We live in a major metro area but never see a JW Cart. I hear they are manned on 2-hour shifts nearby the most noteworthy area tourist attractions.
DesirousOfChange
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Where is everyone? 😆
by MissDaSilva ini had a day off today and needed to get some errands done in my local town.
2 carts have allocated here but i never ever see anyone out, even on very nice days.
70% of the congregation don’t work.
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Barbara Anderson's Wall of Fame of exjws
by raymond frantz inposted earlier on her facebook account, see how many you can spot, (thankfully the croatian peasant is missing).... .
stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/ac99bc284c1543959f4573917d8521d6.html
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DesirousOfChange
The greatest thing I see about this Wall of Fame is the percentage of young persons!
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I hate the way they talk.
by Riley inwhat is with the jw cadence when they speak.
do they think they are teaching people ?
they sound like pro wrestlers doing promos or shakespearean actors.
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DesirousOfChange
They sound like idiots in a cult.
Imagine that!
Let's review: It's a Cult!
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Anti-gravity in the new world!
by BoogerMan infrom golden age, march 24, 1926. https://jws-library.one/?file=data/1926/g_e_19260324/g_e_19260324.html#bookmark22.
"many have wondered how accidents would be avoided during christ’s kingdom, since we are told that nothing shall then hurt or destroy.
most accidents are due to gravitation and its effects.
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DesirousOfChange
But wasn't it great when WT had someone who was creative enough to come up with this?
Now all you get is, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW & WE CAN'T BE DOGMATIC ABOUT IT.
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Nobody else understands
by ElderBerry inif you once were fully pimi and truly believed jw doctrine to the core like i once did, when you come to the reality that it is not the truth at all it can be extremely devastating.. i think only other ex jws could ever understand.
i wasted my entire life i thought the real life was yet to come to wasted the best years knocking on doors.
now i’m so angry.. i can understand why so many top themselves when they realise it was all lies..
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DesirousOfChange
If you once were fully PIMI and truly believed JW doctrine to the core like I once did, when you come to the reality that it is not the truth at all it can be extremely devastating.
I think only other ex JWs could ever understand. I wasted my entire life I thought the real life was yet to come to wasted the best years knocking on doors. Now I’m so angry.
Yes, it is indeed "devastating". A gut punch. When you wake up it's like learning your mate has been cheating on you for years, and telling lie after lie after lie.
Anger! Yes, after the dust settled and I got over the shock of it all, I too was ANGRY! Angry that those bastards misled me (and my parents, grandparents, etc) for decades. And YES! at some level up there in NY somebody at or near "the top" knows this!!! I buy into the idea that many of the Top WT Dogs are "captives" too -- that they really really believe it all and can't see through the shit because their head is up their A$$. BUT, the writers who twisted quotes and told outright lies to give convincing arguments on the BS doctrines MUST KNOW. Plus, someone higher approved all this deceitfulness. (Can you say LIES?)
And then I found myself angry at myself. I'd like to think I'm a pretty smart guy. You know -- like Yogi, smarter than the average bear. SO how did I buy into the whole BS scam of it all? I had householders warn me. (HA! what did they know!) I had friends question it all. (Let 'em die if they don't "get it"!) I HAD DOUBTS! Yeah, I had doubts years before I opened my eyes wide enough to see it all. I actually convinced myself that the 1995 generation change made sense. (OMG) I researched it deeply. Using WT publications, of course. (I have no idea why the text changed.)
My wife and I are old. We can "start over" but we really don't have the time left to make "life-long friends" as most of our life has passed us by already. But thankfully our children got out. They saw TTATT even before we did. They didn't flaunt it or ridicule us. But by the time they were out of college (see there, I didn't go along with their higher education crap), and on their own, they were done with it. They had their own new network of friends. They aren't ex-JWS. They have moved on to Ex ex-JWs. Interestingly enough, they often discover one of their former JW friends is now also an ex-JW. I guess they are "millennials". WT has lost the majority of their generation.
The greatest revenge is living a happy & successful life!
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The 'Tower has no Face
by NotFormer injust thinking about how the wt has evolved over the century of its existence.
before the gb tricked knorr into making them the ones responsible for everything, the president at the time was very much the face of the society.
after franz, it all became a bit nebulous as to who was in charge.. is the current situation more advantageous to the wt or less?.
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DesirousOfChange
Some of the "vested people" that you refer to might remain, but quality people won't come in from the outside anymore.
The others that will remain are the prominent ones in the limelight who suck it up. It's like crack cocaine to them when the R&F line up to kiss their
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Bathwater
by peacefulpete inmany who have become disillusioned by some particular recent wt offence, separate from the church physically but retain the indoctrination the wt installed in their brains.
a familiar trope is often used,.
"don't throw the baby out with the bathwater!".
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DesirousOfChange
Well, I will tell you that the JWs have the proper understanding of the Bible whereas every other religion and denomination does not.
The JWs have not been correct about one freaking thing that is backed up by real evidence.
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What's the org like now?
by Leathercrop ineven tho i've been expelled about 4 years now, i truly checked out around 2015. changes in the org i think we're just starting to get going.
i remember the kingdom songs suddenly getting the taylor swift treatment aka pop music treatment.
meetings were getting axed or meshed together or something.
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DesirousOfChange
So what happens if you decide you want to stay on zoom? Is this grounds for "getting in trouble"?
First let me make clear that I haven't stepped in a Hall in years. This is all what I'm hearing from JW friends/family -- many who are PIMO.
Evidently CO's are raising hell with the Elders & MS in their "private" meetings during the CO visit although it's just been mentioned to the R&F via encouraging talks and announcements.
Years ago signing in to the meetings by phone was reserved for the elderly, infirm, and housebound. Zoom meetings during covid opened the Pandora's box. Lazy ass JW's that don't want to get dressed up prefer Zoom. PIMO JW's that just want to "sign in" and mute it all prefer Zoom. It's going to be difficult to get those groups back in full Cult Meeting Mode.
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The 'Tower has no Face
by NotFormer injust thinking about how the wt has evolved over the century of its existence.
before the gb tricked knorr into making them the ones responsible for everything, the president at the time was very much the face of the society.
after franz, it all became a bit nebulous as to who was in charge.. is the current situation more advantageous to the wt or less?.
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DesirousOfChange
I think WT (aka the GB) currently has lots of faces, and in most cases it has been disadvantageous for them because the R&F can see that they are "just human". The "curtain" has been ripped back and what can be seen is not as impressive as what earlier JW's envisioned things to be.
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We’re getting out.
by MissDaSilva inbeen in for 20 plus years but decided to get out with my son.
can’t do this anymore.
never seen such hypocrisy and clickyness anywhere else.
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DesirousOfChange
Been in for 20 plus years but decided to get out . . .
Congrats!
I wish I could say the same, but evidentlyâ„¢ I am a slow learner as it took me over 50 years to awaken to TTATT.