DesirousOfChange

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  Did The Witnesses Predict the United Nations in Advance?

  by TD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's been reported on this forum that bethel speakers at this summer's conventions are asserting that the establishment of the united nations in 1945 was predicted in advance by the witnesses.

  this is being presented as validation of the claim that the witnesses are god's one true organization directed by holy spirit.. .

  the basis for this claim originates with a public address entitled, peace - can it last given by n.h. knorr at the new world theocratic assembly, on september 20 of 1942. .

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  DesirousOfChange

  No. It was already in the making before Knorr's great announcement that it would "rise again".
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  Unpopular Opinion on Convention Protests

  by Jehalapeno in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i think it's really sad that people that wasted countless hours preaching for a cult are deciding to waste more hours on that same cult after leaving it.. get a hobby.

  enjoy life.. "the best revenge is a life well-lived.

  " - some person said this..

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  I support the peaceful, respectful protesting. I suspect it is a way of "healing" for some people. I'm doubtful if it has any significant influence on active JW's unless some little "blurb" catches their eye and leads them to Google. Thus, I think a little blurb such as:

  Why do they call them the LAST DAYS?

  Because they last.....and they last..... and they last.......

  Go to JWFACTS.org

  Causing a commotion just supports the "mentally diseased" stereotype.
  
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  I am a Watchtower survivor

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i really like calling myself a watchtower survivor.

  it is not demeaning to other people and is not a negative statement.

  when a jdub sees that term it may make them think about why i would call myself a survivor.

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  Yes, it sounds so much better than saying I was a Gullible Fool.

  Doc (who is also glad to now be a WT Survivor!)
  
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  What Did You Do With All Your Meeting Clothes?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i literally had dozens of suits.

  i still have more dress clothes than anyone i know.

  i did give some suits and clothing away and to be honest, i still like wearing a nice suit.. brothers and sisters, are all your “ meeting clothes” still in your closet?

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  "You might be a JW if............... you wash windows for a living and still own five suits." ~ Jeff Foxworthy

  I STILL HAVE THEM!

  My suits were NOT bought at Goodwill or Yard Sales. They were BIG BUCK$. I am NOT going to set them at the curb for the trash man.
  
  
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  Just for fun...

  by Vidiot in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  …(and for the very first time), i thought i'd post a new topic completely non-wt-related... about a subject matter i have a particular affinity for.... ..i'm a major movie geek (most people here already know that), but one of the many things i especially like are what i call "middle-finger victory lines".. they are memorable (and extremely quotable) moments of dialogue, wherein the protagonist says an extremely cool or badass comment to a very deserving defeated opponent.... ...usually (but not always) said when victory has just been literally snatched from the clutches of certain defeat, and serving as a tall, proud, and victorious flipoff to the often (but not always) shocked-at-the-sudden-turn-of-events enemy.. my ten favorites:.

  "smile, you sonofabitch.

  "sheriff brody to the shark......just before firing his last bullet into a scuba tank lodged in the charging shark's open jaws.jaws (1975).

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  DesirousOfChange

  Also from Jaws -- "You're gonna need a bigger boat."

  You're gonna need a bigger boat.
  
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  The Latest From The Loony Left

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  so apparently, not only can people identify as men or women, regardless of reality, but they've now declared that people can identify as black or white as well!

  no word yet from rachel dolezal, who will no doubt be declared a visionary, and sadly michael jackson didn't live long enough to celebrate.. i must say, now that i am a black woman, my views on reparations have completely changed.

  y'all owe me some reparations bitches to make up for slavery yo.

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  Sooooooooooo, does this mean that Pocahontas really is a native American? -- I mean, I suppose she "identifies" as such.
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  Four decades later....

  by Thechickennest in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i want to extend my greetings to all of you.

  i have been a member here for many years.

  it's been 15 years since my ex-wife and i resigned from the watchtower organization.

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  I'm so glad you shared your story. Everyone loves a Happy Ending!

  In retrospect, I know we were too "strict" on our little kids. NO WAY should a young child be expected to sit still for 2 f***ing hours of boring, dragass droning talks.

  All are college graduates and doing excellent in life. None in jail. None with drug convictions or overdoses. None with unplanned pregnancies. They all left (at least mentally) before we did. All this from a family that was literally told they had the "worst children in the Congregation". To that I say:
  

  
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  Hourglass app

  by solomon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  all of the local congregations are going to use hourglass app for publishers to report their time.

  i’m not sure if this meets privacy laws in our province.

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  Oh my! They are all so technology savvy and advanced!
  
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  Why does he stay in?

  by Probablyshouldrun in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i was seeing a jw man for about a year and a half until l broke it off with him last week.

  we met on a dating site.

  he shouldn’t have been on there, of course, but he was lonely.

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  He claims he's studied all religions and the JW make the most sense.

  

  JW's have never even "studied" their own doctrines, let alone "all the other religions".
  
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  What does "The disfellowshipping of xyz is now rescinded" mean

  by cognitivedizzy in

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  2. experiences

  it has happened somewhere i know.

  what is it and what does it mean.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I only know of it happening one time.

  Local elders DF the guy but he eventually appealed to the Service Dept (Brooklyn then) and they determined the local elders had erred. He was not "reinstated". The DFing was rescinded.

  Just another example of the dumbass redneck elders not following procedure. This was probably before the Secret Elders' Book was released, so I guess we'll give 'em come slack. I'm sure the Book spells it out clearly. But then, that means at least one of the Elders on the JC has to be able to read.