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Inviting People to Meetings

by HereIam60 in

the current memorial invitation campaign got me thinking about the few times over the years that someone i invited to a meeting actually came: .

1) once when i was "new", i invited a friend to a sunday meeting.

neither of us drove, so the brother conducting my study picked us up.

LV101, "but I observed there was a definite BIAS against people who were converts and not born-in Witnesses." 1) I have seen biases about born-in and converts. One is in the appointment of MS and elders, those born-in are considered more spiritual than converts and will be selected sooner, having learned WTS teachings from baby on up 2) if you have a non-jw father (supposed the spiritual head even not jw) and mother has to teach you, you are considered as spiritually contaminated, even after you choose to be baptized as a jw. I have seen many cases of both as I grew up up in several congregations. It is all across the organization so it has to originate from the "top."

"In addition, the congregation elders arrange to visit and offer help to disfellowshipped ones in the congregation territory who may have left their past practice of sin." (My husband was an elder and the elders were directed to do this after the circuit overseer's visit and before the next circuit overseer visit and report to him what happened then. Many elders made a show of this, "driving by" and determining from the street that the person is not-home. My husband would tell me some days that he and long-time elder had done this. My husband was not a jw growing up and thought this was bizarre).

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Jephthah's Daughter

by cantleave in

i have read somewhere that jephthah's daughter did not really go into temple service but was a victim of ritual sacrifice.

the bible says that after weeping over her virginity that the maidens would visit her annually.

how could they visit her if she was killed?.

blondie

The WTS interpretation of this story, is not the only way Christian religions interpret it. Four ways: 1. Perpetual Virgin: Many Christians believe Jephthah's vow was to dedicate his daughter as a perpetual virgin, a lifelong service to the Lord. 2. Literal Sacrifice: Some interpretations suggest that Jephthah did kill his daughter as part of his vow, but this is less widely accepted 3. Symbolic Dedication: Many scholars and theologians believe that Jephthah's vow was a symbolic act of dedication, not a literal sacrifice 4. Other Interpretations: Some see the story as a cautionary tale about the dangers of rash vows and the importance of careful consideration before making promise

Jehovah’s Witnesses administrator confessed child abuse without substantial consequence, lawsuit says

by blondie in

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/jehovahs-witnesses-child-sexual-abuse .

blondie

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/jehovahs-witnesses-child-sexual-abuse

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Inviting People to Meetings

by HereIam60 in

the current memorial invitation campaign got me thinking about the few times over the years that someone i invited to a meeting actually came: .

1) once when i was "new", i invited a friend to a sunday meeting.

neither of us drove, so the brother conducting my study picked us up.

blondie

I have no contact with them at all for 20 years. I had someone call me after the "new light" about being able to talk to people. I was never df'd and I never da'd myself. Just inactive. Took 20 years to contact me, live in the same place, same phone #.

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Blood decisions are now your problem: WT JULY 2025

by raymond frantz in

the following is from the latest study watchtower july 2025, study article 28, paragraph 17:.

each christian must make up his or her own mind about whether to accept or to reject these fractions.

we may find it a challenge to understand this matter fully, but making decisions like this is part of the load that each of us must carry.

blondie

17 How might a similar situation arise today? Consider the matter of blood fractions. Each Christian must make up his or her own mind about whether to accept or to reject these fractions. c We may find it a challenge to understand this matter fully, but making decisions like this is part of the load that each of us must carry. (Rom. 14:4) If we were to copy what somebody else decided to do, we could weaken our own conscience. We can train and improve our conscience only by using it. (Heb. 5:14) So when should we ask a mature Christian for advice? After we have done our own research but still need help in understanding how Bible principles relate to our situation (and Endnote https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/enjoy-life-forever/section-3/lesson-39/#p37-p41 For a detailed discussion of this topic, see the Enjoy Life Forever! book, lesson 39 point 5 and the “Explore” section.". LInk to the WT Study article (yes it is one) https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-july-2025/Why-Seek-Advice/

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Inviting People to Meetings

by HereIam60 in

the current memorial invitation campaign got me thinking about the few times over the years that someone i invited to a meeting actually came: .

1) once when i was "new", i invited a friend to a sunday meeting.

neither of us drove, so the brother conducting my study picked us up.

blondie

Yes, I did, I was on the 1) lower level because my father was not a jw and was considered to have contaminated my brother and me. 2) Then I became a pioneer and had many jw relatives, 3 elders and one MS. 3) Then my husband became an elder and one elder up came up and intimated that now I was considered more "spriritual" and I also learned how many parties the elders had for only elders and their wives. Moving on up?

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the pope has died

by stan livedeath in

most people on the planet have heard of the pope.. most people on the planet have never heard of the governing body..

blondie

And so the fights being :(

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Inviting People to Meetings

by HereIam60 in

the current memorial invitation campaign got me thinking about the few times over the years that someone i invited to a meeting actually came: .

1) once when i was "new", i invited a friend to a sunday meeting.

neither of us drove, so the brother conducting my study picked us up.

blondie

I was a Physically In Mentally Out (PIMO) for several years before I stopped going. I never invited people to the KH then, why should they get involved with the same unloving organization and group of people I experienced every day. I even went back to people I had studied with and called on, and warned them not to get involved with the WTS.

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the pope has died

by stan livedeath in

most people on the planet have heard of the pope.. most people on the planet have never heard of the governing body..

blondie

Duran, when going in the "ministry" people would tell me that they were going to heaven, it would a better place than living on earth. But those people were not in a hurry to go to heaven. I would ask respectfully, "but then why don't people just send themselves to heaven earlier?" Probably they still enjoy life on earth....

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Curious? How many members of this group feel we are living in the "End Times"?

by Balaamsass2 in

i like to take a peek at the kids over on reddit every week or so.. this thread caught my eye:" curious….

do any ex jw or pimo, still believe the world is ending.

i see people who have never been witnesses think that the world will end soon and they say things like “jesus is coming soon”….

blondie

Never (but I never publicized my opinion, that would have gotten me in trouble), I figured Abraham did not know when the prediction by god that he would make a nation out of him through his son Isaac. Noah did not know exactly when the flood would come. And Jesus said here that his followers could not determine when it would happen. Matthew 24:44 :On this account, you too prove yourselves ready, because the Son of man is coming at an hour that you do not think to be it. (that is if you thought you figured out when, then it had to be wrong.) The WTS even commented on this scripture saying: "A thief does not announce in advance when he is coming. He hopes to arrive when no one is expecting him. Similarly, as Jesus said, the end of this system will come at ‘an hour that we do not think to be it.’" WT 2003 1/1 p.19 (Remember I am just reporting not supporting)