Posts by Foolednomore

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Meetings were bad back then.

by Rattigan350 in

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friends

meetings have always been bad.. if paul had to "command" people to not forsake the gatherings, the meetings must have been really bad.. considering that jesus said in matt 18:20 "for where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there i am in their midst.”".

and then in matt 11:28-30: "come to me, all you who are toiling and loaded down, and i will refresh you.

take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for i am mild-temperedi and lowly in heart, and you will find refreshment for yourselves.

Foolednomore

They are still bad. No change.

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The Great "Dumbing Down"?

by NotFormer in

a few old timers on here often refer to the dumbing down of the jw organisation.

what examples can you think of from over the years?

(i ask as an interested outsider who was never in).

Foolednomore

Beth Sarim- I have lost too much brain cells from Watchtower. I can't watch or read any Watchtower stuff without bad effects. Including laughter.

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They still call it Pizza but it doesn’t taste like it anymore.

by Fisherman in

i remember as a kid that a slice of pizza was a dime, the same price for a large bag of m&ms or a large hershey’s bar or an ice cream popsicle, box of cracker jacks, bag of potato chips, bus fare.

the dimes were made out of silver and many of them were mercury dimes with the dates worn off.

…and while nowadays except for the pizza, everything tastes about the same only now costing 10 times as much, bus fare costs 28x as much and pizza costs 40x as much:.

Foolednomore

When you're Italian, you know real pizza and bad pizza.

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The Great "Dumbing Down"?

by NotFormer in

a few old timers on here often refer to the dumbing down of the jw organisation.

what examples can you think of from over the years?

(i ask as an interested outsider who was never in).

Foolednomore

Being a JW is an insult to one's intelligence.

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Two biggest issues for Watchtower right now

by Teddnzo in

selena accused tony morris of being involved in child abuse and the pimo bethelite who just got kicked out.

let’s see how this rolls out.

Foolednomore

Never mind about really serving God. The bottom line, money. Money is Watchtower 's great motivator. That's all they care about.

15

New brochure Make Disciples was it worth the suspense?

by Tahoe in

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courtesy of reddit.

Foolednomore

It is a Shit Sandwich!

16

How many people thought about suicide after they were disfellowshipped

by Lee Marsh in

i know i was suicidal before i was disfellowshipped.

and it got worse after i left.

one night a friend told me that he went home the night before and wasn't sure if he would ever hear from me again.

Foolednomore

The Whole Jw thing is toxic. When you leave or get kicked out, you need to detox right away. Talk to a good worldly friend or someone in mental health. This group is very dangerous.

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Goodbye Mother

by punkofnice in

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friends

so my mother passed on 20 aug 23 from the big c. i was there when she went.

that was indeed very traumatic.

i won't go to describe it.. dad went 17 years ago so there's just me now.

Foolednomore

Punkofnice- Sorry for your lost. I had to experience the Jw sales pitch for my father's funeral. At the time I was with my " Worldly" relatives and friends and found them more loving then the Jw's.

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Exes: Would You Rat On A Current JW?

by NotFormer in

it's an interesting thought.

if you are an ex jw, presumably dfed, and you see a current jw in good standing engaging in behaviour that would concern their elders, would you pass on that information to interested parties?

do accusations from exes and other outsiders carry any weight?