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.)
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.
You know what? Maybe witnesses need to take a saturday off, to catch up on some yard work, or to sleep in, or to LIVE LIFE... spend time with they're wife and kids.
You can spend time with wife and kids while out in service...didn't you know that?
i am celebrating 20th year my sobriety and 20 yrs working on jw issues!
november is a month for about gratitudes.
a time of reflection.
Congrats OCW!
i would say one of the best things in my life is my true friends, it's nice to have someone you can tell anything too!.
beans.
http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com
I have to agree with Beans. True friends or a friend that you can tell anything to.
was it jw related?
a death?
a friendship gone bad?
Mine was health related - in the summer of 2000, ultrasounds (4 in one year and I had to "hold my water"). That's as far as I'm going for an explanation.
most witnesses believe satan and his demons are looking at them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
were you one of those?
how did you handle stories of demons, witchcraft, etc.??
When a series of articles came out in the WT magazine in the '60's about demons, yes, I was scared. Reading all those experiences of people harassed by the demons. I was afraid to go to bed at night, or take a bath and I was a teenager!!
i run into sister k. at her office sometimes.
everytime i do we 'get into it' about how awful things are in the.
organization.
When your life is a hell on earth it's pretty hard to let go of the idea that any day now ALL of your problems will be solved through the destruction of this system of things at Armegeddon.It's also hard to see the forest for the trees. It's hard to see or accept sometimes that many of these problems you have are caused directly or indirectly by being a JW.
Heather
Amen!!!!
