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  Disfellowhipped for not wearing facemask?

  by Anna Marina in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yup - person has done nothing wrong.

  but they have called a judicial and from what i can tell refusing to wear a facemask is bothering them more than the person not turning up.. so is this new light?

  if you have been called to a judical please remember to stay safe and wear your personal protective equimpment.

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  BluesBrother

  Come off it! We know this could not happen.
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  How do you personally deal with your still in family JWS ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for myself i just try to avoid them intentionally maybe see them once every couple of years on average.

  they used to be easy going but over the last 10 years or so they got more cult like and distant and i'm really not bothered by that, maybe a bit.

  they stick to their own or other members like they are their family so, its makes it unattractive for myself to connect and reach out to them anymore.

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  BluesBrother

  There is only my wife and she has been terrfic in these strange times. Without ministry or KH meetings we have drawn closer since her congregation leave her well alone .
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  The Society and 1975.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  stumbled upon this article - not that the wt society ever highlighted the date of 1975, but that was brothers running ahead... .

  w68 8/15 pp.

  494-501. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1968602#h=1:0 .

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  BluesBrother

  Like many others I was there. There were several articles highlighting the importance of the then future year 1975. The first time I saw it was in a chart in a study book printed in the late sixties . The momentum grew as years went by.

  We knew that The Society had not actually said that Armageddon would be on or before September 1975 but they sure hinted it strong enough . That was good enough for most of the dubs at the time. I mean, what were. We supposed to think?

  One typical view as voiced by an elder I remember. He said “ I am certain that Jehovah would not allow the Society to be so wrong over this important matter “

  How wrong we were!
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  2020-New-October-Elders-Manual-Addendum-and-S-147-Announcements! (as of 2020-10-02)

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  new--2020-october--shepherd the flock of god--elder manual.

  new--2020-october--addendum to elder manual.

  2020--october-s-147-e--announcements and reminders.

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  BluesBrother

  Thanks for the Shepherding Flock book ,Atlantis &Petra. What would we do without you ?
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  Thank Jehovah for the food box's

  by Fadeaway1962 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://thecounter.org/churches-usda-covid-19-food-boxes-boundaries-church-and-state/.

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  BluesBrother

  It would be funny if they were officially reprimanded for this. I have had a job to grasp this matter in previous comments because when the U k gave food boxes to vulnerable people they came direct, even if the delivery people were volunteering. There was no named charity involved. I understand a bit better now.

  NB . It is a bit much to dress it up as a gift from Jehovah when it is provided by the government. You would think even the older dubs would see through that one
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  Anthony Morris wants former Jehovah's Witnesses DEAD

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in a disgusting new video, anthony morris iii talks about apostates, and brings to mind his 'hot dog' talk all over again as he anticipates the demise of ex-jehovah's witnesses.

  i don't know if you're familiar with maggots, but when you see a whole bunch of them it's not a pleasant sight.. .

  what a fitting picture of the final end of all of god's enemies.

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  There is something about A M 3rd. You will remember his polemic about " tight pants" ? I think it was the same talk tbat railed against women wearing "Spanx" clothing. That brought a ton of criticism, not that he would care.

  Now we , who are elsewhere in the literature viewed as lost sheep are vilified as maggots fit to be destroyed, gone in a puff of smoke. He claims not to take pleasure in the death of people but tnen contradicts that showing he revels in the idea of our gruesome death.

  This seems to have been triggured by watching a news bulletin. Really? If that be the case I suggest this guy is subject to serious depression. . Perhaps that is why he takes whisky.

  Well, let him enjoy it while he can, locked down at Warwick. He will discover that he cannot escape old age and death , just like the rest of us.
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  Today s wt

  by road to nowhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  quote from the introduction:.

  some apparently claimed to have received a special, mystical knowledge from god.e but their teaching contradicted jesus’ message and encouraged selfishness and a lack of love.

  so john calls these teachers antichrists, or those who teach against christ.

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  BluesBrother

  Teaching contrary to the words of Jesus makes you literally anti Christ. I can see that But the way the WTS apply it, one has only to disagree with the current teaching of the Watchtower magazine, to attract that accusation.

  Eg. Supposing back in the nineties you voiced the view that the entire remaining remnant of the 144K were not the faithful and discreet slave , you would have been d/f’d .. but they would agree with you now.
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  jehober "always'" protects his 'loyal servants'?

  by eyeuse2badub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last week i watched the docuseries on prime video called “the last narc”.

  it was mainly about the notorious mexican guadalajara drug cartel during the 70’s and 80’s and a united states dea agent, kiki camerena, who was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in guadalajara, mexico in 1984. this is a very well-known and haunting event here in the usa.. however, there was also about a 7-8 minute segment during the docuseries that graphically detailed the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 4 jehovah’s witnesses that also took place just days before kiki camerena was taken.

  the jw’s were 2 married couples, us citizens, dennis and rose carlson, ben and pat mascarenas.

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  BluesBrother

  Yes.... stuff happens . It is a fact of life and J Ws are as much at risk as anybody else.

  in 2017 a bro. went to an empty K Hall down in Devon. He was there to do a job of work. While he was there alone a man turned up and accosted him, stabbing him fatally. There was nothing wrong about the victim, he was just unlucky... The killer was later committed to a secure mental institution.

  So the man enjoyed no special protection from Jehovah.

  Long before I lost faith in it, I had worked out that there was no protection in this life.

  Back in the 80's somebody planted a bomb in an Australian K Hall. It went off during the meeting with some loss of life and serious injuries.someone sent us a tape recording of a talk in which a speaker attempted to explain God's protection, saying ,in effect , that it could have been far worse. That was no explanation for us and we recognized that they were just victims of a horrible crime.

  Of course a dub might say that Jehovah protects his people in the long run by the provision of a resurrection hope !
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  Re: Mad Apostate's form letter

  by Mulan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in regards to the following letter, that mad apostate posted last week: .

  to whom it may concern: .

  your harassing inquiries into our personal affairs are not welcomed, and any further attempts at such will result in legal action against the individual harassers, the --city--, --state-- congregation of jehovah's witnesses, the watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc., the christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses, inc., and all associated watchower legal entities.

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  BluesBrother

  A blast from the past.. Dear old Mulan. I wonder how she is now......
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  You Know You're A Jehovah's Witness When...

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. humour

  you know you're a jehovah's witness when.... being offered a scholarship to a good university is considered a bad thing.. when you see a house you like you claim it for after your god kills the owner.. you recieve spiritual guidence from a bus driver and a window washer.. you're engaged to a person you only met 3 months ago.. your widowed mother is marrying a man she met at the convention who she's known for 2 weeks.. there's jehovah's witnesses meeting in your house on a saturday morning to talk about going out knocking on doors on a saturday morning.. a lie in on a weekend happens about twice a year.. you dont talk to your own parents/children because they have a different opinion about a magazine.. you're not quite sure what you're supposed to believe anymore.. when someone criticizes your a magazine you feel like you're being attacked.. your 3yo son owns a suit.. if you're not married by the age of 30 you're considered to be gay or something wrong with you.. (for girls) if you havent married the first or second person you've dated you're considered promiscuous or something wrong with you.. you get your scientific knowledge from a magazine written by people who've never been to college and have never actually read the source they claim to be citing.. you get excited if there's a storm or natural disaster.. you get excited when there's a terrorist attack.. you get excited when there's a pandemic.. your version of tinder is the lunch break at a convention.. your girlfriend dresses like her grandmother.. your grandparents, despite being in the same religion as you, died believing totally a different belief system..

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  BluesBrother

  You find the Covid 19 pandemic a reason to "raise up your head and rejoice"

  You feel strongly about the politics of your country but you never dare say so outside of home and you never ever vote.