when you started to slow down in the congregation, what was the reaction of the brother/sister who studied with you up to your baptism?
usually these people hate to see their hard work go down the drain.
did he/she try to encourage you to study again when you became inactive?edited by - jh on 30 december 2002 17:7:45.
When you started to slow down in the congregation, what was the reaction of the brother/sister who studied with you up to your baptism? Usually these people hate to see their hard work go down the drain. Did he/she try to encourage you to study again when you became inactive?
Edited by - JH on 30 December 2002 17:7:45
did you believe that you would be blessed by god by doing more in the organization?
did you see a relationship between being blessed by god and being active in the organization?
Cicatrix
That is sooooo true. I guess it all depends on who you are in the congregation. If you were liked, then they would say that you were experiencing persecution, and if you were not well seen in the congregation, then they would scold you and say" you aren't doing enough for Jah", that's why.
there always seemed to be such a big stink about making sure you went to the hall that you were assigned to.
whatever territory that you lived in, that would be the hall assignment, whether you liked it or not.. if you chose not to go to your assigned hall, boy was there ever flack.
you could get severely counciled for it.. just seems to be another stupid rule that they would get upset about.
It's all a question of control. When you go to a different congretgation, who knows, you could be DF'd and people would talk to you because they don't know that. You can pass for someone spiritual, and fool everyone. They like to be in control, and know if you went to a meeting or not. By going to a different hall or congregation, they have no idea about your whereabouts.
how many times were you in a congregation split?
i was in 1 in about my 10 yrs active as a jdub.
I was in a fairly large congregation of about 130 publishers and they split up in 2 and then 3, with the formation of 2 new congregations. Finally, the large congregation of 130 publishers became so small (about 60), and even came down to about 35-40 per meeting. Finally that congregation ceased to exist because of too few people. They made a bad calculation in dividing like that. That was their way of forcing responsibilities upon people. When a congregation is too large, you can get away without doing much, but when a congregation is small, they need elders, ministerial servants, pioneers, brothers with privileges. So they prefer small congregations to make everybody work their ass off, and also to keep a close eye on you.
Edited by - jh on 30 December 2002 13:50:49
did you believe that you would be blessed by god by doing more in the organization?
did you see a relationship between being blessed by god and being active in the organization?
All the blessings I received was a few privileges such as cleaning the toilets, and passing the microphone at the meetings.
did you believe that you would be blessed by god by doing more in the organization?
did you see a relationship between being blessed by god and being active in the organization?
Did you believe that you would be blessed by God by doing more in the organization? Did you see a relationship between being blessed by God and being active in the Organization?
just found out yesterday, by way of the grapevine, that my jw husband's inheritance from his parents, is going to the wts.
i had been trying to tell my husband that the wts is doing this now, and he did not believe me.
and would u believe it, we heard yesterday, from his his nephew, that it is so, they are not leaving anything to their kids, all to the wts.
Scully,
If 6 million J.W.'s give 20$ a month, to buy books magazines, contribusion boxes, then that makes 120$ a year multiplied by 6million people. That alone makes 720million a year. I don't have all the numbers, but they must have alot more than we think. Just think of all the money given to them when poeple die.
Take a look at this. It's a recent figure. Same amount as before
http://www.newsday.com/business/printedition/ny-cvtop52369349sep17.story?coll=ny%2Dbusiness%2Dprint
Edited by - jh on 29 December 2002 19:25:4
just found out yesterday, by way of the grapevine, that my jw husband's inheritance from his parents, is going to the wts.
i had been trying to tell my husband that the wts is doing this now, and he did not believe me.
and would u believe it, we heard yesterday, from his his nephew, that it is so, they are not leaving anything to their kids, all to the wts.
When you consider that the Watchtower made over 951$ million last year, they sound a little greedy to me
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-biz-nytop100private.story
you have been following the news for weeks on iraq and wonder, "when will we attack and get this thing done?
" finally we invade and the war is in full swing.
the economy, which has been struggling for months now, finally caves in and major retailers fold as of the results of an extremely poor holiday shopping season.
Lets go back to SEPT 11, 2001 and see what people wanted to do when they saw the events in New York and Washington.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=11539&site=3
Yes, many people go back to God when they are scared.So I guess if your scenario happened, then many would go back to the halls.
My 2 cents(canadian) worth
Edited by - jh on 29 December 2002 17:27:40
what are some of the stupidest comments made in the watchtower, or by a circuit overseer or elder that you've never forgotten?
the one about" the rapist being human" too, ranks right up there....like we're supposed to feel bad for him?
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