Posts by ozziepost

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Start of the Great Tribulation will be announced soon

by joey jojo in

at the 2021 annual meeting, samuel herd revealed new light and claimed the anointed will all have passed away before armageddon.

it has since been revealed that while they will die before armageddon, there will be some anointed still around that will witness the start of the great tribulation.. so the question is, how many years until the existing members of the governing body have passed away?.

im not a doctor, but based on their age and various stages of obesity, im thinking 10- 15 years- give or take, sounds about right.. with that in mind, the great tribulation could be announced any day.. the new understanding has now freed the org from the burden of having to identify a particular generation in relation to the date of armageddon.

ozziepost

It is threads like this that leave me incredulous - how did I , how did WE ever believe this stuff ?

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Am I at the right place?

by AnotherJohn in

i’m still a good christian.

i still believe the bible.. i don’t like the wt society, but some of the people, as individuals are good.

there are many nasty jws also.. i have concerns about current events and how close the end actually is.

ozziepost

Personally, I think you're trolling or lack the ability to discuss things properly.

There’s been many over the years. Things don’t change,

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Does the WTS have a clergy class

by blondie in

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friends

this can be confusing because the wts has adjusted from not having a clergy class to not having a "paid" clergy class.. "a congregation of brothers precludes having a proud clergy class that honors itself with high-sounding titles and elevates itself above a laity" wt 6/1/2001 p. 12, pp 11. still same idea in 2021 wt october, p. 20, pp.

7, but 2022 in the wt publication, frequently asked questions about jehovah’s witnesses, page 13, the wts inserts "paid" in front of "clergy perhaps to shore up their current statement in secular courts they have clergy, just not paid) "following the model of first-century christianity, jehovah’s witnesses have no clergy-laity division.

all baptized witnesses are ordained ministers and share in the preaching and teaching work.

ozziepost

But, when making their sales pitch to the gullible, they claim to have not have a clergy class.

Yep, and the facts show that millions are “gullible”.

No wonder politicians get believed too !

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Does the WTS have a clergy class

by blondie in

jw
friends

this can be confusing because the wts has adjusted from not having a clergy class to not having a "paid" clergy class.. "a congregation of brothers precludes having a proud clergy class that honors itself with high-sounding titles and elevates itself above a laity" wt 6/1/2001 p. 12, pp 11. still same idea in 2021 wt october, p. 20, pp.

7, but 2022 in the wt publication, frequently asked questions about jehovah’s witnesses, page 13, the wts inserts "paid" in front of "clergy perhaps to shore up their current statement in secular courts they have clergy, just not paid) "following the model of first-century christianity, jehovah’s witnesses have no clergy-laity division.

all baptized witnesses are ordained ministers and share in the preaching and teaching work.

ozziepost

There was a time long ago when I believed all that bile the Witchtower spewed endlessly about the clergy of christendom.

Having spent the past two and a half decades or more in close association with people who are clergy I can testify that it just isn’t true, it’s part of the web of lies that the Witchtower spins.

But they do have a paid clergy class....Circuit overseer's (the most thoughtless name for an American religion!).

Exactly!

The stipend of Christendom's clergy is entirely the same thing as the monthly allowance of that of a CO!

Yep, precisely right.

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

ozziepost

See, I told you he hasn’t left his religion! LOL

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I'm Back--Blondie

by blondie in

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friends

yes, i am posting again.

i could not for awhile technologically and it is now fixed thanks to simon.

thanks, simon!

ozziepost

Maintained by an exjw who lives in your general area (?)

Oh yes, i’ve enjoyed a pleasant meal with him but sadly, many years ago.

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

ozziepost

According to his business filing, he was born September 1979, making him currently 42.

Is that all????!!!

What will his life look like when he goes through “mid-life crisis” ?

Cheers,

Ozzie 🍷

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Owe Raymond Franz my life anyone else??

by Witness 007 in

so imagine a governining body member faithful slave who's uncle wrote the new world translalation bible and predicted 1975 would be armagedon writes a book in 1980 that changed my whole life...thank you raymond franz for setting me and my wife free love this man forever.

true pioneer!

👍 love ❤️ .

ozziepost

Yet we thank God for them !

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My story

by PimoElder in

hi everyone i’m a pimo elder ex bethelite and pioneer who has been having doubts for many years.

as of late i’ve come to have even more doubts mainly due to the gb pushing the vaccines and acting like salesman for big pharma companies .

i will never take these vaccines even if it meant i couldn’t go to the hall as was previously said but the gb have done a big u turn on this now.

I think we are all confusing the word activist with youtuber. Lloyd is a youtuber.

Maybe activist creates an image that gets supporters ?

I can think of many other youtubers that are much better;

Oh yes ! Big shout out for Kevin McFree - my favorite, always spoke very perceptively of life as a Dub.