WE NEED MORE MONEY! (Letter sent to Mexico re: JW Broadcasting of May 2015).

by avaddohn94 44 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • avaddohn94
    avaddohn94

    I don't know if they're making similar arrangements in other parts of the world but below you will find the letter (and the translation attempt) they're sending to all the congregations in Mexico and Central America asking them to modify their September 21 and September 28 Service Meeting programs.

    After watching Jackson's gold Apple Watch and Lett's Pinky Ring one can only assume they are a bunch of brazen, shameless and greedy bastards!

    The letter has already been uploaded at the Spanish Forum and you can find it if you click HERE or see the attached picture.

    The translation "attempt" is as follows:

    August 1, 2015

    TO ALL CONGREGATIONS

    Subject: Needs at the Service Meeting

    Dear brothers:

    In the letter dated April 10, 2015, we were informed of an uplifting spiritual gift that would begin in May in the Spanish Language: JW Broadcasting.

    In view of the great effect that the May program had at a worldwide level, and the practical reminders that were discussed therein, we have deemed appropriate for you to watch that part of the program again during the Service Meeting.

    There will be two presentations of 20 minutes each. The two weeks scheduled for this purpose are the ones of September 21 and 28, 2015. We are confident that each member of the congregation will benefit from remembering how important it is to continue honoring Jehovah with our valuable things (Ps. 119:111).

    We take this opportunity to remind you that you can watch the monthly programs of JW Broadcasting at the Kingdom Hall when there are no meetings scheduled or at homes with other members of the congregation for the benefit of those who do not have Internet.

    We are pleased to work together in furtherance of Kingdom interests.

    Your brothers,

    Cc. circuit overseer

    P.S. to the coordinator of the body of elders: this letter must be read to the congregation at the Service Meeting of the week of September 7, 2015. The program will be presented in two parts of about 20 minutes each and must be scheduled as follows:

    WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21

    22 min. "Honor Jehovah with your valuable things' (Part One). Play the first 22 minutes of the video "JW Broadcasting: May 2015". (You can find it in tv.jw.org in the section VIDEO> FROM OUR STUDIO> MONTHLY PROGRAMS> JW Broadcasting: May 2015)

    8 min. "Imitate Their Faith." Questions and Answers.

    WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 28

    20 min. "Honor Jehovah with your valuable things' (Part Two). Play the next 20 minutes of the video "JW Broadcasting: May 2015". (You can find it in tv.jw.org in the section VIDEO> FROM OUR STUDIO> MONTHLY PROGRAMS> JW Broadcasting: May 2015)

    10 min. “Teaching With the Good News Brochure.” Questions and answers. After considering paragraph 3, have a well prepared demonstration showing a publisher offering the Good News brochure and discussing one paragraph.

    If you compare the NEW program against the one that had originally been scheduled for those two Service Meetings, you can clearly see there are priorities for the Watchtower Corporation and they have nothing to do with the spiritual wellfare of their indoctrinated worshippers (in a region where POVERTY and EXTREME POVERTY reach very significant levels).

    Unfortunately, most of the friends won't clearly see what we are now able to see.

    Best regards,


  • sir82
    sir82

    In view of the great effect that the May program had at a worldwide level, and the practical reminders that were discussed therein, we have deemed appropriate for you to watch that part of the program again during the Service Meeting.

    This makes no sense.

    If the shameless solicitation of funds in May had such a "great effect", then why the urgency to see it again only 4 months later?

    They sound really desperate.

  • The Searcher
    The Searcher
    Anyone else get the feeling that the Org/GB has lost the plot - totally?
  • _Morpheus
    _Morpheus
    Wow! Not only are they begging for money at the serice meeting they are doing it via video. Its the start of tithing and video control of the programs all in one..
  • OverlappingGeneralizations
    OverlappingGeneralizations

    I am getting sick of the solicitation. When I first came in, they didn't ask for money (unless it was some local fund for a needed improvement on the building). That was one thing that attracted me originally was that they didn't pass the plate and beg for money (even though they used to make publishers beg for money at the doors, but that was before my time).

    Anyway- I am sick of the begging. I get it, you need money. Shoulda' thought of that before you started your grandiose multi-continent project with empty pockets.

    Hmm, doesn't it show a lack of faith to build something that takes years to build? Say 4 years? That's what you'd say if it was a college education anyway...

  • steve2
    steve2

    JW organization hypocisy is brazen for it has readily criticized the churches of Christendom for the collection plate and tithing but has its own variation on these.

    And yes, if the individual embarked on a secular training course that would take 3 or 4 years, they'd be told, "Why bother when the end is so close?" yet JW organzation can initiate construction programmes forecast to take longer than 3 or 4 years. For example, the new JW construction in the UK is expected to be completed in 2019.

    The more that time passes, the more JW organization resembles the very institutions it has condemned.

  • sir82
    sir82

    A further question - isn't much of Mexico virtually 3rd world?

    Sure there's lots of JWs there, but they typically don't have gobs of cash sitting around.

    Something like 40% of their population lives below their poverty line, which of course is far below where it is for the US. And I suspect that JWs are disproportionately highly represented among that bottom 40%.

    In the US Sofia goes without an ice cream cone. I guess they want little Rosalita to go to bed without supper so the Bethelites can have a sauna has well as a whirlpool.

  • Munster Abu
    Munster Abu

    Smacks of desperation.

    They are screwed for funds

  • OrphanCrow
    OrphanCrow
    sir82: Sure there's lots of JWs there, but they typically don't have gobs of cash sitting around.

    Yeah, that's why they are asking for "valubaubles"...just in case someone has a few pieces of old family heirlooms sittting around that they aren't gonna need in paradise.

    "Honor Jehovah with your valuable things."

    Humph, for some reason that verse brings to mind old illustrations in the WT literature that showed people laying jewels and babies on the false god altar.

  • avaddohn94
    avaddohn94

    Not only that @sir82!

    Remember Mexico is now in charge of all of Central America (it's called the "Central America Branch").

    If you add the levels of poverty in various states within Mexico (mainly the southern states) to the extreme poverty of countries like Honduras or Guatemala, you can guess how brazen these bastards really are!

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