Winning the Lottery: What a Way to Go!

Room 215

After reading Minimus' lottery thread, I couldn't help but think that there would be no better way of exiting the WTBTS than after having one's picture on the front page of the newspaper clutching a $230 million paycheck... talk about going out in a Blaze of Glory!

dustyb

i've not won the lottery that fat, but i've won 40 bucks once on a scratchers =D i was happy enough and it got me really drunk that nite. anyways, if you won the lottery, the Watchtower would tell you that if you were repentant you'd donate 250 million dollars to them.... (i believe that was posted in an earlier post a few months ago)

flower

I dont know about that..I think then all the witnesses would be like 'see, money really IS the root of all evil, having too much will make you turn away from jehovah'. The society would use it as an example and shove it down their throats somehow making them feel guilty even for the little bit of money they make when cleaning peoples houses. Donations will go up, kids pursuing higher education for higher paid careers will go down even further, number of pioneers or people who ' put spiritual things first' thinking 'jehovah will provide' will probably go up. The cult leaders would have a tighter grip on those who are innocently believing their word is that of God. That is not the message I would want to send if I were able to leave on my terms.

Now after a couple of years out they know I didnt leave for money so I wouldnt mind winning the big one now!

Mary

Actually here's something funny that happened to me years ago. It was just before the Theocratic School (ours was on Wednesday nights) and I wanted to get my Lotto 649 tickets beforehand as the cutoff is 8:00pm. So I go racing across the street to the convenience store and scout the store looking for any fellow Dubs. Sure enough I spot one of our elders so I thought "oh great." I went to the back of the store pretending to look around, waiting for him to go. He was up at the cash register taking FOR-EVER and I was starting to get annoyed. I thought "come on, let's move it!" So I got in line behind him and lo and behold HE was buying lottery tickets. I came really close to whispering to him "don't forget to get the Encore!" He left the store with his tickets and I got mine and I started laughing and laughing and laughing.......I went to the meeting that night and as soon as I saw him I started laughing again. He was harmless and actually a nice guy so I certainly never said anything, but man that was funny.

seeitallclearlynow

Good reminder, Room 215! I've always wanted to buy a lottery ticket but never have. Wouldn't know what to do with it or how to start. But guess what? I'm buying one today, and they can just tell me what to do. What are they? A dollar or two?