DesirousOfChange

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  Son out?

  by Nantiques in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  our son joined the wts 20 years ago.

  we, his parents and siblings are not jws.

  he is now 41. he knew we were "opposers" from the beginning, and so we were pretty much shunned by him.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Sounds like things are looking up for you. I'd guess that his "reset" doesn't include JWs/Watchtower anymore. At 41 years old, he should at least be an MS, or even an elder. Your description of him (long hair & beard) tells us that he is neither. You don't mention him having any kind of family (your grandkids, etc) so I'm guessing he is still single. Celibacy isn't a lifestyle chosen by most men. The JWs more than just frown on a guy that's getting some romance outside of marriage and even look even harsher if he's gay.

  I wouldn't push him for details about the religion. Just take advantage of the renewed opportunity to connect.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses no longer count time. How is this news affecting moral and meeting attendance at local congregations?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no more watchtower and awake mags every 2 weeks to place.

  no private home book studies.

  no more "essential" spiritual food meals 5x a week.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Any discussion and speculation among JDubs will be "kept close to the vest" among close friends who can be trusted to not NARC on one another.
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  Thought on “0 hours” reporting

  by FFGhost in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so everyone knows the “big news” of this past weekend, no more reporting of hours, placements, return visits, etc.

  beginning november 1, jws just tick a box indicating whether they “shared in any form of the ministry during the month”.. so there was a brief comment by a redditor that seems like a brief joke “throwaway comment” but after thinking about it….why not?.

  the idea is, what is “any form of the ministry”?

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  DesirousOfChange

  I think this will be very interesting. If a JW does NOT check the {Active} box, he/she is making it clear that they are NOT one of JWs. At least not an "active" JW. Up until now, elderly pubs were allowed to report 15 minutes so as to remain an "active publisher". Now one doesn't really have to do anything. Leave a tract in the doctor's office. I even found one in the hospital bathroom stall.

  If you can't do ONE thing every 30 days to record your "activity", it's clearly a decision you have made.
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  No more REPORTING field service!!!!!!!!!

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is going to break the hearts of a lot of uber-jw's!

  reddit has now removed the video link of samuel herd telling jw's they will no longer have to report time or placements - just tick a box which says "active.".

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdshyx79rm&t=13s.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Let me check the date……

  OK, so it is NOT April 1st.

  Please assure me this is confirmed by the “Two Witness Rule” and not a farce.

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  EDITED:

  Yep! It’s on the JW.borg website news.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses...loyal to God...or to the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society ?

  by Balaamsass in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this month is a month of testing for jehovah's witnesses.

  individually, each must ask himself: to whom are you loyal?

  no doubt in ancient isreal many attended the molech and calf worshiping festivals out of loyalty to the nation, the king, and perhaps in a mistaken belief to "jehovah".

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  DesirousOfChange

  Was this started even before the Watchtower declared JWs much obey the GB even if it does not seem rational? I'm thinking that was a WT issue in 2013 but too lazy to go check my notes.

  Maybe you (Balaaamsass) are a better prophet than they profess to being?

  But, isn't it obvious that JWs today give their loyalty to the WTS/GB? They have fallen to the lowest level of any "academia" as far as really studying or knowing what the Bible says. Most have no "Christian Trained Conscience" because they have not taken the time or effort to KNOW what the Bible says. They just puppet WT orders.
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  Can Elders Voluntarily Resign?

  by NotFormer in

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  2. beliefs

  an elder with half a brain (and they must exist 🧐) is going to see the writing on the wall with the way the wt is manoeuvring them into taking the fall over csa cases.

  can an elder in good standing step down with no consequences, official or social?.

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  DesirousOfChange

  My unbaptized teenage kids (because I would NOT allow that to happen) were becoming an issue so it made it easy to say I needed to spend more time with my family.

  Best decision I ever made.
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  Elders helping on blood

  by road to nowhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm up against surgery for family again.

  the nicest elder presently says he will (must) come to support the blood issue.

  the decision was already discussed with the doctor by the family member.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Personally I don't want to have to be polite and visit/ entertain others in these times either.

  Whoever informed the "nice" elder should have STFU (assuming it was not the patient or at least it was the patient's choice to inform the elder.

  Take a good book and ignore them all.

  I'd recommend Crisis of Conscience, but that might not be the best choice under the circumstances.
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  I received Blood...What are the JW's going to do to me?

  by smoky21 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i haven't posted on here for years.

  i also don't frequent this forum like i used to.. i have posted my story before, like 8 years ago.

  i have been a baptized witness for the last 30+ years, but have not attended meetings in the last 15 years.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I have since recovered from surgery. The subject has not been talked about, but should I bring it up? Or should I leave this alone?

  LEAVE IT ALONE!

  And if they (or ANYONE) has the audacity to inquire about it -- DENY DENY DENY. (That's "Theocratic Warfare"! -- Not lying.)
  
  
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  So, 60 Years Ago

  by titch in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, folks, 60 years ago, starting on september 1st, i believe, we, local witnesses in southern california, had the "privilege" of attending the "around the world assembly", at, of all places, the rose bowl, in pasadena.

  (i think that it was an 8-day assembly) i was 9 years old then, almost ready to start 4th grade.

  so, was anyone else, on this site, at that assembly?

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  DesirousOfChange

  I think we went to Milwaukee WI or nearby. We camped (in a tent, not a luxury camper) at a State Park that only allowed 3-day permits, so for each family there, they issued 3 permits -- each to a different member of the family. Lots of Canadians there, as I recall. One carload of middle age sisters from Canada that bought or borrowed a tent, but neglected to bring the stakes/pins or center pole. Neighboring JW campers each gave them spare tent stakes and someone cut tree limbs to prop up the tent on the interior. That's the kind of experience that reinforced the concept of the united brotherhood. Everyone stepped in to assist. I'm certain they are all dead and to receive their "paradise" via "the underground".
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  Were the life spans of the patriarchs just an allegory of astronomical cycles?

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  lengths of life of the patriarchs.

  genesis.

  length of life.

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