my jw girlfriend was here for coffee this morning, and gave me the assembly report.
her husband told her not to tell me one thing because it would give me "ammunition", but of course she told me.
there were no baptismal candidates.
Hi Mulan,
This past weekend was the Special Assembly Day in Tampa. out of 1200 in attendance, 10 were baptized and I got the inference that some of that number had parents in the "truth." But how you can equate expensive weddings and anniversary celebrations to that is beyond me. There is no financial cost to getting baptized--just a bathing suit and a towel.....go figure.
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just wondering who this guy is - can anyone help?!
growedup.
sf -
Thank you for pointing out to me that I worded the question for this thread incorrectly. I should have asked, "How did Ted get to the position he did, and what are your opinions of him?". I appreciate your support for the research work I do. If you ever have a problem with anything I post in the future, please be sure to pm me and I will be happy to address your concerns privately. As we both are working towards the same goals in our research, I know how much you would appreciate me voicing any surprise at anything you may post in a private forum, so I promise to return the favor should I have any questions on your posts.
Yours Truly,
growedup
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LOL!!! You GO girl!!!!
do you consider the ones you left behind in the organization as brothers and sisters?.
the ones who don't shun me are my brothers and sisters!
i have a friend/sister who is still in the organization.
Something is wrong when your friends from the KH are fair-weather friends--yet these same ones are admonished time and again not to be "fair-weather" Christians as in going in service in all types of weather.
Just my 2 Cents.....
poor girl............. did she get caught 2
I got that pic thru e-mail the other day...that's pretty funny, Rosie holding a WT magazine.
is it just me, or does the dub lifestyle encourage astounding degrees of laziness?
we're expected to sit quietly at the meetings and be spoon feed repititious information without thinking for ourselves.
dubs are discouraged from making any decisions without the counsel or approval of the society.
Oh excuse me, we are not supposed to meditate on the words of the Bible--we are not supposed to come to any conclusions on our own because we may come up with apostate ideas. Where is my mind???
is it just me, or does the dub lifestyle encourage astounding degrees of laziness?
we're expected to sit quietly at the meetings and be spoon feed repititious information without thinking for ourselves.
dubs are discouraged from making any decisions without the counsel or approval of the society.
So laziness has to be reserved for kind of mental laziness.
I would say it's a mental laziness....witnesses are even told what to meditate on.
e.g. a portion of scripture can tell you what kind of person Jehovah is
consider how the Biblical account you are reading contributes to the Bible's theme: the vindication of Jehovah's sovereignty and the santification of his name by the Kingdom under Jesus Christ, the promised seed (this thing about Jesus is NEW) Before this it was always the kingdom and it would stop there.
how can you mkae personal application of what you are reading and
give thought to how you might use what you are reading to help others
There is never any encouragement to just meditate on the chapters you've read just to understand the meaning of what is being said.
is it just me, or does the dub lifestyle encourage astounding degrees of laziness?
we're expected to sit quietly at the meetings and be spoon feed repititious information without thinking for ourselves.
dubs are discouraged from making any decisions without the counsel or approval of the society.
I can't fathom thinking the JW lifestyle encourages laziness. You are supposed to have the cleanest house and car. You are supposed to have the nicest yard.
How are you supposed to hae the cleanest house, car and nicest yard when you're expected to spend all those weekends in service?
my mother told me that last night's meeting was about how we all simply have to do more.
if we are asked to work on a saturday, we should know that saturday morning belongs to jehovah and that the automatic answer simply is "no, that time is set aside for jehovah.
" he said our congregation is down to 60 something publishers and we simply just can't afford to lose anymore..... he gave an example of a boy and his dad that were out hunting.
This CO is a company man. His philosophy is "Just do it".
As with the majority of CO's--they don't live in the real world.
my mother told me that last night's meeting was about how we all simply have to do more.
if we are asked to work on a saturday, we should know that saturday morning belongs to jehovah and that the automatic answer simply is "no, that time is set aside for jehovah.
" he said our congregation is down to 60 something publishers and we simply just can't afford to lose anymore..... he gave an example of a boy and his dad that were out hunting.
same ol same ol. Do more, work harder, give more money, more time, more effort. JW's never are given the biblical compliment "Well done."
OR it's "well done" in this area but you gave so much attention to it, you neglected "that area."
my mother told me that last night's meeting was about how we all simply have to do more.
if we are asked to work on a saturday, we should know that saturday morning belongs to jehovah and that the automatic answer simply is "no, that time is set aside for jehovah.
" he said our congregation is down to 60 something publishers and we simply just can't afford to lose anymore..... he gave an example of a boy and his dad that were out hunting.
But ultimately, the real problem with it, is that it relies completely on fear for motivation. There is no "love of Jehovah" in their service. The little boy picks up speed because he is in terror of his life! So the CO is trying to create a fear based rush of service. The problem is that kind of energy simply cannot last - if it does, you'd better get some valium because you'll probably have a heart attack! The kid is probably already on Ritalin, he doesn't need somebody behind him spurring him on!
It's always the threat of Armageddon--create fear that if we don't preach, people will be destroyed. That's the idea I got from our CO's last visit which was last week. Also that the congregation has to work harder because our average is down due to a few more publishers becoming regular pioneers. We all must work to get that average back up!! (CO said this with a warning look in his eye.)
