Honesty, or someone want to call Bethel?

by gringojj 1 Replies latest jw friends

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  gringojj

  I wish I had a way to record calls because I would do it myself. I was thinking, what if a concerned jw called Bethel with this predicament.....The dub wants to know if it is ok to accept donations from the salvation army. The dub can say that they have always been told to donate to the world wide work, and discouraged from giving to other religous charities. So now they are not sure what to do because they need help, but since they are unable to find any direct help from the jws, they are not sure if it is right to take from one of satans organizations. This would be very interesting. If I mad the call I would say after all of this with a real inquisitive tone...."anyways why is it that there is no visible presence of gods earthly org. here, but it is all of satans orgs that are helping people"? Thiscould be very funny.

  Or the caller could pose as jw relative of someone affected by the hurricane. They could ask bethel who they should donate to because all they see on tv is the red cross and others, but no jws. They could say they want to make sure the money gets to the victims, and watch as the wts squirms because they dont have a designated fund.
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  lola28

  I did this last week. I talked with someone in the service dept. and told him I wanted to donate to the victims of Katrina, what where we doing to help those poor people?

  He said that the brothers closer to the affected areas had already begun to organize relief efforts, then he asked me what state I was in and I said CA. He said I should make a donation to the world wide work, and I asked " Well how will the brothers know what I want my donation go to?"

  He said the brothers at the local branch would determine where the money was most needed and then I asked " so all my money wont go to help the victims right?" again the answer was that the branch would determine how to use the funds.

  Very innocently I asked " Well is it okay to donate to the redcross? Because if I donate to the redcross I know that my donation will all go to the victims". To which he said " you are right about that, there is information in the publications about donating but research is required."

  To which I said " thank you" and then I hung up.

  lola