The World is Ending! Where is the URGENCY Among Jehovah's Witnesses? 

The Watchtower did not speak of the Holy Spirit or God in announcing this historic new directive on hours spent in preaching. This sect is making more and more fools of itself.

Yaaayyy🎉🎉🎉! I’m so happy to see your video in my notifications! As always; I appreciate your wisdom, humor, candor, and compassion ❤.

Was so happy to hear your new video! Your voice is so soothing and love the sense of humor that can only come from a fellow 70s/80s child! Thank you for what you do 😂

Stacey, I would have given my right eye to hear your talks when you were still in the cult! Your illustrations and stories are amazing, and so are your words that leave us hanging on every single thought that comes out of your mouth. When I myself gave hour talks, I would use great illustrations and such, much like yourself.

Boy, as someone who became a JW in my late 20s - this was something I painfully became aware of, "a lack of urgency". Boy, you nailed it in this video. I can't tell you how many times I nodded my headed in agreement, as I did my daily walking. Keep up the great work. You truly have a gift. I've told you this before, but I'll say it again. I've been waiting years for someone like you to come along and produce meaty videos about JWs, from a very personal perspective. And, you are so logical and articulate. I thank you a million times!!!

As a bible study, this was the ONE biggest red flag I saw: the utter lack or urgency in meetings - in general - from JWs. They talk a good talk about the end of the world, then you go to a meeting, and it's quieter than a library. The templated, fixed structure of the meeting agenda, the way people talk, the suffocating niceness, the fear of minor offence...but...isn't the world about to end in a fireball, and we're the only guys that know about it, and need to warn as many people as possible? The ministry, knocking door to door like it's 1985 and they're reluctantly selling encyclopedia sets (I once had that job!). They do it for, what...and hour or two a week? Wouldn't you be shouting it from the rooftops? Actually I once met a JW who WAS like that. Johnathan actually acted like the world was going to end. He'd approach so many people. He made all the other JWs conspicuous by their lack of action.

'' Our entire lives revolve around urgency and complacency ''. So true !

Meetings. . . I cringe at the thought. Countless wasted hours I could have been doing something productive. Work on the car, paint the garage, watch a good movie etc. But no. Im sitting in this windowless kindom hall listening to some guy I don't even know drone on and on. Soon my mind would just go blank. Like when Charlie Brown's teacher would start talking, wah, wah, wah, wah. Fantasizing about the hot sister sitting in front of me was the only saving grace. Oh, the memories.

Urgency and be Awake are and was always the Keyword !

26:13 I was jogging and I had to stop in order to comment, I was about to stumble laughing, remembering the scene of a KH meeting 😂😂😂😂

Thank you Stacey for the fantastic urgent podcast! This message makes me feel like a foreigner now. As in Foreigner's Urgent (1981). ...Got fire in your veins Burnin hot but you don't feel the pain Your desire is insane You can't stop until you do it again... You play tricks on my mind You're everywhere but you're so hard to find You're not warm or sentimental You're so extreme You can be so temperamental...

The “end” has been imminent for 2000 years.

Thank you again, excellent metaphors that make sense to a thinking mind. I am in my 70's now, and I can remember when I was 6 going from door to door saying in my childish way, Armageddon is about to come, we are here to help through these tracts / magazines. What a rip of. Everyone be scared of Armageddon including me. Attend and prepare for all the meetings, with our questions and answers provided. You have free time?? Your not doing enough, it was never enough. How mental. So glad that I escaped, and my boys with me. Both my boys are doing well, happy.

If you're told a thief will come, you can either wait in paranoia, call the cops, or you can do like Kevin McCallister and booby trap your house :P

Good point on a parent's sense of urgency and failures. I am one of 7 children. 2 got baptized. Even the ministerial servant ditched the religion 10 years ago. My mom does nothing to "save" all her children. I haven't even seen her in 5 years. I never got baptized and there is zero effort to bring me back. For born-ins, that's a 100% failure rate. 7 kids. 0 Jehovah's Witnesses. What a massive failure.

I didn’t realized how much I hated preaching until I left, and was there for a real short time. Now not reporting the hours, people won’t preach. Everything is pointing to tele-evangelizing.

There were 3 things I can remember that made me wake up and one of them was in early 2020 just before the lockdowns started. It was during a Christian Life & Ministry meeting a video was shown with Governing Body member talking about how the the circuit assembly and regional/district convention themes and programs were produced. He mentioned that they were approved 4 to 6 years before we actually see them!!. My jaw fell to the floor! Immediately I thought of those programs that constantly urged us to have “a sense of URGENCY” or those that came out with "new light" like the so-called "overloverlapping generations" doctrine . I was very disgusted at the idea that the scripts or outlines were prepared years beforehand but they made it seem like the "revelatons" were new when we were at these assemblies and conventions. That's manipulation if nothing else. In the video all the members of the Governing Body were shown sitting around a table discussing one program. I felt so upset at the time that I was expected to accept this without question and I decided from then on that I was going to live my life without the constant fear of the end being just around the corner. This was when I became fully awake without realising that this was what had happened to me. It made me think back to the Ramapo project in New York that they announced was going to be finished in 6 years (2025) and at the end Tony Morris as if he caught up on himself after the glee of the announcement said something to the effect that although the project would take 6 years it doesn’t mean we should lose our “sense of Urgency”. It was even worse when the elder who was leading the part told us that the Studios would be needed to preach to people in the new system. One pioneer sister commented that she couldn’t wait to have multiple Bible studies and use the teaching aids from the produced by the studio. It was all so depressing. It was then that I decided that as someone in my 50s this didn’t make any sense and I needed to live my life as a normal person, no longer putting things on hold until “after Armageddon” EDIT: Lloyd Evans did a rebuttal on the Ramapo video. See “Ramapo Facilities will be Used in the Paradise” - Rebuttal Sushi #270.

Thank you, Sir! For your Honesty , Humanity & Humor😊😅 for speaking out loud what many have & Do think..."What Are We Doing?!?" Such a Welcome Comfort!😅😅😅😅😅! You are loved & never. Alone😊

And NOW they no longer have to report service time or placements 🤣 No big deal.

Ive been the 1st person to call in the fire of several of my neighbors homes over my lifetime. Where it was 30 minutes response time by the nearest fire dept & the houses were already fully engulfed! Your mouth goes instantly dry as a bone. Your heart pounds in your chest. You start running full speed & are struggling to breathe because it feels like the wind has been knocked out of you. No, JW's arent experiencing that. I asked my staunch JW mother to tell my why she believes its coming...and she REFUSED to talk about that life saving message! She must know in her heart that she LIED to me 50+ yrs ago when she said it was so close I wouldnt graduate from school. My grand kids have graduated. You are so right, its ABSURD!!! Wish you could give this "talk" at the convention. Wonder if any mouths would go dry?

The sense of urgency is when it’s the last week of the month and you have 0 hrs!!! The urgency is to make hours!!! This reminds me when my husband and I decided to do the memorial month special pioneering of 30 hrs! We would go every day and when we came back will say: ok how many hrs we have left to her to the 30!! No mention of how many people we spoke to with sense of urgency, how many listened and forget about the revisits (we would go hoping they weren’t home!!)😂 And could note the traveling time!

It's hard to mantain a sense of urgency when we have an organization that has been proclaiming the end of the system since 1879 ;) So we have groups of 6 JWs at one bookcart talking with each other and showing each other funny cats on their phones 😀

Another fantastic video thank you so much. Looking forward to watching this in full later on today xx :) hope you had a good weekend x

This is why they had to change their stance on wether someone could change AFTER the great tribulation starts. The GB knew lots of people were realizing 'urgency' was a joke.

You obviously didn't have my mother as your parent. It was constantly all steam ahead in our house. You couldn't miss a meeting Saturday was 8 hours at least witnessing and Sunday morning 3 hours. You had to sleep as soon as you got home from school so you were awake for the whole meeting THEIR LIFE AND YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. My mum had 3 children under 5 and pioneered 100 hours a month. Ah but that was 60 years ago. Mum has died (Faithful of course) and now you go to convention and its all about patiently waiting. If only mum was 20 years old now she could settle down and enjoy sitting on a chair next to a cart for 2 hours a week

Is there a certain amount of cognitive dissonance going on here? They are willing to go along with the idea that the end is nigh, but deep down they don't really believe it? Real urgency versus pretend urgency?

NOW JWS DON'T EVEN NEED TO REPORT HOURS ANYMORE!!

It's about complacency I believe. Active preaching Witnesses feel they are saved. So there's not a lot of urgency. They'd never admit it. They also feel they will be preaching a long time, so pacing themselves is important. I'm just guessing this, based on my observations and interactions with very old, faithful witnesses. They'd say, 'we can't be sure that we are saved'...but in their hearts they think they are.

This is the reality of the life of a JW that I eventually lived too. I was a Bible Study in 1975 and a very enthusiastic student, I wanted to please my Creator! But it wasn’t long before I realized that my Brothers and Sisters had no sense of urgency, just as this video explains. And after hearing Public Talk after Public Talk extorting us to ‘be at the work urgently’ I realized that we were nothing but a Congregation of Hypocrites…shouldn’t we sell everything and live in a tent? Beg for food and spend all of our waking hours preaching? Look at John the Baptizer for goodness sake’s !!! Instead I was told ‘NO ! We have to maintain a standard of living comparable to those in the community. ‘ At that point I began my slide in sarcasm, irony and an emotional fading away.

Like you, I also hated field service, with the difference that here in Mexico the coffee break is not used, those who do it are the English-speaking congregations, so two hours of misery, preaching urgency 😅

I thought Steven lett was going to say in his yearly stock holders annual meeting “ok, for real, real this time, we are living in the final part………”

Pure Gold or Jehovah’s Holy Spirit the timing of this video !

I see them at the park here close by sitting on the bench , the cart standing far apart ( god forbid someone comes and ask a question) talking with each other or on the phone, thus “saving life’s”😃😄 yes, you can tell the “urgency “. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

I wonder if when they were talking about urgency, was that before or after they sold Brooklyn Bethel? Or kingdom halls? Or before they just eliminated counting time in the ministry? 😂 Urgent indeed! Thrilling!

Tracy, what does the local pharmacy and Armageddon have in common?? Both are just around the corner!

I've had the same thoughts regarding people who believe in the hell doctrine and don't even pretend to lead a righteous life. They will even admit, "oh yeah, I'm probably going to hell", but do nothing to take control of that. I think most people of any religion don't actually believe their handed down doctrines as their lives clearly demonstrate.

Funny! Thanks for helping me wake up on this gloomy Monday morning! 😂

I am "urgently" trying to find the words to say how much I love your videos! Thanks again for your insights! Urgent Blessings to you!

This episode needs a part two update after annual meeting 😂

Think: what IS a Watch Tower? We normally think of them as high guard posts, guards walking and watching with firearms at the ready. The members are kept inside locked gates as prisoners. Watch Tower always gave me the cringe because it keeps you IN, structured, and “re-educated as in a “re-education camp”. You can’t get out. Who sits at the top in a Board Room? The governing body of men.

Just found your podcast - amazing radio voice & delivery skills :) As far as the urgency... I think everyone just acclimates to the idea that the house is on fire, people are inside, but you run in all the time and nobody wants to come out so eventually you're just like, 'Okay, well I tried, I'm ready now.' 🤷🏻‍♂️

Ironically One of my neighbours units was burned down today

I'm reading the posts and it's clear that many, many people are loving your videos - your style, your illustrations, your ability to clearly convey your logical points. I always wonder. If I was to sit my believing family in front of some of your videos - I feel that you are one of the few people that actually might reach them!

YAAAAAYYYYY STACEY POSTED!!! I LOVE MONDAYS! 🎉 💃 🕺 🥳

I remember as a MS in South Beach Florida, I would send the brothers and sister to the territory and then tell the group I was going on return calls with my wife. I would end up at a breakfast restaurant and them go to south beach park to look at pigeons.

Not to worry-new light! Reporting changes-- urgency slaking off.

I can't wait for your video on the new light where the rank and file no longer have to report but please think about this why are Pioneers special pioneers in Circuit overseas under the old light and still have to report if you watch the annual general meeting the brother gives scripture evidence as to how reporting is no longer necessary. For the first time ever there is old light and new light shining at the same time depending on your status or title in Watchtower

Definitely looking forward to your take on the new organizational adjustments in jws “spiritual paradise”!

By the behavior I see in the Spanish Congregation I attend, JWs are tired of the bull💩. Low meeting attendance, low service attendance... I hope this continues, forcing the WTBTS to many more changes. I'd love to see the Friday knocked off the Reg Assy. Thanks, Stacey... Thanks, sincerely. ❤👍

The first door was always hit by 930 for us… so 2.5 hrs (coffee break included of course).

If there was one occasion that consistently got my heart beating hard and my senses turned up to 11, it was the marking talks. Although I can't say those talks really conveyed "urgency" other than to ghost the person if you knew who it was about.

I used to feel there was no urgency when we went out field service. I didn’t like doing it but I felt if its going to save a life then I will. But that pioneer shuffle got on my lasssst nerve. They walked soooooooooooooooo slow.

With belief now in urgent judgement, the JWs would not respond to the catastrophic effects around. They have been numbed, flat affects, and waiting for the suffering.

That lack of urgency has always bothered me! They say all the time the end is near or its around the corner, but their actions is the complete opposite of being urgent. How is cart witnessing in silence showing urgency???! And Why hasn't the governing body connect with the news media worldwide to warn the people in masses that the end is very near?... They have not done it because the governing body knows deep down its all B.S! Btw Stacy great podcast.

TheGB claim not to be inspired and infallible but on the hand say that Holy Spirit directs them in decision making- figure that one out

Urgency to the governing body: Instant gratification.

This is my favorite episode of all time!!!! This was me. All of it! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Here are some additional thought-provoking questions that active Jehovah's Witnesses might consider in light of the discussions about doctrinal changes and the concept of "new light": 1. **Biblical Basis for New Light**: How do we reconcile the concept of "new light" with scriptural assertions that God's word is unchanging? Are there other scriptural examples where God has changed His teachings, or is the concept of progressive revelation unique to modern times? 2. **Historical Accuracy**: How have past "new light" revelations stood the test of time? Were there instances where "new light" was later reversed or significantly altered, and what does this say about the infallibility of the Governing Body's interpretations? 3. **Personal Faith and Doctrine**: How should individual Jehovah's Witnesses respond when their personal understanding of the scriptures conflicts with new doctrinal changes? What guidance does the organization provide in these situations? 4. **Prophetic Accountability**: How does the organization address and learn from prophetic statements that have not come to pass? Is there a mechanism for accountability for these unfulfilled predictions? 5. **Transparency in Doctrinal Development**: What processes does the Governing Body use to discern "new light," and how are these revelations verified before being presented to the congregation? Is there room for discussion or debate among members about these new teachings? 6. **Impact on Personal Relationships**: How do frequent doctrinal changes impact relationships with non-believing family members and friends? Are there guidelines on how to explain these changes to those outside the faith? 7. **Crisis of Faith**: How should members deal with a crisis of faith that arises from doctrinal changes or unfulfilled predictions? What support systems does the organization have in place for individuals struggling with these issues? 8. **Scholarly Engagement**: How does the Governing Body engage with broader biblical scholarship? Are outside scholarly works considered during the development of new doctrines, or is the interpretation based solely on internal study? 9. **Spiritual Growth**: How do members ensure their spiritual growth isn't disrupted by changes in doctrine? How can they maintain a strong faith if they feel uncertain about the teachings? 10. **Role of Tradition**: How does the concept of "new light" interact with the traditions of the faith? Are there core beliefs that are unchangeable, or is everything open to future reinterpretation?

1920 “Millions now living will never die! Advertise advertise advertise the King and His Kingdom!” Well, they advertised and died anyway. The lies continue.

Its october 27th 2023. A mere 2 weeks have passed since you dropped this episode. I havent listened to it yet. But I will say, Stacy im sorry for how much work looking into now old light as of just after you released this you did.

i d but i happen to dislike the neighbours a great deal

How many fudged their hours - be honest if you did! I did as a pioneer- knock on one door - then on to service meeting then,,,,;, 🤣🤣

The watchtower isn't the means to salvation. Only a covenant with JESUS , the SON OF MAN will save you during HIS presence at the end of the age.

There is an “evil slave” in charge. (Matt 24:48-51) He “beats the other slaves” and gets some to follow. (Luke 12:45-48) Upon seeIng this, Jesus orders us to leave and head for the mountains. (Matt 24:15) He says “let the reader use discernment” not listen to a “faithful slave.” Jehovah provided this warning for you, show appreciation, and just wait on him.

G.B we're not infalilble or in-spired but we're Spirt-led (inspired) ????????????????

48:12 you guys in the US had it made with coffee breaks and cargroups. When I was a kid in Germany, we had to walk from door to door 2 hours solid rain or shine. Great podcast though Stacey. The work has become even more urgent now by waiting 4 weeks to go out in Fieldservice and then talk for 5 minutes to someone about Jehovah on the last day of the month. Yeah, you participated in this urgent work. 😅

💰CULT💰

I stopped believing after the overlapping generation new light

a urinary "tract" is the most urgent piece of literature.

You are a creepy guy

Finally. I heard urgent guilt?

Wow. You worried about what I’m doing when I’m driving ?… you weird bro

I’m not grabbing my garden hose bro 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I’m urgently looking for deleat button……urgent urgent ……deleat

Why do you keep saying the world ending ? The world is forevor …..dude. It’s about the wicked system

Dude. Life is mundane untill that moment …..not funny.

You talk a lot about nothing …. I’m listening for a point ?….??? Lots of giggling….lots of sarcasm. But ……what’s your point ????