co training video: link to ex-jw reddit thread discussion.
today is the first time i was made aware of this actual elder body video.
it's training for how a co should handle elder's whose children decide to pursue further education.
He and I (Balaamsass2) met years later when I moved into his cong. and was assigned to his book study. We are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary next week. -- 3rdgen
Congratulations guys!
Pretty sure we had the opportunity to meet you both at Tahoe a few years ago. Definitely appreciate hearing your story!
co training video: link to ex-jw reddit thread discussion.
today is the first time i was made aware of this actual elder body video.
it's training for how a co should handle elder's whose children decide to pursue further education.
I'm kind of surprised at the message being given in the video as it is much stronger than what I see going on locally. It is quite common for JW kids (esp the young gals) to go to at least 2-year Community College and on to career training such as nursing. Granted most of the young guys are going into the construction trades, which is very unionized here and earns great money and unmatched health benefits and retirement plans.
But I suppose it is understandable. When your kid goes to college they are taught to think independently. Of course they can't help being influenced by the lefties who are the educators. But once they see their first full paycheck is only half what they earned, they'll like the guys who promise to cut taxes.
good pick?
bad pick?
helpful to president biden?
I don't know why so many people on MAGA threads kept saying Michele Obama would be a last minute pick.
She's the only candidate that has a chance of beating Trump. Actually, Michelle and the Dominion IT folks. Michelle getting elected would effectively be Obama's 4th term.
'following on from an apology from the prime minister, the commission recommends all faith-based leaders offer a public apology, including the pope, the archbishop of canterbury, the president elect of the methodist church, the moderator of the presbyterian church in new zealand and the head of each individual presbyterian support organisation, the general of the salvation army, the overseeing shepherd of gloriavale, and the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses.'.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/govt-takes-blame-will-apologise-to-children-abused-and-tortured-in-state-care/ar-bb1qwoyt?ocid=bingnewsverp.
They will try some doublespeak just as did Geoffery Jackson when asked about the GB being the sole channel used by God.
"That would seem to be presumptuous."
True. And arrogant too.
But complete bullshit. Both his answer, and the claim of it being so.
i don't know if this has been posted before but i think it is a very in-depth study and definitely worth sharing.. what happens to those who exit jehovah’s witnesses: an investigation of the impact of shunning?.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc9803876/ .
I think the Shunning Policy will continue to be a thorn for the Borg. There simply are too many former JWs who have gone through this (or are continuing to deal with it) that WT would be foolish to think that the complaints to the secular authorities are going to stop or subside. The recent changes are bullshit and they know it and anyone who knows anything about JWs also know it. The GB think they are so coy and sneaky and outsmarting the heathens. Government officials such as Angus Stewart (on the Australian Commission) know this shit! He knew their "secret elders' book" inside-and-out. He beat those JW elders who were "lying like a rug" with their own green book.
Wake up WT! It ain't gonna get any better any time soon!
good pick?
bad pick?
helpful to president biden?
Still nothing from Obama endorsing Kamala.
He's waiting to throw his endorsement to Michelle.
he used to make such interesting comments and reports here, but his last post was 3 years ago.
see the final post in this thread:.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5767560678080512/dubs-going-back-kh-again-covid-19?page=2.
When the Menlo Park scam was mentioned here recently, I too wondered about Juan V.
Hope you are OK there bud!
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522908/jehovah-s-witnesses-lose-last-ditch-court-case-over-abuse-in-care-report?fbclid=iwzxh0bgnhzw0cmteaar1g3qvzxlojo2szcm6xlsf2tsc_0rehd4dp4i6rda6zxafplc_v2hzvvf4_aem_pztghhvtf5to8qsjtv3m0g.
july 23, 2024. jehovah's witnesses lose last ditch court case over abuse in care report.
jehovah's witnesses have failed in an eleventh hour attempt to block part of a lengthy report about abuse in care that is about them.. .
TAKE THAT WATCHTOWER!
What a "gut punch" that had to be when the WT Branch Bigwigs & their high dollar lawyers when they got their heads handed back to them on a platter!
perhaps you considering joining the wt cult - here is a concise list of why you should not.. what the watchtower demands of you:.
1.complete obedience to them.. 2. be willing to lose your life for zany blood teachings.. 3.put other cult members before your real family.. 4.refusal to let you leave their religion when the penny drops it's a cult.. 6.accept that they can backtrack and change any of their flip flop teachings at any time.. 7. you can't change your mind about their teachings without harsh discipline,.
8. insistence that you humbly and quickly apologise for your mistakes and errors.. 9.gladly accept they will never be apologising for any of their mistakes or errors of judgement.. 10.accept that even ones who follow and believe in the bible, but not the governing body are worthy of destruction.. please feel free to add more..
Anyone else who has just read these comments thinking to yourself something like "THANK GOD I'M OUT OF THERE!"?
read this relevant message on reddit, about current elders.. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1eb0ees/the_changes_are_affecting_elders_the_hardest_in/.
spot on, isn't it?.
gorby.
Not only the OP on Reddit but many of the numerous replies & comments contain lots of emotion. It appears there are A LOT of elders (and former elders) that don't just "blindly go by the book". I totally understand my so many have decided to walk away. (Me too.)
Those who follow blindly are simply too stupid to question anything, or afraid to be caught questioning anything, or perhaps the prominent ones who are in the limelight find it to be their "drug" and they can't see reality because of their addiction to bright light they are basking in. And for some, it is the only affirmation they get anywhere.
