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  The Great "Dumbing Down"?

  by NotFormer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a few old timers on here often refer to the dumbing down of the jw organisation.

  what examples can you think of from over the years?

  (i ask as an interested outsider who was never in).

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  The 'Babylon book(tm)' and 'Finished Mystery(tm) book, compared to the twee little pastel shaded sheets they use now.

  

  Both books were full of nonsense but at least a bit more 'chewy' than the pappy propaganda served now.
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  Goodbye Mother

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my mother passed on 20 aug 23 from the big c. i was there when she went.

  that was indeed very traumatic.

  i won't go to describe it.. dad went 17 years ago so there's just me now.

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  Notty - I will cheerfully ignore anything he posts from now on

  Ditto.
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  My Most Memorable Circuit & District Overseers

  by MillennialDawn in

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  2. friends

  i would love to hear from anyone who may have encountered the following the traveling overseers:.

  david wesley - an incredibly kind and humble man.

  just the most down-to-earth co you'll ever find.

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  I only remember UK ones. So my list might be lost on most of you.

  In the old days they were more 'Christian' in their manner. Then later, probably about 1980s(?) they became obnoxious company men.
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  December 2023 Study Washtowel - Keep recruiting for the cult!

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  december 2023 p. 6 par.

  15 - "an especially fine work that gives evidence of our faith is our zealously sharing the good news with others.

  why was nothing said to the 3000 about "preaching?

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  December 2023 p. 6 par. 15 - "An especially fine work that gives evidence of our faith is our zealously giving money to the Governing Body so that they can continue to protect their like minded paedophiles."

  There! Fixed it for them.
  
  
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  Goodbye Mother

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my mother passed on 20 aug 23 from the big c. i was there when she went.

  that was indeed very traumatic.

  i won't go to describe it.. dad went 17 years ago so there's just me now.

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  thanks NotFormer - It got my goat but then I guess FM did that on purpose. How people can't see him/her/them as a troll beats me.

  Takes deep breath. Calms down. Laughs at Fisherman for being a prat with no life.
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  Goodbye Mother

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my mother passed on 20 aug 23 from the big c. i was there when she went.

  that was indeed very traumatic.

  i won't go to describe it.. dad went 17 years ago so there's just me now.

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  FM - The invited minister should have realized beforehand that he was outside his jurisdiction inside the kh. He is not a Rev inside the kh.

  It was not at the KH. It was at the local Crematorium. The Jobots were being their usual culty supercilious selves in a public place. My goodness, I'd never have agreed to the funeral in a KH.

  Now if someone starts preaching another religion inside the kh, that is being disorderly and disrespectful.

  Rev Ron is a better person than they are. He only said hello to everyone. God! FM are you fucking trolling again? Please FUCK OFF! Stay fucked off and don't fuck back on again. Happy?

  You just dipped in on this post to use my pain for your trolling.
  
  

  NotFormer is correct

  Dubs were the strangers outside of their jurisdiction and acted like totally entitled prats!
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  Goodbye Mother

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my mother passed on 20 aug 23 from the big c. i was there when she went.

  that was indeed very traumatic.

  i won't go to describe it.. dad went 17 years ago so there's just me now.

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  It's just another piece of my history being erased.

  Because I wasted so much time as a JW, I'm certainly not letting the cult get to my family.

  I can bemoan a wasted life but I'm not wasting any more on a fake religion that only wants to bleed us all dry!
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  New brochure Make Disciples was it worth the suspense?

  by Tahoe in

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  2. bible

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  courtesy of reddit.

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  Reminds me of Channel 9 on the Fast Show.

  
  
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  Goodbye Mother

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my mother passed on 20 aug 23 from the big c. i was there when she went.

  that was indeed very traumatic.

  i won't go to describe it.. dad went 17 years ago so there's just me now.

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  Like longy said

  The religion caused them to lose their humanity.
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  Goodbye Mother

  by punkofnice in

  1. jw
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  so my mother passed on 20 aug 23 from the big c. i was there when she went.

  that was indeed very traumatic.

  i won't go to describe it.. dad went 17 years ago so there's just me now.

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  punkofnice

  Thank you all so much for your wonderful words of kindness and insight.

  A friend of my son and I came along because he knew my Mum. Rev Ron of St Paul's New England Peterborough. We invited him. He is a genuine chap. A Nottingham lad who 'got religion' later in life.

  He went to introduce himself to the Jobots, just to be friendly. (He was wearing his dog collar). He said, 'Hi. I'm Rev Ron, I was invited to come to this funeral.'

  The crowd of Jobots ignored him and one of them said, 'We were invited too.' and left it at that. I spoke to Ron after and he just laughed about it because it displayed 'cult' 100%.

  As JeffT said ,

  They can't set their petty rules aside for five minutes and act like decent people.

  the Jobots just can't let it go. I expect they felt really special being rude to a perfectly respectable bloke. Do they think this will attract people into their cult?