They pushed me to the point where I could not do it. Had I pious-sneered, it would have been for them instead of God--and would not have counted. Pious-sneer, it was for man. And joke-hova would not count it because it was for man--hence, I refused and told them that, because they pushed so hard, I would never be able to do it and have it count.
And yes, I have seen the fruitages of extra service to joke-hova. One had a wife who was regular pious-sneering, usually not feeling like being out but having the pressure of getting out so many hours a month. When he lost his job, he stupidly regular pious-sneered instead of looking for work. They eked out a pittance by fixing crap and selling it, and going to craft shows. And they wasted so much on trips to Kentucky to work "seldom worked territory". Their possessions were about 98% cheap crap.
Another was a hounder with a full time job with a wife pious-sneering. They had a home, and sold out so they could do missionary work. They did three separate missions--South Africa, Dominican Republic, and Mexico City. What a complete waste. A reasonable, if not lavish, middle class life right down the drain. Also, they put off having children for the New Dark Ages. I am predicting they are going to have a miserable time with wealth in the next life, having invested so much in driving it away from their souls so joke-hova could have their souls.
Yet another was a married couple with 2 children. They had a reasonable middle class lifestyle. The husband was a hounder, and the wife occasionally auxiliary pious-sneered. That was not good enough for them. So, they cut back drastically on their income so the whole family could regular pious-sneer. The parents are getting older now, the children still living at home in their 30s, and they no longer enjoy reasonable material provisions. Again, I am willing to bet on hardships as they get older. Parents getting old enough to need care, children needing to support them and still pious-sneer, and wearing themselves to early graves. And, in the next life, they are going to have to deal with the effort they made to drive money and riches out of their lives.
As for me, they kept hinting that pious-sneering was my goal. The dingbat that dragged me into the cancer wanted me to move into the apartment complex he just got a job managing (and was fired less than 2 years later). The deal was that I was going to save 5 toilet papers a month on my rent, so I could cut way back on my work and pious-sneer. I refused because the commute to work was 5 times longer, it was a terrible area, and the savings were not worth the trouble. Turns out I would have had to give up everything that could have been fun, and even in that weakened state, I could have programmed my soul from merely struggling to being destitute, having to move back with parents, or even being hosted by those jokehovians. Plus dealing with poverty in the next life after spending this one driving wealth out.
Another attempt was made after the fallout from that refusal came through. I bought a few nice things for myself instead of throwing the money away--and got hold of a dormant account. Again, instead of wasting it all, I used part of it as a cushion and splurged on a few nice things (including a graphics calculator and a nice Casio Sports Multi-Timer watch, in addition to some records and other items). Which could have nudged me into a better job. However, members of the congregation were determined to separate me from that job, and insisted that it was run by a church (without giving me any idea of which one) and I would need to quit and join them in their poverty and pious-sneer. Again, a nice waste of wealth. Again, programming my soul into destitution. I feel wasting money on the new Kingdumb Hell (I did get scammed into wasting money into that thing), which created negative value for me, did a fine job at that--I don't need pious-sneering to add to it.
All of which would have been fine if it were for something worthwhile. To sacrifice because I want a nice house, or to move to a nice country, or perhaps start a business, would be fine. But sacrificing on things that give negative value--besides being stupid, it programs the soul to reject wealth. And going on stupid missions, selling out so you can pious-sneer, and quitting one's job to pious-sneer is going to reinforce upon your soul the message that wealth is to be shunned. And, besides the obvious hardships in this life, you program your soul to come back in poverty in the next life. Which I do not want.