DesirousOfChange

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  Remember they said this was the last of the FB and the helpers would have to take over to lead the flock through the great GT?!

  by nowwhat? in

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  that aged well lol.

  since then 4 younger gb members appointed.

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  DesirousOfChange

  

  That "New Light" thing just gets dimmer and dimmer, doesn't it!

  Maybe the new GB members will be a little more creative:

  
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  JW internal culture is destroying everything that makes a Jehovah’s Witness

  by ukpimo in

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  2. beliefs

  the entire internal religious culture of the watchtower organization is harmful for its current members.

  the culture seems to traverse ethnic and national barriers.

  however, the worst of each culture all around the world appears to have a symbiotic relationship with the religion in an attempt to make the org fanciful in every nation and locality.

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  Blondie, I'm sure there are still some self-righteous, hard-liners that still go door-to-door (or at least drive around all day between their Starbucks coffee break and their early lunch at McDonalds) and if she is still alive, I'll bet old Sister Dyhard still does her Magazine Route every Saturday.

  

  Good bless her!

  Vidiot has it right -- they're just making busy work until Jeehover bails them out very, very soon.
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  JW internal culture is destroying everything that makes a Jehovah’s Witness

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the entire internal religious culture of the watchtower organization is harmful for its current members.

  the culture seems to traverse ethnic and national barriers.

  however, the worst of each culture all around the world appears to have a symbiotic relationship with the religion in an attempt to make the org fanciful in every nation and locality.

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  DesirousOfChange

  The old JW culture as we knew it IS GONE!

  JWs meet at the KHall for Field Circus preparation -- NOT! They meet to have letter writing groups. It's like a church quilting bee even with coffee & snacks. EXCEPT, no one gets a quilt. NOTHING is really accomplished. But at least they are not burning up $3.00-$4.00/gal gasoline.

  The other "ministry" is the Cart Ministry.

  OH WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO STAND AT A CART AND GOSSIP!
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  jwfacts is gone?

  by Rnadomchris83 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  was not sure on where to put this, so please move if need be.. i was just on there last night.

  you are now redirected to a godaddy site stating that it has been taken.. did i miss something?.

  thanks!.

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  Sooooo glad that Paul is on top of it!

  His site is PRICELESS!
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  Calling on Trump to investigate JW CSA.

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  menacing mistral writes:.

  for those who may be interested, jimmy bell has, with the help of others, created a letter to be sent to president trump regarding watchtower and their harmful practices and danger to children.

  below is the link where you can download the letter.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Considering his S-I-L was involved in the purchase of some of the WT Brooklyn property, I would really be interested in knowing Trump's thoughts on the Borg. I suspect he would "publicly" just "say all the right things".
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  They are running out of people to do their stuff.

  by liam in

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  2. bible

  this is the watchtower study article being studied today.

  so it’s the current new light!.

  what are the new qualifications to be an “elder-aka older man...and circuit overseer?.

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  Presumably, it would be inferior to the MS role in terms of hierarchy

  THAT is the only way such a thing could happen. Those old farts really BELIEVE women are inferior. Just google Sam Herd's comment on the size of women's brains.

  (Wonder how he feels about blacks turning white when reaching perfection? Yeah, I know -- OLD LIGHT.)
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  JW's home schooling over-representing

  by joey jojo in

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  2. experiences

  speaking to an old elder friend recently about his decision to home school his high school aged kids.. he claims that here in australia, about 30% of the students that log into online classrooms are jw's.

  the others are disabled kids - who cant physically attend class and the rest are long distance students.. another generation of under-educated jw kids on the way..

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  I know some homeschooled kids who are exceptional. Not JWs. And the parents were SERIOUS about homeschooling.

  Most homeschooled JW kids with whom I am acquainted are NOT exceptional. Many just went through the motions of homeschooling. Field Circus was Field Trips. Meeting preparation was "reading". TMS talks was "speech class". I'd say at least half did take and pass a GED. Since none went on to college, it has been all they needed. All are in basic manual labor work fields. Some just getting by. Some in union trades and doing great financially.
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  Mark O'Donnell sued by Pennsylvanian congregations over "eavesdropping" virtual meeting between lawyers and elders

  by Corney in

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  2. child-abuse

  in a civil complaint filed under seal and unsealed nearly two months ago, 11 congregations accuse the activist of violating federal, pennsylvania and maryland wiretap statutes.

  in the course of the ongoing statewide grand jury investigation, all jw congregations in pennsylvania were subpoenaed to produce records pertaining to child sexual abuse.

  so, meetings were arranged, county by county, between lawyers and elders on how to deal with the subpoenas.

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  WT's "free" lawyers gives them an advantage to sue, sue, sue and attempt to wear out the other parties. If they can be charged for the other parties' attorney fees should they lose, perhaps they would look at it differently.
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  Struggling

  by Kelley959 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i hope this is the right place to post this.

  if not, please remove.

  this is a long post, sorry for the rant, but i have been debating posting this for a while.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I am building some wealth, not for me, not for the JW but for my children and theirs.

  That's been our goal. Helping our children & grandchildren have a better "start" and more successful future (college if desired). Happily they have their own social networks outside of the JW system.
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  They are running out of people to do their stuff.

  by liam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is the watchtower study article being studied today.

  so it’s the current new light!.

  what are the new qualifications to be an “elder-aka older man...and circuit overseer?.

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  DesirousOfChange

  the elders have absolutely no idea what goes on.

  I'm not so sure that is true. All those "old" elders were young at one time. It's the elders who converted to JWism that can be tough on young ones. They were "worldly" when sowing their oats so it was OK for them, but they will often hold a JW youth to the "higher" JW standard. An elder who came up born in probably still carries some guilt from their own conduct as teenagers.