u/Capable-Proposal1022

I was a JW convention attendant for a few years around 2012–2016. We had specific locations where we had to be, and we were assigned to specific seats/spots.

There was a major contradiction with the “no seat saving” thing. The public was told attendants could not save seats before 8am and had to wait just like everyone else. But in reality, we were already inside, literally standing right next to the seats while the public was still outside the doors. We had to hold our bags and weren't allowed to put them on the seats.

So even if the seats weren’t “officially” reserved, there was basically zero chance the public was getting those seats first anyway. We could have just sat down at 8:00:01am while everyone else was still entering.

I remember my mom complaining about this back in the 90s because attendants always seemed to end up in her favorite seating spot despite her being told attendants weren't allowed to save seats just like the public until 8am. She was pissed about it because she thought they were ‘full of it.’ She bursts through the door and can see for a couple hundred feet ahead and see attendants relaxing at her preferred seats.

This could be viewed as a minor thing, but I think it shows the low level of deceit that exists in the Org.

PIMO here. My wife got very angry with me because I said I wouldn't go out in service on assembly weekend. I said we've never gone out on assembly weekend before (this is true). She got very angry and said "You need to get your shit together." Then she stormed off.

I'm not here for sympathy. I'm here to point out the toxicity of this cult. That is not the reaction of a true Christian person. The Org is a cult and it creates this culture of rules: "You must do this, you must do that." You are doing something wrong if you don't toe the line.

As I usually do in my posts, I reference the JW claim that they alone follow the Bible. Well, there is no quota of door-to-door service in the Bible. There is no quota of any kind of ministry in the Bible. In fact the Bible never indicates Christians should go door-to-door. The Bible presents it as we actually see it in Christendom: there are missionaries, but there is no organized preaching work at the congregation level. This is a JW creation, and it fosters a culture of judgement and self-righteousness.