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  My letter of disassociation, what do you think?

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  dear brothers, july 27, 2020. in 1919, the president of the watchtower society made a bold prediction, “millions now living will never die”.

  that quotation was constantly repeated by the organization till the year 2000 when they realized that everyone in attendance at that assembly, who listened to j.r. rutherford repeat those words, are dead.. that teaching has guided my life.

  statements were repeatedly made at assemblies, conventions and in print that there was no career in “this system of things” so you don’t need a job with benefits or retirement, your fulltime job is to “preach the good news”!

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  DesirousOfChange

  Sorry to hear that. With your life experience, you'd most likely have been a great public servant.
  
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  Does Anybody Here Sympathize With The Looters That Cause Destruction?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i realize some here are diehard democrats.

  whether you are democrat, republican or independent, do you support any of these looters that cause mayhem and destruction for their cause?

  i have heard some people sympathize with these law breakers saying they understand why they do what they do and leave it at that.. of course i wonder how they would feel if their own property was burnt or stolen or destroyed..

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  DesirousOfChange

  Cofty, Rub is being "snarky".
  
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  Watchtower Society organization functions as the only spokesman on earth for Jehovah...Wait! There may be others

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  praise jehovah with his people.

  w73 7/1 pp.

  4 consider, too, the fact that jehovah’s organization alone, in all the earth, is directed by god’s holy spirit or active force.

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  DesirousOfChange

  My JW family would just claim that the video was "altered" by some evil apostate.
  
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  Resolution passing with zoom

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi folks.. i put this in practices as i thought that appropriate.

  perhaps it should be in scandalous behavior.

  not a big deal but an example of the cult-ish intimidation and behavior.. at the end of this mornings short wt review prior to the convention brainwash by jackson, ( melbourne australia) the elder stated "brothers we have a resolution to present to the congregation".

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  DesirousOfChange

  What can the org do when congregations cannot live up to their commitment?

  The servant body will be hard pressed to make up any difference lest they be ridiculed when the CO drops in on them. Not living up to the commitment will be seen as "spiritual weakness" for that Cong and especially for the Elders/MS.

  I'm not sure that the Zoom procedure was all that much different from how it was handled in meetings. They were always "unanimous" because anyone who did actually question such things was too intimidated to go against the crowd. But I'm sure more and more PIMO's are rebelling by shutting their wallets. (It's all about the money!)
  
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  My sister just sent me this text.

  by Brainfloss in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my sister sent me this text a few minutes ago.

  what does she know about my relationship with jehovah?

  it was followed up by a bunch of links to jw org problem is dialog is not possible her side is the only one to be heard.

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  DesirousOfChange

  OOPS! Accidentally clicked DISLIKE! SORRY. My mistake.

  I think your idea is great. Let them count their time, and just ignore that part of it. Respond like a NORMAL person vs a CULT MEMBER.
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  Governing Body members will no longer be with us on earth during ''the great tribulation''

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | october 2019. .

  study article 41. stay faithful through the “great tribulation”.

  14 during the great tribulation, a change will take place regarding the brothers who take the lead on earth.

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  DesirousOfChange

  All I can say to that "headline" here is.............THE SOONER, THE BETTER!
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  Since We Are In 2020 What Do You Miss?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i miss listening and dancing to live music on a weekend night.. i miss going into a crowded mall store to window shop.. i miss going out into public and not having to wear a mask.. i miss seeing people freely mingle on a busy street or sidewalk.. what a difference a year makes!.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I’ll be interested to see if after the election things change and we get back to some normalcy

  Once the election is over, the riots will disappear and so will the extremism for the virus.
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  World Wide Work Resolution Doubled Overnight

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  during covid-19 crisis our hall decides to double the amount sent to hq from our local account.

  the resolution is unanimously supported, no questions asked.

  has anyone else had this happen?.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Sad thing about this is that most of the contributions come in from the elderly. They will give their life-savings to the Borg because they want to be certain that they are "favorable" in Joe Hoover's eyes for salvation/resurrection.
  
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  My old Congregation is now a book study group of old people!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i was in a yugoslav ethnic congregation of about 200 people in australia we had alot of refugee witnesses come in from the balkans war.

  in the late 1990's we were thriving!

  today the young ones have all left "the truth.

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  DesirousOfChange

  My old Congregation is now a book study group of old people.

  And in another 10 years they will be a graveyard full of dead people.
  
  
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  Received a letter from a JW today.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it started off as "dear friend ,as one of your neighbours" , however the postmark on the letter was from 2 townships away ?

  a good twenty minute car drive away .a minor point i know.

  it goes on about how she is concerned about the effects that current events are having on the welfare of the community and the corona-virus has prevented her from discussing the issues personally with me.. she then goes on to state and quote jeremiah 29:11 and then goes on to say "for more information about this promise and other questions like :.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Years later, married to a JW and I see my wife doing the same thing. I now realize it is about wasting time. You count the time writing the letters instead of using a photocopier

  She's obviously been taught the wrong way to do this. You take ONE HOUR writing a letter. Copy it 50 or 60 times. Mail them all out and you have your pioneer hours this month.