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  The good ol' days!

  by BoogerMan in

  1. social
  2. humour

  when i was in my prime, there was a time when i was surrounded by beautiful young women!.

  but i managed to escape before any of them managed to land a punch or kick me..

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  Doc,

  Your nurse might have been one of Boogermans babes. :)
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  Murderous Jehovah's Witness bludgeoned female customer before leading meeting. Spiritual paradise?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  1/31/2024 in the strange but true category.

  confused holy spirit appoints killer servant.

  "" a twisted jehovah's witness bludgeoned a woman he rowed with over incomplete building works to death with a hammer, then merrily whistled as he packed up his tools and went to lead a service at the church where they met.

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  Just another day in "Spiritual Paradise"
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  Just a random question?

  by Riley in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  completely unrelated to the wts.. i have a co worker who i use to hang out with his son in high school.

  he doesn’t remember me.

  that was 30 years ago.

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  My first child was a son who died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 21. That was 20 years ago.

  I can tell you, NOTHING guts a person like losing a child

  I know because I have lost my parents, husband, cousins who were closer than siblings, aunts, uncles, and dear friends.

  Back when I wasn't being shunned, I ran into a sister who gave me her condolences but then smiled broadly and told me how she loved how funny my son was. Then, she told me a story that backed up her statement. By the time she was finished, we were both laughing out loud!

  Nobody else, (Besides hubby) had shared something specific they remembered and loved about my son. I won't forget it as long as I live.

  It has been 15 years since our encounter and I remember it like it was yesterday and still smile.

  Please do not hesitate to approach this father. You might start by asking how he is doing then explain WHY you remember his son. Feel it out. Chances are he will LOVE to hear anything and everything you enjoyed about his child. If you can tell he's open to it please tell him something funny even if it is a little "Naughty". Old people like to laugh too!
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  Spiritual Paradise? Jehovah's Witness cons JW seniors out of life savings.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  3/28/2024 central california coast.

  found guilty of $1.2 million scam targeting seniors.

  ex-insurance agent brett e. lovett convicted of fraud, elder abuse, grand theft, and money laundering".

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  Criminals disguised as " brothers"
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  When JW.org drops 607BCE...

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  probably everyone else thought of this long ago, but i, being an "independent thunker" thunk of it just a coupla weeks ago.. we all know that since the year zero (on the fredfranzian calendar) the wtb&ts has defied archaeology and insisted that jerusalem was destroyed in 607 bce, even though the physical evidence shows that 587 bce is a more likely date.

  in fact, the book "the gentile times reconsidered: have jehovah's witnesses been wrong all along about 607 bce?

  " by carl olof jonsson and rud persson made this conversation public.. it is a difference of 20 years.

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  Watchtower already has shown how they deal with their uncomfortable predictions and Dates.

  #1 IGNORE the date and the significance they attached to it.

  IOW STOP mentioning the date. Just Stop. Stop referring. Stop explaining. Stop printing. Think about how WTS dumped the 7,000 Creative Days Doctrine.

  If that doesn't work:

  #2 DENY DENY DENY Think 1975. "We NEVER SAID Armageddon was going to begin on that date. Some of the brothers 'Ran Ahead' of the Organization."

  If that doesn't work:

  #3 DEAMONIZE or DISCREDIT Anyone or Anything that can prove the Date or Prediction they made is False
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  How many different "rules" do Jehovah's Witnesses have to obey? Can you count them?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all the big changes for jws since this last fall brought me back to this site, and got me and the wife talking.

  just how many things were we not allowed to do growing up as jehovah's witnesses?

  we were so used to all the rules, customs, and traditions, that we became used to them.. one site i found claims there are 141 unique rules!!

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  Oh yeah, another one is:

  Whoever initiates a gathering of JWs is considered the Host and is therefore responsible (on the hook) for whatever rules are broken during said gathering.
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  How many different "rules" do Jehovah's Witnesses have to obey? Can you count them?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all the big changes for jws since this last fall brought me back to this site, and got me and the wife talking.

  just how many things were we not allowed to do growing up as jehovah's witnesses?

  we were so used to all the rules, customs, and traditions, that we became used to them.. one site i found claims there are 141 unique rules!!

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  A friend's daughter got counseled for wearing a denim skirt to the meeting. Mind you, it wasn't tight or short. Just that Devilish Denim!

  I was in a congregation where a parent was required to accompany their child to the restroom no exceptions! They devoted a "Special Needs" talk on the new rule and why. It seems some elder went to the restroom and found a big #2 in the toilet. Big Deal

  One old brother with a thick foreign accent said "I was in there too (the restroom) and It didn't smell like no kid to me." Too funny!
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  SCHEMING TO END YOUR MARRIAGE NOW AS BAD AS APOSTASY

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://youtu.be/-yvykw37rzo?si=vwokohrdq2b53fmh.

  by now, it should be painfully obvious that we live in a post tonny morris era where the floods of organizational changes have become possible and a new version of the religion, some have called it warchtower 2.0 is emerging with a soft approach to disfellowshipping practices across the board for all those sinners.

  nevertheless 3 groups of people will still be targeted for harsh excommunication, we know the first two well :csa perpetrators and apostates.

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  DOC,

  I couldn't agree more with everything you said. We don't know to what extent these revisions will be followed or what supplemental instructions will be given.

  In the 60 years I was a JW I was in 12 different congregations. My Father was the "Congregation Servant" (head guy before Elders) and both husbands were Elders.

  Like you, I saw the variables of the administration firsthand. For example: The loudest, pushiest, or Richest ie(Donates the most) Elders have the most influence over the rest. His pet peeves, or his wifes', His favorite and least favorite people get treated differently. Fellow Elder's kids have a leg up because their father becomes their advocate. (Free WT legal advice) :) They often skate when the "Fatherless boy" gets DFed.

  Every Elder interprets and administers "Society" instructions differently. The same person committing the same "offense" could have completely different outcomes depending on the 3 Elders who do the Judging.
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  To those JW's at age 10 and above who read it, understood it, got played, and survived. 😇

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  everybody plays the fool.

  lyrics.

  'okay, so your heart is brokenyou sit around mopin'cryin' and cryin'you say you're even thinkin' about dyin'well, before you do anything rash, dig this.

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  Thanks LHG,

  Both of us have had so many difficulties caused by obedience to JW dogma that it's hard not to be bitter. Unfortunately, BA's health is not good so even though we are so happy to be out of the cult, life is far from perfect.

  The old joke holds true: "If I would have known I would live so long I would have taken better care of myself!"
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  GERMAN EXJW YOUTUBE CHANNEL WINS IN COURT

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  this following story is about the german exjw channel jz help that received a cease and desist letter from the watchtower : "we embarked on a journey to shed light on human rights violations within the jehovah's witnesses community.

  it all began when our youtube channel, initially named jw victim assistance, was abruptly suspended in august 2019 by the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, claiming a breach of human rights.

  subsequently, in october, we received a cease and desist notice, demanding the cessation of using the abbreviation 'jw' within a short timeframe.

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  Raymond ' Thank you for posting that.

  The Watchtower corporation apparently believes they own the entire alphabet.