Vidiot

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  JWs can toast now….what’s next

  by FFGhost in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so you can see from multiple topics here (& elsewhere), based on gb update #4, jws now have permission to toast.. there’s been a boatload of “xyz is now allowed” over the past couple of years….beards, no ties in field service or at the kh, sister can wear pants at the kh & in field service…... what do you think is next?.

  a lot of folks are speculating on birthday celebrations being allowed, and i agree that will eventually come, but i don’t think it is next.

  too big of a jump.. heres my guess:.

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  Beth - “Elaine on her JWescape channel just uploaded a video… She outlines how Lett is just mocking the JWs”

  Just watched it, and I think she’s spot-on; WT reps would absolutely sour the deals (they probably had to make) by not participating in something that is, at its core, harmless.

  Hell, they probably did it plenty of times in the past*, but in the Information Age, that kind of thing is damn near impossible to keep on the down-low, so they tried to get ahead of it.

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  *Not unlike having to swear allegiance in order to obtain a passport? Or acquiring NGO status to make missionary work a little easier? Or flipping on organ transplants because maybe a GB member needed one?

  Thing is, no leader should expect their followers to obey instructions that they themselves wouldn’t…

  …and any leader who does expect it is no leader at all. 🤨
  
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  Steve Let has been cloned

  by JohnR1975 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  he looks completely different and he doesn’t do that raised eyebrows and funny mouth that he used to.

  and something is going on with his hair.

  is it a combover or a wig or is that even him?

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  dropoffyourkeylee - “Maybe an AI-generated Governing Body will be their answer to the overlapping generations problem.”

  That was an actual plot point in the movie Equilibrium.

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  What Did You Do For Fun That You Felt The WT Frowned Upon?

  by NotFormer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the light of the lifting of sanctions on glass clinking and recent threads on chess and dvds of lord of the rings, was there anything you did for fun, as a hobby or for recreational purposes that you felt might be "taken the wrong way" if it came to the attention of the elders or sister busybody?.

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  LongHairGal- “…because they feel they will get their way.”

  That’s part of it.

  A bigger reason, however, is that any position of authority in that environment (even a low-level one) effectively insulates them from ever having to be told they’re wrong.

  Trust me, it matters…

  …I’ve lost count of how many times I ran into guys in that position who went completely apeshit when that happened; these guys just fucking hated it.

  The vast majority of members are too conditioned and afraid to tell ‘em that, and the few that do (particularly if they’re young) are disciplined under the broad-spectrum label of “rebelliousness”, and - more importantly - anything they say is disregarded, even if it’s right.

  That sort of thing doesn’t happen outside of authoritarian, hyper-conservative groups.
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  "Slimboyfat" response why I have Witnesses for dinner.

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  he asked why we have them over for dinner....we are not disfellowshiped just faded away so we can still have dinner with witness friends now we have known for 10 years.

  alot of "faders" do same.

  you might listen to afew dumb scriptures from them but still friends..

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  “…I have Witnesses for dinner…”

  …’cause they taste like chicken.

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  What Did You Do For Fun That You Felt The WT Frowned Upon?

  by NotFormer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the light of the lifting of sanctions on glass clinking and recent threads on chess and dvds of lord of the rings, was there anything you did for fun, as a hobby or for recreational purposes that you felt might be "taken the wrong way" if it came to the attention of the elders or sister busybody?.

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  Ugot2bekiddingme1 - “The Borg is full of easy offended assholes who are so weak and so easy upset if they don't get their way.”

  Folks like that often automatically (and even subconsciously) gravitate towards high-control groups specifically because they perceive that those environments readily allow for and enable that.
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  JWs can toast now….what’s next

  by FFGhost in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so you can see from multiple topics here (& elsewhere), based on gb update #4, jws now have permission to toast.. there’s been a boatload of “xyz is now allowed” over the past couple of years….beards, no ties in field service or at the kh, sister can wear pants at the kh & in field service…... what do you think is next?.

  a lot of folks are speculating on birthday celebrations being allowed, and i agree that will eventually come, but i don’t think it is next.

  too big of a jump.. heres my guess:.

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  These days, virtually everything is a “conscience matter”…

  …they Org’s just really good at letting the rank-and-file know which specific “option” they want their consciences to choose.

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  Applying the facial hair change in New Order portrayals

  by careful in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a hard time watching the org's vids and reading the publications.

  however, that's not the case with others here.

  hence this post.

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  Data-Dog - “…How are JWs to know who’s going to pass the final, Final Test and gain Everlasting Life (conditional) if everyone has beards!!?!??”

  Headbands?
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  What Did You Do For Fun That You Felt The WT Frowned Upon?

  by NotFormer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the light of the lifting of sanctions on glass clinking and recent threads on chess and dvds of lord of the rings, was there anything you did for fun, as a hobby or for recreational purposes that you felt might be "taken the wrong way" if it came to the attention of the elders or sister busybody?.

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  Vidiot

  Rock concerts.

  Assorted movies.

  Proving strict, uptight assholes wrong.
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  Japan closes 638 Congregations!!!!! Why???

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  japan since the 1970''s has had amazing publisher increases!

  every year the number of witnesses shot up by many thousands.

  this peaked in 1998, since then the number of witnesses and congregations has continued to drop!.

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  slimboyfat - “…I wonder if the end of JW growth in Japan coincides with a broader disillusionment with American influence in Japanese culture in general…”

  Absolutely.

  Why else would JW.borg go out of its way to deny that it’s an “American” religion?
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  Snakes had legs until Eden curse! Watchtower 1880 till 1974!!!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  often flicking through watchtower bound volumes i would see pictures of eden which shows the snake in the tree of knowledge with legs??

  even the photo drama of creation shows a snake with legs.. watchtower 1964 p.352 "genisis 3;14 {snake}on your belly you will go and dust you shall eat...before god curse it the snake had legs, that elivated it above the ground...god transformed it's body so that it ceased to have legs and was able to move on it's belly.".

  god's eternal purpose 1974 "god did not put a curse on the whole serpent family...it had only been victimized by satan.. forrest gump watchtower science is price-less!.

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  Vidiot

  Believe it or not, but the WTS was relatively liberal before Knorr.