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So I just dug it out of the trash and looked. The Watchtower said "Vol.3 2016". I have no idea what this means since they don't put months not there anymore. Does anyone know how recent that is?

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Do JWs still leave literature in the door?

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

i came home to a watchtower in my door.

i thought i had heard a while back that they had stopped putting literature in doors except for tracts whenever they had one of their campaigns.

why am i so special?.

Wild_Thing

LostGeneration6 hours ago

I just can't believe that they can't even get rid of their Watchtowers even though they are now printed so infrequently ( and not twice a month, like the good ol' days) Wait ... wait ... yes I can.

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Differences Between Ex-JWs

by David_Jay in

we are not all the same--a real "duh, david!

so i figured if i didn't feel that sense of solidarity that seems missing among the debating, then i was part of the problem.

i'm responsible for making this place feel like a support and place of solidarity, just as much as anyone else.. but approaches i tried didn't work until i shut up for a while.

You made excellent points, David. The sad fact is that all of us were hurt and sometimes still hurting because of the Watchtower, but we all had different journeys getting there and getting out. Some of came out more unscathed than others, and there are a lot of factors that determine that, as you pointed out.

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Do JWs still leave literature in the door?

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

i came home to a watchtower in my door.

i thought i had heard a while back that they had stopped putting literature in doors except for tracts whenever they had one of their campaigns.

why am i so special?.

Wild_Thing

I came home to a Watchtower in my door. I thought I had heard a while back that they had stopped putting literature in doors except for tracts whenever they had one of their campaigns. Why am I so special?

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What is the official stance on shunning family that "faded"?

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

does anybody have any quotes from watchtower literature or video that shows what their stance is on associating with family who have left the witnesses?

or even what the unofficial stance is?.

not disfellowshipped or officially disassociated, just "inactive" for say 15-20 years, but also openly living a "worldly" life birthdays, holidays, including attending another church?

Wild_Thing

Thank you to everyone for sharing their experiences and information. That was what I was afraid of. The problem with finding Watchtower quotes about this or anything else is they don't want to admit it was even printed if it is more than two years old. Their beliefs, doctrines, and directives to their members seem to change on almost a yearly basis now. I feel like they need to publish a yearly bulletin on their changes in beliefs and practices. It is hard to keep up with when you are no longer one of them. I wonder if those on the inside find it hard to keep up, too.

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What is the official stance on shunning family that "faded"?

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

does anybody have any quotes from watchtower literature or video that shows what their stance is on associating with family who have left the witnesses?

or even what the unofficial stance is?.

not disfellowshipped or officially disassociated, just "inactive" for say 15-20 years, but also openly living a "worldly" life birthdays, holidays, including attending another church?

Wild_Thing

Does anybody have any quotes from Watchtower literature or video that shows what their stance is on associating with family who have left the Witnesses? Or even what the unofficial stance is?

Not disfellowshipped or officially disassociated, just "inactive" for say 15-20 years, but also openly living a "worldly" life birthdays, holidays, including attending another church? Do any of those things even factor in onto the extent of the shunning?

My mother claims that the Witnesses now see people that left the witnesses as "lost sheep" and they don't encourage shunning. My sister's behavior says otherwise. Trying to reconcile the this conflict in apparent "truth".

Thanks for your help!

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Jehovah's Witnesses new world HQ nearly complete. From The Chronicle.

by ToesUp in

warwick article.

Wild_Thing

3 Things:

1. They are going to have a "Bible Museum"? And their one point of pride is having an original King James bible? I don't even know what to say. Haven't they always touted their own translation as the ONE and ONLY true translation?

2. They are donating materials and labor to help build a sports park for team sports. Something they deny to their own children.

3. They are working with Boy Scouts on a volunteer service project. Boy Scouts! Again, something they deny to their own children.

This all screams hypocrisy so loud, that its deafening.

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Does the governing body know what they are doing?

by Gefangene in

what do you guys think?.

are they only some uber religious zealots or do they pursue hidden agendas beyond religiosity?.

Wild_Thing

I personally believe that the governing body totally believes their own bull$---. But I also believe that their over inflated sense of importance blinds them to how crazy and arrogant they really are. When they talk about serving "Jehovah" and giving your all to "Jehovah", I'm pretty sure they're talking about themselves.

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Whoopsie - I did a DoS attack against myself !

by Simon in

sorry the site was offline for a short while - i kicked off a re-index of the site to pick up the http -> https changeover and, well, i didn't put any rate limits in place so google went full bore at it.

having the site hosted in google's data centre probably helps it go faster than normal.. in other news, i now know the site can scale to handle an insane number of requests if it ever needs to (as long as i put some more coins in the meter)..

Wild_Thing

Thanks for paying to keep the lights on, Simon!

Wild_Thing

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