Beautifully put Met !
Jehovah's Witnesses: How Their Subculture is Fading Away.
by metatron 35 Replies latest jw friends
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SadElder
Well said.
I look back, with a special fondness, at the times spent in pre-convention work. The days and hours spent with dear friends, many who have long since past. The downfall of this started with telling the friends that the only ones qualified to work in various departments were ministerial servants and elders. They trained the folks to no longer be volunteers. In essence they told them you're not good enough to give, get the hell out of here. So that's what they've done, gotten out. Now look how hard it is to get people to work at conventions.
The controlling interests in Brooklyn would have dubs do nothing but go in service, read the Watchtower, and go to meetings. Anything else is scummy dross in their opinion.
Why is that beautiful Kingdom Hall properties can't be used as a secure place for our children to meet and play, and picnic together? Now congregations are told don't you dare come to a Kingdom Hall in time of disaster, we don't have the insurance for it. The Kindom Hall is a center of pure worship only at the whim of the legalistic minds in Brooklyn. To hell with them.
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DanTheMan
but the Watchtower.... will leave nothing behind except the collective cellulose pulp their forgettable literature
was made of
Ouch!
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Blueblades
They have downsized everything, but they will never downsize the meetings from 5 to 1 meeting, Sunday only. Because meetings are the last place they have left to collect money. Imagine no special day, circuit or district conventions, assemblies etc. Only Sunday meetings! Where will the money come from?
Good post Met.
Blueblades
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eyeslice
Excellent topic!
I too remember the good old days - at least there was somethings to get enthusiastic about. There was always plenty of wrok to do for willing volunters. If you were a young brother, you good get on in the organization pretty quickly - I gave my first 1/2 public talk at 18, by the time I was 19 was 2nd school overseer and giving full public talks, was appointed an MS at 20 as soon as the new Elders/MS arrangement came out.
I agree with Sweet Tee; it has become a joyless religion. I got really fed up at elders' meetings when the topic of youngsters came up and it was in a negative light.
I feel really sorry for young ones today - they have nothing to contribute. It is bad enough for young men but young women have nothing to do in this stagnant organization.
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TheListener
I agree. The socializing aspect of the religion has dramatically decreased, that includes the dub sponsored stuff like picnics, parties, etc. and the society sponsored stuff like volunteering, etc.
This lack of socializing must have a long term effect.