Topics Started by LongHairGal

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Reddit thread Warning young JWs that ‘Spiritual Goals’ are Not a Career!
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. friends
as somebody who worked full-time when i was in the witness religion, this topic naturally caught my eye.. many of the responses are heartfelt.

there are about 90 at this point.

from what i read so far.. many are people who woke up before they got old but even these are resentful over their life being derailed with wasted time pursuing spiritual goals and having to start over at a later age getting an education/job.. i imagine born-in young jws would be most susceptible to this.. in today’s world, a ‘career’ is something that earns you a living.. as many of the responses there will say: anybody who pursues ‘spiritual goals’ only will end up with wasted time in the end with no money and no retirement plan… i couldn’t agree more.. it would be a shame if this happens to yet more jws..
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5 Shocking Reasons Why Elders Are Leaving The Jehovah’s Witnesses — The Hidden Truth!
by Golden4Altar in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
5 shocking reasons why elders are leaving the jehovah’s witnesses — the hidden truth!

(kingdom wisdom).

thousands of jehovah’s witness elders around the world are stepping down… and no one is talking about it.
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New JW Video: Jehovah’s Witnesses Told Me Armageddon Was Coming in 1975… But It Destroyed My Family, Not The World!
by AbaddonProvesIt in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jehovah’s witnesses told me armageddon was coming in 1975… but it destroyed my family .

not the world!

(kingdom wisdom).
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Guess who's coming to dinner.. Elder and nosey wife!
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
so my wife ran into a elder i new 10 years ago and invites him to dinner!!!!!

he arives and gives me a bear hug...love bombing!

he started talking about armegedon is really very very close.
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Where r we now?
by sparrowdown in
1. jw
2. friends
post covid, post trump, post cedarsgate, post tony morris, post arc… where r we now?.
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"Love bombing" when your new or baptised.
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i studied with a sister and her husband and there first complaint was all the love stopped after they got baptised...well it's called love bombing all cults do this till your in then they move on..
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Change in WT Stance on Retirement? A qualified answer?
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
i was reading the march 2025 wt today, and i notice this: "march 2025 p. 29 jehovah’s hand is not too short p.29-31 (retirement, but qualified statement) (notice , it is not wrong, but, in the end we must rely on their god.

retirement is alluded to as "making the quest for material things the focus of our life.

" are we confident that their god will provide (why have retirement then?
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Remember Hour Quotas?
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
hour quotas timeline.

back in the old days long before 1952.

“after staying in our ‘home’ for two days we decided that if we were going to meet our quota of 140 hours for the month.
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How many times did they say armagedon was coming?
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
1914 1918 1925 1940s 1975 1914 generation what did i miss?.
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Verdict on the 2025 convention
by gavindlt in
1. jw
2. experiences
final thoughts after 15 hours of the 2025 assembly.

after dedicating 15 hours to the 2025 assembly, i walked away with a heavy sense of spiritual emptiness.

the only part that managed to stir anything within me was a single video on day one titled “what does jesus see in you?”—a piece with sentimental appeal, but still surface-level at best.. .