Posts by LongHairGal

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Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower provide Shelter and relief to poor of NYC...by leaving...

by Balaamsass2 in

after over 100 years...watchtower helps the poor of nyc...by leaving!!

jehovah's witnesses hotel becomes affordable housing.

developed by breaking ground, 90 sands brings new housing opportunities to brooklyn.. .

LongHairGal

BALAAMSASS2:

I had heard that too about JWs who pioneered and collected while claiming they ‘cannot work’.

So many things about the Witness religion I learned to hate but the biggest one is how they frown on working at a responsible job and push the ministry instead. This leads to dishonest people who cannot differentiate between right and wrong.. They think any means will justify the end of them getting their ‘hours in’ in this phony religion so they can have their silly title of ‘pioneer’..🙄.. I wasn’t impressed.

I never, in the years I was there, aspired to it.. Don’t know if this was because I wasn’t raised a JW… But, when the religion did away with the counting of time in 2023, I was overjoyed that I never listened years ago.. Even if somebody didn’t get pioneer hours, they still spent time that they can never get back. This is why I am grateful today that I spent my hours in a secular job!

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The Watchtower—Study Edition | September 2024

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | september 2024. enjoy the greater happiness that comes from giving.

9 though we are imperfect humans, we can imitate jehovah’s generous use of power.

we cannot literally impart strength, or energy, to others.

LongHairGal

NOT FORMER:

Yes, they want to have it both ways as you said.

But, what infuriates me is they are trying to get unsuspecting people in congregations to fix problems that they inadvertently created with faulty teachings: in this instance getting people to care for elderly JWs who shunned their own children (on the say so of the religion) who would otherwise be caring for them. The ‘New System’ was supposed to be here to take care of this problem. It ain’t here…

The other BIG problem the religion caused is all the seniors who reached retirement age unprepared. They never worked because they were assured the ‘New System’ would be here’ to save them..

There must be thousands of people like this in congregations - all needing assistance til they die.. I don’t see any social programs in the religion to help, do you? ..Well, guess who gets cornered with an envelope to regularly contribute?? The John Q Publishers who are still there with two nickels to rub together, that’s who.

In my opinion this panhandling mentality is what it has come to in the religion.👎

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DISSOCIATION - Based on Covid 19

by gavindlt in

jw
friends

dear friends,.

i think you all know me as a person who has always strived, despite my imperfections to only ever wanting to be and remain in the “truth”.

it is in fact what i so desperately want for my son ashton and my baby girl honey bee, to be lovers of truth and grow up to be a loyal servants of jehovah god and his son, jesus christ.

LongHairGal

GAVINDLT:

Good that you were disfellowshipped and spared getting that Covid vaccine..

I am a long time ‘Fader’ who did not get it either. Who is to say what I might have done if I were active in the JW religion? Would I have caved in to the pressure they put on everybody there acting like it was God’s will? Meanwhile, it was something they were compelled to do because of their tax status or whatever.

But I’m Glad I didn’t.

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The Watchtower—Study Edition | September 2024

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | september 2024. enjoy the greater happiness that comes from giving.

9 though we are imperfect humans, we can imitate jehovah’s generous use of power.

we cannot literally impart strength, or energy, to others.

LongHairGal

RULES & REGULATIONS:

Even though it is a great principle and nothing wrong with doing a favor for somebody once in a while…I tend to read between the lines when the JW religion publishes an article.

When we went out in service years ago we would stop by an elderly person’s home to say hello. This was an inactive member of the congregation. However, there was never a need or a suggestion that we run errands. What I am getting is that they are trying to get people in the congregation to regularly ‘care for’ somebody.. This is a whole different thing.

Regarding the elderly JW who needs help: where are their children or family members? If there are none, the authorities should be called.

Is this a case of adult Witness children who are lax towards their parent(s), OR is this a case of an elderly Witness who shunned their non-believing children years ago (on the say-so of the religion) and NOW finds herself/himself isolated??? If this is the case, it is the JW religion that caused the problem and is now expecting other people in the congregation to ‘fix’ it! This makes me very angry.

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Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower provide Shelter and relief to poor of NYC...by leaving...

by Balaamsass2 in

after over 100 years...watchtower helps the poor of nyc...by leaving!!

jehovah's witnesses hotel becomes affordable housing.

developed by breaking ground, 90 sands brings new housing opportunities to brooklyn.. .

LongHairGal

NOT FORMER:

Yes, tell me about it.

The Bible says to work and provide for yourself, but too many Jehovah’s Witnesses somehow think they are going to get ‘around’ this and attempt to be a burden on others.

But, I would never tolerate them coming near me... Call me hard but I don’t have any pity for these people deceived into ringing doorbells who didn’t work at a proper job because ‘the End was coming’.. Not my problem.. They imagine they are going to target people who worked and who got criticized!!!... I could not be around these JWs now because I wouldn’t give them so much as a dime. Anybody made a snide remark there would be an altercation.

Let these goddamn fools go ask the religion for money since that’s who they were working for.

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Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower provide Shelter and relief to poor of NYC...by leaving...

by Balaamsass2 in

after over 100 years...watchtower helps the poor of nyc...by leaving!!

jehovah's witnesses hotel becomes affordable housing.

developed by breaking ground, 90 sands brings new housing opportunities to brooklyn.. .

LongHairGal

BALAAMSASS2:

All kidding aside. The many needy JWs could use REAL social programs like the churches in Christendom have (food pantries, etc.)

There must be many thousands of Witnesses who followed the religion’s faulty teachings to be in the ministry because ‘the End was near’ - instead of having a decent job/paying towards retirement.. Unfortunately, those JWs back then wouldn’t be caught dead in a full-time job like me... I was scoffed at and considered ‘unspiritual’!

Meanwhile the religion did away with their counting of time in 2023.. What are those JWs supposed to do who rang doorbells for 30+ years pushing the religion’s magazines, etc.?? Can you imagine the state of things in congregations now with needy older people waiting for the End to save them..??? Glad I am not around this - not to mention how happy I am that I never fell for the pioneering fervor all those years ago!!

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Donald Sutherland RIP. THE Donald

by Slidin Fast in

jw
friends

certainly amongst the best actors ever.

probably the best.

kelly's heroes and don't look now a couple of my favourites.

LongHairGal

He was great in JFK with Kevin Costner. Great movie.

R.I.P.

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Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower provide Shelter and relief to poor of NYC...by leaving...

by Balaamsass2 in

after over 100 years...watchtower helps the poor of nyc...by leaving!!

jehovah's witnesses hotel becomes affordable housing.

developed by breaking ground, 90 sands brings new housing opportunities to brooklyn.. .

LongHairGal

BALAAMSASS2:

Well, I am glad something good for the world and the non-JW community came out of this.

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Yesterday's Public Talk: '' Reject Worldly Fantasies, Pursue Kingdom Realities''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

my brother ( an elder ) calls me every time he's assigned a public talk.

he believes listening to zoom meetings is a great start, to eventually attending in-person meetings.

the talk is titled : '' reject worldly fantasies, pursue kingdom realities.

LongHairGal

RULES & REGULATIONS:

I DO remember this back when I was a believer. Might have been at the convention.

Those were the days when I was younger and felt bad that I wasn’t accepted like all the pioneers! ..If only I would quit that full-time job I had and join the ranks of house cleaners and full time ministers! No worries about the future or retirement.. I would be ecstatic and on a spiritual ‘high’…. Then I would be invited to all those dinners and secret gatherings..I would have older people in the hall with cushy lives telling me how ‘blessed’ I am.🙄

Well…none of this was to be.. I just could not bring myself to quit that full-time job..and boy am I Thankful today that I did what I did.

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Are the halls of the Kingdom filling up, are they the same as before the pandemic or are they emptying?

by LaFrancia in

i open a new topic, to find out how it's going in your area.

from what i see as a southern european in my constituency the situation is patchy.. the congregation where i am now has 30% old people on zoom but also young couples with almost all their cameras off.

no increase but a slight decrease in the total number of publishers.. circuit assemblies: before covid you couldn't find a free seat if you arrived 10 minutes before the start.

LongHairGal

LA FRANCIA:

From what I have heard the halls are emptier than ever.. I am a long time ‘Fader’ who had gone to a funeral talk within the last decade and was shocked at how empty my old hall was!

As far as all those Zoom cameras that are turned off: ..some Witnesses had problems with nervy busybodies commenting on something hanging on the wall in their house! ..Also, catty and unwanted remarks were made about people’s appearance… Who needs this?? ..I certainly never would have tolerated this intrusiveness.

Maybe Zoom is good in conference room settings - but not so much in someone’s home.

My opinion on Zoom used by the JWs: uninvited people looking into somebody else’s home was not a good thing and I was proved right.. Hence most of the cameras are now wisely turned off!