Posts by BluesBrother

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Introduction: POMO Ex-JW w/ Late-Life Diagnosis Autism

by LongGone in

jw
friends

i'm longgone.

i was raised as a jw and i was in the "religion" for three decades.

i was an ex-jw for five years before i started to no longer even regard myself as an ex-jw, just as a person.

BluesBrother

Welcome LongGone... we are a very mixed bunch here but with a common past in the WTS... As you say , you have to have been in it to understand it.

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Article: Jehovah's Witnesses elders guilty of failure to report sexual abuse of 6-year-old girl

by AndersonsInfo in

mchenry county, woodstock, il .

northwest herald, shaw local news.

breaking news - read below full article - (article was blocked unless the reader has a subscription.

BluesBrother

So these obedient elders face jail time for doing what they were told to do by so called “Jehovah’s Organisation “ ... that is a tough break but only fair if it broke the State Law.

Critics say they were reckless etc but , knowing the way things are inside the Org , and especially if you are an elder.. you take the word of The Society above all others.

If this anonymous voice on the phone said “ don’t report- you are exempt from the law” , they would accept that unquestionably.

I’ll bet there is a no end of regret and saying “God ! I wish I had got his name !”

[ Edit.. we ought not to forget the poor kid who suffered horribly due to the perpetrators wickedness and their bungling]

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Administering a Blood Transfusion When Directed by a Superior- Jehovah's Witness Policy

by Ron.W. in

administering a blood transfusion when directed by a superior - jehovah's witness policy effective june 15th, 2018. while the hospital liasion committee elders were instructed that they may inform doctors and nurses of this decision, this letter was not allowed to be distributed to anyone outside of hlc members.. as a result of the concealment of this letter, and by virtue of the fact that this information was only to be shared verbally with jehovah's witness medical professionals and others, confusion erupted across the united states and in other branch offices of jehovah's witnesses.

countless letters were received at watchtower headquarters in new york from concerned jw nurses, paramedics, and others who were instructed verbally on this new policy, but which contradicted existing written policy that had been in effect for many decades.. in addition to letters from witness medical professionals, circuit overseers in the field wrote to the us branch and hospital information desk in new york about the problems caused by this unreleased policy.

for example, south carolina circuit overseer brandon roberts reported to headquarters that "the majority of the nurses in our circuit were not aware of this updated policy.

BluesBrother

What does “ administer” include? I am thinking of the nurse or HCA who actually connects it to the patient’s arm .

What about the one who fits a cannula to the patient ready to take the blood transfusions? Or the porter who brings it to the ward? Or anyone along the supply chain ? They all contribute.

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No beards...even Jesus! Strange Watchower rule for brothers!

by Witness 007 in

watchtower 1954 p.511 "why do watchtower publications now show jesus with short hair and no beard?

because he is shown that way in older representations of him that are older then the traditional effeminate looking pictures.".

watchtower 1968 p.286 "bible evidence and a recent review shows that jesus did have a beard..." charles russell style of beard was popular at bethel...till rutherford took over.

BluesBrother

I think beard discussions are pretty much old hat... We all know the WT used to speak against them for publishers... they seemed to think it made you look like a hippie!

That all changed years ago . Now there are plenty of bearded brothers and elders

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May 2022 Study Watchtower - FAKE prophecy again for JW's

by BoogerMan in

may 2022 study watchtower page 6, par.

5 “satan instigated an attack on the anointed brothers who were taking the lead in the kingdom-preaching work.

prominent ones among them were the figurative “two witnesses” spoken of as being killed.”.

BluesBrother

Interesting question but looking at the JW Library it seems to relate the wild beast out the abyss , that killed the two witnesses, to the wild beast out of the sea in Rev. 13 . They say that the terms “the sea” and “the abyss” can both be drawn from the Greek word.

The teaching is therefore that the political system jailed Rutherford and co , not the League or the UNO

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This good news of the kingdom

by Rattigan350 in

growing up around the faith, whenever i heard something taught, i'd always think there is a different way of looking at that, probably better.. we always hear "this good news of the kingdom will be preached... " matt 24:14.. so i think, is there more to it than preaching the kingdom?.

luke 17:21 the kjv and asv says "neither shall they say, lo here!

or, lo there!

BluesBrother

The previous post , Ozzie, is quite right . They teach , unscripturally , that it is their organisation that counts, not your love of Christ.

They also teach Jehovah’s kingdom, downgrading the appointed king Jesus.

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Back to the Meetings. It's Offical!

by pistolpete in

yep, the vacation is over, it's time to go to work------for free!

😭😢😓😰😡.

https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/.

BluesBrother

I must agree with FFGhost.. this sudden rush to reopen seems a complete U Turn from their previous safety first policy.

Around here ( UK) the word is to expect a sort of hybrid meeting from April 1st with the young and fit in attendance and the old and vulnerable watching digitally.

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Back to the Meetings. It's Offical!

by pistolpete in

yep, the vacation is over, it's time to go to work------for free!

😭😢😓😰😡.

https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/.

BluesBrother

Well well well ! They have taken down the notice . I’d love to know what is going on behind the scenes ….

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Back to the Meetings. It's Offical!

by pistolpete in

yep, the vacation is over, it's time to go to work------for free!

😭😢😓😰😡.

https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/.

BluesBrother

This announcement yesterday surprised me and a lot of others . I understand that in the U S the pandemic is viewed as nearly over , perhaps that is the driver of it, but that only proves the accusation that the Borg is too USA centric.

In the U.K. new infections have risen this week by a staggering 50% ! We have 12000 in hospital with it and deaths are between 100 and 200 every day. The government have relaxed restrictions but that is seen as due more to do with politics and the economy, than medical advice

So it is the timing that surprises and it being a global thing rather than gradually as conditions locally allow. I know of at least two older ones who separately say they flatly refuse to attend until it’s over.

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Anyone else remember the Awake saying this?

by BottanicPepper in

i may have put this in the wrong thread.

if so, i'm sorry.. my conundrum is this.... i am almost completely certain that an awake back in the 80's/90's mentioned a group of rock bands we shouldn't listen to and i seem to remember them actually naming guns and roses.. i can't find anything now, and i'm wondering if it's the mandela effect, or if it's another case of the cdrom versions of the awakes being doctored again.. does anyone else remember this?

or am i crazy?

BluesBrother

I well remember the articles against heavy rock “metal” music. I was an elder at the time and I loved heavy rock music...it was my release from the stresses and anxiety of life. I believed the Org. Was the truth then , but I could see that this was just human reasoning largely culled from other religious writers.....

I still bought G&R c ds , played them in headphones. Actually they were a band that had a lot to offer, not just thumping rock. Their version of “Knocking On Heavens Door” and songs like November Rain and Civil War , show that they were a cut above the others.