Vidiot:
I made a mistake. It’s actually 5 congregations turned into one! One of the last closings actually amalgamated with a nearby congregation 15 years ago.
Posts by hoser
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hoser
The congregation I formerly attended now holds the territory of 3 former congregations. So 4 congregations is now one aging congregation of 50 publishers. I’m not too sure how many attend but I know their preaching territory is over 15,000 square miles. There used to be well over 300 publishers in these congregations.
There is a congregation about 100 miles from that congregation that is on life support from SKE grads that I expect to be closed soon.
The congregation that I am currently marginally associated with amalgamated with another a few months ago. Two former congregations of over 100 publishers each and now the typical Sunday meeting attendance is 40 in person and 30 on zoom.
Today a 70 year old long time elder ran the mike for the entire watchtower study as there are few qualified brothers to do it.
Yes, COVID broke the spell
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The ''dreaded'' birthday cake
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | september 2023. study article 39. let mildness be your strength.
11 if a workmate asks, for example, why we do not celebrate birthdays, consider: could he be wondering whether we are allowed to have a good time?
or might he feel that our position will dampen the company’s team spirit?
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hoser
The jw birthday ban is all about control of who you associate with and splitting up families.
It’s all about manipulating cult members and keeping them in the cult
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Just had a thought…
by Vidiot ini been reading quite a few experiences on reddit lately, and their seems to be a common theme coming up….
…dialed-up-to-eleven shunning of xjws by their witness relatives.. it reminds me of back in the day, listening to some of the over-the-top vitriol displayed by hard-core loyalists when the topic of evolution or apostates came up….
…i was gobsmacked when i finally realized these guys weren’t offended and indignant because they thought it was lies….
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Diogenesister
It’s happened to me as well. I was always the one that got blamed for others misdeeds for some reason.
I had a workplace incident many years ago that I am still blamed for that has been proven to be another employees fault.
There are bad, manipulative people everywhere unfortunately. The lowest person seems to always take the fall.
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Just had a thought…
by Vidiot ini been reading quite a few experiences on reddit lately, and their seems to be a common theme coming up….
…dialed-up-to-eleven shunning of xjws by their witness relatives.. it reminds me of back in the day, listening to some of the over-the-top vitriol displayed by hard-core loyalists when the topic of evolution or apostates came up….
…i was gobsmacked when i finally realized these guys weren’t offended and indignant because they thought it was lies….
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hoser
Gotta blame the subordinates for a problem that they never created or have the authority to fix.
That CO should have been yelling at the governing body. They created this problem, it’s up to them to fix it.
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Still no U turn on vax mandates for all schools
by ExBethelitenowPIMA inyou still have to be fully vaccinated to attend any theocratic schools.
elders and ministerial servants have their kingdom ministry school every year, the cobe of every congregation has to check that everyone is fully vaccinated.
after the school everyone will ask any bothers who were not there why not?
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hoser
I was raised in a 1970’s jw household and thought that jws were anti vaxxers.
Maybe my parents/grandparents were still reading the shit judge Rutherford wrote in the 1930’s
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Governing body
by moley inare the governing body really in charge or are they just a figurehead with the real power being behind the curtain .
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hoser
Are the governing body in charge?
Yes and no
Watchtower is a corporation riding on the inertia of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Eventually the momentum ends and the object ceases to move.
They are just following what the previous governing bodies did, tweaking the teachings when circumstances force them to.
Covid was the game changer for this cult. The gb quickly adapted to zoom and people stayed at home for 2 years. They patted their backs about how Zoom was a blessing from Jehovah. When it was time to go back to the Kingdom Hall most realized that they could still do zoom.
When me and the missus go to the in person meeting we see a half empty Kingdom Hall, and this is from 2 former congregations as we have combined with another hall. This tells me that 75% of the publishers have vanished …..just like smoke!
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"...The Most Important Day of the Year" Watchtower January,2024
by Listener inwhat a mockery that statement is to over 99% of their followers.
there is nothing biblically that makes the jw memorial day important to anyone that does not partake.
they still continue to say .
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hoser
It’s not that important especially the years when they do it on the WRONG day!
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Covid Vx likened to Jesus ransom
by KerryKing inthis morning i decided to log into the local cong meeting on zoom, during the public talk the speaker likened the covid vx to jesus ransom sacrifice, saying that those who didn't avail of the vx, the 'anti vaxxers', are just like people who refuse to put faith in jesus.. i felt sick, knowing my unvxed but active jw parents were sitting there, i logged off immediately.
surely such talk is pure blasphemy or am i just over reacting?!.
i appreciate your thoughts, it will hopefully help me to approach my jw family with facts and logic, i'm praying they wake up fully and 'get out of her', i know they have reservations that's why they refused the vx..
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hoser
Because the Jehovah’s Witness organization is aligned with the UN and the WHO they had to show that they were pro vax.
Jws whore with the governments just like any other false religion.
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2023-10-17 and 2023-10-20 Letters!
by Atlantis in2023-10-17-legal seminar.
page 1. https://imgbox.com/cm4qip9v .
page 2. https://imgbox.com/rvnapwrq .
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hoser
Thankfully, I’ll never be able to meet those qualifications to give away my labour for free.