by LongHairGal 16 Replies latest jw experiences
Sunspot - good list. What about ''Pioneer''? how many ''types'' are there? Auxiliary :-
- noun: someone who acts as assistant
- adjective: functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity
auxiliary adjective
giving help or support, especially to a more important person or thing
hmmmm.
temporary pioneer
vacation pioneer
auxiliary pioneer
regular pioneer
special pioneer
congregation servant/congregation overseer
secretary
presiding overseer
field overseer
bible study overseer
theocratic ministry school overseer
WT study overseer/conductor
book study conductor/overseer
circuit servant/oversser
substitute circuit overseer
district servant/overseer
city servant/overseer
zone servant/overseer
Bethelite
Bethel elder
Governing Body member
HLC member
RBC member
ministerial servant
All the titles for the brothers in charge at the conventions/assemblies
.... and recently added, arguably the silliest of them all -- ``unbaptised publisher." This dubious honor has to be awarded to you if you pass muster with the elders..... all very Bible-based, of course!
Isn't strange? For years we've endured the WTS publications lambasting us with wild accusations about "the clergy", y'know those self-serving hypocrites who like to dress up in fancy garb, take prominent positions and have people look up to them.
Several years ago Mrs Ozzie and I went to see for ourselves. For one year we attended a large church without telling anyone our background as dubs.
We came, we watched, we observed. You know what we found? Nothing like we were led to believe by our 'teachers', the so-called "faithful and discreet slave"! The WTS gloats over this title.
Our conclusion after one year was that rather than the clergy being the proud men it was those who take the lead amongst the R&F of the dubs who have much to answer for. They are the ones who like the titles. They are the ones who like to be 'looked up to'. They are the ones who want mastery over people's lives. They are the ones whose word is final.
Hypocrites? Of course they are!
Incidentally, Mrs Ozzie and I are now pleased to count many humble, God-fearing clergymen as our close friends.
Yes, the WTS is hooked on titles, there's no doubt about it. Right from the outset of being an unbaptised publisher until they reach the elevated status of overseer they are always labelled.
Cheers, Ozzie
Blondie:
Thanks for reminding me of all of them! I never actually sat down and wrote them all out. Looking at that list it is reminiscent of what "worldly" corporations would do. But the dubs have them beat!
They remind me so much of the pharisees! And as the scripture says, they were afraid they would lose their place and their nation.
Even ''ranking'' the pioneers . JW point out that they don't ADDRESS anyone by titles....unlike Catholicism.
This is very common in Cults, a means of separation.
steve
