To anyone interested in news about the TFJW, ( http://the-true-jw.oltenia.ro/) and about their convention of the last weekend:
1)the TFJW society, even if separated from its mother, uses the same politics and tactics of disfellowshipping its members
Here in Romania we have a saying: it's the same Mary, only the hat it's different
2)Practically they are by far less then 3000 reuniting persons from Russia, Bulgaria, Hungary,and their number is incriseangly diminished.
Many of them (myself included, born in such a family)left because of the strict absurd and paranoic rules they impose.
3)They are fanatics in following Rutherford's ideas although they claim to sustain the Watchtower teachings up to 1962.
4)They accuse mainly
-a)the fact that WT uses the term religion for defining itself; they will not even listen to you if you try to explain the meaning of the word
-b)the current interpretation of Romans 13; for them only Rutherford was right
-c)the fact that the Society accepts dancing, television (to some extent), going to the cinema, jewelry, a "proof" of the fact that
5)The Society - they say - is corrupt. The members, mostly uneducated persons born in jw families are extremely well manipulated by the leading group. They invented an entire mythology, interpreting prophecies in Rutherford's style, "proving" in these interpretations that nowadays the WT Society is controlled by secret services who want to destroy the TFJW
6)We are now making efforts to help many people from this paranoic system to find the courage and give it up, but it's extremely difficult. Recently, the TFJW came with a new lie publically sustained at the convention:
the fact that they have found "brothers and sisters" from the Western countries who do not accept the Society and believe the same things as the tfjws do.
On Sunday, at the convention, an ex jw from England (I believe it was Bill Blackmore) went there and delivered a speech. They only translated what they wanted to hear and censored a great part of it, but at the same time enforced their authority saying
You see, we have brothers not only in Eastern Europe, but also all over the world.
Please don't give them credit! They are by far worse than the Watchtower elders, and manipulate perfectly so many people who have absolutely no possibility of realising what's happening!
the 5000 romanians are not ex-jw, in fact
by dizzy 3 Replies latest jw friends
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dizzy
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gsark
Thank you so much for keeping us up to date on the situation, many of us here in the 'West' are very interested in what goes on over there.
My prayers are with all of the JW's/ex-JW's affected by these circumstances and events.
Life is a roller coaster. Get in, sit down, shut up and hang on!
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book_friend
The big question is this: do True Faith Jehovah's Witnesses permit blood transfusions to save life?
That they don't care for certain dances or jewelry is no worse than for some Pentecostals. And it is true the Watchtower does not want opposition groups to exist successfully which use the name Jehovah and preach paradise earth as well as heavenly resurrection.
But, again, the big question is do they allow transfusions of blood to save human lives? Their website does not say and emails sent to them do not receive a direct answer. If you or other readers know for certain, please tell us now.
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wondering alot
All I can say is what Russell already stated: