Are JWs now encouraged to volunteer? (page 2)

LevelThePlayingField

I was a foster parent for a few years, if that counts for anything.

loneranger

CO once said in a talk..."Helping any worldly organization to provide aid in this system is "like putting a band aid on a cancer patient"...that was 30 years ago...sick...

James Mixon

Foster parent in my area that was the thing to do, we were foster parent for a minute.

The WTBTS aims to occupy all the time any one JW has available. That some of them break away to do some real actual 'good' in society is commending, but definitely an act of rebellion against the Org.

Believe you me, if one was do every single thing required of a true JW, one would need to add hours to each day. These jerks just pile up so much for a JW to do in order to feel at peace in the mind.

It's just ridiculous!

DY

careful

I knew a pioneer couple who volunteered at a local food co-op. I belonged too and they did not use their time there to witness. Rather they just did work there handling food, filling bins, etc.

FayeDunaway

I never knew any JW's who volunteered to do anything except myself. Not to be self righteous or anything, that's just the way it was.

TheOldHippie

Me too, Faye - so then we are 2.

Lieu

Interesting loneranger,

I used to say, "giving someone a magazine when it was obvious they needed real food was like giving your son a rock for dinner."

Are JWs now encouraged to volunteer?