon that's it? Is it about money? It usually is. It wouldn't surprise me a bit.
David
