Black Sheep

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  I have come to the conclusion that a lot of JWs don't care if the end is near.

  by mickbobcat in

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  i was in the cult for years about 40. fourth gen born in cult member or for me ex cult member.

  i have seen so many cult members who don't seem to really care if the end is near or not.

  they are much more concerned with the idea that this is their social network and they need and or want it just the way it is.

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  Black Sheep

  I knew two families that were living in house trucks in 1975, both because they were putting all of their resources and efforts into the final push before the end, despite Rutherford and Russel having already trashed the Watchtower's track record before they joined.
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  I have come to the conclusion that a lot of JWs don't care if the end is near.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was in the cult for years about 40. fourth gen born in cult member or for me ex cult member.

  i have seen so many cult members who don't seem to really care if the end is near or not.

  they are much more concerned with the idea that this is their social network and they need and or want it just the way it is.

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  Black Sheep

  I've been to a funeral where I've heard the deceased praised for remaining faithful after the 1975 debacle, including bringing up the date, and it was emphasized that he had carried on being faithful even though he had been let down by the promises made on Jehovah's behalf by the WT during that era.
  
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  Christmas Cards 2021

  by garyneal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello,.

  long time since i have been on here.. i wanted to check in to see if we are doing the christmas card list this year.. is blondie still in this group?

  she normally does this.. thanks.

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  Black Sheep

  I've gotten out of the habit of checking in here, so it's nice to pop in and see that you and Smiddy and others are still ok Gary.
  
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  how long after a fade does the local hall keep your records?

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have not been to a kh for 26 years.

  if i wanted to dissociate what would be the procedure and is there any gain in doing it so long after i left?.

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  Black Sheep

  Why feed their egos by making them feel important? The best result you can hope for is that they don't badmouth you to your family and friends and tell them that they should shun you .... but that's unlikely.
  
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  Are you open to having a count as to how many ex-JW`s on this site are vaccinated x2 jabs. ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i`ll go first ,i have my vaccinated 2 jabs for the elderly.. if i`m not around in the next 3 months you will know why ..

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  Black Sheep

  2 Pfizers, no problems.
  
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  Three children families stop step decline in Mormon membership

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just posted this on a seperate thread, but i think it deserves its own thread.

  this is with regard to the pew survey that states “2 out of three 3 born into the jehovah’s witness faith.

  will not remain in the faith as adults.”.

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  Black Sheep

  Is there a link to the survey?
  
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  Was told I was not progressing!

  by Overrated in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you're doing everything you can, meeting attendance, field circus, helping out where you can and you are told your not progressing!?!

  as anyone had that happen to them in the "trooth "?.

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  Black Sheep

  It was a thing in the late sixties, early seventies. If you weren't 'progressing towards baptism' after studying the Truth Book, the time remaining was so short that they had to cut you loose and move on. "Stay alive until seventy five", etc..
  
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  Good door sign for JWs door knocking.

  by greenhornet in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avarj1ifheq.

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  Black Sheep

  I'm told that door knocking is banned because of Covid. 'Field Service' is getting together on Zoom to write letters to prospective recruits. Don't ask me how they find names and addresses to write to, but I would like to know.
  
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  The (IN)Consistent teaching about VACCINATIONS from JW leaders

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  vaccinations.

  how many deaths were instigated which could be prevented?watchtower policies against vaccines left faithful sheep vulnerable to horrible consequences.antitoxins and vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, anthrax, cholera, plague, typhoid, tuberculosis, and more were developed through the 1930s.. 1921 - "vaccination never prevented anything and never will, and is the most barbarous practice" - golden age oct 12, 1921, p.17.

  1923 - "vaccination, summed up, is the most unhygienic, barbaric, filthy, abhorrent, and most dangerous system of infection known.

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  Black Sheep

  In the early 1960s our family had to be vaccinated to be allowed into a country where the Need Was Great, (yeah, right), and Dad wrote to the bOrg and got permission for the vaccinations. Without their approval, I doubt we would have arrived in the country. Whether, or not, he really needed to do that, I don't know, but I remember my parents being anti-vaxers when it wasn't a requirement and that it was because they joined the church in an era when vaccines were banned and they were still hanging onto the idea that vaccinations weren't really ok with Jehovah.
  
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  Those members who passed away

  by Gorb in

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  2. friends

  who of those passed away jwd/jwn members, do we think of??.

  oompah and the lady from australia, are there more??.

  g..

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  Black Sheep

  I was thinking about Oompah last week.