Scoob, I pioneered, special pioneered, served where the need was great, learned two foreign languages to be more effective in the preaching work. No one was more sincere than I was at the time. (I'm just telling you this as background info, as in ?I know whereof I speak?)
I told one of my relatives (through marriage) recently that JWs have to report the time they spend preaching. He just about fell off his chair. I made no "editorial" comments about the preaching work other than the above (his mother is also a JW, as is mine - and as I have been for all my life, 40+ years). His comment: "then there's an ulterior motive. It?s not a spontaneous work they do, it?s a control mechanism, to see that people are heeding the party line."
It's obvious to people, Scoob, that the preaching work, though undertaken by many sincere people, of whom I was one, would grind to a halt if the requirement of reporting time on a slip of paper every month was eliminated. You know that it's true. Deep down, Scoob, you know it's true.
A few people, like my mother before she had her stroke, and another JW friend, would preach anyhow, because they enjoy it. But it would probably be undertaken in a vastly different way, more like Jgnat?s example of Jesus preaching at the well. With no hourly requirements, the preaching would take on much deeper, and more personal, significance.
But "needing" humans to preach is quite limiting for an omniscient, omnipotent, almighty God. It's kind of like requiring your kids to speak favourably about you to their friends for one hour a day, every day, or else you won't love them anymore. Pretty ridiculous. But that?s a whole other topic
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BTW, I?m glad you?re here Scoob, you keep us on our toes and make sure we stay balanced in our approach (or at least try to). And what you say is exactly the same thing I said at one point in time, when I wsa preaching and came across "opposers".