The local KH that I drive by at least several times a week usually has a packed parking lot--sometimes the cars are double parked in front of one another.
I don't get it really.
are anymore people attending meetings due to the bad economic condition of the world right now?
from what i read here i don't think they are.
if they can't grow in this environment i think they will even get smaller when things get good again.
it used to be that pioneers supported themselves with free literature and magazines and put in 100+ hours a month.
then 90, then 70.. a publisher had to put in at least an hour a month to be counted.
now 15 minutes.. they used to hand out a written review and collect it and grade it!
Metatron,
Your list is right on.
I don't know if I would characterize it as mainstreaming. It is more like the way you describe at the end of your post -- decaying.
What amazes me is that somehow they keep going in spite of the swath of destruction have left in their wake. And, the R&F can't see that the GB are nothing but a bunch of deluded power mongers.
Remember those long ass assemblies? Most of the Dubs today couldn't meet the standards or keep up with the work load of years ago.
when i was about 10 or 11, i was at the district assembly, there was a brother that gave me a lecture after i was misbehaving, i gave him the middle finger, he was very shocked and my mom slapped on my hand.
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i was just thinking of all the things i did for the wts (a group of old men that live in new york whom i've never seen and never will) and what they gave me in return.. .
what i did for the wts :.
studied the ''truth book'' for 6 months just to get baptized.
For the oldtimers--how about "backcall" -- the stupid ass that agreed to let you come back and harass the shit out them
How about options in the columns on the House-to-house record slips.
NH -- not home -- by far and away the most entered
NI -- Not interested--not on the official list of options but frequently entered (I know because I was the territory servant for a long time)
CA -- call again-- why the f*ck bother-- all they did was agree to talk--other than that they were dumber than a box of rocks (most of the time)
Damn, I used to have so many slips and little pieces of paper that I couldn't keep track of them.