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  A Great Life After Leaving

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/shunned-jehovahs-witnesses-life-now-7613921.

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  Freedom !!!
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  Becoming a JW

  by Mum in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i rarely post here, but i often check in.

  i used to post on h2o as well.

  i think i once posted some of this on h2o, but there are many new ones who have joined since then.. i first encountered jw's at the age of 9. it wasn't in the door-to-door work, however.

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  new boy: I will be 74 on November 1, 2022, almost 80.

  Did we ever think we’d be able to say that when we were “in” ?

  I always told my kids I’d never get old but now I’m here, I gotta say, it aches !!!
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  Next time a jw says "the end is sooo close now"

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  say this.

  with what's going on the world does it look like they are going to proclaim peace and security anytime soon?!

  or was the organization wrong again about the end times?.

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  No and Yes

  Next.

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  Becoming a JW

  by Mum in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i rarely post here, but i often check in.

  i used to post on h2o as well.

  i think i once posted some of this on h2o, but there are many new ones who have joined since then.. i first encountered jw's at the age of 9. it wasn't in the door-to-door work, however.

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  I rarely post here, but I often check in. I used to post on H2O as well. I think I once posted some of this on H2O

  Well G’day Mum ! I remember you from h2o days. So much has happened since those ‘early days’!

  Good to ‘hear’ from you again. As we say Downunder, owyergoin ? I hope life has been good for you these past years. I’m sure your story will help many.

  Cheers,

  Ozzie 🍷 (still of the shiraz class)
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  which Translation Now?

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for those of you who still respect the bible, which translation/s are you using now?

  why?.

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  ESV which we irreverently refer to downunder as the “Eastern Suburbs Version”!

  At church we, like most here Downunder, use the NIV
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  More money and meeting with 3 elders

  by Foolednomore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, we had this meeting with 3 elders ( larry, moe and curly) my uncle who is the lawyer sat in the room and stayed quiet, and fact for 40 minutes we let them talk.

  we would just sit there.

  they went into along winded monolog about how the world is in bad shape and getting worst.

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  Hi Sea Breeze,

  i looked at that pic and thought why’s no empty seats ?

  and, hey,

  why’s the guy with the mike got his hand up ?

  What a hoot them Kingdumb Hall meetings have become !
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  Sister In "Pants" Carrying the Microphone--Brother in "Jeans" out in Service!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  click the image to enlarge.. sister carrying microphone at kingdom hall in pants!.

  https://postimg.cc/jdjysmgt.

  brother in blue jeans out in service.. https://postimg.cc/z36bj89h .

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  Pharisees, Pharisees, wherefore art thou, Pharisees !

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  Another congregation closed

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  15 years ago there were 5 congregations now there is only one and it is still struggling.

  congregations closing their doors doesn’t mean business is good.

  it looks like this last one to fold had no young witnesses, they either left the religion or moved.

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  • The one thing the Hateful Eight has always lacked is love for their own people. How ironic that the only mark of a Christian is love. Not faith. Not obedience. Love

  An insightful comment. So true.
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  Why are so many Jehovah’s Witnesses Angry and Rude?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why do you think many jws are hostile and rude?

  or is that just my imagination?.

  mark jones writes: the vast majority of jehovah’s witnesses are nice people.

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  My thoughts are that their leadership has taken GRACE out of their bible and replaced it with Undeserved Kindmess, and this alone perverts their attitude toward forgiveness

  I agree and it’s what I would have liked to convey a couple of pages back.
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  Senior JW member in Australia charged with sex crimes and torture

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  see: https://7news.com.au/news/crime/senior-jehovahs-witnesses-member-charged-with-rape-torture-and-assault-of-teenage-boys-c-8044666.

  "senior jehovah’s witnesses member charged with rape, torture and assault of teenage boys...".

  the 61 year-old man "faces 21 counts of rape, 17 counts of sexual assault, 13 counts of procuring sexual acts by false pretence and one count each of incest, torture and common assault.".

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  he is not currently an ElderI
  JW`s trying to soften the blow and distance themselves from him after it becomes public knowledge.
  In other words he was an Elder when he committed the alleged offences.

  All part of “theocratic warfare” !!

  BTW anyone want to describe what that is, that is apart from outright lying?