Posts by punkofnice

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Shunning and persecution
by Vanderhoven7 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jws see shunning as a loving provision.

but if a mennonite gal is shunned by her parents and friends for converting to jwism, would this be seen as a loving provision or as evidence of persecution?

how about parents beating a daughter who converted to jehovah's witnesses?.
punkofnice

Anyone would think it's a just a corrupt big business and discriminating cult pretending to be a religion.
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GB Update - Meet the new GB members
by eyeslice in
1. jw
2. friends
i overheard my wife listening to '2023 governing body update #2, presented by kenneth cook jnr.

a few points i got from it.. new hour requirements.

quote "with the new hour requirements for pioneers, many us us can share in the pioneer work.
punkofnice

Anointed are nuts - August 15, 2011 Watchtower (the study edition) pg 22 QfR: Memorial partakers. This is the number
of baptized individuals who partake of the emblems at the Memorial worldwide. Does this total represent the number of anointed
ones on earth? Not necessarily. A number of factors—including past religious beliefs or even mental or emotional imbalance—might cause some to assume mistakenly that they have the heavenly calling. We thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know. The Governing Body does not keep a list of all partakers, for it does not maintain a global network of anointed ones.
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GB Update - Meet the new GB members
by eyeslice in
1. jw
2. friends
i overheard my wife listening to '2023 governing body update #2, presented by kenneth cook jnr.

a few points i got from it.. new hour requirements.

quote "with the new hour requirements for pioneers, many us us can share in the pioneer work.
punkofnice

NW - The letters read about the 2 sisters who had tears of joy for reducing the pioneer hours.
It makes me think these were just fictional letters. that's the type of fraud the Watchtower(tm) could pull.
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What is your favorite EX- JW You Tube site and why???
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the mrs (third gen) and i have been on this site for a number of years now.

we appreciate simon's efforts to keep this site active and available.

i find a number of pimo jw friends enjoy youtube for some reason.
punkofnice

Beth's Serum - I know Marc and Cora. Not well but we have met and chatted at an EXJW party.
I don't bother with EXJW parties or get togethers. I think the point for me is to leave it all behind and assimilate and take my place into mainstream society.
Oddly enough, I met by accident an EXJW in the car park at Morrissons supermarket yesterday, and we discussed the importance of leaving it all behind.
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GB Update - Meet the new GB members
by eyeslice in
1. jw
2. friends
i overheard my wife listening to '2023 governing body update #2, presented by kenneth cook jnr.

a few points i got from it.. new hour requirements.

quote "with the new hour requirements for pioneers, many us us can share in the pioneer work.
punkofnice

SITT - You and me both.
the only thing is, they'd only accept that you got 'anointed(tm)' miraculously if you're in their business clique.
Otherwise they accuse you of being bonkers. (Which I think those making this claim are....or attention seeking).
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What is your favorite EX- JW You Tube site and why???
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the mrs (third gen) and i have been on this site for a number of years now.

we appreciate simon's efforts to keep this site active and available.

i find a number of pimo jw friends enjoy youtube for some reason.
punkofnice

Beth's Serum. Like you say, a lot of it is the same story with a different narrator. I understand that because our stories are all quite similar. It's boring though.
Now that I've been out for a while, I don't want to hear the same old complaints, as therapeutic as they are for the 'tuber.
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Punk song: "Jehovahs Witness"
by 144thousand_and_one in
1. jw
2. friends
i just came across this song by a punk bank p/k/a "blanks 77.

" it is entitled "jehovahs witness.

" i found a site with the lyrics: .
punkofnice

Dodgy Knees. MC5 were a support band for Alice Cooper when we went to see him in Birmingham a few years back. Got there late and missed them. I think it's only 1 bloke left now.
Instead we had to sit thru' the Stranglers who were boring. Although, a geezer next to me was dancing in his chair to them, spilling his beer on me. We got talking, he wasn't a bad bloke, just 'as a newt'.
Anyway, the lyrics in the OP remind me of the Monkees theme......
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What is your favorite EX- JW You Tube site and why???
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the mrs (third gen) and i have been on this site for a number of years now.

we appreciate simon's efforts to keep this site active and available.

i find a number of pimo jw friends enjoy youtube for some reason.
punkofnice

Beth's Serum - exJW it's just the same thing the last guy said,,repeated over and more focused on their own personal dramas and dilemmas.
One of the reasons I don't watch anymore.
I hope it's a release for them.
I also wonder if some of them are up to the old 'monetised' youtube grift.
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What is your favorite EX- JW You Tube site and why???
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the mrs (third gen) and i have been on this site for a number of years now.

we appreciate simon's efforts to keep this site active and available.

i find a number of pimo jw friends enjoy youtube for some reason.
punkofnice

Oh, Ratty, you are a hoot.
'hate'
So loving and Christian even for a 'smart JW'.
Smart JW
I'm in stitches here.
You just made my day. Not bad going considering you attempt to irritate.
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I miss this from A$$€mb£i€$
by punkofnice in
1. jw
2. experiences
hellas chocolate bars.
punkofnice

One of the questions after an A$$€mb£y was, 'did you get any Hellas bars?'
A much better question than, 'what crap were they spouting from the pratform?'