Posts by blondie

DOC, "My elderly mother just said a recent WT spoke of them sending a young guy to law school." (Judah Ben Schroeder (son of late GB Member Albert Schroeder) was sent by WT HQ to Columbia Law School. Not sure if he graduated. But here is a documented example straight from a WT publication.:

Philip Brumley "" To my surprise, I was assigned in January 1982 to serve in the Legal Department at Bethel. Three years later, I was asked to attend law school and to become a licensed attorney. I was pleasantly surprised to learn during my studies that the fundamental freedoms that most people take for granted, both in the United States and internationally, were strengthened by legal victories won by Jehovah’s Witnesses. These key cases were discussed extensively in class.

In 1986 when I was 30, I was appointed as the overseer of the Legal Department. Since I was so young and barely grasped the complexity of what lay ahead, I felt both privileged and overwhelmed.I qualified as an attorney in 1988..https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-july-2025/The-Battle-Belongs-to-Jehovah/

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The Preachilng finally stops..............As soon as Armageddon Starts.

by liam in

watchtower august 2025: new teaching: the hailstone message intensifies during the great tribulation.

preaching continues after babylon the great falls, up to armageddon.

some may still respond.. larchington .

blondie

Lots of adjustments here, I think many jws are oblivious, older ones heads just spun, and new ones don't even know the old info. People who preached this for years, will have a hard time making the "adjustment" by the WTS. More to come I'm sure.

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WT Library on iphone

by BoogerMan in

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just came into 21st century and got myself a new fangled mobile 'phone.. question: is it safe to download the wt library from the google playstore - without the borg tracking/tracing my data?.

thanks..

blondie

Yes, as the boomers die off (I am a boomer), the WTS realized they have to keep up with technology. Television was once viewed as a tool of the devil and the internet. Evidently, the WTS has learned how to use the tool of the devil. Perhaps the WTS performed an exorcism.

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Is the Governing Body hunting down PIMOs? LEAKED survey for select congregations in Canada

by liam in

it seems like the organization is hunting down pimos.

maybe the mark o donnell lawsuit is just the beginning.. this leaked survey in canada is asking some very weird questions from select publishers.

all i can say is that this will help wake up some pimi straddling the fence.

blondie

LHG, It made me angry and other things I learned about how elders suck up to wealthy jws, one rules for them and others for the "rank-and-file." When my husband was appointed an elder, we both saw the dark side of the WTS in ways we never imagined when outside the golden circle. It took 3 years still in to realize we had to leave or be part of it.

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The Most Tasteless Awake Cover ?? - Feb 8th 2003

by BluesBrother in

this magazine was disturbing to me at the time, but i lost track of it and only recently found it .

this is exactly as it was printed, no photo shop, i am not that clever.. it is credited to a newsagency, jan banning , panos pictures - so i do believe that she was a real child prostitute .

there is something that gets to me even now about this picture.

blondie

Scully, do you an image of that Awake cover?

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Is there a new rule regarding disfellowshipped people?

by HOTB in

does anyone have any information about a relaxing of the rules regarding family reaching out to disfellowshipped members?.

i've heard of an elder being openly in touch with a long time disfellowshipped family member.

apparently the term 'compassionate view' had been bandied about.. i can't find anything relating to this.. i'd be interested what the new rule is in when came into play.. hotb .

blondie

Vidiot, and that the money was running dry, and chumps to do the real work.

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Even after many years out, why can't you stop thinking about them.

by liam in

there is a lot of exjws who have been out 10-20-30-50 years, but for some reason, when they see a group of jehovah's witnesses, sitting by their carts, drinking coffee, scrolling through phones, laughing, something inside happens.

most can't explain it.

some say it makes their blood boil.

blondie

Moomanchu "What helped me is, I now look at rank and file witnesses as victims and I feel pity for them. I am grateful I escaped their situation and count my blessing" I felt the same way as realized that I had once been like them, a victim, and somehow had the aha moment, time to leave. I don't discount the ones who knowingly and deliberately did cruel and hurtful things, but I realized the majority are as fooled as I once was. I saw them as individuals, not one mass of people. I am glad I got out and have stayed out. One day others will have an aha moment, and have the courage to leave, and find that they are not alone.

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Breaking News, New xJW Video! Watchtower Society/Jehovah's Witnesses Abandoning The Public Announcement Of Disfellowshipment???

by AbaddonProvesIt in

breaking news!

watchtower society/jehovah's witnesses abandoning the public announcement of disfellowshipment???

[but they still practice shunning jw undesirables .

blondie

If I remember correctly, the WTS has changed the announcement to "So-and-so is no longer one of Jehovah's witnesses." No mention in the announcement of "disfellowshipping." In days gone past, the WTS announcement also included the "sin" they committed. But that was stopped a long time ago about 50 years ago. (Legal reasons). (In the index of the WTS publications, it now says "Disfellowshipping (See Removal From the Congregation) trying to remove the concept of disfellowshipping). In the 2024 Watchtower August p.31, the WTS now says based on changed policy, "

*We will no longer refer to such ones as being disfellowshipped. In harmony with Paul’s words recorded at 1 Corinthians 5:13, we will now refer to them as being removed from the congregation.
Before the Organized to do Jehovah's Will book (2019) p. 151 (elder's manual) it said, "When it is necessary to disfellowship an unrepentant wrongdoer from the congregation, a brief announcement is made, stating: “[Name of person] is no longer one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.” This will alert faithful ones in the congregation to stop associating with that person