I use to live in this small town of maybe 1000 people and
about 200 of them were exclusive brethren. They owned all these large
businesses with the majority of people working at these places not being
brethren. Everything they touched seemed to turn to gold.
What was really odd is they had two coffee room and two sets
of washrooms. These people would not talk to you if it wasn’t necessary. They wouldn’t eat with you, have coffee with
you etc etc. They really took the whole being separate from the world serious.
They did pay well but didn’t think twice about firing you if you didn’t work
hard, were late etc etc. They also won’t
eat in restaurants because of the worldly people and contact. Of course they
would get take out.
They have no TV or internet but drive $60,000 trucks and
cars and lived in $500,000 homes. The kids go to public school till grade six, and
then they have their own school. Education
past grade 12 is non-existent, which is really strange because they do run some
pretty serious businesses. Not just window washing and janitorial outfits.
Every few years they would build a new church if there
business did well to get out of paying tax on the money. Of course it would
just sit there vacant but they would keep it looking really nice. Of course
there were no windows. If you walk in Sunday
morning to attend a service, a few elders will met you at the door and ask you
to leave. Jws were told to leave and not come back in Door to Door service.
I sure don’t miss that town much. Weird place, weird people. They were even worse than the JWs when it
came to shunning. Leaving won’t just
cost you your family, but your job.
