The WTS has declared the end is near so many times even assigning a year for it; you can only yell "wolf" so many times and there is no "wolf" before people stop believing the warning.
Posts by blondie
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53Half hearted JWs compared to past generations
by JohnR1975 inis it just me or has there been a massive change in jws of late?.
when i grew up in the cult they had a real sense of urgency and would do an hour minimum, these days it’s not even ten mins before coffee break.. same goes for everything else, it’s half hearted .
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Rumour 144,000 literal number teaching to be abandoned at Annual Meeting
by slimboyfat insay it ain’t so!
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in one sense it’s a no brainer because the figures just don’t add up any more.. in another (negative) sense it’s a no brainer because it’s been fundamental to jws since year dot and might undermine the whole thing?
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blondie
Of course, if the number of partakers zooms to over 144,000...
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Do you recognize this?
by Gorb inthinking sometimes about my youth days and the stories my grandfather told me about our jw congregation.
do you recognize that your congregation was full of somehowe strange folks, very low educated, poor and simple?.
the po was an elder with some distance, with some personality acting intelligent and following the rules strict.. there was always a kind of scandal.
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blondie
"Being intelligent and/or gifted doesn't prevent one from getting caught up in a Cult, but I do suspect it is more difficult today in the "age of the internet" where most cults, like JWs, have been exposed and criticism is widely available." Exactly what Steve Hassan has said, many cults target university students and educated people. He was one when he joined the Moon cult.
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WHEN WILL THE ANOINTED BE TAKEN TO HEAVEN
by raymond frantz inhttps://youtu.be/sptboe8_kuc?si=cnb837qqdlm1glx0.
this is a question that has preoccupied the minds of the governing body " when will the last anointed be taken up to heaven?
" when did this nonsense begin ?
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blondie
Rattigan350, your question blows away everything the WTS has pounded into the heads of jws. If non-jws have different opinions, that is not really why I pointed this out. The WTS is always "adjusting" or "clarifying" (the WTS definitions) their teachings when a question comes up. Yes, will all the anointed be in heaven when the marriage of Jesus and the Bride of Christ are married? So now the WTS says the marriage will be after Armageddon, but still all the anointed have to be in heaven, No holdovers for those who won't be dying a "natural" death. Going to heaven before that has sounded like the "rapture" to me.
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New Zealand: Supreme Court dismisses Jehovah's Witnesses' final appeal for Abuse in Care exemption
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528110/supreme-court-dismisses-jehovah-s-witnesses-final-appeal-for-abuse-in-care-exemption.
1:10 pm on 16 september 2024 .
anusha bradley, investigative reporter.
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blondie
karter, glad you keep in touch with the media on this issue. The WTS has lost again, and rightly so. I hope decisions against the WTS on child abuse keep happening.
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Witnesses after Covid shut down are increasing their calls around my neighborhood
by wozza inhi all , i just had another call by a an elderly jw ,let's call him ian.. only about 3 months ago i had a young jw call and trying to talk to him i had to tone it down a bit because he did'nt seem so theocratically bright as he only offered a tract and not much else , and i've had others call since covid.. so it seems around here they are making regular calls but not like back in the day when i used to auxillary pioneer where we would go over this turf every 1 to 3 weeks in the 80's.. but back to my caller ian ,on his own , but out with a group of jw's he was quick to get around the pleasantries and and so i interrupted him tactfully to slow him down.
started with a bit of my history easing into the fact that i had my first contact with jw's with my soon to be mother-in -law who was an invalided jw ,we had many good talks about her beliefs in the early 70's.. at this point he jumps in and wants to know if i would want a study again because i told him that i once did a study with jw's back.
i carefully steered him into telling me about those days ,what was he was doing back then.
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blondie
Beth Sarim, "apathy" carts so right! No pictures of bored jws online I can find. Does someone out there have one?
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WHEN WILL THE ANOINTED BE TAKEN TO HEAVEN
by raymond frantz inhttps://youtu.be/sptboe8_kuc?si=cnb837qqdlm1glx0.
this is a question that has preoccupied the minds of the governing body " when will the last anointed be taken up to heaven?
" when did this nonsense begin ?
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blondie
Edited found new info: "When does the marriage take place? All the 144,000 will be in heaven just before the war of Armageddon is fought. However, that will not be the time for the marriage of the Lamb. (Read Revelation 21:1, 2.) The marriage of the Lamb takes place after the war of Armageddon has been fought and all of God’s enemies have been removed. WT May 2022 p. 17
So new info: Marriage of Christ takes place AFTER the war of Armageddon has been fought...But no supporting evidence
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Do you recognize this?
by Gorb inthinking sometimes about my youth days and the stories my grandfather told me about our jw congregation.
do you recognize that your congregation was full of somehowe strange folks, very low educated, poor and simple?.
the po was an elder with some distance, with some personality acting intelligent and following the rules strict.. there was always a kind of scandal.
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blondie
As to the quality of leadership, if anything it has gotten worse! Obedient to the WTS elders stay in, others who rock the boat are told to shut up or lose their "position", "bad" elders are rewarded. Imagine the WTS was the kind of organization that put men in charge of building projects who were "spiritually" qualified but did not know how to use a hammer, or pipe wrench... I saw it many times. It is like it says in their bible, "so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”"
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A Jehovah's Witness family's excellent Letter of Resignation trending on exjw Reddit today
by Balaamsass2 ini got an email notice today on this excellent letter of resignation from a german family that is trending on reddit.
i thought i would share it here if anyone is so inclined to write one.
for those with pimi jw family and jw business connections, it may not be wise to share such a letter, but i imagine it must be very freeing to send such a letter.
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blondie
BA, good letter, but...elders and jws would unlikely read it officially past the 2nd paragraph. But good info for non-jws and PIMOS to read.
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Where is Tony?
by Athanasius inon february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.
in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.
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blondie
stan livedeath, I doubt it the Accounting Department keeps a close eye on "their" money. Better to commit adultery than steal the WTS money.