Thank all the gods/stars for your upbringing and common sense. You had a career they could only dream about and most only accept ones on the same level - thus all the haranguing. Those oldies with comfy lives were clueless how the disadvantaged live. It is quite an attraction for irresponsible misfits who do not want to work and be slugs - I couldn't believe.
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57Holding a grudge
by LongHairGal ini 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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Holding a grudge
by LongHairGal ini 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 must be on a constant high knowing you stuck to your guns and bailed that evil cult. It would take 100 yrs for them to act loving/accepting of non-JWs no matter what their MO is this month.
I was shunned but too busy with my own life to cave to their demands. My life - I smiled and did the opposite of everything the hard-liner 'conductor' demanded. Our basketball team was hot during my cult-time (5 college teammates going pro and the town was on fire w/b-ball fever and I don't even get too involved with anything that bounces!) 'association' and I was too busy jetting around to the various games w/husband/friends and if games were local I attended instead of meetings - priorities! Assumed there'd be plenty of meetings after the season. I missed a memorial when out of town and the hardliner went ballistic. I did everything wrong -- yeah!!
I always appreciated the scripture re/being loaded down/come to Jesus (something like that -- not judgmental, lazy, non-working, begging, WT/people!) -- that did it for me. Actually, lots of eye openers and I was so happy to avoid all of it.
Celebrate your retirement/freedom from WT daily!
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What would happen if the religion just straight out gets outed as bad? The ORG admits to it and all the members get told to disperse
by Starlight.vee inlike the org just gives up and comes out saying that all of what they are saying is untrue and that there is no armageddon, nothing.
how do y’all think the the members still in it would react?.
there be a mental health crisis i perhaps.
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Perhaps WT's conventions are more Bible-based w/Jesus being interspersed - good thing for religion. Interesting to know if more scholarly interpreted.
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What would happen if the religion just straight out gets outed as bad? The ORG admits to it and all the members get told to disperse
by Starlight.vee inlike the org just gives up and comes out saying that all of what they are saying is untrue and that there is no armageddon, nothing.
how do y’all think the the members still in it would react?.
there be a mental health crisis i perhaps.
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Is it possible JWs are doing better in UK than US? Seems many transplants ('come-heres'😂) are JWs around this neck of the woods and cali - Greeks, Asians, Phillipinos, etc.
Why would WT pull down the tent when there's so many adherents' homes/estates to snatch up. They're fishin'/hounding my 'friend' who returned to the fold about her property.
This country would never clamp down on WT -- they aid in keeping population down and lockstep to gov rules/regs.
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Russia: Further Jail Term For Answering Fellow Prisoners’ Questions About Faith
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.eurasiareview.com/01072024-russia-further-jail-term-for-answering-fellow-prisoners-questions-about-faith/.
july 1, 2024. by f18news.
by victoria arnold.
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Beth Sarim -- ahh, the ole 'we're not here to debate' line. Heard it frequently when studying from the clergy-class, dictator, conductor, re/their door to door experiences.
BluesBro - I agree.
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photos not showing up
by was a new boy ingreat photo, doykl.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6277858037596160/je-sus-making-comeback-2024-convention.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5102163622100992/visited-auschwitz-two-days-ago.
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Holding a grudge
by LongHairGal ini 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 --- my motto: Forgiveness is overrated!
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JE-sus making a comeback at the 2024 Convention
by dropoffyourkeylee inattended the friday sesson of the 2024 summer convention.. july 5, 2024 summer convention crowd photo; they invited quite a lot of empty chairs.. .
the facility usually has 5500-6500. they spun it saying that fewer congregations were assigned.
there were 6 of the smaller, more distant sections blocked off with tarps to lessen cleaning, which i understand.
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Great photo, DOYKL -- thanks for share. Clearly no wall to wall attendance but, of course, per WT plans. That's hard to believe. Be nice to know how many venues/assembly halls scheduled this yr. for conventions compared to previously.
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JW s were here today with convention invite
by enoughisenough ini thought i would tell this story: 2 gals and a guy came by with invitation to convention.
i am in the yard.
the gals get out and are wearing pants.
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Vanderhoven -- thanks for sharing FB photo.
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JW s were here today with convention invite
by enoughisenough ini thought i would tell this story: 2 gals and a guy came by with invitation to convention.
i am in the yard.
the gals get out and are wearing pants.
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Evidently per photo JWs have endured enough of WT's 'Good News'. Perhaps WT try tent revivals on smaller scale to 'Declare the Good News'. Might help rev up attendance.
I'd much rather attend a Benny Hinn event.