Shawn i cannot believe bethelites were expected to donate money when all they have is their allowance, so basically the society gives them a pittance and then expect some of it back again?!Greedy swines.
I did in one mad moment donate £110 for the entire kingdom songs cd collection, as they had recently said from the platform about remembering to donate for things, esp the more expensive items. They are now dumped in the garage where i shall either use them as bird scarers down the allotment or chuck them. Don't think hubby will get anything for them at a car boot like he thinks lol.
Apart from that one time of madness we rarely gave. We both hated the way the society letters about giving money were worded, and hubby used to say if they really have Jehovahs spirit then they would be looked after and don't need to keep reminding people to donate. Might as well pass round the collection plate its virtually the same thing really. Also we had to pay £9 a year just to park on the field at the district assembly so working out how many cars were parked on those fields and what they raked in, and then they would go on about donations towards assembly costs, i thought that was a cheek cos i'm sure most of the car parking money they got would have paid for that.
I just think its wrong to ask outright for donations the way they do if they really think they have the 'troof'. They always used to try to get hubby to skip work and me if we weren't allowed time off by the employers to go to the assemblies,and say Jehovah would look after us etc and quote that scripture about him looking after the birds etc, so not to worry if we lost our jobs, so they should follow that themselves and stop trying to make people cough up!Sorry i ranted on a bit... just its always wound me up and none of the other dubs would ever see it the way we do, or admit it anyway lol
