LongHairGal

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  The Re-Opening of the Kingdom Halls

  by LetTheTruthBeKnown in

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  2. beliefs

  it's been six months since the kingdom halls have been closed.

  i believe here in ontario, canada that you are now allowed to have up to 50 people congregate together.. that was the average attendance before they did all the merging of the congregations.

  they should have went back to the original pre-merger congregations.

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  LETTHETRUTHBKNOW:

  I think they simply want to sell off as many kingdom halls as they can and Covid provides them with a perfect excuse to do so.

  I could be wrong, but it appears to me (as an ex-JW observer) that the religion is going almost totally online..Possibly at some point they might have a large meeting in some rented convention hall maybe a few times a year.

  So, it seems to be goodbye to the old way of Witness life with the hall and meetings. Gone is also that In Person association.

  BUT, nobody counted on this: The brothers might have to make cold calls in the community to ask for money for ‘needy’ persons in the hall:..pioneers who ‘didn’t count the cost’; people who didn’t plan for retirement because they were told ‘they didn’t need to’; plus fired bethelites sent home, etc.

  There is no physical hall with warm bodies to go up TO with an envelope looking for money! Those good old fashioned days are gone. And I don’t think Zoom is going to cut it.
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  So the elders gave my 19 year old daughter a shepharding call depression ensues!

  by nowwhat? in

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  against our wishes she got baptised at 16 because she got brainwashed by her cousin.

  the last year or so she hasn't been so gung ho about the "truth".

  anyway the elders came down on her for not getting her time in the last couple months because she absolutely hates zoom letter writing.

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  NOWWHAT?:

  I’m sorry about your daughter and especially that she’s taking medication for anxiety. When I was her age that would have been undeard of. Just think..a religion that causes people to need medication? What’s wrong with this picture? My God. Get out.

  TRUTH_B_KNOWN:

  That is a very good philosophy and I read this years ago in a book. We ALL have worth and it is not tied to our possessions or occupation, etc.. But try telling that to some stuck up individuals with money. 🙄

  However, the idea of anybody living their life enslaved to what others think or might think of them is absurd..In many cases, other people aren’t thinking of you at all, least of all the Witnesses.

  I couldn’t care what they think or even if they had a brain to think with!
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  Never Forget 9/11

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  tomorrow is the anniversary of 9/11/2001.

  i hope we never forget what happened that fateful day and learn from what happened.❤️.

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  MINIMUS:

  Yes, the anniversary has come for 9/11. This is a day we should never forget.

  An aunt had said that when you leave the house in the morning...you don’t know if you’re going to put the key in the door at night. I was so grateful I got home from NYC that fateful day because so many others did not.
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  David Splane's 2020 Conventionl talk ....''Jehovah has to come first''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  '' has your desire to put jehovah first been tested during this pandemic?

  you lost your job and you searched for another one.

  finally, after a long search, you found one but it was a job that would require you to miss all your meetings and field service.

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  IOWNMYLIFE:

  You are absolutely correct about this. This was my observation back when I was in the JW religion...They glorify the unemployed, but imagine the ‘sinful, meeting-missing, paycheck-drawing and fiscally responsible’ will support these people. Dream on...

  Back then because of the negativity I got because of my full-time job, I was determined NEVER to give anything to any ‘exemplary Christian’ there who didn’t want to work.. Let their so-called spiritual friends give them money! You know. All the people who invited them to those special gatherings I wasn’t invited to!

  Last year I explained this to an old JW friend. I told them I had NO intention of being targeted now to give money for anybody there who either didn’t want to work OR who didn’t work sufficiently or make plans for their future.

  I’m sorry for all these JWs (including fired bethelites)..but they are going to have to get help from brothers with businesses.
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  David Splane's 2020 Conventionl talk ....''Jehovah has to come first''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  '' has your desire to put jehovah first been tested during this pandemic?

  you lost your job and you searched for another one.

  finally, after a long search, you found one but it was a job that would require you to miss all your meetings and field service.

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  RULES & REGULATIONS:

  Absolutely sickening that the JW religion in the year 2020 is STILL going on with the hateful tirade against secular work..making it sound like ‘it’s no big deal’ if somebody is out of work.

  Meanwhile, he and others in headquarters there are not paying for any of their own expenses of food, clothing and shelter, etc. Is this being in touch with reality?

  I was knocked, shunned, hardly invited to gatherings back in the day because I had a full-time job that I refused to quit.. I cannot say it enough times that my life would have been ruined if I followed their advice. I was advised to quit my job with benefits; take up housecleaning (physical labor, no benefits - I hated it) and DO favors for the Users (which is what they tried to do with young women).

  Thankfully, I rejected this advice (coming from hypocritical older people COLLECTING THEIR PENSIONS, I might add). These older people in the congregation were IN the workforce with decent jobs with benefits but yet they were telling ME I should quit everything and pursue poverty. It was as though I should jump from a plane without a parachute.

  All those hypocritical older people have died after living a cushy life. The poverty being preached was certainly not for them, just some other unfortunate person! It makes me sick what I encountered back then. Again.. I wouldn’t not be Retired today if I had listened back then and this is a sobering thought.
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  Meanwhile over at exjw reddit

  by nowwhat? in

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  it has no value at all.

  it consists of 99% dumb, confused kids asking stupid hypothetical questions.

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  ANDERS ANDERSON:

  Yes, I had noticed that site seems to mostly be made up of young people.

  But as far as them being ‘free from polarizing politics’, you’re wrong. They bought into the whole BLM thing a few months ago - hook, line and sinker!!! Nauseating...In fact, I stopped looking at the site for a while...As far as ‘dishonest’ topics on politics 🙄: it depends on your viewpoint!

  PISTOL PETE:

  I also think it’s a great thing that so many young people are discovering the JW religion is BS..before they waste their lives there!
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  California passes bill lessening penalty for pedophiles having sex with willing kids.

  by mickbobcat in

  1. social
  2. current

  i was wondering about this.

  if california or other far left groups in charge would push for making pedophiles quote normal unquote.

  so it passed but has yet to be signed by newsom.

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  BIAHI:

  I also loved the Laura Ingalls Wilder books when I was in grade school and I believe I read all or most of them (?). I remember “On the Banks of Plum Creek” and “By The Shores of Silver Lake”.

  Girls got married younger back then and people were more serious in general..no comparison to today!
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  Received a letter from a JW today.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it started off as "dear friend ,as one of your neighbours" , however the postmark on the letter was from 2 townships away ?

  a good twenty minute car drive away .a minor point i know.

  it goes on about how she is concerned about the effects that current events are having on the welfare of the community and the corona-virus has prevented her from discussing the issues personally with me.. she then goes on to state and quote jeremiah 29:11 and then goes on to say "for more information about this promise and other questions like :.

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  SMIDDY3:

  The only JW friend I have left does this letter writing.

  This is a person who cannot afford the cost but does this anyway. I’m sure she does this because she feels she must (whether peer pressure or whatever).

  I can only imagine receiving one of these pathetic communications and tearing it up and thinking that somebody wasted time and postage.
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  Why Do Intelligent People Still Believe In The Jehovah’s Witness Religion?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i understand it’s a cult.

  but what makes an intelligent person actually believe they have the “truth” as taught by jehovah’s witnesses??

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  CARMICHAEL:

  Yes, I certainly believe it’s true if they laid all their cards on the table nobody would join.

  I agree with you that it’s emotion and not intelligence as to why certain people stay JWs - long after others have fled because of bad treatment and/or disagreement over doctrines.

  Some people will argue though that it was ‘facts’ (or facts as they see it) that made them join or stay..Whatever.. I also believe a good amount stay there because of family and they are ‘faking it’. Not a good way to be but they do it.

  I can’t imagine anybody remaining an elder and faking it..at least not for long (step down at least).

  And I don’t believe the excuse that somebody remains an elder faking it because they hope to ‘help or awaken others’. 🙄 Sorry, but I don’t buy this for one minute no matter what lies they tell themselves.
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  Do You Think We Will Ever Get To “Normal” Again?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  will we ever be able to congregate together for a concert or a theater?

  will we forever be wearing a mask at walmart?

  will restaurants and bars allow people to eat drink and simply hang out?.

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  PETE ZAHUT & MINIMUS:

  I agree with you that going overboard with hand sanitizers and insanely wiping everything down with chemicals every step of the way is unnecessary and possibly harmful..as we DO need some bacteria to keep our immune systems healthy.

  What I was referring to in my post is the general disregard and lazy habits that TOO many people have fallen into. The Covid crisis has simply reintroduced something like simple hand washing with plain old soap and water (especially after using the toilet). Too bad this became a lost art to certain lazy people!