The Truth Is Boring?

[Tortuga]

bore

VERB

1.make (a hole) in something, especially with a revolving tool: 
synonyms: drill · pierce · perforate · puncture · punch · cut · tunnel ·
 

The Truth is boring, it punches holes in false teachings and can pierce ones heart...

[Hope]

It may not be only young people who feel this way on some levels.  Older ones may have just dialed back expectations... recreational association is not as important. 

[Pjdriver]

It's all about your appreciation and desire for spiritual things. Kind of like sports. If you like football, it doesn't get any better than the Super Bowl. If you don't like football, .....BORING!  Same goes for adults.  The problem with young ones is they get distracted easier.

Edited February 6, 2016 by Pjdriver

[Hope]

I get that but to take that further, one can have a deep appreciation for spiritual things.... but no one to play sports with.    That's where the challenges lie sometimes.

 

We adults become more content doing things on our own.

Edited February 6, 2016 by Hope

[Luezette]

Let's see.  Before the truth I had my drugs, my alcohol, my men. Yep I sure did. 

 

Yet I wasn't happy. Oh yeah I had a good time, as a matter of fact I had some great times! I wouldn't dare deny it. 

 

But there was always this nagging, getting on my nerves kind of nagging, couldn't understand any of it kind of nagging that there just had to be more! Because I simply wasn't happy or satisfied with my life.

 

Maybe that's what some of our young people are experiencing. A nagging feeling that there has to be more. And so because they can't get or understand what that more is (translate: boredom), they feel they're missing get out on something. And they are:

 

--drugs/alcohol with its addictions

--illicit sex with its consequences 

--etc etc and etc

 

And we know who's driving them batty with this crazy idea that the truth is boring!

 

So what can we do? Nothing in addition to all of the fine comments above this one! Except one thing...

 

DON'T GIVE UP! 

Edited February 6, 2016 by Luezette
Modification

[Hope]

We all know that the Truth is not a social club. But everyone who is "bored" is not wishing to smoke, drink and fornicate.  If we can help those ones, we should.

[Luezette]

You're right. I remember someone asked if we have something like a a women's group like some churches do. I told her no. 

 

Satan, through his false religious organizations, have convinced his followers that in order to make it in his world you have to do things outside of "God's  work" to make it. Sad. Yet isn't that exactly what he did in the Garden of Eden? Yes! Convinced just two people that to make it, to be happy, you have to do things outside of "God's work." (God's work was for them to expand paradise, have children that will ultimately have the entire globe worship the one true God Jehovah. But y'all know that). But Satan caused those two to feel "bored" that there had to be more.  Fools!!

 

The scriptures say that "we are not ignorant of his designs." So nothing has changed. The same old thing in the form of the same old Satan. He's targeting our less experienced young ones the same as he targeted our less experienced parents way back then.

 

We must not give up! 

[Witness1970]

On 2/5/2016 at 1:03 AM, Alexa said:

Yes, I just a little drift but I do bored because there's no other step I could probably take... when I didn't prepare well and read all..

I have found that if you put yourself into learning about a seemingly boring subject you then find that it is not so boring.  So preparing well, as you say, gets rid of the boredom.  I guess that is why we are constantly being reminded to make the subjects interesting for our children.  Although my children are all grown now.

[Alexa]

[hatcheckgirl]

Can I just add, along with the good  advice already mentioned, that the young ones need to find a friend/s in the truth to help them stay in the congregation long enough to make the truth their own.  I know when my mum found the truth, I was 16 and quite rebellious (understatement), and I found the meetings very boring.  There was no real appreciation for what was being offered at the meeting, and it didn't help that the meeting was all Greek, literally, cause my mum was attending Greek meetings.

 

But the love of the brothers and sisters, then the move to an English speaking cong, and then the one-on-one study with a young pioneer, so vibrant and full of the good things of the truth finally hooked me in.  Personal interest is soooo important.  Someone, anyone taking more than just a casual "Hi, how's it going?" approach is what worked for me, and I'm sure it is what has worked for others too.  I saw first-hand what it was like to "live" the truth because of the demeanor and joy and enthusiasm this pioneer sister exuded.  While we studied the Truth Book together (showing my age ), we laughed and joked and formed a close attachment, and I wanted to be like her - strong and proud of her relationship with Jehovah.  This lead me to have my own relationship with Jehovah, and a love of the Bible and the truths followed.

 

It's hard now to find a one-on-one friendship as our times are very changed, much faster, and socialising is more virtual as well, especially for the younger ones.  We just have to keep trying to be there for they young ones in the congregation, as they may not be bored but perhaps just a bit lost.

[Witness1970]

I failed to remember the point about friendships in the truth.  When I started studying I was 20.  There were several teenagers in the age range of 14 to 18 already there.  There was also a man about a year older than I was who started studying.  Those associations definitely helped.

 

It was also brought out at circuit assemblies about young people getting to know others their own age in the truth and how that helped.

[Alexa]

17 hours ago, hatcheckgirl said:

Can I just add, along with the good  advice already mentioned, that the young ones need to find a friend/s in the truth to help them stay in the congregation long enough to make the truth their own.  I know when my mum found the truth, I was 16 and quite rebellious (understatement), and I found the meetings very boring.  There was no real appreciation for what was being offered at the meeting, and it didn't help that the meeting was all Greek, literally, cause my mum was attending Greek meetings.

 

But the love of the brothers and sisters, then the move to an English speaking cong, and then the one-on-one study with a young pioneer, so vibrant and full of the good things of the truth finally hooked me in.  Personal interest is soooo important.  Someone, anyone taking more than just a casual "Hi, how's it going?" approach is what worked for me, and I'm sure it is what has worked for others too.  I saw first-hand what it was like to "live" the truth because of the demeanor and joy and enthusiasm this pioneer sister exuded.  While we studied the Truth Book together (showing my age ), we laughed and joked and formed a close attachment, and I wanted to be like her - strong and proud of her relationship with Jehovah.  This lead me to have my own relationship with Jehovah, and a love of the Bible and the truths followed.

 

It's hard now to find a one-on-one friendship as our times are very changed, much faster, and socialising is more virtual as well, especially for the younger ones.  We just have to keep trying to be there for they young ones in the congregation, as they may not be bored but perhaps just a bit lost.

Now, I should, convince my mother to go to studies alone, again...  It's really boring or hacking if you talk to some things and then the real things come back and forth... I should remember that, I haven't been in rpioneer, I never knew the hard work of those in my congregation... :-)