in one form or another i've been a member of this site for almost 10 years.
in the past this was a great place for debate, news and support for ex jws.
i logged on several times a day and posted several times a week.
Agreed!!
Unfortunately; many topics are now RED vs Blue; which is surprising for ex-jay-dubs. Not surprised by the racial slant on many post. It almost expected.
I enjoy the personal JW and experiences from everyone; but I don’t care about ANYONE’S political beliefs or opinions.
he’s really implementing the democrats agenda!
he’s wasting no time !.
It’s so sad that everything has to be red or blue! Both parties are seriously flawed; unfortunately most people can’t see it. I feel the (so called) elites are encouraging division among the working class people. The sheep keep taking the bait.
I think a public official encouraging people to drink bleach(?) is probably one of the biggest atrocities in history! #sarcasm
awake!
"if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.
because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years... therefore, as a young person, you will never fulfill any career that this system offers.
Great post!!!!
What’s crazy is how sooooooo many witnesses from 30 years ago still believe this. Most of my old friends are on FB and they can tell that I’m inactive from my post. When we had contact at funerals the FIRST thing that they would say is; “U Know We are close to the end!!!!!!”
I’d just smile or hummn and keep it movin.
Can you believe this? I wonder if they really believe this BS!
Again great post!
the new york times as well as other news agencies are reporting that in order to help save the planet we should limit our daily bathing.
they say daily bathing really because popular in the 20th century because elites decided to impress and use petroleum based soaps and take advantage of their indoor plumbing.
a lot of this daily bathing ritual was just for show.
I knew a witness that had a condition called TMAU (trimethylmaneria??). It caused him to have a bad body odor despite bathing several times per day. The brother said how critical it was to bathe or the odor would be worse.
from the borg?.
i point to none other than cal lehman and the towerwatch ministries.
towewatch.com.. the years following the collapse of the ussr and the 1995 generation left a bad taste in my mouth for a long time.
About 30 years ago I was a passenger in the car and someone at Dodger Stadium had a sign that referenced a WT/awake in 1968 talking about 1975. About 10 years after this point; I actually went to the Bound volumes in a kingdom hall and read the article mentioned above. It was very enlightening. Later I read “Crisis of Conscious” which helped the most! It literally pulled the curtain back on the wizard. “ In search of Christian freedom” and several evil apostate pages helped me. I remember the change engine the generation teaching… That was also a defining moment that helped me redefined my life.
i’ve been gone a long time.
after my mother passed away a few years ago, i pretty much lost most contact with the witnesses.
a couple that were family friends for many years stopped checking on me to say hello.
Great question! I actually wonder this as well.
I left kingdom halls with people that I actually liked about 20 years ago. Unfortunately, I have not been able to connect or make any real friends in the organization since the mid-1990s. It’s been miserable ever since.
Many of my close friends that I grew up with parents’ are now dying. I have been invited to two funerals in the last year. The one that I went to on zoom had about 300 callers and was extremely organized. It was a wonderful experience That I didn’t think was possible on video video chat. Fortunately, I can’t imagine having parts on the meeting like the zoom call. People seem to be more concerned with what everyone’s house look like… Which was amusing. After nine months many still cannot use The mute button correctly.
i just saw a post on reddit: ‘wt are prepping the r&f for changes in the march/april meeting workbook’.. in the post the person noted what they read (for march 8) and it mentioned bethel adjustments and reference was made to 2015 when bethelites were let go.. if this happens (yet again) another bunch of people are being sent home to fend for themselves in the big bad world at an advanced age with little to no preparation.
even though this doesn’t surprise me, it could not come at a worse time with a global pandemic and massive job loss everywhere..congregations are already in turmoil because of so many who reached retirement age totally unprepared because they were told armageddon would be here before they reached that age.
this is in addition to all the other ‘needy’ and troubled types in the congregations looking for as$istance.. i hope any bethelites there have a plan and some people they can contact.
This is also happening in corporate America. I was laid off by a text message after working for a giant company for 30 years. I am regularly seeing openings for trainees at my former location.
I can only imagine how the Beth elites feel, I am extremely bitter!
My family no longer has life, medical, vision or dental insurance.
i just saw a post on reddit: ‘wt are prepping the r&f for changes in the march/april meeting workbook’.. in the post the person noted what they read (for march 8) and it mentioned bethel adjustments and reference was made to 2015 when bethelites were let go.. if this happens (yet again) another bunch of people are being sent home to fend for themselves in the big bad world at an advanced age with little to no preparation.
even though this doesn’t surprise me, it could not come at a worse time with a global pandemic and massive job loss everywhere..congregations are already in turmoil because of so many who reached retirement age totally unprepared because they were told armageddon would be here before they reached that age.
this is in addition to all the other ‘needy’ and troubled types in the congregations looking for as$istance.. i hope any bethelites there have a plan and some people they can contact.
Thank you for sharing the incredible stories of X bethelites! It’s very disheartening, but very real!
a few weeks ago; a witness couple from the midwest reached out to me after 25+ years.
they said they were doing a letter writing campaign and decided to reach out to me… they called on my personal cell phone, which was a little surprising.
a few days ago, a couple that i knew from over 40 years ago, sent me a text, again to my personal cell phone.. i assume that they just googled my name to get the personal info.
OK… I was able to find out what happened. It’s the letter writing… And people are very bored! Someone reached out to my wife and they mentioned that to her.
There is an app that they all use and it’s just like a Google search! Again, thanks for sharing your stories!
i used to have some close friends simply pay me a friendly visit or call to see how i was doing.. i am curious as to whether or not the society instructed witnesses to no longer check on inactive ones and treat them as marked or disfellowshipped..
When we faded away from our local congregation… We would get a visit BEFORE every circuit overseer‘s visit. Of course, I would just let them count the time and not share my personal beliefs. No emotion and very little dialogue! This made them very angry! To me at the time, it was amusing. Now, we moved our publishers card to a congregation on the other side of town and continue to fade.
We were only contacted once from this distant (10 miles away) congregation.
