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Predict JW life in future

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

a sister said the other day at the ministry group “”what is all this talk that the end is still some way off” she said she has been waiting for decades and she was told there is no way it would take this long.

some others said in an annoyed kind of way yes they would have made different decisions decades ago if they knew the end still would not have come by 2023.. how will the majority react in a few more decades time when the end still hasn’t come?.

why all that talk of sense of urgency decades ago?.

blondie

Diogenesister, "Don't speak too soon Blondie's husband!! I've noticed the Borg get a lot of their "culture" from exjws. Even down to the Governing Boobies using OUR term "the Bunker videos!"

Give it a year or two and they'll be saying "No more in 34!!"" I am seeing that my jest (not prophecy) may be taking on a life of its own. When I first made this "jest" some ex-jws took it up literally. Am I surprised that the WTS might, no. Only 11 years from now and I should be still alive to see if my "prediction" was correct. Most jws need a date to cling to, try to pick one within their own lifetime, because then it will be true "they will never die" but go straight into their paradise without ever experiencing a physical death. My family from the previous generation believed that. Only one is still living at 96 and they are sinking fast. I see the need for the WTS invented "overlapping generation." The WTS has adjusted their "prediction" many times, and let previous predictions "die" without mentioning them again or the generation of the prediction die out. But ex-jws will keep it known.

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GB voice of Jesus....

by enoughisenough in

a short sweet video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ekihoczyfg she put a link to the whole video if you care to watch.

here is the thing that came to my mind: by isolating just that part, the part sounds rather hubris, shocking, audacious.

when the jw hear it couched in a talk and woven in with scriptures, they will take it in without giving a real thought as to what is really being said..

blondie

I used to wonder as I grew up in the WTS, who does the WTS say in print who speaks with Jesus' voice.

1976: How then will people today hear the voices of God and his Chief Shepherd? By hearing God’s commands and principles as set forth in the Scriptures. Who will tell them? Not the clergy! No, but only Jehovah’s Witnesses carry on work of preaching the good news of the Kingdom and teaching Bible truth in all the earth. Though Jesus Christ is not now speaking in person, people can ‘hear his voice’ through visible representatives, even as overseer Paul made appeal as substituting for Christ. (visible representatives--2013

THE VISIBLE PART OF JEHOVAH’S ORGANIZATION INCLUDES:

The Governing Body
Branch Committees
Traveling overseers
Bodies of elders
Congregations
Each congregation publisher

2023 Today Jehovah leads the earthly part of his organization by means of “the faithful and discreet slave. (And what has the WTS identified as that organization and only that organization...?) See the list above

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Better off PIMA than POMA or POMO.

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

the situation is many of us are pima and all putting on a front, sometimes saying something we don’t fully believe.

or at least are actually agnostic about but a hope that it’s true.. but it can be useful if someone is really going through a hard time or has something they are very worried about, to say things like well let’s hope there is not much longer of this old system.. this can be useful in an awkward situation where you just don’t know what to do or say.

it’s a little bit of hope that can help when there is nothing else.. my agnosticism just means i won’t look back over decades thinking i wasted my life.

blondie

I let others define what category (if necessary to choose one) they fit in; ask themselves are they happy with their chosen status, do they want to change it, not just choose a new category. I have been PIMI, PIMO, POMO but not found it necessary to label myself, atheist, agnostic, deist, humanist, etc. I have my views and lifestyle. I know some ex-jws are gone to other Christian religions, other choose their personal religious group of views, some go to church for the social advantages, others are "activists" others not. But I don't judge. We all have a central story that we can help people telling our own experiences. I respect the jws or ex-jws that do that here and on other groups. Thanks.

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Unwitnessing

by Biahi in

i “unwitnessed” at work yesterday.

in case anyone doesn’t know, i retired last year from the post office.

after being home for 5 months, i got bored, so i went back to work where my husband works.

blondie

I did that after I stopped attending any jw functions. I did not advertise my past status, but I would "say, my family are witnesses, I could help you 1. stop coming to your home 2. how to stop your friends/relatives getting involved with them, 3) what things you could share with them that would surprise people. It worked very well. A co-worker's daughter was getting numerous visits although she said she was "not interested." I asked had she taken any publications from these jws. Well, she had so the jw thought here was a hot prospect. Told him that his daughter should take no more material from them and say they should never come back again or she would take stronger measures. My doctors have asked me questions that they had outside work. I don't make a judgment or personal opinion, I let them share their own. I have probably over the years, convinced at least 50 people to get unentangled. I have a good thing I use, "What do you think?" and let it sit there.

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New convention video: Do you see what I see?

by neat blue dog in

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blondie

Is the man meant to be seen as a jw,,, or a non-jw being invited to the convention?

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Bomb explodes in front of a KH in Italy (at night-time)

by psyco in

https://www.vastoweb.com/news/cronaca/1118535/ordigno-esplode-davanti-la-chiesa-dei-testimoni-di-geova-a-san-salvo.

blondie

https://hrwf.eu/italy-more-violence-against-jehovahs-witnesses-bombing-in-front-of-a-kingdom-hall/#:~:text=LIREC%20(11.04.,be%20precisely%20quantified%2C%20is%20extensive.

Courtesy Google

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Betty Georges - The Female Helper to the Governing Body

by MillennialDawn in

jw
friends

betty georges is listed as a helper to the governing body service committee, according to this page on the website: https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/governing-body-jw-helpers/.

anybody know anything about her?.

blondie

Just a note, I most if not all of the helpers are not anointed. In about 1971 when the new "overseer" (not servant) set up was announced, it was explained the WTS was dividing the "spiritual" and "business" parts of the WTS. No longer a Board of Directors, with a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer. The male jws who held these offices were all anointed (except for Covington who stepped down because at the time he was not anointed). Thus the GB became specially selected anointed men (not a specific # required) who did not handle the administrative work but the "helpers" would do that. So those 2 seemingly female names, are not part of the GB. I would think that these are probably men that for some reasons have female sounding names. Like Shirley or Jody male character on family affair (https://bestlifeonline.com/johnny-whitaker-jody-family-affair-now-news/) As to Betty as others have said here, there are males listed in the records as being named Betty. I sure someone will find out that both are men.

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Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

by WingCommander in

jw
friends

this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

this is not a joke.

anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

blondie

Riley "I mentioned this to my wife about Tony getting kicked out and she accused me of spreading " Fake News ".

She really didn't know he was removed.

I wonder how many JWs are in this boat ?

Just scary." Many jws don't even know what news is posted on jw.org and rely in the gossip mill to learn things, evidently she is out of the loop

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Predict JW life in future

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

a sister said the other day at the ministry group “”what is all this talk that the end is still some way off” she said she has been waiting for decades and she was told there is no way it would take this long.

some others said in an annoyed kind of way yes they would have made different decisions decades ago if they knew the end still would not have come by 2023.. how will the majority react in a few more decades time when the end still hasn’t come?.

why all that talk of sense of urgency decades ago?.

blondie

There was a time when some ex-jws in jest connected the 120 years the people before the biblical flood were given to change and survive the flood. Add that to 1914 and you get 2034, when the end will come (jesting of course). My husband says, No More in '34.

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Why are JW's THIS blind?

by BoogerMan in

i had a conversation about this 22 carat gold contradiction with a couple of zealous jw's a couple of days ago.. even their personal "explanations" contradicted each other as they tried justify their cognitive dissonance!.

an absolute delight to witness such absurdity.. "after all, no one will be allowed to practice vile things in the new world.

the unrighteous must have practiced these vile things [john 5:29] before their death.

blondie

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