Posts by LongHairGal

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Blondie's "highlights" from the May 2024 Study WT Paragraphs 11-17 (PART 2)

by blondie in

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blondie's "highlights" from the may 2024 study wt paragraphs 11-17 part 2. may 2024 study article comments #2. what we do know.

paragraph #11. what basis will people be judged at armageddon….

a) “people will be dealt with on the basis how they have treated christ’s brothers” (but those know that christ’s brothers are only jws who believe they will go to heaven?).

LongHairGal

WING COMMANDER:

Oh, IF the rank & file Witnesses only knew even half of what of what you posted (which is the God’s honest truth) maybe they would snap out of their trance!

It’s really very tragic when you look at the JW religion honestly and add up all these negatives.. Too bad the world doesn’t know these things… The religion has NO redeeming qualities as far as I am concerned.. But, how can anybody who wants to leave escape unscathed?

Worst case scenario some people are devastated by their experience.. Others may not have it so bad but there would even be some residual damage to the ‘luckiest’ person there who leaves.. Maybe they have a few phobias that remind them from time to time of their experience.. I had a little OCD which I managed…I consider myself ‘lucky’ I was scoffed at and avoided because I was that low hour publisher who worked full-time.. But their meanness made it so much easier to ‘Fade’ when the time was overdue to make my exit from this awful thing.

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There is no 1900 year old faithful and discreet slave

by Longlivetherenegades in

now that the long-expected kingdom had become an established reality in heaven, surely its growing interests in the earth after 1919 would not be left in the hands of a novice organization of spiritual babes.

and that proved to be true.

it was the 1900-year-old “faithful and discreet slave,” the old christian congregation, that was entrusted with this precious kingdom service.

LongHairGal

KALEB OUT WEST:

Yes, I believe you are right and that ad hoc is a perfect way to describe the Jehovah’s Witness religion: they make things up as they go along to fit a particular situation.

Their heyday was in the decades before 2000. People hoped against hope that the millennium would be ‘it’.

The religion has lost its credibility, in my opinion. Nothing scholarly or deep. They pathetically try to entice people back. But, people would have to be out of their minds.. One of the first cracks in the armor years ago for me was when they had those calendars. One of them had a cover that looked like something from the days of PT Barnum (as in a sucker is born every minute). Was this a subtle hint to everybody?? I couldn’t even hang that thing up and I never got their calendars again!

I think the jig is up for them. They had a good long run.. Maybe for some it was good while it lasted.. But, it’s good riddance as far as I am concerned.

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Blondie's "highlights" from the May 2024 Study WT Paragraphs 1-10

by blondie in

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i have not read a wt for many years, but a comment on jwn prompted me to check out this one study article #19. i was stunned, they addressed many observations i have made in the "comments you will not hear" over the years.

this segment will contain comments on the section called what we do not know paragraphs 1 through 10. i will post what we do know” in another original post covering paragraphs 11 through 17”.

1) definition of "king of the south" and "king of the north.

LongHairGal

WING COMMANDER:

Again, you tell it like it IS in the Jehovah’s Witness religion and I agree with everything you said.

Yes, everything that made this the religion of some people’s youth is gone.. I’m thankful I wasn’t raised in it.. When you say it’s now ‘jaw droppingly stupid and filled with infantile gibberish’, I agree.. I get the sense they do this to pacify the mind-numbed gullible followers who are crying because they cannot deal with anything! ..They were told they’d be in the new system by now.. Meanwhile, the hateful religion has zero charity to help needy JWs who were told not to get a career

As you say, the religion is making things up as they go along - meanwhile judging anybody who didn’t conform 100% to their nonsense.. I got shunned because I had a full-time job.. but boy, am I glad now I never listened to these detestable phonies!.. They deserve all the contempt in the world.

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JW s were here today with convention invite

by enoughisenough in

i thought i would tell this story: 2 gals and a guy came by with invitation to convention.

i am in the yard.

the gals get out and are wearing pants.

LongHairGal

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH:

That was good of you to tell all of this to those Witnesses.

Unfortunately, most Witnesses are in a news blackout - either because they are told not to read anything OR they are depressed and can’t deal with anything.. As a result, they really don’t know much about the world - let alone the history of their own religion.

Notice how they had to keep asking “where did you hear that” when you gave them a few facts. I don’t even feel sorry for them and feel that in 2024 if anybody is ignorant about the Jehovah’s Witness religion, it is by choice.

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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

LV101:

I know what you mean about elders soliciting for the slugs you mentioned. Now I’m sure it’s worse.

At least back when I was associated decades ago I was surrounded mostly by respectable middle class types. No panhandling or obvious asking for money.

Now? Forget it. I would never tolerate elders or anybody else coming up to me asking for money.. There would be an altercation and some idiot would get told off…I’m the one who got knocked for working! …I’d have to be nuts to show my face there and I explained this to some JWs.

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Famous current and former Jehovah's Witnesses

by Balaamsass2 in

it's fluff clickbait...but...what other famous people are current or ex-jws?.

famous people you didn't know were jehovah's witnesses.

story by stars insider.

LongHairGal

ROAD TO NOWHERE:

I had heard about Eisenhower (or his mom) from the person I studied with.

I supposed this was to impress me and make the religion seem more ‘legitimate’ in my eyes.. I was too new at the time to have an opinion about anything. But, I now believe these old-timers may have belonged to a kinder more humane Jehovah’s Witness religion. That religion no longer exists. I truly doubt they would stick around nowadays with what it has turned into.👎

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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

LYNNIE:

Sadly, that’s about the size of it in the Witness religion. You have my condolences.

An elderly sister (or brother) very often can end up being preyed upon by other JWs there.. This can be the end result of too much togetherness and everybody knowing your business.. If anybody is offended by me saying this, TOO bad about them.. What’s even more sad is this doesn’t have to happen - but since these elderly Witnesses have been instructed to shun their children who are ‘out’ of the religion - they have nobody sincere to look in on them and shield them from worthless OPPORTUNISTS in the hall!!!

This is the reality of what can go on there. To add insult to injury, the elderly JW who probably gave so much $$ to the religion might have imagined that this was a material protection for them and that the JWs would care for them, etc.. This is a very sad joke and they have been deceived.. The so-called worldly relatives long shunned are sought after to do this burdensome task.

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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

LV101:

Back when I was a believer I saw a few of the types you mention that “tried to con everyone they possibly could inside the hall”. They were mixed in among the decent types.

I stayed the hell away from Witnesses like this and really had no patience for them. You had to wear boots and watch where you stepped because they were so full of shit about everything really. They usually had pretensions of great ‘spiritually’.🤮 Maybe they fooled some, but I saw through it and considered it a ‘gimmick’ possibly to get what they wanted

But, because they were pio-sneers they got invited to dinners and special gatherings that I was not invited to because I worked full-time. But, I’m retired so it was worth it to be avoided back then.

It’s too bad that some JWs either don’t know or don’t care that they are viewed as undesirable con artists to be avoided, by me anyway.. But, I am Out so I don’t have to deal with these people ever again!

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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.👎