Posts by wallsofjericho

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KH's Still All Closed- How Bad is WT doing Financially?

by OnTheWayOut in

most churches are back to in-person worship.

not jehovah's witnesses.

is watchtower still managing to fleece the flocks as the sheeple no longer get literature, no longer go to the kh, no longer walk past the donation box?

wallsofjericho

Our accounts reports are read every month and donations are still flowing in

many also do direct debit now

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Are JWs Enjoying Not Having To Go To Meetings and House To House?

by minimus in

jw
friends

since this pandemic, especially, are witnesses fine with never having to go to another meeting or assembly again?

?.

wallsofjericho

Nobody is afraid of elders or governing body, quit making shit up you sound like an idiot

most jws are REALLY enjoying zoom, I know I am. Anyone with young kids freaking loves zoom

Those without kids want to go back to “normal”

honestly I think most actually want to get back to the KH but many enjoy talking as if the “end” will occur before that time

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Are Bethelites Buying and Preparing their own Food?

by TakeOffTheCrown in

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samuel herd made the following statement at the 2015 annual meeting regarding the reduction of services at bethel.. we will be reducing personnel at bethel.

some bethel family members will be invited to serve in the field.

in addition to their regular work, bethel family members will be caring for many of the services that were previously provided by fellow bethelites.. .

wallsofjericho

Hey I’m looking for the video that was posted of Samuel herd announcing all the cuts then ended with that hilarious mic drop as he exited the stage

Anyone have a link to that?

also looking for a much older video I believe about 1975 where the speaker, I believe a DO said “let me put my notes aside” and then began to pontificate about his thoughts on the end

anyone remember that talk or have a link?

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Post your experiance with JWs who did not save for retirement and had to work or live off off SS till death

by wolverines in

but one i remember was a full on dyed in the wool believer how was a farmer.

around 1975 he sold his farm moved his family to a very rural place and waited for the end to come.

he ended up working for his brother in law hanging drywall.

Back here after almost 10 years

by TresHappy2 in

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friends

i couldn't use my old name so i've come under treshappy2.

i was thinking about cruzanheart and big tex.

we lost touch and i don't even know if they are current on this forum.

wallsofjericho

Yup I go way back too but don’t get on here much

i guess almost 15 years now

welcome back

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Testing For Transparency - An Honesty Check

by Vanderhoven7 in

please share any other yes/no questions that might fit with the following 10. also feel free to critique the 10 listed.. testing for transparency.

there are some facts that jehovah's witnesses are reticent to divulge to new prospects.

you may want to find out very early in your discussions if the witnesses you are studying with are open and truthful about their organization's doctrine and practices by asking them a series of sensitive (potentially embarrassing) questions about their personal beliefs.

wallsofjericho

Is the governing body ever “wrong”?

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New Year's Day Party

by Giordano in

for what it's worth:.

we just held our 3rd annual new year's day party.. we kept the list down to thirty invites this year with the provision that they could bring guests.

so the final count was well up there.

wallsofjericho

Very enjoyable to read this

thank you for sharing

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Why aren't the JDubs receiving more bad publicity concerning the abuse cover-ups?

by Sour Grapes in

i know that the jdubs think that they are the center of the universe and in actuality, no one except ex-jdubs gives a rats ass about these religious crazies.

my question is i read that as a percentage of pedophiles per members, that the percentage is larger in the watchtower company than in the catholic church.

i would think that would catch someones attention in the media and make a good story.. what really pisses me off is the watchtower cult is gloating about all of the negative press the catholics are receiving concerning pedophiles not even knowing that the jdubs have thousands of sexual abuse cases that have been covered over.

wallsofjericho

You answered your own question....

nobody cares

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Facial Hair

by new boy in

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friends

since i have been out for seventeen years what is the currant society policy concerning beards and mustaches.. in the sixties and seventies facial hair was forbidden at bethel if you white.

if you were black you could have mustache but no beards.

so obviously you could not be elder or pioneer if you had a beard.. any updates?

wallsofjericho

I know of a brother in Virginia that gave public Sunday talks with a beard this year (2018)

i have this first hand from 2 different people

His elders would call the congregation he was visiting to speak to give them a heads up in case they had an issue with it

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Without god what is the basis of morality?

by OneEyedJoe in

i'm sure most here who've questioned or left behind their belief in god have encountered this question - without god, what basis can there be for morality?

my exwife, when i admitted that i was an atheist, once asked me "if you don't believe in god, what's to stop you from going out and raping and murdering?

" previously, whenever i got this objection, i would tend to turn it around on the other person with a response along the lines of "if fear of god is the only thing that stops you from murdering, that makes me rather nervous to be around you.

wallsofjericho

Is murder evil because it’s evil?

Or because God’s says it’s evil?

if the former, then good and evil exist without god

if the latter, then god created evil