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  WTS 2024 Annual Business Meeting ...

  by careful in

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  ... is just three weeks from this saturday.

  the org has been tight-lipped, really, successfully secret about advance info on these in recent years,.

  now that these relatively recent changes on dress and grooming, reporting fs time, judicial matters, etc.

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  CAREFUL:

  The JWs are still reeling from last year’s changes. Maybe the older JWs don’t like them.

  I am Out a long time as a ‘Fader’, and am just a spectator.. The change about no longer needing to turn in a time slip really shocked me.. I guess this century-old teaching was man-made and simply the product of self-appointed ‘holy’ men’s worthless opinions. Who knew?

  However, I was judged over this. I was a ‘low hour publisher’ who worked! …I’m So glad I never listened to these phonies and it was worth every penny to be shunned all those years ago.

  They caused quite a stir with these changes. I can’t imagine what they will do next. Stay tuned.
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  AWAKE MAGAZIBE'S SURPRISING NEW DIRECTION

  by raymond frantz in

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  https://youtu.be/ze4q_7_-uo4?si=l0xe0drc5a9urhyt.

  so there was a time the awake magazine was printed every 15 days but now since jehovah is blessing them so much the magazine is printed once a year, and here you have the 1st edition for the year , which is nothing more than an informatial of how good of a charity they are to their local community.

  so we read in the following box: what we are doing firstly, jehovah’s witnesses promote a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

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  BETH SARIM:

  I think I remember that magazine when I was still ‘in’: young people on the cover who died refusing blood.

  You should count your blessings that you reached the age you are… I know two ex-JWs who took blood to save their infants! Years later they are elated over their decision and would not have been able to live with themselves if they did the other thing.

  When I hear these things I am ever so grateful I was not raised a Jehovah’s Witness!..It is incomprehensible to think somebody would let their child die. What a deadly religion and I think there’s no other way to put it.. So Glad I left.
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  Reddit thread about Bethel Reducing Headcount

  by LongHairGal in

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  apparently, the downsizing is still happening and from what i read those let go are over 50!.

  sad because these people expected to be lifers.

  now they have to make their way in the world at an advanced age with no education or desirable skill!..

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  THOMAS MORE:

  You are correct that JWs have forgotten what genuine affection is and they DO belittle others so as to elevate themselves.

  Regarding the cruel remarks that were rumored to have been made on 9/11: I would like to think that any person or persons who even think like this were hopefully let-go in one of the downsizings at bethel.. They would have deserved to have experienced first hand what it’s like outside in the real world.. Maybe they would be reminded of the cruel and stupid remarks every day when they go to work for that brother who is barely tolerating them!
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  The fading of a well known American religion. Could this happen someday to Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
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  new york times 9/5/24.

  " there are only two shakers left.

  they've still got utopia in their sites.. "by jordan kisner.

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  BETH SARIM:

  Too bad they wouldn’t believe it.

  They would cling to false stories about a ‘brotherhood’.. Not that I should be sorry for people who made derogatory remarks about people like me who worked…but the religion does owe them.. Instead, they will get a kick in the a$$ and end up in congregations acting like they are entitled. Which is why I’m Glad I’m not there.

  Meanwhile the religion probably will do what some suspected… And if Dan on Life After Religion’s predictions are right, they’ll sell all the halls and go online - leaving everybody (bethelites & rank n file).. stranded and high and dry. (Anybody see a picture of a little boat on a sandbar after the tide went out?)

  They will all wonder what happened to their Rock of Gibraltar religion!
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  The fading of a well known American religion. Could this happen someday to Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  new york times 9/5/24.

  " there are only two shakers left.

  they've still got utopia in their sites.. "by jordan kisner.

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  BALAAMSASS2:

  Yes, I believe it is possible that they could join the ranks of other defunct U.S. religions.

  But, I believe the tenacious Witness religion will go the televangelist route and see how long that lasts!
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  What if JWs voted in elections?

  by Las Malvinas son Argentinas in

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  all this political banter is exhausting, so i want to ask a question that has probably been asked before, so here it goes….

  let’s try to keep this non-partisan - just give your opinion and why you think that way.. i’ll go first.

  i think jws would generally lean to the right, but not by a whole lot.

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  Even though mentally many JWs would lean to the right, it would not be in their best material interest to vote this way.. That is not the party of handouts.

  Too many JWs are dead-beat city, so I expect they would vote democrat.
  
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  Reddit thread about Bethel Reducing Headcount

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently, the downsizing is still happening and from what i read those let go are over 50!.

  sad because these people expected to be lifers.

  now they have to make their way in the world at an advanced age with no education or desirable skill!..

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  BALAAMSASS2:

  I tend to agree with your last statement even though some on here will not like it.

  I also agree that there is ‘too much fear of man’ in the JW religion. People won’t stand up for their principles or what is right and wrong. They are fearful they will be criticized or be viewed as ‘independent thinkers’ OR God forbid an apostate! ..[ I saw fear of man taken to stupid levels in the congregation when an elder mispronounced a word and some stupid younger brother would repeat his mistake (well not me - I would raise my hand with a comment pronouncing the word correctly).]

  I also hate to say this but I had heard that some bethelites made very derogatory remarks about responsible people in the workforce. When 9/11 happened and it was learned some JWs died - it was rumored that some bethelite/bethelites said “that’s what they get for not being out in the ministry” or words to that effect.. So, am I supposed to feel sorry for people that have a mentality like this?? Well, I don’t.. Not to mention, whose contributions did these geniuses think was supporting them in bethel??

  Thanks for everybody’s great comments and a shout out to Reddit where I saw this.
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  Reddit thread about Bethel Reducing Headcount

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently, the downsizing is still happening and from what i read those let go are over 50!.

  sad because these people expected to be lifers.

  now they have to make their way in the world at an advanced age with no education or desirable skill!..

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  BETH SARIM:

  I just looked him up and, yes, he’s the one who got billed for lunch.

  I watched three short videos of his ‘laying off’ from bethel. How INTERESTING that when he was talking to an elder about what happened to him - he was instructed to keep it quiet and not tell anybody! (What goes on at bethel stays in bethel.) Meanwhile there were young brothers who wanted to ask him all about bethel.

  The religion apparently doesn’t want people to know there are layoffs or any unpleasantness going on and if you are unhappy about how you were treated.

  This was nine years ago and I hope he’s doing okay now.

  When I was in the JW religion I got the sense all was not well at bethel. When someone came back from there they were tight-lipped and didn’t say much and you couldn’t get anything out of them. That was a red flag to me, not that I ever would have wanted to go to bethel.
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  Reddit thread about Bethel Reducing Headcount

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently, the downsizing is still happening and from what i read those let go are over 50!.

  sad because these people expected to be lifers.

  now they have to make their way in the world at an advanced age with no education or desirable skill!..

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  BETH SARIM:

  I don’t remember the name of the guy but it seemed he had an upbeat attitude and probably would do well. I guess being a young guy he should consider himself lucky.

  Don't know if I remember why he was dismissed(?)

  Yeah, the story about him getting a bill for his last lunch in bethel seemed over the top petty. So, I can believe nobody even gave him $20 not that that would get you very far.

  Anybody still remaining there now has to be prepared.
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  Reddit thread about Bethel Reducing Headcount

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently, the downsizing is still happening and from what i read those let go are over 50!.

  sad because these people expected to be lifers.

  now they have to make their way in the world at an advanced age with no education or desirable skill!..

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  FEDUP JW:

  I can see how the first batch of bethelites who were let-go some years back were taken by surprise.

  But, I imagine this should have served as a warning to every other bethelite still there of all ages.. I forget how many layoffs bethel has had so far.

  It should also have been noted how these dismissals were done:.. a letter slipped under the door initially; was there any severance pay?🤣 I don’t think so; was there money for a train or bus? Not sure but I doubt it unless someone knows better... I even saw a You Tube of some young brother who was dismissed and who got a bill for the last lunch he had in the cafeteria! You can’t make this stuff up.

  Anybody still there should have had a list of numbers and people to contact and also stashed away money for a cab/commutation ticket when the fateful day came so they at least walk out dignified instead of feeling sucker punched.

  Of course, this does not solve the other big problems about making a living, etc.

  How this all drastically differs from the ‘worldly’ secular job that I was used to where people get severance pay and other things!