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  What's Wrong with the Watchtower?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  2. beliefs

  not sure who wrote this list a while back but i think it is worth a repeat....to be added to or subtracted from or modified...whatever.. what's wrong with the watchtower.

  "overlapping generations" - this teaching makes no sense.

  the word used by jesus is in the singular, not plural form.. .

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  LostintheFog1999

  For me it was a few things plus the way I was treated by this "loving organisation" when I was ill and in need of support.

  But changes based upon the "light gets brighter" fallacy never made sense to me. Because what WT does is blow out the old flame and introduce a new one. So the light stays as one light. Later on it too will be blown out and replaced with another leaving with the same amount of light. Except for the personal realisation (💡lightbulb moment?) that for all of this new light, they are all in darkness really.
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  Covering up bathroom mirrors at the assemblies!!!

  by nojudgement in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was one of the craziest things i remember about the summer conventions.

  i would go into the sister's bathrooms and the mirrors would all be taped up with brown paper so that we couldn't look at our reflections.

  were were amish or something?

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  LostintheFog1999

  I just asked my wife about this. She said that in all the assemblies she attended in the UK and Ireland she never saw mirrors covered up in the ladies facilities.

  Mind you she did say that there were often long queues for the wash hand basins because young lassies were spending ages in front of the mirrors putting on their cosmetic warpaint in the mornings, before going out hunting for suitable single brothers. Lol.
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  Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.

  the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.

  i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.

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  LostintheFog1999

  Isn't the very idea of conventions an American concept like the Democrats National Convention currently taking place in the USA?

  It's an opportunity for people to pat themselves on the back and say how wonderful they are, it's nothing more than a self-appreciation society.
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  Does this sound familiar?

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i came across this in a psychology magazine i was reading and seeing the left-hand list i immediately thought it was a fair description of my former jw congregation.

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  LostintheFog1999

  I came across this in a psychology magazine I was reading and seeing the left-hand list I immediately thought it was a fair description of my former JW congregation.

  
  
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  Catholic Church Apology

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. social
  2. current

  bbc news - catholic church apologises to survivor of sex abuse.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e400rzygzo

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  LostintheFog1999

  BBC News - Catholic Church apologises to survivor of sex abuse.
  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e400rzygzo
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  Debutante - Award-Winning Short Film

  by notsurewheretogo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you have not seen this already it is well worth a watch.. brutally traumatic and captures very well one of the biggest issues in this cult.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndapjdzj0ss.

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  LostintheFog1999

  I knew of one committee where the chairman pointed to an empty chair in the room and actually said to everyone present "That chair is for Jesus the head of the congregation who is sitting in it invisibly". As one of the other elders on that committee I had never been on one with this brother before, and can remember thinking what planet is this brother on. It didn't get any better believe me. It was an embarrassment to be there.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Study Programme

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  need we say more....

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  LostintheFog1999

  Need we say more...
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  New Zealand Report Link

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the full report is here.. https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/.

  the jw case study is here.. https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/reports/whanaketia/case-studies/case-study-jehovahs-witnesses/executive-summary/.

  you can read it in full from these links.

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  LostintheFog1999

  https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/25-07-2024/these-are-the-stories-the-jehovahs-witnesses-went-to-court-to-stop-you-reading
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  What Happens to Those Who Exit Jehovah’s Witnesses: An Investigation of the Impact of Shunning?

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't know if this has been posted before but i think it is a very in-depth study and definitely worth sharing.. what happens to those who exit jehovah’s witnesses: an investigation of the impact of shunning?.

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc9803876/ .

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  LostintheFog1999

  I don't know if this has been posted before but I think it is a very in-depth study and definitely worth sharing.

  What Happens to Those Who Exit Jehovah’s Witnesses: An Investigation of the Impact of Shunning?

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9803876/
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  Do elders have to stop after a certain age?

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know from friends who are pimi that circuit overseers are taken off when they hit age 70. since most of them are long serving men it might explain why they are pushing mid-20 year old lads into the circuit work.. are there any similar age restrictions on congregation elders?

  because we've known some doddery old men in the past who shouldn't have been kept on as presiding overseers but refused to relinquish their role.

  does anyone know?.

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  LostintheFog1999

  I know from friends who are PIMI that circuit overseers are taken off when they hit age 70. Since most of them are long serving men it might explain why they are pushing mid-20 year old lads into the circuit work.

  Are there any similar age restrictions on congregation elders? Because we've known some doddery old men in the past who shouldn't have been kept on as presiding overseers but refused to relinquish their role. Does anyone know?