Diogenesister

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  They must also change the treatment of those who dissociate themselves from the JWs. It is inevitable

  by LaFrancia in

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  from reddit ex jw, a user posted this material of a hypothetical new light on dissociated people......i'm posting it only for the record, nothing else is known.

  it seems that the topic has been deleted either by the moderators or by the user himself.

  understanding dissociation in light of the scriptures.

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  KerryK The problem is that they announce the same thing from the platform, 'such and such is no longer a jw'.

  I guess they just won't announce disassociated ones if it's no longer mandated you need to shun them.

  I'm thinking this is how they're planning to get around the non shunning of disfellowshipped minors (which is how they can be legally sanctioned without question). They'll simply ensure all minors are made to disassociate themselves if they're caught committing a 'sin', instead of being DF.
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  Kingdom hall cleaning

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  what are your memories of hall cleaning?.

  i actually enjoyed it on the whole, my dad as the elder always tried to keep it to under one hour but in my later years in a hard-line congregation it was a chore.

  the po's wife had a printed list and we had to complete it all before left (or got disapproving looks if we left after an hour).. as well as vacuuming the whole building the lost said you had to dismantle the vacuum and clean and polish all the internal elements.

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  I was always assigned to lawn care, so it was a thrill driving a ride-on lawn mower and 15/16 years old. After the clean, we would all go to Pizza Hut (back when Pizza Hut had that buffet and personal pan pizzas served on the skillet pan thing),

  Nice! ;)
  
  
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  CHATGPT and the Withdrawing of the Aug 2024 watchtower

  by wannaexit in

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  these days i seem to talk more to chatgpt than my husband .

  for fun, today i asked: why was the aug. 2024 watchtower deleted?

  the august 2024 issue of the "watchtower" magazine was withdrawn due to internal controversies and significant content concerns.

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  Or....is Mark Saunderson - finally - going to come out?⛅🥳😸🌈
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  Where is Tony?

  by Athanasius in

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  on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

  a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.

  in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.

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  SilentBuddha I would appear to be some kind of stalker, and I’m definitely not. It’s just that I happen to go by his neighborhood on the way to a tractor supply that’s near him

  Very understandable you wouldn't want to cause him any distress. But the truth is I bet a lot of people who know him are concerned about his mental health. I mean the folks in his congregation know Toni has always been a true believer, if nothing else. So either he'll be absolutely devastated because he believes the religion he is devoted to has completely lost God's holy spirit. Or he will believe that he is absolutely deplorable in the sight of God - if not utterly wicked - to have to be removed from the GB. Either way he must be in a very vulnerable state. I could totally understand if someone who knew him would check up on him (not saying you of course).
  

  
  
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  JWN staying at the top of Google Search

  by blondie in

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  i noticed awhile ago jw.org was first; now jwn is back being first.

  what determines that?.

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  😳I get "Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints"🤡 - then I noticed it's sponsored.

  So the first is JW dot org

  Second is Wikipedia

  Third is Encyclopedia Britannica

  Fourth is a piece by the BBC ....no JWdotnet on the first page ☹️Looks like WE'VE dropped the ball!😴
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  BBC poor grammar - but FUNNY!

  by BoogerMan in

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  "hamburg police shoot man with axe ahead of euros match.

  " https://www.bbc.co.uk/news.

  why don't german police just use guns?.

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  Here's one I found this morning. The elderly woman was knocked out by two men in a road rage fight. Two policeman were nearby. It's written as if it was thactualthe police knocked her out. This was in The Independent - a British broadsheet newspaper.

  
  
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  This Shocked Me

  by Tahoe in

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  https://youtu.be/llpumfeknte?si=wmnw4asktjqx9thg.

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  The concept of a statute of limitations for serious crimes such as sexual or violent offences, amazes me.

  I couldn't agree more Journeyman.
  
  
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  Today is Eid al-Adha

  by Phizzy in

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  today is eid al-adha :.

  "may peace, safety, and happiness be bestowed upon you.

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  Oh gawd Resolute Bandicoot I thought that was The Bataclan or somewhere at first 🙀
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  JWN staying at the top of Google Search

  by blondie in

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  i noticed awhile ago jw.org was first; now jwn is back being first.

  what determines that?.

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  Nicolaou You kill me 😂😂👍

  (It's clearly because Robert Hendrix has dropped the ball this week. Hasn't he run off with some journalist? If he hasn't he should)
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  BBC poor grammar - but FUNNY!

  by BoogerMan in

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  "hamburg police shoot man with axe ahead of euros match.

  " https://www.bbc.co.uk/news.

  why don't german police just use guns?.

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  What do you expect, it's the BEEB.

  More concerned with inclusion, pronouns and other left wing twaddle.

  In recent years I've been absolutely gob smacked at the standard of work (grammar etc)produced by editorial writers, not just the BBC but at almost all the established agencies we are used to getting our news from in the UK. Especially the Broadsheets. At first I assumed they were Eastern 'content farms' or whatever. Or A.I. generated....but no! These shameless imposters who generally begin their bio's by "AS A ...(insert identity here: "Trans, left handed wombat of colour" or whatever) actually put their NAME to their "work". Then proceed to hector us on the definite understanding we have ZERO right of reply 🙄