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  My last letter to the Elders

  by gavindlt in

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  2. experiences

  dear leamington spa and warwick elders.

  i wanted to thank you for your letter that has set me free.

  you have finally confirmed to me how ignorant you are as an elder body.. you should all be ashamed of yourselves as elders.. .

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  Gav - Dear Leamington Spa and Warwick Elders
  I wanted to thank you for your letter that has set me free. You have finally confirmed to me how ignorant you are

  Leamington Spa, so good they named it twice. Sorry, couldn't resist. I imagine the BOE(tm) will only read this bit then not bother with the rest because in their watchtower(tm) eyes, it's all apostate driven lies(tm).

  It would be nice if at least one of them read it all and some of it sank in.

  I'm happy you got that out of your system tho.
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  My old congregation is being shuttered

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just found out from my jehovah's witness cousin that my old congregation is being shuttered due to lack of elders, less than 20 members attending, and that the congregation cannot meet their monthly expenses.. here is a congregation that was started in 1975 with less than 15 members.

  it grew to 185 members in the 1990's.

  the congregation grew so large that the elders decided to split the congregation in two.

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  So, the 'dedication(tm)' talk they did when the structure was built didn't work?

  So much for the 'growth(tm)' they boast about.

  The Kingdumb Hells in my neck of the woods, it's laughable.

  1 is now an Islamic centre.

  1 Became a Mosque but I don't know what it is now.

  1 Became an African Pentecostal Church.

  

  I wonder if this means JWs are not the true faith?

  
  
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  Watchtower (Study) August 2023 gaslighting and deflecting again.

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  'they turn the story around to make it seem like you are at fault, deflecting attention and blame away from them to make you feel guilty.

  this type of emotional manipulation is called gaslighting.. .

  deflection is manipulation, and if it's coupled with other toxic relationship behaviors, it may be necessary to remove yourself from the situation.'.

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  Whether you believe Scripture or not, It does say 'no one knows the day or hour', or words to that effect.

  The Governing Body(tm)(Pee be upon them), have relentlessly told the r&f(tm) that we are in the 'final part of the final part of the last days(tm)' and other such predictive platitudes. They ramp up the fear and guilt so that they can get money, power and protect their like minded Rolf Harris/ Gary Glitter class.

  More evidence that it's just a big business posing as a religion.

  CULT!
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  Likes and Dislikes. How about making the identities known to the poster?

  by nicolaou in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  i haven't a clue if it's technically feasible but i think if you're going to hit the dislike button on a post you should be open to discussion with the poster.. just your own topics and posts of course.

  what do you think simon?.

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  LOLZ
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  How many new converts do you remember as a JW?

  by SydBarrett in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  inspired by the "whats the reason you think jw's are in decline" thread.

  my belief is that almost all the growth, at least in the western world is due to jw's having kids.

  i was a 4th generation jw from birth till about age 20, so the timeframe i can comment on would be my teen years.

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  More have left the filthy disgusting cult than have been enticed in by 'witnessing(tm)' in my experience. This is based on the folk in congos I've been in or associated with over the years.
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  Likes and Dislikes. How about making the identities known to the poster?

  by nicolaou in

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  2. suggestions

  i haven't a clue if it's technically feasible but i think if you're going to hit the dislike button on a post you should be open to discussion with the poster.. just your own topics and posts of course.

  what do you think simon?.

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  I'm not really a fan of the like/dislike buttons because of the anonymity involved. You never know if someone that disliked a post has commented after with a reason.

  I'm sure that sometimes there are those that dislike a post because............reasons......not related to the post itself.
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  For those following the JW headquarters reaction to the UK documentary - Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah's Witnesses and Me

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in addition to the jws false and misleading denial that rebekah vardy was ever a jehovah's witness, a few other interesting developments occurred that are worth noting:.

  1. an article in the last days newsletter reporting on how the jw[.

  ]org website scrubbed clean its jw 'news' page and produced an entire new glossary of jw terminally meaning for the media:.

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  I predicted the Corporation's(tm) response.

  It was a non response full of holes. They're just trying their best to use the 'no true Scotsman' fallacy.

  The trouble is, I felt the doco was a bit flimsy in as much as it's stuff that's been heard before. I'd like to have seen something really hard hitting like extracts from the ARC.

  The insights in to the Scatter the Flock book were good. Perhaps more of that rather than some wee lassie standing around in Norwich.
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  The Org. covering up the SHUNNING POLICY !!

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://avoidjw.org/news/jehovahs-witnesses-mysteriously-deleted-shunning-videos/?fbclid=iwar3jjfsa3zx-4kxrdtjwopmzty-5wxhrxm1-gvjtp9j20ovqfpxh.

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  PIMI - there has to be discipline that means something

  ...and this isn't it anything like it. Unless you're a heartless, loveless weirdo of the Jimmy Saville, Rolf Harris class.

  You really did say that to troll us, didn't you?! You were waiting for a re-action. Well, here it is.

  Satisfied? Get your kick?
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  Confirmed: CO Discourages Zoom

  by XBEHERE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can confirm that the co during one of his service talks stated that zoom is a provision for elderly, infirmed, as well as people who might need it on occasion due to health reasons, otherwise you are expected to be in person at meetings and in the ministry.

  this had to come down from the top.

  maybe they do not want to put it in a gb update or broadcast since that would be too public i suppose.

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  WTW - And what about those situations where it's either Zoom or nothing?

  Let's hope it's nothing.

  The less the noise of propaganda is the more people will wake up and leave.
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  For those following the JW headquarters reaction to the UK documentary - Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah's Witnesses and Me

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in addition to the jws false and misleading denial that rebekah vardy was ever a jehovah's witness, a few other interesting developments occurred that are worth noting:.

  1. an article in the last days newsletter reporting on how the jw[.

  ]org website scrubbed clean its jw 'news' page and produced an entire new glossary of jw terminally meaning for the media:.

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  Dodgy Knees - let's call it what it is - evil,abusive practice, they are going to struggle to keep their charitable status.

  They are utter liars. They carefully use words to convey an idea that is not true but sounds true.

  I hope they lose more than their charitable status and go totally bankrupt with the Governing Body (TM) (PBUT), destitute.

  A man can dream. It won't happen because they are crooked like our politicians.