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  Lots of empty seats at Jehovah's Witnesses Convention in Tucson, Arizona

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/5926nhzyz90.

  the jehovah's witness 2023 convention theme is, ''exercise patience''...by looking at the attendance at this tucson, arizona convention, it should be changed to, '' jehovah's witnesses...running out of patience''.

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  HIDDLESWIFE:

  Yes, but I think there was another pressing reason they pushed for in-person attendance: they simply had to know just how many JWs still believe in the religion after the 2+yr absence.

  As we read from the poor attendance that has been reported everywhere, it’s bad news. While it is possible that everybody who didn’t show up isn’t necessarily ‘out’, what it does mean is that the pandemic absence has changed JWs somehow.

  That could mean many things: ..some don’t believe all the meetings and assemblies are necessary; they don’t want to spend time and money going there (getting an outfit/wear and tear and gas money on cars); some don’t want to expose themselves to germs; many are old and just don’t feel well and we all know that assemblies are an endurance test even for younger healthy people; maybe there is less tolerance for people in general, etc.

  Maybe many JWs just hanging on have grown weary of the religion (even without learning negative things about it). They like Zoom because it took a heavy load off them. If Zoom gets taken away or issues made about people’s non-attendance in person, some might rip off the band aid and finally say ‘No more’.
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  Unbelievable Amount of PIMOS at Massachusetts JW Convention

  by RESPECTFUL OBSERVER in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this comment was made on reddit, perhaps protesting is starting to get the witnesses' attention.. it amazed me how many jehovah's witnesses exiting the convention were reading the protester's signs.

  some of the witnesses were taking pictures of the signs.

  jws were going by and smiling and giving a thumbs up.

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  ANONY MOUS:

  Yes, I saw towards my later years in the religion that certain JWs sent their children to college. Certainly that was a wise choice.

  I also saw that over time the attitude towards women getting secular work got somewhat better - as some in the hall also went out and got jobs. I was glad of that but still felt somewhat resentful because I ‘blazed the trail’ so to speak. None of these people faced the horrible attitudes from ‘Stepford-like women and men’ I encountered as a young adult when I joined.

  I do think the Witness religion in general is fearful of any members getting outside influence. Although, I do think that your last paragraph is a generalization and not a guarantee that all people who pursue that type of education would remain ‘gullible enough to stay’. I think when people are fed up that’s it.

  Of course, I don’t fit in these categories because I wasn’t raised a JW. I already had a secular job when I came in - which I held onto until retirement. So, I was always on the ‘outs’. But, that’s the way it is there. I’m just thankful I never listened.
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  JW current stance on Vaccines?

  by lcarter017 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it came to my attention that the covid-19 vaccine works by editing the genetic code of the mitochondrial dna, using gene therapy.. you should seriously question the moral implications of allowing a part of your dna to be modified.

  does anyone have any concerns about this?if anyone has any questions, i can do my best to explain.

  i personally find it very suspicious how they chose to word it, and conveniently inform us of this fact "after" people have taken the vaccine..

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  If I were still in the religion (which thankfully I’m not) the Witnesses would have yet another reason to dislike me: I never got the coronavirus vaccine.

  I know of a couple of JWs who regret having been talked into getting it.
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  Reddit post about elder asking congregation for money to fix his car!

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes, there’s a post on reddit.

  it says that after a zoom meeting a request was made to baptized publishers to give $20 apiece to fix this elder’s car.. while this sounds highly irregular to me and not necessarily approved by the religion, i am not at all surprised at the nerve.

  this, unfortunately, seems to be the direction that things are going there!

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  EXBETHELITENOWPIMA & PHIZZY:

  It makes me positively ill to read about JWs who leave money to the religion and leave their flesh and blood children penniless. This is why I’m so grateful I wasn’t raised in this religion.

  I would feel disowned.. If that were my parents they’d better not imagine I would be there to have anything to do with them in their old age.. They’d better go ask the religion they esteem so highly to take care of them! What a rude awakening they will have.

  As far as pioneers (who never wanted to work) having envelopes with cash shoved under their door: it wouldn’t have come from me.. (You don’t knock people for working and then ask them for money! It doesn’t work that way.) When I was In, I never gave anything to these deadbeats.

  As time goes on and there are fewer types to give charity to these willfully unemployed Witnesses, I guess reality is going to hit them. I have No pity.
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  Reddit post about elder asking congregation for money to fix his car!

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes, there’s a post on reddit.

  it says that after a zoom meeting a request was made to baptized publishers to give $20 apiece to fix this elder’s car.. while this sounds highly irregular to me and not necessarily approved by the religion, i am not at all surprised at the nerve.

  this, unfortunately, seems to be the direction that things are going there!

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  Very good posts and stories!👍🏻

  I would never presume to tell anybody else what they should do. But, because of my bad experience in this hypocritical religion, I feel the way I do.

  The culture, mentality and teachings of the JW religion are at fault here: ..‘No college, No career and Jehovah will provide’. And persecution of any who didn’t listen to this nonsense.. There’s no accountability, just a whole lot of victims and it’s all covered up.

  One poster claims that ‘after the older responsible people are gone’ that younger people have been/will step up and give money.. I wonder how long this can go on for? We are talking about many needy in the JW religion! There must be a vast number around the globe including those who have reached retirement age unprepared who fell for the teaching of not getting careers/decent jobs!.. Does anybody really think the few kind souls just getting by are going to support them - in a religion with no social programs?

  There’s not much more to say except I am Glad I walked away from the Witness religion. Even though my reasons had to do with 1995, the situation in the congregations now is reason enough to make me run.
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  Reddit post about elder asking congregation for money to fix his car!

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes, there’s a post on reddit.

  it says that after a zoom meeting a request was made to baptized publishers to give $20 apiece to fix this elder’s car.. while this sounds highly irregular to me and not necessarily approved by the religion, i am not at all surprised at the nerve.

  this, unfortunately, seems to be the direction that things are going there!

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  LITTLE ROCK GUY:

  Your thoughts echo mine exactly and I’ve made many posts on the subject. I would not be polite either in this circumstance.

  I wouldn’t be Retired if I listened to the religion - urging me to quit my full-time job to take up housecleaning and pioneering. Thankfully I refused - but they made sure I was ostracized and not invited anywhere.. And I heard remarks of ‘not spiritual’ or ‘materialistic’.. So, even though I’m Out, I have No tolerance even for the idea of Witnesses asking for money. They can go fly a kite.

  I hate being right all the time but this story just shows the sad direction things are going in the religion. 👎
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  Reddit post about elder asking congregation for money to fix his car!

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes, there’s a post on reddit.

  it says that after a zoom meeting a request was made to baptized publishers to give $20 apiece to fix this elder’s car.. while this sounds highly irregular to me and not necessarily approved by the religion, i am not at all surprised at the nerve.

  this, unfortunately, seems to be the direction that things are going there!

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  LongHairGal

  Yes, there’s a post on Reddit. It says that after a Zoom meeting a request was made to baptized publishers to give $20 apiece to fix this elder’s car.

  While this sounds highly irregular to me and not necessarily approved by the religion, I am not at all surprised at the nerve. This, unfortunately, seems to be the direction that things are going there! I’m Glad I walked away years ago before it got like this. It seems to be turning into a panhandling religion. I wonder what they are going to do when more older Witnesses pass away and there are yet fewer responsible people to even ask money from? 👎
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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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  DROPOFFYOURKEYLEE:

  Interesting speculation as to whether AM3 is really out because he needs expensive medical care. Only time will tell if this is true.

  FFGHOST & EXBETHELITENOWPIMA:
  

  I am sorry about the couple that got their minuscule amount of Social Security because they only worked ten years. That’s how it works unfortunately.

  I also went out ‘early’ at 62. But, since I worked for decades and thankfully never listened to Witnesses telling me to quit and do housecleaning, I get a decent benefit, etc.

  All these people booted out of bethels is obviously sad but it only adds to the large amount of needy people already in congregations around the world! And we all know why they are needy.. What does all this say for the condition of the congregations and the feelings of desperation within?.. Not a situation I would want to be around!
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  a pet peeve of mine

  by enoughisenough in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  putting this under "friends" because i couldn't figure out where to put it.

  it is very often on here and in ex jw videos, ect that people like to undermine some of those who once we would have called friends.

  there seems to be a view that window washers, plumbers, cleaners, construction workers are somehow less intelligent than those who may be college educated.

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  TONUS OH:

  You pretty much touched on the mentality that Witnesses had: ‘..we would enjoy salvation while those smarter people (i.e. those with college/white collar jobs) died at Armageddon’.

  This arrogance (with nothing to back it up except hot air) is why Witnesses with trades made themselves out to be superior to somebody with college/white collar job.

  Again, nobody is knocking these perfectly okay trades jobs. The problem is (1) that JWs (with no credentials) acted as if they could counsel people on serious matters that should be left to professionals.. Also, (2) the mistaken stand of ‘superiority’ led these JWs to knock people like me who didn’t follow their example.. I’m sure all those pioneers who cleaned years ago felt morally superior to me.. Well, I hope they can pay their bills now.

  Getting back to the OP: I hope this makes it clear about the origin of this issue.
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  a pet peeve of mine

  by enoughisenough in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  putting this under "friends" because i couldn't figure out where to put it.

  it is very often on here and in ex jw videos, ect that people like to undermine some of those who once we would have called friends.

  there seems to be a view that window washers, plumbers, cleaners, construction workers are somehow less intelligent than those who may be college educated.

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  ENOUGH IS ENOUGH:

  I understand your point.

  Unfortunately, what you have seen with regard to insults about ‘window washers’, ‘housecleaning’, etc. is a backlash against Witnesses who had these jobs in the congregation but who stupidly knocked other Witnesses that had college or white collar jobs.. They acted as though theirs was the only ‘approved’ 🙄work.. And in the eyes of jealous, judgmental Witnesses it was.

  In the Witness religion there is/was a terrible bias with regard to college educated and/or those who had decent white collar jobs. (God forbid if you’re a woman.) SO, this is why the insults against the types of work you mention are plentiful and in some cases well-deserved.. In my opinion, the JWs have brought it on themselves with their wrong attitudes, envy and ignorant bias.