Posts by joey jojo

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4 New GB Helpers

by Reservations in

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apparently 4 new gb helpers as per reddit.

1) paul gillies.

2) johnathan smith.

joey jojo

Helpers are the organisations answer to succession planning. It goes in hand with the recent point that all anointed will be gone before armageddon.

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The Governing Body KNOWS what Russia is going to do.

by pistolpete in

gb sanderson reminding the member what the russian war is all about.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/tng8ys/dont_even_know_what_to_say/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3.

joey jojo

Had a chat with a dub the other day and she was telling me all about how the GB knew beforehand that Russia was going to go to war. She has herself convinced this is it.

I mentioned that world war 2 was pretty bad and it didnt lead to armageddon and she informed me that armageddon couldnt occur until after the U.N. had been formed. Well, the U.N. was formed in 1945 but I guess thats a debate for another day.

I get the feeling that the rank and file dubs are excited about whats happening right now. They always have to make it more than what it is and won't accept that its just another event in a long string of events that will never stop while humans exist. War, pandemics, poverty, crime, the list goes on.

I know the war in Ukraine could escalate into something more dangerous and will most likely have repercussions for decades, but if it dies down, after a few years, will the dubs remember how certain they were it was the end?

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Miniimizing 'Punishment' - marrying a non-JW

by doasthouwilt in

i’d like to marry my best friend of 30+ years, turned ‘secret’ girlfriend of 1 ½ years who is a jehovah’s witness, born into it, baptized and an active ‘pioneer’.

our marriage would happen prior to letting any of her jw friends and cohorts know that we are together.

once married she may simply come forward and ‘admit’ or we may wait until it’s found out – one way or the other, the reason for this marriage is not customary – i am hoping that by doing so she can avoid being ‘marked’ or possibly ‘disfellowshipped’ once our relationship is no longer a secret and due to our already being married at that point, there can be no notion from society elders about her ending the relationship.

joey jojo

If the elders find out you have been living at her place before you were married and you were both alone, I doubt she will be allowed to remain a pioneer at the very least. More likely she will be reproved, maybe disfellowshipped depending on the circumstances of your living arrangements prior to marriage.

An active pioneer secretly marrying a worldly guy would almost be an embarrassment to the local cong. and they may want to set an example for others.

Thats short term. If she keeps going to meetings and shows everyone that you married for love, eventually she will probably be able to pioneer again.

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I pioneered brothers parked their BMW and got aride in my 20 year old car?? No support.

by Witness 007 in

so i pioneered for 10 years in the 1990's it was 90 hours a month with alot of country driving.

i was shocked when brothers and sisters with full time jobs would park their brand new cars and go witnessing in my 20 year old orange datsun.

i was barely living on $250 a week as a yeah...window cleaner.

joey jojo

Elders with businesses, families, investment properties, expensive cars and lots of kids, who then give talks about 'putting the kingdom first' and 'how bad this world is' have always made me sick.

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Back to the Meetings. It's Offical!

by pistolpete in

yep, the vacation is over, it's time to go to work------for free!

😭😢😓😰😡.

https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/.

joey jojo

Pretty much everything is back to normal here in Australia- capacity crowds at events, churches open, no density limits and masks no longer mandatory. There are some local covid rules in certain areas and situations but overall its almost business as usual.

There are no health directives stopping meetings from resuming, so why haven't they started yet?

I can understand preaching not starting for a while because quite a few people in the community won't be happy with unannounced strangers invading their space while there is a risk of infection, in fact, It could be a long time before door to door preaching starts again.

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Blood Transfusions & Flood, Questions from Bible student only

by Marbles in

i was never a jdubb, only a bible student.

there are two main questions i have.

let me preface that by saying that i do not believe the bible is true, or the word of god.

joey jojo

This world, and everything in it, only begins to make sense when you have the courage to accept that God does not exist.

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Blood Transfusions & Flood, Questions from Bible student only

by Marbles in

i was never a jdubb, only a bible student.

there are two main questions i have.

let me preface that by saying that i do not believe the bible is true, or the word of god.

joey jojo

Fisherman:

"All they had was a knife and cutting the cartoid artery with a sharp knife rendered the animal unconscious before it was aware of it as it bled to death. That was the most humane method at that time."

Animals dont become unconscious as soon as their throat is cut. It takes a while for them to die and they are in distress the whole time. A blow to the head to instantly kill it first would be more humane.

The 'captive bolt' method used in non-religious meat processing plants these days does not stun the animal- it kills it outright, and then the throat is cut.

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Blood Transfusions & Flood, Questions from Bible student only

by Marbles in

i was never a jdubb, only a bible student.

there are two main questions i have.

let me preface that by saying that i do not believe the bible is true, or the word of god.

joey jojo

In most western meat processing facilities, as far as I know, the animal is killed and then instantly has its throat cut to bleed it. Kosher and muslim cut the throat first and allow the animal to bleed to death. It's hard to watch and just another legacy of an ancient book that causes pointless suffering.

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