This WTBTS/Jehovah’s Witness brain washing tool was used in the 60s & 70s to fish for & dupe the many senior rank & file members who have long since died or are now on their last leg:
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Bait and Switch "Bible studies"
by Vanderhoven7 inmark jones, a witness for over 30 years describes what jws call bible studies offered to the public.. .
"they (jehovah's witnesses) offer you a free home “bible” study - which turns out to be a study of a watchtower publication with the bible brought out as an afterthought to try and prop up whatever current idea the governing body are claiming is “the truth” this week.. i think it’s underhanded.. when my parents became jehovah’s witnesses and they offered people a free home “bible” study, this is what they brought to study with them:.
what, did you think they were going to study the bible with you?.
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No more public WT & Awake?
by mikeflood inhave you guys noticed, this year 2023 no more public edition magazines...i wonder how they are gonna spin that fact.
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JW GoneBad
I wonder how they are gonna spin that fact
GB Mark Sanderson will be used to soon announce something to the effect:
"We have more exciting news for 2023. The Governing Body has decided that the public editions of The Watchtower and Awake magazines have served there purpose after all these years of production...will cease to be printed and will no longer be available to the general public. Won't you agree with me that this is indeed exciting news!!!"
😀😃 😀
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses who are disfellowshipped allowed to communicate and comfort each other while waiting to be reinstated?
by Vanderhoven7 ini just read about a disfellowshipped person who was looking for other disfellowshipped persons to socialize with.
what does the org have to say about this?.
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JW GoneBad
Here is another example of WT's 'shooting itself in the foot' so to speak! By exaggerating & amplifying how discipline is to be carried out, WT has created another monster...the ex-JW community.
Years ago when the WTBTS became 'Disfellowship-Happy' there were congregations with large numbers of disfellowshipped-ones...our congregation at one time had as many as 16 disfellowshipped members. What were all these ousted ex-JWs to do but to associate with one another. Today you have the by-product in the form of ex-JW forums, YouTube channels, exJW reddit etc in many languages with viewers and visitors numbering into the millions.
I remember our body of elders was asked by the many disfellowshipped ones that we had if it was okay to associate together with other df'd ones and the answer was: 'Yeah...why not'! No doubt that was the thinking of most congregation body-of-elders.
Stupid is as stupid does...WT leadership can thank themselves for the explosive & increasing numbers in the world-wide exJW community...Yay! 😀 😀
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Watchtower is Run Like the Mafia
by Sea Breeze inanybody else notice this?
the have a syndicate (governing body) regional bosses (district overseers), captians (circuit overseers), and elders are their "made men" that enforce policy at street level.
if you run your mouth too much, they wipe out your whole family (disfellowshipping).
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JW GoneBad
Another similarity between The Mafia & The WTBTS is the thing called Cosa Nostra or Our Thing...members are never allowed to leave, withdraw membership or disassociate peaceably! Membership is for life...the only way to leave is in a box!
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Exercise Patience Regional Convention
by Rattigan350 inthe theme of the in person convention this year is "exercise patience".
looking at the convention map, they are really using their assembly halls and they are using smaller civic centers or city arena.
no more huge stadiums.. are they not expecting a great crowd?
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JW GoneBad
Anyone who sat through a JW convention has exercised enough patience already.
Good one TonusOH!
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2022 Service Report is Out
by Bartolomeo inwarning: this post doesn't belong to me, i took it from reddit and posted it here.
news.
+0.4% growth in publishers globally.
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JW GoneBad
The results of this 2022 Annual Service Year Report of Jehovah’s Witnesses is very much like a Pet Scan that has been performed on a very sick patient. If the results of a Pet Scan shows cancer growth throughout the body soo bad that the Doctor feels he can't do anything to improve the patient's health...the Doctor will more than likely say to the patient and family to get his (the patient's) affairs in order.
As many of us exJW members know, this year's Service Report doesn't reveal the full extent of the 'cancer' that WT is dealing with...the Service Report is just not that transparent. Suffice to say WT is in very poor Spiritual Health! This next year's 2023 Service Report (Spiritual Pet Scan) will only be worse showing more & more negative numbers...'cancer' having spread more!
How many years does the WTBTS have? Some patients with cancer can survive bedridden for months & years before they succumb to their illness. The fact is WT may be in a 'bedridden' state for many more years...it's ultimate demise will very likely be very slow & painful...the exJW community will see to that...Viva the exJW community! -
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Are the statistics out yet?
by slimboyfat inisn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?
or have they stopped publishing it?
did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?
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JW GoneBad
The results of this 2022 Annual Service Year Report of Jehovah’s Witnesses is very much like a Pet Scan that has been performed on a very sick patient. If the results of a Pet Scan shows cancer growth throughout the body soo bad that the Doctor feels he can't do anything to improve the patient's health...the Doctor will more than likely say to the patient and family to get his (the patient's) affairs in order.
As many of us exJW members know, this year's Service Report doesn't reveal the full extent of the 'cancer' that WT is dealing with...the Service Report is just not that transparent. Suffice to say WT is in very poor Spiritual Health! This next year's 2023 Service Report (Spiritual Pet Scan) will only be worse showing more & more negative numbers...'cancer' having spread more!
How many years does the WTBTS have? Some patients with cancer can survive bedridden for months & years before they succumb to their illness. The fact is WT may be in a 'bedridden' state for many more years...it's ultimate demise will very likely be very slow & painful...the exJW community will see to that...Viva the exJW community! -
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Are the statistics out yet?
by slimboyfat inisn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?
or have they stopped publishing it?
did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?
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JW GoneBad
The WTBTS has given the exJW community a great deal to be greatful for. This 2022 Service Year Report is like a huge buffet...a huge lunch wagon...a huge cafeteria to feast on for months & months to come!
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Are the statistics out yet?
by slimboyfat inisn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?
or have they stopped publishing it?
did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?
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JW GoneBad
A JW just informed me that not a word was mentioned about world wide 2022 totals in the January 2023 Governing Body Update #1. GB Sanderson talks about increase in Bible Studies...but that's it...no statistics...no numbers as to what was accomplished by way of baptisms, publisher count or increases of any sort for 2022. Already into the second week of 2023 & still no JW Yearbook...no country by country 2022 Grand Totals...Inquiring minds want to know what's with the delay!
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Are the statistics out yet?
by slimboyfat inisn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?
or have they stopped publishing it?
did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?
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JW GoneBad
ThomasMore...your spot-on with your assessment of what's going on currently in this cult...I agree also that some on this Forum for whatever reason are in denial over the gloomy direction this cult is headed!
I might add to your list the amount of negative thinking going-on among the rank & file who are in their 60s, 70s & 80s. I've heard many say out loud they doubt this system of things is going to end in their lifetime...that is huge! It's no secret that many Elders, Ministerial Servants, Regular Pioneers & other 'exemplary' ones are quietly/secretly thinking the same thing. Negative self-talk among the rank & file is no-bueno & there's plenty of it among the JWs...Yay! :)