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  Reading the Watchtower and Awake! is like getting a college education!

  by kairos in

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  anybody remember hearing this?.

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  is that comment in print anywhere?.

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  LongHairGal

  The fact that anybody made this claim (which is pathetic) in the first place just shows how sheltered and out of touch with reality some of the Witnesses are!.. They may be nice people but they are painfully ignorant.

  It also sounds to me like generational ignorance! This is also a consequence of having no contact with non-JWs. Most non-JW people, even if they themselves hadn’t gone to college, know people who have. Surely they heard about studying until early am hours, exams and having to read tons of things, etc… I doubt any of them would ever come to the conclusion that just reading periodical magazines of some religion (with a half-baked article on science here and there) would be equal to somebody’s ‘college education’. 🙄
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  Deaf Aotearoa flooded with complaints about Jehovah's Witness church

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  deaf aotearoa flooded with complaints about jehovah's witness churchkashka tunstalllast updated 15:22, october 6 2015deaf aotearoa has asked the jehovah's witness church to respond to claims of a deaf information database.new zealand's deaf community is fed up with unsolicited house calls, claiming the jehovah's witness church is targeting deaf households.deaf aotearoa has received multiple complaints from around the country and says church members visited certain homes because they were aware a deaf person lived there.

  the organisation released a statement on monday, saying it was looking into the possibility the church holds a database listing the details of members of the deaf community.jehovah witness spokesman rod spinks said there was no such database and deaf people were not being targeted.the deaf aotearoa statement was posted on the group's facebook page, and received a flood of comments from frustrated people.one woman said a group of jehovah's witnesses had come to her house and asked "for the deaf person who lives here.

  " she said they refused to explain how they had her details and didn't visit her neighbours.another said church members had turned up at her work and asked for her by name.hamilton man royce flynn said he had been visited six times over the last nine months, despite repeatedly saying he was uninterested in the house calls.he said the church members were always able to sign and also brought deaf people along, which lead him to believe he was being singled out.flynn said contacted local police, who told him it was a privacy issue and referred him on to the office of the privacy commissioner.he said he had been been in contact with local labour member of parliament sue moroney.deaf aotearoa acting chief executive jill dean said complaints about the church were a recurring issue.

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  VINTAGE:

  It looks to me that IXONEGAL’s last post was actually seven years ago and not one. I guess if you look quickly that 7 seems like a 1.

  In any case, seven years and not posting on the forum usually means the person isn’t coming back and probably won’t see your post. But, I do wish you success in your project!
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  New blood card

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all elders just got letters about this new blood card system .

  “language-coordinating congregations will receive separate parcel(s) containing the revised durable power of attorney for health care (dpa-e) for all congregation(s) in their literature group.“.

  my questions are - why the revision and what has been revised?.

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  NEW DAY:

  (Sorry for deviating from the OP.)

  I can somewhat understand your indignation.

  What you see as constant ‘jibes’ is a consequence of many janitor and/or housecleaning types in the Witness religion making very judgmental and stupid remarks about people (such as myself) who had white collar/office jobs or whatever was perceived as ‘better’ employment.. They made sure I wasn’t invited anywhere and was considered ‘not spiritual’. I never forgot this and am Glad I’m not there now to be around sob stories and people looking for handouts!

  They made it out to be that what they did for work was the ‘norm’ in the religion and anybody who did anything else was criticized and judged harshly. (Not that what other people did was anyone’s business - but JWs are envious busybodies.) This is the reason for the jibes!
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  Homeless camp in front of kingdom hall

  by greenhornet in

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  2. friends

  homeless camp in front of the kh in portland oregon usa.

  the interview starts at time stamp 1:46. i noticed they blurred out the sign in the front but not the jw.org logo.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5b80c8cug4.

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  HIDDLESWIFE:

  Sorry, but you can’t really be believing that JWs going to meetings are supposed to give money, goods to homeless people outside(?).. It would be endless. Not to mention that the halls aren’t a relief center.

  Even if the average JW wasn’t near broke because of not having decent jobs doesn't mean they should be giving $$ to panhandlers left and right.

  It’s a shame the religion itself doesn’t have social programs. They knock careers, promote poverty - and then say people should check out government programs and other relief (which are Christendom’s churches, ironically).

  To add insult to injury, they imagine that responsible working people in congregations are going to tolerate being targeted to give money to JWs who chose not to work! 👎 (Glad I’m Out).

  Too many needy inside the religion who didn’t work and too many needy outside. The social problems in our world are a bottomless pit.. People who want to help the homeless and needy should support these organizations and programs that DO offer food and other relief. Just my opinion.
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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!

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  LongHairGal

  I just saw a post on Reddit from someone who heard that AM3 did not step down but was supposedly removed and is no longer in bethel and attends a congregation that his son attends in South Carolina (or words to this effect).

  So, can anybody on here confirm if this is true?
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  Cost of living crisis

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during the height of the pandemic all elders had to report to the co anyone who was struggling with bills or who couldn’t pay the rent.

  the co reported it to the branch.. i don’t know what happens next.

  do the branch help at all?

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  ANONY MOUS:

  That’s exactly right and this is what I have a problem with.. They target what they perceive are more ‘affluent’ people in the congregation ..to give $ to people there!! And this will happen again and again…

  In all likelihood, these Witnesses are needy because they followed the dictates of the religion and did not get a decent job/career! Meanwhile, I was criticized and shunned because I had a full-time job!.. I’m retired and Out many years.

  If I were still in the religion like a sitting duck, these hypocrites would be coming up to me asking for money for JWs who chose not to work.👎 Nope, I’m not having it! .. I told all the PIMI JWs I know that I would not tolerate this. (If they didn’t like hearing it, too bad.) JWs looking for charity better ask brothers with a business for a job!
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  Reading the Watchtower and Awake! is like getting a college education!

  by kairos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anybody remember hearing this?.

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  is that comment in print anywhere?.

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  LongHairGal

  VIDIOT:

  I also believed it was a case of ‘sour grapes’ when some Witnesses knocked college. It’s about control and envy.

  I once had an elder admit to me ‘college educated brothers are harder to counsel’.

  So, they knock college for two reasons, in my opinion: (1) it’s a case of some elders not wanting rank & file more knowledgeable than they are; and (2) other people in the hall will be jealous when brother/sister so-and-so get a higher paying job than the crappy one they have (or were convinced they should settle for).. Misery loves company.

  I wasn’t ‘rich’ by any means. But, because I didn’t follow the ‘pursue poverty’ ethic years ago - some JWs were bothered by this. Didn’t matter that I minded my own business. The attitudes I got ranged from shunning or imagining I ‘owed’ somebody something!! Of course, I paid no mind to any of this.
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  CSA Victom Speaks Out

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i happened to come across this video at the beginning of the week.

  you feel so sorry for this poor woman who experienced csa and then the hardheartedness of the elders (what's new there) when she needed genuine love and help.. https://fb.watch/j1qacgxphi/.

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  THOMAS MORE:

  Yes, I have seen that Witnesses in general are indifferent and unsympathetic when you describe some bad treatment or injustice you experienced there.

  I can only imagine how painful it would be for somebody who experienced CSA to have their experience disbelieved or being told to ‘pray more and get over it’!
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  Cost of living crisis

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during the height of the pandemic all elders had to report to the co anyone who was struggling with bills or who couldn’t pay the rent.

  the co reported it to the branch.. i don’t know what happens next.

  do the branch help at all?

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  HOSER:

  I’m sure you are and were plenty spiritual enough! .. In contrast, the elders you describe sound like hypocritical pharisees. The worst is if they have college but yet condemn it from the podium. They don’t care if they ruin some young person’s life.

  I never begrudged anybody for having money or being able to afford whatever. I never coveted anything anybody had. I worked and supported myself. My problem with them was for knocking me for not pursuing poverty - when intelligent older people there did not.

  I refused to follow in the footsteps of other single women there and I worked full-time…Now, many years later, these women (if they didn’t get married) are on the edge of poverty. If I had listened to the religion and the hypocritical elders I would not be retired!!! I was right all along for sticking to my guns, and there is no forgiveness for what I experienced in the JW religion.
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  What Percentage of active JW's are on Anti-Depressants?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i came across an xjw post on redditt from a rn.

  she states that nearly every jw she ever treated was on anti-depressants or anti-psychotic drugs:.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/f35vaa/just_about_every_jw_i_come_across_is_on/ i once read somewhere that 1 in 5 jw's were on anti-depressants, but i couldn't find any documentation.

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  SEA BREEZE:

  A few JWs friends I keep in touch with are medicated as well. A coincidence? I hardly think so.

  This religion really does a number on people’s heads. I am not even a born-in and I came away with OCD. I never took meds for it but probably should have. Because I’m out so many years it’s pretty much gone away.

  But, pity the PIMIs in the religion that have so much mental pressure to live up to nonsense: constantly being judged; acting like they are under siege; dealing with people crazier than they are; being targeted for money plu$ dealing with the unenviable, difficult existence if talked out of getting a career! And to add insult to injury, dealing with growing older in a system they didn’t expect to still be in!.. I’m not surprised that they are on meds!