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Telling People You Used To Be A JW
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
since i faded i've told a few people at work about having been raised in this organization but i found that most people don't really get what it is like at all.

they just focus on not celebrating holidays as if that is the worst thing about growing up jw.

i didn't explain much because it's too much for most people to handle.
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Next change?
by JW_Rogue in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so, first the turning in time got axed, now beards are okay, what is up next?

women wearing dress slacks to the meeting?

birthdays becoming acceptable?
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Remember...Remember...The Sixth of November?
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
some big announcement or reveal is coming from the borg november 6th, according to the exjw reddit.. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/13xljaa/secret_boxes_to_be_opened_only_in_november_6th/.

what do you guys think it could be?.

my guess is a study companion to go with their new jesus series, they really need to rebrand at this point..
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World Wide Work Resolution Doubled Overnight
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
during covid-19 crisis our hall decides to double the amount sent to hq from our local account.

the resolution is unanimously supported, no questions asked.

has anyone else had this happen?.
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Question from yesterdays persecution article...
by JW_Rogue in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what are you resolved to do if under ban?.

i wonder how many people were thinking about how that would be a great excuse to leave!

finally, a good out, you were just too afraid of the persecution.
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UPDATE: Wife Pretty Much Knows That I Don't Believe
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
we had a nice long talk and i brought up some things that make me think that this isn't the "truth" and she somewhat agreed with me.

i stuck with things i personally experienced or had knowledge of plus all the changes in recent years.

she agreed on a lot of the points but still believes in god and the bible.
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Whole Study Article on Commenting at Meetings
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
i guess less people are commenting now.

last week's whole wt study was dedicating to the issue of commenting.

people were literally making comments about how to comment, it was very meta (not that most there would get that), anyway the main reason that wt gave to explain away people's lack of commenting?
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Small Field Service Groups, Method of Control?
by JW_Rogue in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
okay, so our congregation announced that saturdays they would be switching to small fs groups.

i found that odd because our kh is central to the territory and easy for most to get to.

through talking with others i found out that this is a branch wide directive that has little to do with convenience for the bros and sisters.
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This Is It...
by JW_Rogue in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just finished watching the talk by tony morris on john cedars channel.

sounded to me that he was hedging his bets.

on the one hand he says "this is it" and out of the other he says prophecies are best understood after they are fulfilled.
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A Gem From The May Study WT "Know Your Enemy"
by JW_Rogue in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in fact, only three books of the hebrew scriptures, 1 chronicles, job, and zechariah, mention satan, which means “resister.” why was little said about our enemy prior to the arrival of the messiah?.

3 apparently, jehovah did not want to give satan undue prominence by devoting large portions of the hebrew scriptures to discussing him and his activity.

jehovah’s primary purpose for inspiring that section of the scriptures was to identify the messiah and lead god’s people to him.. .