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  Jehovah's Witnesses came by today.

  by 3rdgen in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this morning i was in our front yard sitting down pulling weeds when i saw 3 people slowly walking on the sidewalk in my direction.

  2 of them were young, handsome, clean shaven, wearing nice crisp white shirts and perfectly tailored black slacks.

  they could have been mormons except.... there was a 60ish portly woman wearing a frumpy dress and ugly sandals.

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  Sorry, Balaam -- like button weird/2 likes.
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  The Good News Is: The Great-Crowd-Of-Other-Sheep Do Not Exist

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower conflates two different groups into one fictional church-age group that according to the watchtower, are saved by works and faith/membership in the jehovah witness organization.

  according to watchtower, only the now mostly dead 144k receive the promises of god regarding justification .

  everbody else missed the boat and must work for their justification for a thousand years.

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  Good topic, Sea B -- hopefully, browsing JWs will appreciate a non WT interpretation or anyone who believes in the Bible.
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  "We're in the last days!"

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not just jw's, but countless others (evangelicals etc.

  ) are claiming that we're in the "last days.".

  but........bible students/jw's have been spouting this fake message since the 19th century!!!!!!.

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  No worries about the 'Climate Crisis' -- the cloud seeding/chem trails/sun blocking (Bill Gates/sci spray) has us all covered. Right!!
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  Holding a grudge

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i read something recently on reddit (not sure what thread) where a person related how some jw told them that ‘they hold a grudge’.. this reminded me of something an old jw acquaintance said to me some years back when i related my bad experience in the religion.. so, apparently, jehovah’s witnesses feel they should be forgiven for anything.

  people should forget all about it and act like nothing happened and be charitable towards them, etc… when i read in james and ephesians i got the sense ‘holding a grudge’ was referring to the things average people do to offend each other.. i don’t see it applying to a religion that claimed to speak for god and who engendered hateful and unchristian attitudes towards people.. i know because i experienced this.. in addition, some people’s lives were damaged by listening to faulty teachings and interference in things that were clearly none of anybody’s business.. one case in point: them knocking worldly careers and now there are thousands of destitute jws in senior years with nothing.. then in 2023 the religion does away with a century old teaching about counting hours in the ministry.

  meanwhile, i got judged over this.

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  Excellent Reddit post - "You Are Not Obligated to Forgive". Great post, Longy - thanks for the share.
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  Holding a grudge

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i read something recently on reddit (not sure what thread) where a person related how some jw told them that ‘they hold a grudge’.. this reminded me of something an old jw acquaintance said to me some years back when i related my bad experience in the religion.. so, apparently, jehovah’s witnesses feel they should be forgiven for anything.

  people should forget all about it and act like nothing happened and be charitable towards them, etc… when i read in james and ephesians i got the sense ‘holding a grudge’ was referring to the things average people do to offend each other.. i don’t see it applying to a religion that claimed to speak for god and who engendered hateful and unchristian attitudes towards people.. i know because i experienced this.. in addition, some people’s lives were damaged by listening to faulty teachings and interference in things that were clearly none of anybody’s business.. one case in point: them knocking worldly careers and now there are thousands of destitute jws in senior years with nothing.. then in 2023 the religion does away with a century old teaching about counting hours in the ministry.

  meanwhile, i got judged over this.

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  Longy -- I never understood how they could treat others so horribly and profess to serve God and be in fear of him. In my opinion, many were the antithesis of caring, loving, Christians, or ones striving to be Christ like. No compassion or empathy what their associates/others endure in order to work hard and make it to a meeting. They're trained to only recognize/help one if a pioneer -- WT has created these subhumans.

  The religion structures them to focus on one thing - serve the WT. The gods handed your life back to you - you're the winner - no regrets.
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  Holding a grudge

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i read something recently on reddit (not sure what thread) where a person related how some jw told them that ‘they hold a grudge’.. this reminded me of something an old jw acquaintance said to me some years back when i related my bad experience in the religion.. so, apparently, jehovah’s witnesses feel they should be forgiven for anything.

  people should forget all about it and act like nothing happened and be charitable towards them, etc… when i read in james and ephesians i got the sense ‘holding a grudge’ was referring to the things average people do to offend each other.. i don’t see it applying to a religion that claimed to speak for god and who engendered hateful and unchristian attitudes towards people.. i know because i experienced this.. in addition, some people’s lives were damaged by listening to faulty teachings and interference in things that were clearly none of anybody’s business.. one case in point: them knocking worldly careers and now there are thousands of destitute jws in senior years with nothing.. then in 2023 the religion does away with a century old teaching about counting hours in the ministry.

  meanwhile, i got judged over this.

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  The audacity of old acquaintance -- hope this was before you made your exit.

  They knew the yrs. were flying by and they'd be dependent on the government/handouts and how they managed when younger is beyond me. It takes hard work and effort to plan for the future and why they felt they were unique and avoided reality -- WOW! It's called being irresponsible. If you don't work you don't eat -- plain and simple in my book.
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  Holding a grudge

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i read something recently on reddit (not sure what thread) where a person related how some jw told them that ‘they hold a grudge’.. this reminded me of something an old jw acquaintance said to me some years back when i related my bad experience in the religion.. so, apparently, jehovah’s witnesses feel they should be forgiven for anything.

  people should forget all about it and act like nothing happened and be charitable towards them, etc… when i read in james and ephesians i got the sense ‘holding a grudge’ was referring to the things average people do to offend each other.. i don’t see it applying to a religion that claimed to speak for god and who engendered hateful and unchristian attitudes towards people.. i know because i experienced this.. in addition, some people’s lives were damaged by listening to faulty teachings and interference in things that were clearly none of anybody’s business.. one case in point: them knocking worldly careers and now there are thousands of destitute jws in senior years with nothing.. then in 2023 the religion does away with a century old teaching about counting hours in the ministry.

  meanwhile, i got judged over this.

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  Longy -- referring to anyone who has suffered needlessly by abusive disordered characters/religions, etc.

  It's a sad situation for many JWs and elderly people.
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  Holding a grudge

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i read something recently on reddit (not sure what thread) where a person related how some jw told them that ‘they hold a grudge’.. this reminded me of something an old jw acquaintance said to me some years back when i related my bad experience in the religion.. so, apparently, jehovah’s witnesses feel they should be forgiven for anything.

  people should forget all about it and act like nothing happened and be charitable towards them, etc… when i read in james and ephesians i got the sense ‘holding a grudge’ was referring to the things average people do to offend each other.. i don’t see it applying to a religion that claimed to speak for god and who engendered hateful and unchristian attitudes towards people.. i know because i experienced this.. in addition, some people’s lives were damaged by listening to faulty teachings and interference in things that were clearly none of anybody’s business.. one case in point: them knocking worldly careers and now there are thousands of destitute jws in senior years with nothing.. then in 2023 the religion does away with a century old teaching about counting hours in the ministry.

  meanwhile, i got judged over this.

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  Movin' on DTR (down the road/🤣) takes time. How ever long it takes is how ever long it takes --- reality 101!!
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  Atlantis- Devastating News

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://youtu.be/k2hwesvuddq?si=7g6pvmqvcfh-cke4.

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  Yes -- hoping for a miraculous recovery for Atlantis.

  Oh my, Kim, so very sad.
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  Holding a grudge

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i read something recently on reddit (not sure what thread) where a person related how some jw told them that ‘they hold a grudge’.. this reminded me of something an old jw acquaintance said to me some years back when i related my bad experience in the religion.. so, apparently, jehovah’s witnesses feel they should be forgiven for anything.

  people should forget all about it and act like nothing happened and be charitable towards them, etc… when i read in james and ephesians i got the sense ‘holding a grudge’ was referring to the things average people do to offend each other.. i don’t see it applying to a religion that claimed to speak for god and who engendered hateful and unchristian attitudes towards people.. i know because i experienced this.. in addition, some people’s lives were damaged by listening to faulty teachings and interference in things that were clearly none of anybody’s business.. one case in point: them knocking worldly careers and now there are thousands of destitute jws in senior years with nothing.. then in 2023 the religion does away with a century old teaching about counting hours in the ministry.

  meanwhile, i got judged over this.

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  Longy -- you're right -- they treated the non 'born ins' as 'less thans' with an attitude non-BIs were so fortunate to be around them - gag me! I felt sorry for them -- what weird people.

  You caused FEAR among your insecure associates and we newbys are expected to conform to their comfort zone. I had a few of them approach/inform me they checked out the lines of clothing I purchase and the amounts. I dressed conservatively - nothing provocative but attire was not from their allowed stores. One even told me to shop at 'X' like everyone else. As you know, it would not have mattered what we wore. I had a skirt, jacket, blouse on with boots (flat/very low heel boot - cold, windy, weather) and a CO glared at me like I was a harlot. I didn't know he was the CO -- assumed some gawking misfit so I snubbed him. One of the do-gooders informed me he only liked low-heeled pumps -- all were trying to accommodate his desires and not happenin' in my world. The next meeting I made sure I wore boots with the higher heel - not sleezy boots!! My fave 😂 were a couple of JWs (one older and how she rocked spike heels at her age is beyond me) fashioned with textured hosiery -- now that's a tad on the trashy side at a place of worship in my book -- she could pull it off okay. The ole goat must have lost his vision checking them out.

  Congratulations you're a free woman -- WOO HOO! If you lived near by we could visit a hall - oh my.🤣 No, we could commiserate and have FUN.