Posts by blondie

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1925--2025... 100 years since Rutherford promised paradise earth.

by Witness 007 in

rutherford wrote in 1925 "millions now living will never die"...they died.

he also promised that moses and david and all the old bible heroes would live with him in his mansion.

only he lived there till he died in 1942...100 years and not much changed..

blondie

No more, in '34...my husband made that up. 1914 + 120 year warning to the people before the flood, 2034, 10 years...just a joke.

I brought this up in 2004, https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/65453/comments-you-will-hear-1-25-04-wt-study

Only 120 years

more and Jehovah would bring "the deluge of waters upon the earth to bring to ruin all flesh in which the force of life is active from under the heavens."?Genesis 6:17

2490 ? 120 years = 2370 BC (Date of flood per WTS)

1914 + 90 years = 2004 AD (today)

1914 + 120 years = 2034 AD

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Maddison, WI Shool Shooting - 3 Dead

by Sea Breeze in

like the one in tennessee, this one in maddison, wi, was done be a female.

the police chief points out that: .

“yes, i don’t know whether [the shooter] was transgender or not, and quite frankly, i don’t think that’s even important.

blondie

Motorcyles don't have the ability to kill many people at the same time, more danger to the driver too. Either way, a sad event.

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Rethinking WT Charity Status in Canada.

by Vanderhoven7 in

rethinking wt charity status in canada.. .

https://avoidjw.org/news/canada-rethinking-charity-status-project-straight-arrow/ .

Hap[y New Year for 2025

by HappyDad in

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friends

as we live in the last hour of 2024, i want to wish all of you a happy new year.

all of us have come a long way.

we have faced the dragon and spit in his face.

I've been out for 23 almost 24 years. I have even forgotten the names of most of them, have to struggle with a little help from my ex-jw husband. The WTS has taught that df'd people are like dead people, and those that just stop going are a spiritual danger to jws.

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Costume dramas at conventions

by AdamCzarnobay in

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friends

are convention dramas still a thing or have these been replaced by videos of dramas recorded in the usa?.

blondie

Dramas changed over time.

One per district conventions (held in same venue at different times), different cast, homemade costumes mostly, supposed jws with good standing, right

Then very fancy sewn professionally costumes, with clothing props like shoewear and weapons. The elite among jws (those with money for costly costumes), took much time away from preaching for rehearsal and lip syncing.

Then one cast for several conventions. It became a status thing to be chosen.

Then technology came to be used, for films, only one cast (supposedly more experienced at acting) for all conventions in the US. Not sure how in other countries. So even more an elite group.

Very few,, current day situations, once again teaching jws to be like the Israelites or not, not like Jesus.

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Annual Report

by St George of England in

the latest report is now available for download on our favourite website!.

george.

blondie

I think member numbers does not really reflect the true amount of effort jws spend in "effective" preaching. One reason the WTS last September was pushing the "bible study" program. Or the quality of the members as to really reflecting their god's principles, including Jesus' human one. I gauge that I what I saw jw individuals actually said, in cases behind the closed doors. Do other religions do this, I wouldn't be surprised. The WTS has long said that numbers were not an indicator of a religion being the true one. They have changed their tune. (Of note, the WTS put forth a media link to this report. Something I haven't seen done except in recent years)

This was posted on Google News on 12-30-2024

https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/2024-Service-Year-Report-of-Jehovahs-Witnesses-Worldwide/

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Leah Remini's Next A&E Project to Tackle Jehovah's Witness

by blondie in

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leah remini's did a show several years ago, it was very good.

she is working on a new one.. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/leah-reminis-next-aande-project-to-tackle-jehovahs-witness/ar-aaxeni9?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1 .

blondie

Leah Remini's did a show several years ago, it was very good. She is working on a new one.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/leah-reminis-next-aande-project-to-tackle-jehovahs-witness/ar-AAxENI9?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

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Removed - blood card

by skin in

i overheard a discussion between two jws, they said that when someone is disfellowshipped, they are asked to hand their blood card back to the elders.

i had never heard of this before, is this correct?.

blondie

The "blood" card was updated at one point, so current jws at that time were "encouraged "to get the new one throw away the old one. But not required returned from d'fd by elders. Meeting Workbook January 2024 Durable Power of Attorney (DPA) Card and Identity Card (ic): These cards outline a patient’s wishes concerning the medical use of blood. Baptized publishers can obtain from the literature servant a DPA card for themselves as well as an Identity Card for their minor children. These cards should be kept on our person at all times. If you need to fill one out or update one, do not procrastinate."

2016https://www.jwfacts.com/pdf/blood-2016-Medical-Directive-dpa-E.pdf This 2016 one seems to be the most current. Because the WTS has constantly "adjusted" this document, the WTS wants the individual jw to have the most current, so the medical/legal community is not "confused" and everyone is on the same page, and destroy the old one. Does anyone remember when new cards were handed out at the old book study (small groups) and fill it out there and have the conductor sign it? WTS taking control of having it done.

If now accepting blood transfusions, give document to doctor, hospital, and any place you gave your old HC-POA. Experience from here on JWN: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/95897/elders-will-notified-will-find-you-hospital

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1922 Cedar Point Ohio Convention

by Nambo in

i recall reading that daniel 12 verse 12 ( 12 blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

), was claimed to have been fulfilled by the cedar point ohio convention in 1922.. can anybody recall which publications this claim was published in please?.

or even better, a screen shot.

blondie

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/revelation-daniel-prophetic-interpretation.php

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/1800s.php

That is the most recent I found on 1,335 days. This is a teaching that has fallen by the wayside, rather than "clarified" like the 7,000 year creative day, last mentioned in 1989 quoting from a 1987 publication. Books were edited to "correct" so that the WTS "encouraged" jws to get new copies rather than use older one! The links are linked to an ex-jw site, owner is an ex-Bethelite whose father is/was a circuit overseer. It is a timeline with quotes from WT publications and where it can be found in those.

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Kingdom Ministry School 2022-2023

by Lowrence in

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does anyone of you have the outlines of the latest kingdom ministry school 2022-2023 in pdf, if it possible with videos?

thanks in advance.

lowrence .

blondie

Beth Sarim, I was surprised it was that long ago. The CLAM is a joke more than any other WTS publications. Definitely, snoozeville, WTS trying to get old-time jws to do an effective way of making converts. A few years ago, the congregation overseer did a run down of number of bible with people other than children of jws, and it was only one, for 1 year with 100 publishers. And that one had just been df'd. Not surprised September 2024 was a special month offering bible studies to non-jws. I wonder how that turned out.