mass shooting at a kingdom hall in hamburg, germany this evening.
at least 6 or 7 killed, dozens injured.
single shooter on the run, police doesn't rule out more shooters.
This is very tragic news! 😞
Possibly somebody personally affected by the religion’s policies has gone off the deep end(?) Not making any excuses for anybody’s behavior, but if that’s the case, as BETH SARIM said: it’s coming home to roost. Policies like shunning, etc. would definitely have repercussions.
Very sad and yet another reason for JWs to stay home on Zoom rather than risk going to a meeting and have something like this happen!
kingdom halls will be the thing of the past.. conventions (mini assembly halls will still be going on) but will charge for attending and parking and always a donation.
elders will play a much smaller role since csa.
cart preaching will replace door to door.
MAGNUM:
I see what you’re saying, but if the number of Witnesses continues to decrease (which I don’t think can be avoided), they will have to make do with what’s there. Who knows? Maybe their doctrine will change. Haven’t they made other changes over time?
The older JWs will inevitably pass away, not to mention PIMO family members who stop going because there’s no reason to fake it anymore. The religion will then be a shadow of its former self.
Maybe it’s more than a few years. Who knows exactly when this will happen and what the religion/organization will do to stay afloat? Who knows what form the amoeba will take? It should be interesting to see for whoever is around to witness this.
hey.
does anyone else dread attending (in person or on zoom) the memorial months in advance?.
literally as soon as new year hits, i feel sick and super anxious, and i've realised it's because of the memorial, which i only attend because of family, who kinda tell me the reason they have bad health is cuz i left the jw sevel years ago..
HIDDLESWIFE:
You are certainly right about the meetings being a source of anxiety - because of the attitudes of the people there. You were being sized up for whatever reason: how you looked, how you dressed, etc.
I didn’t realize how true this was until I stopped going. When I began my ‘Fade’ and stayed home on meeting nights, I soon rediscovered the peace I had many years before I came into the JW religion. What a wonderful feeling it was. I realize what happened was a gradual process that people got used to without realizing what was happening!.. But, this is all in the past and I am wiser to this and I’m sure other people feel similarly!
Never again!
this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.
this is not a joke.
anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!
EXBETHELITENOWPIMA:
You are surprised it is taking this long for any details to leak out?.. It is possible that they are keeping quiet almost under pain of death if they reveal anything!
I just saw a YouTube about somebody calling the headquarters to ask a simple question as to who the president of the organization is. He never got an answer from anybody!
You had to see the runaround he got with paranoid questions as to who he was, is he a JW, etc. After long waits and being switched to more than one person, he finally got disconnected.. In contrast, he recorded a call to another religious denomination and got a quick courteous answer to the same question with no problem.
Just listening to all this solidified to me how secretive and paranoid the JW organization is. It felt creepy. This does not make them look good in anybody’s eyes!
during today's wt: "satan has the world on a treadmill wearing blinders"..
THOMASMORE:
I felt the same way you did when I heard them say negative things about other denominations that more accurately described themselves.
I often thought this was done very deliberately. They had to know they were full of shit. I often wondered if they were deliberately daring somebody to disagree with them? This just added to the mountain of things wrong there that accumulated over time with the destination being the door!
sometimes people are born with deformities but is the human body adapting to modern world with biological changes?.
FISHERMAN:
That’s a good point. Many years ago I had my wisdom teeth out (they were causing problems).
I remember the doctor saying that very often they are poor quality. So who knows?
kingdom halls will be the thing of the past.. conventions (mini assembly halls will still be going on) but will charge for attending and parking and always a donation.
elders will play a much smaller role since csa.
cart preaching will replace door to door.
TONUS OH:
The JW religion is not really relevant as far as the world is concerned.
Many people don’t even know what they believe in. They just know them as nuisances who ring people’s doorbells.. Even when I was in the religion I was puzzled whenever they spoke about themselves. I think of the term ‘legend in their own minds’.. They weren’t even on my radar before I actually met one.
But I do get the general gist of your post and do believe the religion is gradually heading in the direction of other sects in the USA that are practically defunct.
during today's wt: "satan has the world on a treadmill wearing blinders"..
WTWIZARD:
You forgot something. What about being cornered from time to time by somebody with an envelope asking for a contribution for some ‘needy’ person there who hardly worked, if at all?
I don’t know about you, but that’s a reason I’m Glad I ‘Faded’ decades ago - looking back in retrospect.. As a working person who got criticized, I saw the ‘handwriting on the wall’ with regard to gullible JWs ‘waiting for Armageddon’ who didn’t want to work.👎
2023-01-27--civil unrest.
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LOSTINTHEFOG1999:
Yes, sadly, the hypocrisy and lack of love in the Witness religion is monumental. It’s all about show… I knew enough never to expect anything from anybody there.
I’m happily Out of there now for many years so this does not affect me. But, it’s certainly sad for any ‘believers’ still there who are expecting attention or loving behavior from any of their fellow worshippers.
hey.
does anyone else dread attending (in person or on zoom) the memorial months in advance?.
literally as soon as new year hits, i feel sick and super anxious, and i've realised it's because of the memorial, which i only attend because of family, who kinda tell me the reason they have bad health is cuz i left the jw sevel years ago..
FOOLEDNOMORE:
I always felt this way too at the memorial. I deliberately do not capitalize the word.
I can’t tell you how many times I felt it was a total waste to be sitting there and I’m Glad I don’t anymore! To me it was just an occasion to get dressed up and see Witnesses’ ‘worldly’ relatives who were dragged or bribed to be there and certain other people that came only once a year. 🤣
