If you did a survey among the JDubs, I would guess that 9 out of 10 would say that the Borg is expanding. They don't think about congregations combining or branches closing. The only ones who may think differently are those who are directly affected and even then they will comment on the growth because now their halls are fuller with Witlesses from a closed down hall.
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"Wondrous expansion is now taking place!"
by stuckinarut2 inso we have all heard the worldwide reports about khalls being sold off and congregations being amalgamated etc.... of course, jws are being told that these actions are a sign of "just how much the work is progressing, and how jehovah is blessing the increase and expansion!".
i can share the following from my part of the world too!.
in perth, western australia the following has occurred.. three "new" congregations have been formed!
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Just thought I'd share. New up coming apostate
by joe134cd injust listened to this delightful young irish lass and just thought i'd share.
a pleasure to listen to her.
well spoken and presents a good argument.. https://youtu.be/qitwc2qumgs.
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She has several excellent videos that are worth watching. I binged watched them all.
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Highly Recommended exJW YouTube Channel
by Sour Grapes ini am a subscriber on youtube for kim and mikey, marc and cora, susan gaskin, stacy lopez, spike r, and several others.
i recently found a channel called anonni mowse and she is just fantastic.
she is so down to earth, very educated, and speaks her mind so clearly about her being in the cult.
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I am a subscriber on YouTube for Kim and Mikey, Marc and Cora, Susan Gaskin, Stacy Lopez, Spike R, and several others. I recently found a channel called Anonni Mowse and she is just fantastic. She is so down to earth, very educated, and speaks her mind so clearly about her being in the cult. She is just a blast of fresh air. I could listen to her talk for hours.
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Leaked 2018 Elders Training Video RE: Elders Reviewing Pionieers
by pale.emperor inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhq5viughny&feature=youtu.be.
quite frankly im disturbed at the lack of love and compassion.
especially for the first sister they talk about!.
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The elders instead of following the letter of the law are following the law of the letter. I wonder why they had two elders admit that they did not read the lengthy letter from mother?
100% of the poor present day misguided J Dubs with their petty laws will die of something like just all past JW's and all future J Dubs.
In 30 years 1975 will mean nothing just like what was supposed to happen in 1914 is nothing today.
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Leaked 2018 Elders Training Video RE: Elders Reviewing Pionieers
by pale.emperor inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhq5viughny&feature=youtu.be.
quite frankly im disturbed at the lack of love and compassion.
especially for the first sister they talk about!.
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The Gibbering Booty needs to have a buy your hour's program for pioneers.like airlines have where you can buy miles traveled for free tickets.
For a contribution of $50 to the World Wide Work, we will give you 100 hours to be used in your annual total. For a $100 contribution, you can take a month off with no service and count 100 hours for your annual total. Just another blessing from Jehovah.
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Tony "Tightpants" Morris Talks Of Tight Pants AGAIN!!
by pale.emperor inagain with the pants... tony, if you can't stop looking at young men in tight pants don't take it out on the rest of us.
https://www.facebook.com/john.cedars.5/posts/868329653345317.
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Tony has to fight off his homo tendencies. Tight pants are just too arousing for him.
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Leaked 2018 Elders Training Video RE: Elders Reviewing Pionieers
by pale.emperor inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhq5viughny&feature=youtu.be.
quite frankly im disturbed at the lack of love and compassion.
especially for the first sister they talk about!.
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The elders are laughable. They think that they are so important with their janitor/window cleaning jobs and now they can make the ultimate decision if some sick sister is qualified to be a pioneer. They remind me of performance reviews that I did in business for employees that worked for me. A good review would result in a $20,000 bonus at the end of the year and perhaps a $5,000 increase in salary. A pioneer isn't getting paid...they are freaken volunteers who spend their money and waste their life's to slave for the Watchtower Concentration Camp. What a joke.
I can see it now..."Sister Sickly you are no longer qualified to be a pioneer. You are only putting in 55 hours per month and Jehovah says that you need to put in 70 hours per month." "But Brothers, does that mean I can't stand by my cart for 50 or 60 hours per month?" "Sister if you aren't pioneering why would you want to do that?"
The J Dubs are so shallow minded that having the title of pioneer is all important. If the Witchtower Babel and Trick Sobriety had new light that they will no longer have the title "pioneer" and everyone will just be "publishers" how many would continue to put in 70 hours per month?
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Would You Go To A Memorial Service For A JW )if you were no longer attending the KH)?
by minimus insome of my old jw friends are sickly and getting on in age.
so far, i’ve only gone to my mother’s memorial and have avoided the kingdom hall altogether.... your thoughts please?.
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I don't think that I would go. I have a couple of dear friends that I haven't talked to for well over a year when I stopped going to the meetings cold turkey. They called me on the phone and left voicemails asking me to call back so they could encourage me and read some scriptures together. That just turned me off. These guys can't be just friends, they have to be praying or reading the Bible or pleading to come back to the meetings.
The last time I bumped into an elder while visiting a friend in the hospital, he told me that he knows that an angel directed him to be at the hospital the same time I was there so he could encourage me. When he saw me he shook my hand, gave me a hug and in two minutes his iPhone was out and he was reading the Bible to me.
I know if I went to a funeral I would be preached to. I wasted 60 years of my life being a JW.
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no...No...NOOO...JW's are not a cult!
by FedUpJW injust read this over on jw talk:.
will we be willing to leave unbelieving mates and unresponsive kids behind when given direction on what to do???
what about grandkids who fall under their parents who are not witnesses???
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One poster on their site made a comment about the Watchtower Company's planned 2019 international assembly, "I hope by then we will all be in Paradise." Poor deluded fool. I said the same thing 50 years ago. I am sure that the Bible Students said the same thing about 1914 over 100 years ago.
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Why do ex-JW's talk so much about being ex-JW's?
by Sour Grapes inis it because we were in the cult watchtower compound that we talk about being ex-jw's when we stop being active?
i have never heard anyone say that i was an ex-catholic or an ex-lutheran or an ex-baptist.
they just stop going to their church and don't talk about it.. years after not stepping inside a kingdom hell, many of us still have to talk about being ex-jw's.
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I really appreciate the comments in response to my question. Annon said, "The greater the control the greater the rebellion." And Stuck mentioned that we just can't walk away from the cult without repercussions which motivates us to contribute to this forum.
I think there are multiple reasons why ex-JW's talk about our past life's. I have not been inside a Kingdom Hell for over a year and I am now getting phone calls from elders to please call them back they want to "encourage" me. You just can't walk away they won't let you. Probably one reason is due to having a publisher card on record that is looked at several times a year. The circuit overseer will grill the elders about have you contacted Sour Grapes? Why did he stop coming to meetings and not reporting time? They have to have answers to his questions. You can run but you can't hide.