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  WT needs your kids uneducated: CO training video is Master Class in F.O.G. This is jaw-droppingly stupid. Beyond moronic, it's sub-moronic.

  by WingCommander in

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  co training video: link to ex-jw reddit thread discussion.

  today is the first time i was made aware of this actual elder body video.

  it's training for how a co should handle elder's whose children decide to pursue further education.

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  Balaamsass2

  Sorry Wing .... Nope.

  I look back at the one success story in my old Hall and if I could....I would somehow kick my own behind across the room. lol.

  However, in the 80s after turning 30, as a married MS, I did sneak off to Junior College on non meeting nights for a few years, and later to a local college in order to get a "real" job with benefits. I say "sneak" because I told no JWs not even my mother. It was almost like having a secret "affair"...it was my "secret sin" lol.

  Eventually my 1st JW wife complained about me to the Elders and CO for going to college, having an IRA, 401k pension.....thus having "no faith" in the end! :)
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  Vice President Kamala Harris…your thoughts??

  by minimus in

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  good pick?

  bad pick?

  helpful to president biden?

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  With the televised coverage of political rallies showing Americans shouting and crying with religious fervor, I think it would be good to explain for members residing in other countries that many/most Americans are not enamored of politicians in general, frequently holding their noses and choosing the "least worst" (as my son in law exclaims).

  No party choice, "independents" have been steadily growing over the years.

  Per Gallup: "WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Political independents continue to constitute the largest political bloc in the U.S., with an average of 43% of U.S. adults identifying this way in 2023, tying the record high from 2014. Independent identification has been 40% or higher each year since 2011, except for the 2016 (39%) and 2020 (39%) presidential election years. Equal 27% shares of U.S. adults identify as Republicans and Democrats, with the Democratic figure marking a new low for that party in Gallup’s trend." https://news.gallup.com/poll/548459/independent-party-tied-high-democratic-new-low.aspx
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  Vice President Kamala Harris…your thoughts??

  by minimus in

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  good pick?

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  helpful to president biden?

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  An independant, like a third of the American Public, I don't know why so many people on MAGA threads kept saying Michele Obama would be a last minute pick or Obama wasn't backing Harris???

  The 7/26 WSJ paper this early AM. Front Page. "

  " Barack and Michelle Obama Endorse Kamala Harris for President

  Former first couple waited for the Democratic Party to unite before backing the vice president." "

  https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/barack-obama-michelle-endorse-kamala-harris-for-president-4450b63b?st=mgsull9pj4mb5eh&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

  https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/barack-obama-michelle-endorse-kamala-harris-for-president-4450b63b?st=yga8hb62lxmdy58&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
  
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  WT needs your kids uneducated: CO training video is Master Class in F.O.G. This is jaw-droppingly stupid. Beyond moronic, it's sub-moronic.

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  co training video: link to ex-jw reddit thread discussion.

  today is the first time i was made aware of this actual elder body video.

  it's training for how a co should handle elder's whose children decide to pursue further education.

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  I wish I could give this thread MORE LIKES!!

  This senior citizen tries to keep track of the JW kids he grew up with.

  A half dozen JW kids that I went to school with dropped out of High School in the early 70s because the "END" was any day.... Those kids have no high school diplomas..some have GEDs. They PIONEERED for a couple of years, then got married when 1975 passed uneventfully. Two are still working in construction EVERY DAY IN TRIPLE DIGIT WEATHER. Both are in their late 60s and have had serious on the job injuries and surgeries in the last couple of years. Both have had multiple divorces. Both are broke, broken, renters, and exhausted seniors now.

  The same goes for the Sisters. Briefly pioneered. No diplomas, but a number of struggling kids. Still working in their late 60s & early 70s. Hair dressing, sales, checkers, house cleaners, etc. Hard to be on your feet 40 hours a week at 70!. No one is relaxing in a Watchtower illustration... in the Swiss Alps, enjoying being served by the "fruit basket lady" while grandkids play with tigers and lions.

  ONE KID in our hall ignored ALL the "end is near" talks and "admonishment" from Elders and C.O.s. He took a lot of heat from JWs. His dad stood up for him, as he attended cheap Junior College in town, and transferred to cheap state college. Got a civil engineering degree, and went to work for the State Department of Highways. He is now comfortably retired on the California Coast, with a home near the beach, and playing golf with his wife and kids. "Wisdom proved righteous"...
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  Article-Brazil: JW's ease punishment for pedophiles in manual

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/testemunhas-de-jeova-punicao-pedofilos.

  note: you can easily have google translate this excellent article from portuguese into english.

  it's a very long article to read and i'm only posting a small part of it in english.

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  Thanks for the post! Glad this illogical, and ridiculous policy is getting world wide attention. (unscriptural as well- isolated rape victims testimony was acceptable in Levitical law).
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  Are the Dubs going back to the KH again? (Covid-19)

  by Iamallcool in

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  any takers?

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  Balaamsass2

  :( Sorry you experienced that Juan. An old friend near the former Elders reached out to them and they were hesitant to meet him, believing it was some sort of "set up" to keep them from getting re-instated. I personally left messages to assist financially but never got a call back.

  As you know, one of the main players representing Watchtower, a friend of Watchtower's corp. board member Don Adams. Bruce R. was former law enforcement and did high tech investigations and security. Is it possible you received the calls from a "spoofed" caller ID...that wasn't from the actual ex-elder defendants(the technology is cheap)? Drawing you to a specific spot for photo ID and to frustrate the investigation would not be beyond the parties involved,... in my opinion.
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  What happened to Juan Viejo2?

  by careful in

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  he used to make such interesting comments and reports here, but his last post was 3 years ago.

  see the final post in this thread:.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5767560678080512/dubs-going-back-kh-again-covid-19?page=2.

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  Balaamsass2

  I hope he is OK. I enjoyed past conversations with him. About 10 years ago he was working with Cedars on the AAWA start up/dust up.....so....
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  What Happens to Those Who Exit Jehovah’s Witnesses: An Investigation of the Impact of Shunning?

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
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  i don't know if this has been posted before but i think it is a very in-depth study and definitely worth sharing.. what happens to those who exit jehovah’s witnesses: an investigation of the impact of shunning?.

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc9803876/ .

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  Balaamsass2

  LOST IN THE FOG...GREAT POST!!! Spot on, I wish I could give it a thousand likes!!!! I wish it would get some traction from Google Bots and show up on Google news.
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  What is the WTS teaching of the scripture “MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD “

  by TTWSYF in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i’m wondering what jws are taught or generally think the scriptures mean when they describe humanity has made in the image and likeness of god?

  if there is a teaching on that.

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  Balaamsass2

  Officially? For the most part " Reflecting God's qualities of Love, Justice, Ect.

  Personally? I feel most people and religions believe God to reflect their own worst qualities, IE: Pettyness, Judgementalness, Cruelty, and so on.

  Personally, is it reasonable to believe the creator of the vast universe of BILLIONS of Gallaxies, has the time or intrest to spend all day WATCHING YOU individually? Does God have the spare time to Care about who you love? Does God Want to destroy you for not visiting him, and worshipping him/her the exact right way EVERY week?

  WOULD ANY NORMAL ADJUSTED PARENT PUNISH/hurt THIER own or any CHILD OR GRANDCHILDREN for not WORSHIPPING him/her? What would we label a parent that did? Think about it. :)
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  Vice President Kamala Harris…your thoughts??

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  good pick?

  bad pick?

  helpful to president biden?

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  Previously, I had a neutral..mildly negative opinion of Harris. This thread/subject intrigued me, so I took the time to look her up on Wikipedia and click on the links to go down the Rabbit hole.

  Very interesting childhood and parents. I highly recommend reading the info.

  I grew up, and worked in and around San Francisco for much of the first 40+ years of my life, so I have read and heard about her for a long time. I have also known her mentor Willy Brown since the 90s, actually met and spoke with him at work. The guy was incredibly bright and very shrewd. (One person I would never underestimate, or play poker with.)