I think the “Left” & the JW‘s have one thing in common, they never let a crisis go to waste. Every catastrophe is an opportunity to promote their own “end of the world“ scenario--be it Armageddon or global warming.
DesirousOfChange
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Was your faith in Armagedddon connected to current events?
by Wasanelder Once inremember when nixon resigned?
the big a was here some said.
remember 1986 and the "international year of peace and security?
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Report Card : How’s President Biden Doing?
by minimus ini give him an f for falling down on the job..
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DesirousOfChange
Yeah, DOC, I gotta admit, I was stumped by the reference to Harris as being "brilliant".
Magnum, I think Ed Harris is a "brilliant" actor.
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Woke Oscars cringe
by LoveUniHateExams inactors' acceptance speeches have often been a little dodgy - viewers don't care what political or social views actors may have, we typically appreciate actors acting well.. this year's oscars awards ceremony seems to be going above and beyond, however.. here's frances mcdormand's acceptance speech, in which she dedicates her victory to 'our wolf' and then howls like a bitch, lol.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_be0awgwk.
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DesirousOfChange
WOW! You sayin' I missed the Academy Awards and didn't even know it (or care)?
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Do JWs now allow some gambling?
by mickbobcat ini had seen a video evens did where he said that jws now say if you gambling for entertainment its ok. anyone have any link to the cult actually in print or video saying this?.
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DesirousOfChange
There were just too many JW's sneaking off to Vegas or to the Riverboats to play some slots. You can't DF everyone and esp not the folks that have a few extra bucks to piss away. (Same with porn. You'd lose ALL the Elders and MS if they still had the absolute ban and removed those who "sinned" on the internet.)
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Where is Kenneth Cook?
by Mary2 invideo from new publication.
https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/pub-lffv_542_video.
now only 7 members of fds.
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DesirousOfChange
These old farts are all bunkered down in the basement. I doubt they are having weekly meetings in person. The majority are old and overweight (obese), and at least one of them (Sam Herd) has diabetes. They really think the "pandemic" is the End of the World.
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Sample Disassociation Letters
by Vanderhoven7 inwhat do you think of the following sample disassociation letter from 4jehovah.org ?.
if you are looking to disassociate from jehovah’s witnesses, here is a sample letter you can modify for your use:.
i have decided to disassociate myself from the ____________ congregation of jehovah’s witness.
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DesirousOfChange
Just leave, no letter, no goodbye, no shit. Just leave, and never come back. You don't have to give anyone an explanation. ~ Overrated
YES! You don't owe them anything!
No meeting with elders.
No putting anything in writing.
No explanation.
Just get too busy with life to show up anymore.
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What Do You Think of Dr. Fauci?
by minimus inlast year millions of people were singing his praises.
what’s your opinion of him right now?.
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DesirousOfChange
He lives the limelight and has politicized health & welfare.
A Star is Born.
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Going back to KHs
by asp59 indo you believe org gonna go back to regular meetings in khs?
i highly doubt that.
reason is, pedophile situation.
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DesirousOfChange
I think they are going to try to isolate the rank and file for as long as they can and make this Covid situation hysterical to the point that it clearly appears to be the end of the end times.
seems obvious that donations must be on par with what they were getting when they were having face-to-face meetings otherwise they would have already jumpstarted things to go back to reading in the brick and mortar KHalls.
Follow the money.
As far as the sexual abuse scandals. Watch tower is, if anything, overreacting to where now they notify the authorities on anything that has even the whiff of abuse. They might cling to their 2-witness rule publicly but in reality anything suspicious is getting reported to the authorities, even if it is being reported anonymously.
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What do you think will be different in the Organization after the pandemic is over?
by ExCircuitOverseer inwhether they go back to door-to-door or not, what will be different?
do you think there will be a noticeable drop-off in attendance as we have read on here that many have left or faded?
will there be a mass selling of halls?
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DesirousOfChange
They have said that if the door to door work was so important to Jehovah, ---He would have never allowed it to be stopped for over a year.
It will be "spun" that it was Divine Direction that the D2D work be "phased out" (just as the Paper & Ink printing has been phased out) because it's too dangerous, or it's not productive because everyone must work in this shitty old world, so no one is at home. HOW MUCH BETTER it is to greet people while doing Cart Witnessing!! Yes! It's just like the apostles in the 1st Century who witnessed in the marketplaces because that is where the people were and where they are today!
This will also get them beyond the privacy law issues in Europe and elsewhere.
I don't think D2D was really bringing in any recruits. It was all about "busy work" for the R&F JW. Now they'll just have to concentrate on carts, letter writing, phone witnessing, etc.
It's always been about COUNTING TIME -- NOT making time count.
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JW's getting creative (or desperate) to preach during the pandemic ....
by EdenOne inso, there's this social game called second life.. there one creates an avatar and can lead a parallel life.
there's a bit of everything, from general environments to adult.
it can be a hub for creative people, it can be a magnet for creeps.
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DesirousOfChange
I think JW's are getting creative so as to convince themselves that they are still "preaching". Face it, they never were really very effective about getting out their message about "God's Kingdom". Simply ask any typical person what they know about JW's and you'll be lucky if get anything more than a blurb about not celebrating Christmas or birthdays, or maybe if you're really lucky something about blood transfusions (but that's likely someone that ha some personal experience with a JW family member in crisis).
Jesus really chose a shitty PR group. Any Fortune 500 biz would have fired them for nonperformance.