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  How many times did they say armagedon was coming?

  by Witness 007 in

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  1914 1918 1925 1940s 1975 1914 generation what did i miss?.

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  BETH SARIM:

  It’s true the 1995 ‘Generation’ doctrine should not be underestimated.

  It may not be anywhere near as serious or attention grabbing as ‘1975’, but it was important nonetheless. The 1975 disaster caused massive upheavals in peoples’ lives. People who believed this prediction and centered their lives around it suffered immeasurably. It is not surprising the JW religion lost a million or more people.

  The 1995 ‘Generation’ teaching was a change in understanding. But, it changed a linchpin teaching. There were Witnesses who felt this belief was carved in stone. When the religion pulled the rug out from under everybody - the religion was over for a lot of people.

  This was why I left.. I just didn’t trust the JW religion anymore.👎 It also confirmed to me that I was wise to ignore them when they tried to interfere with my job! Many people may not have left right away - but they were headed for the door.. I don’t know how many left the Witness religion over 1995 but I am sure the amount was considerable.
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  new WT rule: no holding hands durning public prayer!

  by leftchica in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so i just caught a glimpse of this new wt magazine(study edition) of course.. from dec 28th titled.

  "what do your prayers say about you".

  so now they are focosing on every aspect of our lifes even our actions during prayer.

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  LongHairGal

  I remember many years ago an older widowed lady who came to the hall and studied for a time. She wasn’t serious about progressing but just wanted friendship and attention.

  Anyway, she mentioned to me how ‘bothered’ she was by seeing all the mostly older couples holding hands during the prayer. I thought to myself how stupid to be bothered over something like this! 🙄
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  New JW Video: Jehovah’s Witnesses Told Me Armageddon Was Coming in 1975… But It Destroyed My Family, Not The World!

  by AbaddonProvesIt in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah’s witnesses told me armageddon was coming in 1975… but it destroyed my family .

  not the world!

  (kingdom wisdom).

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  ABADDON:

  This is a good video about 1975 and I have seen others. That event was a human tragedy.

  DIOGENESISTER:

  Yes, time is ticking and these poor Witnesses don’t realize it.. I was still in Catholicism in 1975 and was blissfully unaware of this monumental catastrophe in the making.. (I never learned of the full story about 1975 until after I left the Jehovah’s Witnesses!!).. When I see videos like this about what these people gave up (for absolutely nothing) and the young lives derailed - it’s absolutely heartbreaking.. I am not surprised that a million people or so left the Witnesses after this.

  But, the religion never apologized for this or anything else. They don’t care about what happens to the average rank & file JW whether it’s over this or any other failed teachings. They just want gullible people accepting of victimization with selective memory loss it would seem - who will then keep their mouths shut.

  I never did anything so good as to get myself Out of there!
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  Where r we now?

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  post covid, post trump, post cedarsgate, post tony morris, post arc… where r we now?.

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  LongHairGal

  DESIROUS OF CHANGE:

  Yes, it’s true that we are all closer to our end. That is sadly the way it is whether somebody is in the Witness religion or not.

  This is why I am very Glad I walked away from the Jehovah’s Witnesses while I still had a little youth left. 🙏🏻 I consider this to be priceless.. That plus holding onto my job and reconnecting with my estranged non-JW relatives before it was too late!

  I can’t think of anything more depressing than anybody growing old sitting in a Kingdom Hall and I am glad I avoided this.
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  Reddit thread on convention video urging cutting off contact with Faders

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just read this.

  don’t know if anybody here has seen the video.. the intended result of this is to obviously scare ‘faders’ out of the shadows.

  now, they are being threatened with loss of association with their loved ones and friends.

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  TONUS:

  I have to assume your mom is a widow and that she has never worked. She sounds helpless -but much of the helplessness she has is learned.

  Your name doesn’t indicate gender so I assume you’re a man. You are a good son to do what you did for her.

  The very beliefs and attitudes of Jehovah’s Witnesses turn many of them into very accomplished ‘Takers’.. Of course, some are worse than others.. In the world, many non-Witness women are widowed or otherwise without a man. They usually get a job. Your mom didn’t… The idiot religion is responsible for this attitude.

  I was not born-in but came in a young working woman. So, I was APPALLED at this pervasive mentality in the Witness religion. You never saw ME giving anything to deadbeat pioneers. Nope! Not after how I was criticized for working. What kind of chump would I be??🤣

  And I never accepted the underlying ‘hint’ in the Witness religion that people could be in full-time ministry and EXPECT other people in the congregation to support them or give them things!! What delusions. (Of course, they never reveal this when you are ‘studying’.)

  ..Didn’t care if the Witnesses hated me because of this and I DO believe some did… Imagine me being there now with all those who reached retirement age unprepared ??? 😮 I will stay a ‘Fader’.

  I don’t blame you for being glad all those Users, Takers and manipulators avoid you.
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  How many times did they say armagedon was coming?

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

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  WITNESS 007:

  I came in after 1975. They mentioned Armageddon a lot.

  I guess I was a bad Witness because I wasn’t scared shitless and quaking in my boots.. I didn’t quit my full-time job to do housecleaning and pioneering.🙄

  The way I figured it: mankind was bad and Armageddon would come some day. Back when I was a ‘believer’ I hoped I would be saved. But, since you could never do enough in the Jehovah’s Witness religion - there was always doubt. (I believe this is a tactic of theirs.) But, I continued as I was.

  Then the 1995 Generation teaching came out and that was it for me.. It took a while but I started my ‘Fade’ the 9/11 timeframe. You had to see all the scared inactives coming back because they were afraid of Armageddon.. Meanwhile, I was headed for the door. I just didn’t believe the JW religion anymore.
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  Reddit thread on convention video urging cutting off contact with Faders

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just read this.

  don’t know if anybody here has seen the video.. the intended result of this is to obviously scare ‘faders’ out of the shadows.

  now, they are being threatened with loss of association with their loved ones and friends.

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  TONUSOH:

  I’m sorry for the pain these Witnesses can cause to people who left the religion…No wonder you’re thrilled to not have them associating with you.

  As an earlier poster LITTLEROCKGUY pointed out: they carry a ‘bad’ energy about them.. Even though I wasn’t raised JW and have no relatives there, I don’t want this energy in my life - which is why it’s no real loss that my Witness ‘friends’ are finally gone.👍🏻

  I pinpointed this unwanted energy early in my ‘Fade’ when I stopped going to meetings and realized how good it felt to be away from the JW religion! ..This was not a coincidence.
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  Guess who's coming to dinner.. Elder and nosey wife!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so my wife ran into a elder i new 10 years ago and invites him to dinner!!!!!

  he arives and gives me a bear hug...love bombing!

  he started talking about armegedon is really very very close.

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  WITNESS 007:

  I guess your wife (and you) must still feel close to some of these Witnesses at some level and you got ‘put on the spot’.

  I couldn’t be bothered with any of this pretense. I wouldn’t want JWs in my life anymore - and certainly not in my home. They weren’t my friends. My home is a place of rest and peace and they wouldn’t be welcome there.
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  Where r we now?

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  post covid, post trump, post cedarsgate, post tony morris, post arc… where r we now?.

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  SPARROWDOWN:

  Welcome back. I remember you as a poster from years ago!

  All those things you said have occurred and still here we are. The ‘system’ still here. We have all gotten older.. I am gladly long ‘Faded’ from the Jehovah’s Witnesses and over ten years retired from my secular job that I am Glad I held onto!

  You have probably observed the Witness religion has changed and barely resembles the religion you might recall.. Many old timers feel betrayed.. As FEDUPJW quoted: “If JWs had been then what they are now.. I never would have become one”.

  Of course, the people who were the most heavily invested are the worst off today in 2025.. Too many JWs have reached retirement age unprepared!
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  Change in WT Stance on Retirement? A qualified answer?

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was reading the march 2025 wt today, and i notice this: "march 2025 p. 29 jehovah’s hand is not too short p.29-31 (retirement, but qualified statement) (notice , it is not wrong, but, in the end we must rely on their god.

  retirement is alluded to as "making the quest for material things the focus of our life.

  " are we confident that their god will provide (why have retirement then?

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  BLONDIE:

  I’m sure that elder didn’t like hearing that.

  Nobody wants to be targeted to give charity to needy people, especially people needy because they did it to themselves. I wouldn’t tolerate them coming near me.

  But he as an enforcer of the Witness religion’s teachings NOT to get college or career is on the hook to help these other JWs, in my opinion... In fact, somebody like him would have been instrumental in getting ME shunned back in the day because of my full-time job!!!

  I DO feel that the religion’s efforts now to get back ‘faders’ and ‘disfellowshipped’ is partly related to their concerns about TOO many needy in their ranks who were conned into not preparing for retirement! It’s too obvious to ignore.. Maybe in the past when the congregations were jumping with people this was less obvious. Also, all the ‘boomer’ pioneers hadn’t reached retirement age yet and there was still ‘hope’ the ‘nu system’ would arrive!

  Who knows if maybe the JW religion is afraid that if there were practically no other people in congregations - that there could be a scenario of all these needy and desperate people coming and banging on their door and otherwise making their plight public!?