by James Jackson 34 Replies latest jw experiences
This week our KH devoted the Whole Service Meeting to the upcoming International Convention in Atlanta. They read a 5 page letter from the Branch which stated basically that we should feel priviledged to be invited to this Convention.
However, many are not using the "Recomended Lodging List", "many Hotels still have plenty of rooms available", "We must be loyal to this arrangement", (or the Organization will not get their comp rooms).
Religion in America- a taxpayer subsidized ponzi scheme...
First Detroit, now Atlanta....
These are troubling times in the kingdom, m'lord.
Was it seriously 5 pages? Or was that just a bit of hyperbole?
My daughter is making plans to attend.
I don't envy her in the least.
Sylvia
SYLVIA
How are you? I've missed you and I hope you are happy and well.
Sir82
Looks good on them!
Yay!!! The waters are dying up!! Let's hope this trend continues.
DD
I googled the atl convention for dates, and found this site. http://specialconventiontrips.com/
Actually, if this happened as reported, the implications are significant.
In the grander scheme of things, who really should care if JWs aren't lining up to spend money at certain hotels?
But the GB seems to view it as a matter of utmost importance and a personal insult to jehovah himself. Imagine, to cancel the "lifegiving spiritual truths" of an entire service meeting, and write a 5 page letter, scolding the congregation for what is so minor it's not even an infraction....
Are these guys starting to panic?
JWs don't fall all over themselves to obey with exactitude the whims of the GB, and the result is hysterical reaction and a screeching castigation?
If they get this spastic over a few hundred JWs being unwilling to follow their banal rules, how are they going to respond when something really big happens?
