Posts by WHATSGOINGON

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Episode 8 - Get Out Of Her, My People - It All Came Tumbling Down - Is Now Out

by dubstepped in

episode 8 - get out of her, my people - it all came tumbling down, is now out.

this is a long one and the next to last in my story.

there comes a point in life when you know too much to ever go back to the person you once were, or to the cult that you once called home.

i was wondering if someone could help me with a question.. i am a rookie exjw, i only left the organization 4 months ago and everything i've discovered (un/arc/malawi/mexico etc) i've only discovered in the last few months so you can image it's been a huge shock to me especially after after 50 yrs!.

every time i think i've heard everything, something else pops up.. now i've come across a youtube video that mention tv evangelizer jimmy swaggart and the watchtower.

i remember jimmy swaggart from the time i lived in the u.s.a and i remember the scandals with him and prostitutes etc.

WHATSGOINGON

Hi Phoebe

I am from the U.K too (but in Canada now) I remember when the donation arrangement came into effect my father who was the congregation secretary at the time announced from the platform

"how wonderful the org is because by not asking for money we are separating ourselves from the commercialisation of Babylon The Great.

The Society knows we are so so close to the end.

We want to be fully out of Babylon The Great, fulfilling the scripture "Get out of her my people etc."

Apparently he thought that the last tie to Christendom was asking for money and that by changing to a donation arrangement we would be totally clean. (we know otherwise now)

We all thought it was great, less pressure when out on the ministry by not having to ask for money which I hated and it seemed that we were the true religion, lol.

Its amazing like you I cant share this with family they have already kind of cut me off as i was sending them info on the ARC.

Its so fascinating how every week I seem to find out something new about the religion I was born in and was in for 38 years.

Crazy, and disgusting.

WGO.

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Question for those who went to the RC

by joe134cd in

i'm just curious with all the happy clapping that is now going on with the singing at the conventions.

what has been the reaction to it with the r&f.

has anyone ever commented that it reminded them of a pentecostal revival meeting.

WHATSGOINGON

I do note that the latest WT has an article on singing which is pretty much the same content as every other time that they have trotted it out.
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-november-2017/singing-essential-part-of-true-worship/

Paragraph 17 states:

17 To help everyone to sing from the heart, some lyrics have been revised to improve clarity of thought and to remove words that are no longer in common use. For example, the word “shall” is not widely used today, so it has been replaced. Similarly, the title “Long-Suffering” has been changed to “Exercise Patience,” and the lyrics have been adjusted accordingly.

The change of the title “Guard Your Heart” to “We Guard Our Hearts” was most considerate. Why? In the audience at our meetings, assemblies, and conventions are many new ones, interested ones, young ones, and sisters who by singing the words would be put in the awkward position of telling others what to do. So the title and the lyrics were modified.

What the hell does this mean ?

Does it mean what I think it does? Thats ridiculous.

WGO.

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Question for those who went to the RC

by joe134cd in

i'm just curious with all the happy clapping that is now going on with the singing at the conventions.

what has been the reaction to it with the r&f.

has anyone ever commented that it reminded them of a pentecostal revival meeting.

WHATSGOINGON

stuckinarut2a day agoa day agoa day agoThanks for posting that video whatsgoingon! (Now it is an ear worm I can't get rid of...haha😩)
Is that an official video they play at meetings?

Hi Stuckinarut2

Yes that is the one they play at the hall.

he he.

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Question for those who went to the RC

by joe134cd in

i'm just curious with all the happy clapping that is now going on with the singing at the conventions.

what has been the reaction to it with the r&f.

has anyone ever commented that it reminded them of a pentecostal revival meeting.

WHATSGOINGON

I try not to listen to the new kingdom songs so never heard the original version of this kingdom song number 57.

I thought that the clapping was just bros and sis starting it and then everyone following....

until I listened to it on this link here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=541odshPJt8

This is apparently the official song as played at the conventions etc.

The claps are already in the song, this is intentional, like Dubstepped says removing the need of songbooks and then adding the clapping, its inevitable that its gonna happen.

I think we will see a lot more of these happy clappy tunes in the future.

This was not the religion I was brought up in, my dad is probably turning over in his grave.

Unbelievable what was condemned is now acceptable or encouraged !!

WGO.

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What in the flying F....????

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

https://www.facebook.com/tupuebloesmipueblojehova/videos/578539175868967/?hc_ref=arrvbqq6myd5outlusr6zufmvffwsvr_duxl_fdriuhhniiuesiylhi43gybtziknxwthis video gave me cancer..

WHATSGOINGON

Holy Crap !!

Thats all I can say at the moment.

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Trump son-in-law Kushner denies collusion with Russia - Just A crazy thought or two.

by WHATSGOINGON in

okay so jared kushner will probably be thoroughly investigated maybe he already has been.. they will look at all of his business dealings, who he was worked with over the last few years.. who sold him all of their properties - we know the answer to that.

wt.. will the u.s government also investigate watchtower as well - we shall see.

you never know what will happen.. i can see a private investigation who knows what they will uncover.. just a thought.. wgo..

WHATSGOINGON

It's curious that the Russian JW's are suddenly under ban just after Kushner purchased their properties and is now accused of having illegal dealings with the Russian Government.

I had the same thought as you Pete - but didn't want to appear a conspiracy nut, he he.

Its very interesting.

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Trump son-in-law Kushner denies collusion with Russia - Just A crazy thought or two.

by WHATSGOINGON in

okay so jared kushner will probably be thoroughly investigated maybe he already has been.. they will look at all of his business dealings, who he was worked with over the last few years.. who sold him all of their properties - we know the answer to that.

wt.. will the u.s government also investigate watchtower as well - we shall see.

you never know what will happen.. i can see a private investigation who knows what they will uncover.. just a thought.. wgo..

WHATSGOINGON

I was thinking that if they did uncover some dodgy dealings they may go further into his businesses - to see

who he has been associating with and what transactions he has made.

Then they may take a look at Watchtower - it was just a thought.

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Trump son-in-law Kushner denies collusion with Russia - Just A crazy thought or two.

by WHATSGOINGON in

okay so jared kushner will probably be thoroughly investigated maybe he already has been.. they will look at all of his business dealings, who he was worked with over the last few years.. who sold him all of their properties - we know the answer to that.

wt.. will the u.s government also investigate watchtower as well - we shall see.

you never know what will happen.. i can see a private investigation who knows what they will uncover.. just a thought.. wgo..

WHATSGOINGON

Okay so Jared Kushner will probably be thoroughly investigated maybe he already has been.

They will look at all of his business dealings, who he was worked with over the last few years.

Who sold him all of their properties - we know the answer to that. WT.

Will the U.S Government also investigate Watchtower as well - we shall see. You never know what will happen.

I can see a private investigation who knows what they will uncover.

Just a thought.

WGO.

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Episode 7 - Getting Healthy and Waking Up of This JW Life is up now....

by dubstepped in

first i just want to say that i'm up over 5000 downloads now, which is awesome!

i'm hearing from exjws and people with jw family members or friends and people that are just curious.

just 10 days ago the show crossed the 3000 download mark, and it has gone up 2000 in 10 days!

WHATSGOINGON

Hi Dubstepped

Thats cool will listen to it tonight !!

I wanted to say to you that your last podcast was awesome it must have been really hard to record.

Even though your not being seen visually (like on youtube) it must be still hard to say some things out loud.

Its funny that I find when I find myself speaking about my past, particularly if it has been a tough event or

something that happened to us that wasn't nice, when we speak it out loud it kind of makes it more real and we

relive it all over again. I find that myself, anyway, even if it happened 20 years ago or longer.

We can have the memories but by just speaking about it, the memories relive again.

Sometimes my wife and I when discussing our JW past this happens to us...lol. But by not speaking about it how

else do we move on, its a long healing process but we are all getting there slowly but surely.

Anyway looking forward to it and thanks again for taking the time to record these !!

Cheers WGO.