Posts by LongHairGal

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Know it’s not true but stay anyway

by Elena in

how many of the millions of jws know it’s not true but stay anyway?.

my guess is most jws know it’s not true on a subconscious level to an extent but they don’t want to think about it too much and would never ever voice it out loud.. but this is probably true with all religions around the world?.

LongHairGal

DESIROUS OF CHANGE:

Regarding that often repeated phrase: “It is the Closest thing to the Truth”, JT and Lady Cee of Critical Thinkers put out a great video on this topic a few months ago. It’s a shorter video just under ten minutes.

Witnesses should really watch this because it points out how wrong this lame thought process really is.. He points out the obvious: “Closest to the Truth is still wrong”. They use snippets from a movie depicting John Glenn wanting ‘the smart girl who can run the numbers’ before he would entrust his life and get in that space capsule. He wanted certainty.

JT has some hard hitting things to say about how Witnesses made life altering decisions (about careers, finances, health) on the say-so of men who had no education and had NO certainty about any time frame (or anything else it would seem)... People who listened to their advice are paying the price today!

He also humorously pointed out that these men ain’t missing No meals.. Don’t we all know that! Too bad the same can’t be said for so many older Witnesses around the world today who believed they did not need to work to plan for their future.

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How many times did they say armagedon was coming?

by Witness 007 in

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

LongHairGal

WING COMMANDER:

I seem to recall the years between 1995 and 2000 in the JW religion. Many were hoping and praying the year 2000 would finally be the End.

When it didn’t happen and 9/11 occurred many Witnesses thought ‘this was it’.. I saw the inactives come back to the hall. Ironically, I was just starting my ‘Fade’ from the religion. I was not swayed by the hysteria.. I was just glad to finally be leaving.. Now it’s all these years later in 2025 and the End hasn’t arrived yet and a much changed JW religion still here although many have left.

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Remember Hour Quotas?

by blondie in

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friends

hour quotas timeline.

back in the old days long before 1952.

“after staying in our ‘home’ for two days we decided that if we were going to meet our quota of 140 hours for the month.

LongHairGal

BIAHI:

I was a ‘low hour publisher’ in the JWs - but I had to work. Even though it wasn’t pleasant being ‘looked down on’ back then, it turned out okay in the end.

When the Witness religion did away with reporting hours on time slips for most of the R&F at their annual meeting in 2023, I thought to myself: “wow, I got judged over this and now they did away with it”... Words can’t describe the feeling - but I’m so thankful I followed my gut all those years ago when I was younger way back when.🙏🏻

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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

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

not the world!

(kingdom wisdom).

LongHairGal

DING:

And because of the JW religion’s silence on 1975, you have many younger Witnesses who don’t even know what it was all about.

In the ‘90s, it seems a new bumper crop of gullible people made similar mistakes as people before 1975.. A handful here and there left their jobs before actual retirement age to ‘go where the need was great’🙄. They assumed (wrongly) that Armageddon would be here before their monies ran out. These people obviously had to re-enter the workforce at an older age and in a worse economy.

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Letter of Disassociation to Former Religions / Baptism Questions ?

by HereIam60 in

this was prompted by some comments in another thread, but since it was somewhat "off" the original topic, i'm posting/asking seperately.... i was born in 1960, and baptized as a infant in a catholic church.

obviously i have no personal memory of this, and only know, because i was told, and we had a family photo of my parents holding me before the baptismal font while the priest prepared to do the sprinkling.

i was taken probably no more than 3 times to the catholic church in my early childhood and had no clue as to what was going on.. from the ages of 10 to 12 i attended a methodist sunday school, rarely the actual church service, but sang with the class in an annual christmas presentation in the church.. in the 1980s, studying with jehovah's witnesses, and considering baptism, i was told i had to write a letter to any religious group i had previously been involved with, stating i no longer wished any contact, wanted to be removed from their membership lists and witnessing as to why...(separation from satan's world, false religion, babylon etc.).

LongHairGal

PEACEFUL PETE:

I get your sarcasm but I see somebody gave you a downvote (unless it was a fat fingered mistake).

When I was new in the Jehovah’s Witness religion and right before baptism - it was suggested that I write a letter to the Catholic Church telling them to remove me from their rolls because I was becoming a Jehovah’s Witnesses.. Well, I hope the Catholics didn’t really do that because I ended up getting out of the Witnesses!

To be honest, I really only viewed my infant baptism in Catholicism as ‘valid’. At least it came with a document that can be used for ID purposes!

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How many times did they say armagedon was coming?

by Witness 007 in

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

LongHairGal

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

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.

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

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

not the world!

(kingdom wisdom).

LongHairGal

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

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friends

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

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

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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.

LongHairGal

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.