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  Money Spinners

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
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  i can remember when i was in that there were numerous articles and assembly talks about not using the congregation as a means of making money from a captive audience of brothers and sisters.. i was looking at the etsy website and stumbled upon a jw themed product.. i wondered if there were any more and discovered that there were lots.

  mind you maybe it's people who have left who see an opportunity for making money from gullible jws.. https://www.etsy.com/uk/search?q=jehovah%27s%20witness%20letter%20writing&ref=auto-1.

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  exjwlemming

  I posted about this when I was going down the Etsy rabbit hole one night.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5991984314449920/check-out-jw-tchotchkes-on-etsy
  
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  Armageddon house?

  by exjwlemming in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the other night, my wife and i were driving through a upscale suburb with old, large, beautiful homes.

  there is one house that my never jw she really likes.

  as we drove by the house, i turned to her and said, "that's your armageddon house.

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  exjwlemming

  Thank you for corroborating my story to my wife. It's true. You can't make this **it up.
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  Armageddon house?

  by exjwlemming in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the other night, my wife and i were driving through a upscale suburb with old, large, beautiful homes.

  there is one house that my never jw she really likes.

  as we drove by the house, i turned to her and said, "that's your armageddon house.

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  exjwlemming

  The other night, my wife and I were driving through a upscale suburb with old, large, beautiful homes. There is one house that my never JW she really likes. As we drove by the house, I turned to her and said, "that's your Armageddon house." She looked pretty puzzled so I explained the phrase. While in the door to door work, JWs would stake claims on homes that they would have after Armaggedon and all the worldly people were killed off. She couldn't believe it and thought it was really sick and demented. Anyone else experience this in the ministry?
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  Butchered pronunciation

  by road to nowhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since it is my turn (wife) to have the assembly streamed they start with the music.. i have never in 70 years heard it called a "pree-lood".

  twice, morning and afternoon..

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  exjwlemming

  I had one elder that pronounced hyperbole as "hyper bowl" as he was reading directly from the public talk script.
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  The "Regular Pioneer" title has now become a total joke

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we just had our co visit a few weeks ago.

  apparently, he was encouraging all who could to regular pioneer, to at least try it out for a year.

  because of this, we had a few people in our hall become one.. so this weekend we were on zoom service, and the sister that was just appointed was talking about it.

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  exjwlemming

  Do you remember the parable of the workers in the vineyard? Matthew Chapter 20? This is really simple for the GB to spin. They will have a Wt study on the story of the master that hires workmen for his vineyard. He hires workmen at the start of the day and agrees to pay him a day's wages. He hires more later in the day and agrees to pay him a day's wages. Even later in the day, he hires more workers and agrees to the same wages for a day. Then, he hires workers at the end of the day and agrees to pay him the same. All the other workers are upset that they worked through the heat of the day for the same pay as the ones that worked less. The master says that I paid you for what you agreed to....so STFU (shut the fuck up).
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  My 20 year anniversary

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after being a jehovah's witness for 52 years, today marks my 20 year anniversary of being out of the borg!

  i turned in my letter of disassociation on september 18th 2001. it was read to the congregation on september 19th, my wife's birthday.

  of course the years have had its difficulties but it has also had many wonderful experiences and epiphanies.

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  exjwlemming

  Congrats! I enjoyed reading your book. Great job. You really must have known that it was just a cult and a big scam. You disassociated while everybody, including myself, were hunkered down and expecting the Big A to hit soon after 9-11. They were counting on this being the start of the "Great Tribulation!" You walked out and never looked back while the world was in turmoil. Many inactive and interested ones started flocking back at the Kingdom Hall and the dubs were cheerfully waiting for hail stones to pummel everyone that wasn't a JW.
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  What Do You Know of JWs Getting Away With Stuff?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i realized that teenagers and young witness adults were getting away with murder per my daughter.

  she told me that all these exemplary young people featured at assemblies and conventions were not real good examples.

  after she got married years ago to a “ worldly “ man, she told me about all the kids who were fornicating and getting drunk and high, including elder’s kids.

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  exjwlemming

  When I was a JW and running with the JW teenagers in high school, I had a friend that would sneak out to the car at lunch and get hammered. He would keep a hidden flask in school and knew where he could get served without any issues. He regularly got into fights and beat the crap out of several kids. He was all over the "worldly" girls yet his parents wouldn't let him do after school activities or sports because of bad associations. He had many girlfriends in high school. Elder's kids having sex, partying, drinking, light drug use, drag racing, and stealing were common after "JW time." Ironically, they would be used as a fine christian example in meeting and assembly parts. We thought it was funny because he was the worst of the worst. Only 1 out of about a dozen are still a JW.
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  I have a tee shirt idea

  by mickbobcat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have an idea for a jw tee shirt.

  jehovah's witnesses redefining words since 1914.

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  exjwlemming

  "Ask me why 8 million people are shunning me"
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  Have You Had Any Experiences With “Karen’s”?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have you ever had to deal with these crazy intrusive people flipping out on you?

  just curious.

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  exjwlemming

  My ex is a literal Karen. She is named Karen and was a Karen before the term Karen was even coined. I think she was the first Karen about 25 years ago. Look up Karen in the dictionary and the picture is probably her....hence...the reason why she is my ex.
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  What is your status (as of today) as a Jehovah's Witness?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  active believer...still attend meetings, go out in field service, believe it's ''the truth''.

  active non-believer... go to meetings and field service to please family... living a double life .

  inactive believer...don't attend meetings but believe it's the truth, one day might go back to kingdom hall.

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  exjwlemming

  Is there a 5? Stopped attending all meetings, don't believe it's the truth, bible is fiction, and will never step foot in a kingdom hell ever again.