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  We Don’t Give Christmas Presents; We Give Presents To Each Other All Year Long!

  by Sea Breeze in

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  how many of you dutifully told this lie to your friends as a kid?.

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  fedup

  What are you guys talking about, I got sooooo many presents and GIFTS growing up:

  - Military style haircuts every month - the little boy bethel look was a gift from God

  - The joyous sound of the alarm clock at 8am every Saturday and Sunday morning so we can be in the field service from 10am to 12pm, Service was a gift from GOD - We were GOD's earthly REPS - (BIGLY GIFT)

  - Every Monday evening after supper 7h30pm to 9pm, family study night. The WT study books were a gift from God. Super interesting reading materials.

  -Every Tuesday evening for 1 hour (group study) 8pm to 9pm (GIFT), Every Thursday evening 7h30pm to 9h30pm (School and service meetings) GIFT. Every Sunday afternoon from 2pm to 4pm at the Kingdom Hall, (WT study and TALK) GIFT, Meetings were a incredible gift from God, so was the Kingdom Hall a gift we had to pay for. Another exciting part of this arrangement was that every year the schedule would change - you know, to make it more interesting and screw up our routine - made us flexible - GIFT.

  -Twice a year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall we had our special circuit assemblies for 2 days at a time. The talks and fellowship were Gifts from God. and the WT

  - Once a year in the Summer for 3 or 4 days, depending if it was an International Convention or not, we spent our summer vacation on the road to attend a convention listening attentively to talks, speeches, presentaitons and of course, the DRAMA, on many gifted topics, my favorite, on how 8 billion people will be destroyed for us SPECIAL JWs to inherit the earth and play with lions in our newly gifted backyards. A HUGE Gift from the WT and God.

  - Not having to spend money on Christmas gifts for friends and family - just donate the savings to kingdom hall work, great gift from and to GOD and the WT.

  - And the most SPECIAL day fo the year - The Memorial - seeing the emblems go by and touching the sacred plate of crackers and glass of wine that no one can eat or drink from - of course, only the anointed can - Another incredible gift from God and the WT to have these future Judges and Kings in our midst.

  AND the ULTIMATE GIFT - Eternal Life never to grow old and never to DIE - GIFTS, GIFTS and MORE GIFTS,

  What more do you complainers want??? I see very ungrateful people here, so disappointing - WE RECEIVED SO MANY #$%##@ GIFTS, and THE GIFTS KEEP COMING!!!!

  JW.ORG, BEARDS, PANTS FOR SISTERS, THE GB, especially LETT...
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  gossip

  by Nancy1919 in

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  2. beliefs

  i was once was told by an jw elder it was a rule not to gossip or swear as it could harm someone, but i guess the new light allows this.

  it was bad enough when they were calling people worldly now i heard a jw gossiping about someone and it was mean.just another reason i would never go back.

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  The so-called "spiritual brotherhood of love" is nothing more than a front. The truth is, it's an organization built on judgment and gossip, something the Watchtower itself created. Their rules, procedures, and way of life are all about maintaining the appearance of being perfect—perfect people, perfect families, all to make it into the new system. What's asked of members is so unrealistic that it creates a culture where people are quick to point out anyone's weaknesses or mistakes, just so they can look like heroes in front of the congregation. Their preaching about being a loving brotherhood is, in reality, far from the truth and quite the opposite.
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  I need to vent sorry!

  by KerryKing in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i couldn't get back to sleep last night, something my father said a few weeks ago popped into my head.. we were talking about obtaining citizenship, he doesn't need it, but was contemplating what benefits it could get him now he's a pensioner.. background : i've been disfellowhipped for 15 years, i was born in, he is an elder, very much pimi, he was also born in.. i said to him how citizenship would be difficult for him as it would require him to swear allegiance to the state?.

  oh he said, thats just a crowd of people together in a big room for the swearing in event, it would be easy to just mumble or say nothing, nobody would know.. this has quietly been eating away in my mind, why did it bother me?.

  last night it hit me, when i was in my first year of school, age 5, i came out of school one day with a balloon with two little pencils attached, a gift from a classmate who's birthday it was, every child got one.

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  I can honestly say that many JW kids have similar experiences. The hypocrisy we grew up with really sticks with us as we get older. Our parents acted one way at home, then put on a "spiritual" face at meetings or in service. I have a ton of stories like this, especially when it comes to elders who expected perfection from us, but their families were given a pass. It's healthy to vent about it, but my advice is to let it go. The sooner you do, the better it will be for your peace of mind. Don't put your parents through the same guilt and pressure that they and the organization put on you. It's just not worth it.
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  Prepare to get Pelted by Symbolic Hailstones

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://youtu.be/idhmflud3p4?si=9xc4svrhxslduwvz.

  so david schafer a member of the teaching commitee and a helper to the governing body has come out yesterday with a new video that goes through the king of the north, the hailstones message and other things in the wake of the possibility of a ww3 and especially now that tensions are escalating with russia so he is making quite a few end time arguments and i will be expanding on those one by one but today let's see what he has about the hailstones message of the end(video) so this is the paragraph in question, paragraph 14 from article 20 of the watchtower 2020 study edition: "sometime after the start of the great tribulation, “the kings of the entire inhabited earth” will form a coalition of nations.

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  Vidiot.... That makes sense
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  Prepare to get Pelted by Symbolic Hailstones

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://youtu.be/idhmflud3p4?si=9xc4svrhxslduwvz.

  so david schafer a member of the teaching commitee and a helper to the governing body has come out yesterday with a new video that goes through the king of the north, the hailstones message and other things in the wake of the possibility of a ww3 and especially now that tensions are escalating with russia so he is making quite a few end time arguments and i will be expanding on those one by one but today let's see what he has about the hailstones message of the end(video) so this is the paragraph in question, paragraph 14 from article 20 of the watchtower 2020 study edition: "sometime after the start of the great tribulation, “the kings of the entire inhabited earth” will form a coalition of nations.

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  I wonder what the writer of the book of Revelation was smoking when he wrote this crap
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  The case from Denmark - setttled in The European Court

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  beninu andersen.

  denmark.

  i am not aware of how many of you are familiar with the danish case of a jehovah's witness who was hospitalized after a tragic accident where he fell several floors from a scaffolding where he was working.. the patient was admitted to the intensive care unit and was conscious (albeit somewhat confused) for the first three weeks.

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  My Blood Card
  
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  50 year anniversary

  by Dromedar007 in

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  remember 1975?

  maybe when you were a kid - like i was?

  i will celebrate 01.10.2025 the 50th anniversary of the "end of 6000 years of human history and the immediate end of the world".

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  I remember it clearly, I was not going to live passed my 12th birthday. At the time I was terrified that I was not going to survive the end of the world. The WT made everyone feel they were not worthy, nothing we can do would please them. What a shit childhood they offered us.

  Now, I'll be celebating my 62nd birthday in January,

  I don't understand the people that are still in and waiting, it's insane!
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  1/25 WT: Oral and Anal sex are a go - if she's ok with it

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  he will not pressure her to engage in sexual acts that make her feel uncomfortable, that are demeaning, or that bother her conscience..... the bible does not provide details as to what sexual practices between a husband and a wife should be considered clean or unclean.

  a christian couple must make decisions that reflect their resolve to honor jehovah, to please each other, and to maintain a clean conscience.

  generally speaking, a couple would not discuss with others this intimate aspect of their marriage..

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  ...And the Watchtower just can’t stop piling on the rules for all the little sheepies to follow... RULES, RULES, and oh, let’s not forget MORE RULES! Seriously, is there even an end in sight?!

  And the truth shall set you free...
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  The org's "new lights" - corrupting Proverbs 4:18

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  proverbs 4:18 says, "but the path of the righteous....grows brighter and brighter until full daylight.".

  the bible "light" doesn't get brighter - it never changes - it's a person's direction & course of life which gets brighter.. w11 9/15 p. 14 par.

  15 - "when spiritual light on some matter gets brighter, do you try to understand the underlying scriptural reasons for the adjustment?

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  The WT's use of this scripture simply reveals their lack of integrity and a continued willingness to deceive everyone, this way they delay the consequences of their lies.
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  EXPLOSIVE NEW LEAKED VIDEO OF C.O. CHASTISING ELDERS

  by raymond frantz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://youtu.be/np05twylal8?si=wjcdevvpxmlwxb2p.

  shame is an ancient form of control.

  shame is the mechanism used to control behaviour.

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  The content produced by the WT—whether it's videos, books, magazines, or talks—creates a culture where individuals become so self-righteous that they abandon common sense and compassion. The fear of man outweighs the fear of God. Most elders would never admit to watching porn, and understandably so. Who wants to experience invasive questions about their personal life? This only leads to an organization filled with individuals who lead double lives, creating a community of hypocrites who believe they have the right to judge others. True friendship is extremely rare within this organization, because the WT teaches you not to be a friend.