Posts by LongHairGal

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Any reason for my mother and I not to go back, this is one of them.

by Truth and Justice in

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friends

hi to all, i have been away from the organization since the 1980's and as it seems, i haven't missed a thing.

i have seen a deterioration take place that is continually getting more dramatic than i have ever seen.

the thumbing down or the minimizing of spiritual food is reason enough that people are starving for something good.

LongHairGal

TRUTH AND JUSTICE:

Hearing all this makes me glad I was not born into the Witness religion and have no family there. How unnatural this all is to anybody outside! You also saw that ‘lack of love’ that I experienced.

I came in as a young adult and had my hard knocks and criticism because I had to work and support myself.. But, this was merely a walk in the park compared to some JWs experience of being shunned by relatives! How awful.

I ended up finally leaving the JW religion after their 1995 Generation teaching… No more nonsense for me! I was glad to reconnect with my non-JW relatives and rejoin the human race.

If estranged JW relatives are reaching out you might want to be friendly but be careful because it might be about dragging you back into the religion.👎👎👎

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Do JWs see the org falling apart?

by ThomasDam21 in

i have been away from the jw cult for many years.

i don't have any family i talk to that are in it.

so i don't know if the jws as a whole are seeing the cult fall apart or if they or the majority of them are head in the sand la la la the end is neigh.

LongHairGal

THOMASDAM21:

I have been Out for ages and luckily never had any family in the JW religion so I wonder.

But, the few active Witnesses I sometimes keep in touch with have never admitted anything like this to me anyway. Nope I never heard them suggest the religion is ‘falling apart’. If anything, they try to make it sound appealing, like I’d want to go back!🤣. I doubt Witnesses would admit this to somebody who is Out.. But, I do wonder what they say among themselves.

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Old WT books

by Biahi in

so, here i am going through boxes and boxes of old wt literature.

i’m stacking it up from 1940’s to 1990’s.

i also have quite a few gems, like one 1917 studies in the scriptures.

LongHairGal

People on here really had some amazing collections of Jehovah’s Witness literature both old and new, etc. including phonographs and records from the religion’s early days! Amazing.

I give you all credit for wanting to sell them and maybe get a few coins back for all the wasted time spent in that religion!.. I wouldn’t have had the patience but then I didn’t own anything too impressive like some on here who had several generations of family in the religion.. I came in as a Catholic.

I disposed of my JW ‘library’ a little at a time even taking some things with me when I left the house and put them in recycle bins, etc. I was so angered when I learned the truth about the ‘Truth’.. There was one particular thing I tore into many pieces: an inscribed song book from when I was baptized as a JW.. Of course, now I only recognize as legitimate the baptism I got in a Church in infancy for which I have a certificate which can be used for ID.

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July 25 WT Study ....Moving Out?

by mikeflood in

third study article....as people moved out of jerusalem before the romans attacked on 70 ce...perhaps there are gonna be instructions for us today about us ...leaving possessions and houses...and moving to a different place.!!.

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maybe that fits on 'receiving instructions that are not sound by a human pointof view' ??

LongHairGal

TONUS OH:

Regarding the 1975 thing, they have selective memory loss. I was not yet in the religion and might not have gotten involved if I knew about this!

Witnesses are not encouraged to research the religion’s past, and there might be many JWs today who know absolutely nothing about what happened before 1975.. Many Witnesses today never heard about all those who quit jobs back then (notice that theme about getting people to quit their jobs - which they tried to get me to do when I came in some years later).

Those JWs back then got into debt they never expected to pay back, sold their homes and/or gave away(?) possessions and went to where ‘the need was great’ or pioneered until the End, etc. Then when the End didn’t come by New Years Day 1976 - all these gullible Witnesses had to start all over again! Some left the religion.

This would be so tragic if something similar were to happen again today in 2025 or so. But, nothing would surprise me when you are dealing with ignorance in this secretive group that hides its history!

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July 25 WT Study ....Moving Out?

by mikeflood in

third study article....as people moved out of jerusalem before the romans attacked on 70 ce...perhaps there are gonna be instructions for us today about us ...leaving possessions and houses...and moving to a different place.!!.

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maybe that fits on 'receiving instructions that are not sound by a human pointof view' ??

LongHairGal

This topic was mentioned on a Reddit post.

Somebody mentioned that the Witness religion sounds more like Jonestown every day.. Some are worried about their PIMI relatives following strange direction.

Last summer I watched a YouTube video by Life After Religion where he mentions JWs possibly being told to ‘walk away and abandon their belongings and go into the wilderness’ or some such language 🙄.. Oh Please!.. I visualize something weird, to say the least - resembling a science fiction movie.

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Her Handbag Told Her to Stop Preaching

by raymond frantz in

https://youtu.be/qzpj3kzgidi?si=x1xazpqmed1zq5h2.

ah, yes, another shining example of the watchtower’s *unmatched* commitment to rational thought.

forget logic, science, or even basic common sense—just blame that suspiciously cursed handbag for all your troubles!

LongHairGal

NOT FORMER:

I remember those days in the Witness religion maybe the 1980s(?)

There was a rash of dramatic stories of JWs who had to get rid of suspected demonized things because of strange ‘occurrences’ in the house after these things were brought home. . Maybe these things were bought at garage sales or were secondhand furniture gotten off somebody’s curb. Who knows what to think?🤷🏻‍♀️

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Jehovah provides Javier a part-time job

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | march 2025. keep walking by faith.

7 note how javier, a brother in south america, saw the need to walk by faith.

he says: “i had applied for a prestigious job that would double my salary and provide considerable personal satisfaction.” however, javier had the deep desire to pioneer.

LongHairGal

JOEY JOJO:

I cannot imagine that many of those hard-core pioneers of the 1980s are still full-time pioneering today in 2025.

I remember those people my age group then who criticized me for working full-time! They lived on the edge with part time jobs, etc..because they were expecting the End at any minute.. Certainly they would have been forced off the pioneer list over the years because of pressing expenses of living in this world.

Examples I heard of were couples who needed medical coverage desperately and so one or both needed a ‘regular’ job that provided the needed benefits.. What people fail to mention is that young people might get away with having no medical coverage for a time (unwise as this may be) because they are young and relatively healthy.. So, Time and aging bodies forces people to deal with reality!

Even back when I was a ‘believer’ I always felt the only people who should be pioneering were retirees or kids on summer vacation. Again, I’m Glad today I kept that job and didn’t follow the crowd in the Kingdom Hall.

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Jehovah provides Javier a part-time job

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | march 2025. keep walking by faith.

7 note how javier, a brother in south america, saw the need to walk by faith.

he says: “i had applied for a prestigious job that would double my salary and provide considerable personal satisfaction.” however, javier had the deep desire to pioneer.

LongHairGal

HOSER:

Also: In my case, years ago there was nobody in the congregation at the time with a business who suggested to me that I work for them. I want to stress again that this near-poverty lifestyle was being pushed on younger people there.

I would have been expected to do cleaning on my own. Just to show you how I seriously tried to see if this could work for me: I once cleaned a house with an older sister.. Well, after how long it took and all the physical labor, I said forget it. (ALSO, this Witness woman was MARRIED with a husband paying major bills and she did a cleaning job for extra money! To be perfectly clear, she was not doing this to support herself!)

After careful consideration, I realized I would have to be OUT of my mind to quit a good job (with benefits) to do this.. I had the confidence (maybe because of my non-Witness upbringing) to not care what critical or jealous people with issues about women thought about me.. I also was not swayed by a desire to be ‘liked’ or invited to special dinners like some other young people there. (What a mistake on their part and this isn’t paying for their retirement today!)

Most of the older JW busybodies went to their graves after living a cushy life.. Good thing I never listened to these sons-of-bitches because where the hell would I be today?? I never lost sight of the fact I had to look out for myself and I am grateful today that I did!!

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Jehovah provides Javier a part-time job

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | march 2025. keep walking by faith.

7 note how javier, a brother in south america, saw the need to walk by faith.

he says: “i had applied for a prestigious job that would double my salary and provide considerable personal satisfaction.” however, javier had the deep desire to pioneer.

LongHairGal

HOSER:

Yes, that’s correct that brothers with businesses like to employ other Witnesses. Sadly, I have heard in some cases they underpay them or try to get away with other things!

In my opinion, young Witnesses would be well advised to get work elsewhere! Maybe initially it may sound good to accept a job working for Witnesses - but think of the big picture.. What happens when a young Witness decides he wants out of the religion? He would get fired and otherwise be made miserable. [This scenario also works in reverse if a Witness business owner decides to leave the religion. All his/her Witness customers will pull the rug out from under them and leave.]

Any young Lurkers here should think hard about this and maybe politely decline that job offer from Brother Business Owner.

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Jehovah provides Javier a part-time job

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | march 2025. keep walking by faith.

7 note how javier, a brother in south america, saw the need to walk by faith.

he says: “i had applied for a prestigious job that would double my salary and provide considerable personal satisfaction.” however, javier had the deep desire to pioneer.

LongHairGal

LV101:

Good that we all skedaddled from that mess.

I wasn’t yet in the JWs in 1975 so I missed out on all the fun. If the world had ended I wouldn’t have known what hit me. I was in blissful ignorance in the Catholic religion. Whatever. Maybe I was less susceptible to JW manipulation? Who knows.

In the earlier years on this forum I said I didn’t want to be around Jehovah’s Witnesses when reality hit them because I knew this ‘no retirement preparation’ was going to be disastrous for them 👎. Well, we saw it happen. Reality certainly has hit them: the 1995 Generation teaching; the turn of the new century 2000 with nothing happening; the changed/dropped teachings in 2023 and now we are in 2025.

Everybody there got old. Many passed away. Some there got old being prepared for retirement; others not prepared at all 😮.

Now here we are all OUT and on this forum being spectators watching the religion still giving the same bad advice all these years later in spite of many testimonials showing it was a failure.