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Regarding the First Amendment...
by FragrantAddendum in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt1-4-2/alde_00013222/.

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watchtower's screwed.
FragrantAddendum

(that was just filed July 3, 2024)
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Regarding the First Amendment...
by FragrantAddendum in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt1-4-2/alde_00013222/.

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watchtower's screwed.
FragrantAddendum

hey, look...
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=GAH6QrErsvFaCd5eiTuIoA==
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August issue is now up on JW.com
by ozziepost in
1. jw
2. experiences
just a heads up that the english version with the changed cover is now up on jw.com.. i haven’t yet read it but if any you have the time i’m looking forward to people’s insights.. in the meantime i must find a red 🍷.

cheers,.

ozzie (of the ‘is he still here?’ class ).
FragrantAddendum

Yeah, right.

“Youse had best make a ‘personal decision’ to see tings our way… it’d be a shame if some udders might be compelled to make a similar ‘personal decision’ regarding youse.”

totally, yup - that is wt
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Re-activate me?
by punkofnice in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there was a knock at my door and i thought it was my take-away being delivered.. long story short, it was 2 elders calling to see me.

i guess to re-activate me.

once they said who they were i recognised them.
FragrantAddendum

i never stood up in the hall and said anything about the situation
i had sent emails to my friends asking them for help and warning them about stuff going on in the congregation
and the elders got mad about it
said i wasn't allowed to tell my friends what was going on
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Re-activate me?
by punkofnice in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there was a knock at my door and i thought it was my take-away being delivered.. long story short, it was 2 elders calling to see me.

i guess to re-activate me.

once they said who they were i recognised them.
FragrantAddendum

back before i got disfellowshipped, it was during covid zoom meetings
they got mad at me for turning off my audio/video during the elders prayers
(even though other people have their audio/video off all the time)
they could tell i disconnected audio/video to make a statement
and it really irritated the co when he came to visit
i had been begging him to help with the situation
i had reached out to other elder bodies in the circuit and at bethel
but they don't care about protecting the flock
only about prominence
that's why they got so mad that i disconnected my audio/video during their prayers
it was like i wouldn't do an act of worship to them
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Re-activate me?
by punkofnice in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there was a knock at my door and i thought it was my take-away being delivered.. long story short, it was 2 elders calling to see me.

i guess to re-activate me.

once they said who they were i recognised them.
FragrantAddendum

i have never disrupted a meeting
here is what i have done: i have said hello to people after being disfellowshipped (jehovah didn't shun me or disfellowship me and i didn't talk during the meeting but i did say hello to people before and after because i am not ashamed of keeping integrity)
i have hugged friend in the kh after being disfellowshipped
i raised my hand to comment when someone dropped a mean comment about me during their bible highlights (about wicked apostates or something) and then when the speaker said "does anyone else have a comment about this week's bible reading?" i raised my hand because i did have a comment, even though i knew they wouldn't call on me - i was being honest, i really did have a comment
after getting told my privilege to attend is revoked, i stood across the street outside that kh with a sign that said "jehovah's united family" with big hearts on it and i waved to the "friends" i'd known for decades since the elders wouldn't let me in
i only did that once though and it was after they revoked my "privilege"
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Re-activate me?
by punkofnice in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there was a knock at my door and i thought it was my take-away being delivered.. long story short, it was 2 elders calling to see me.

i guess to re-activate me.

once they said who they were i recognised them.
FragrantAddendum

i wanted to protect the people in the KH from getting hurt they way i got hurt
elders don't like it when you tell the truth about one of their own
the bethel guys really don't like it
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Do we have "original" indipendent documents proving that Rutherford was an alcoholic?
by psyco in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i was wondering if you could prove with "original" independent documents that rutherford was an alcoholic.... .

i read penton, but since he is a former jw he could not be considered an independent source.... .
FragrantAddendum

the local KH, the COBE would crack open the beers first thing in the morning
his "office" looked like a college dorm room after a party with all the empty liquor bottles
he'd throw back a cold one before heading to midweek meeting, to take the edge off
so when others in the KH got drunk and arrested for domestic abuse
it was no big deal to those elders who were already doing something similar
as long as the person in question bows to the wt-hierarchy, it's pretty much a free pass
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Re-activate me?
by punkofnice in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there was a knock at my door and i thought it was my take-away being delivered.. long story short, it was 2 elders calling to see me.

i guess to re-activate me.

once they said who they were i recognised them.
FragrantAddendum

they won't come to my door
i went to a funeral couple weeks ago, just stood outside my car, didn't go in the KH -
it wasn't the KH i used to go to, it's where my mother-in-law goes
(my JW husband went in)
my kids didn't go in, they stayed with me
the elders were going to call the police because i was in the parking lot
he asked if they could not call since the kids were there
i wanted to go to the funeral to show respect for the widow, she and her husband were at my wedding
the elders sent a "guard" out to make sure i "behaved" in the parking lot - unbelievable
(i have never disrupted any of their meetings/assemblies/etc)
my husband had yesterday off for the holiday
he spent it with one of the local elders
he had gone over to drop something off and they asked him to stay for lunch and help paint their shed
(meanwhile our house is falling apart)
he came back and told me two of my friends have died
i've known them several decades
(of course, i can't go to their funerals either or they'll call the police)
🤯🤪😱
my husband wanted to go to the convention as a family a few weeks ago
so we went together just for the sunday morning session, i drove
the attendants seated us since we arrived as the song was beginning
people said hi to me, even some of the elders (there are a few non-nazi ones)
but by lunchtime the co running the convention (who hates me) was aware i was there
so they wanted me to leave, they said my husband and kids could stay but i had to go
we all left
these wt people are insane
breaking up families, one family at a time
they tell my husband i'm as good as dead, satan spawn, etc kind of thing
so life at home is like hell a lot of the time
meanwhile, he doesn't get any help from them curbing his addictions because in wt-land they pretend addictions don't exist as long as you worship the gb-appointed-wt-hierarchy members
they just enable him and then pretend everything's okay
wt stinkin whitewashed graves
i hate it
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Hey, Regarding the "Resurrection" thing and the WT denial of the Mt 27:51-53 incident...
by FragrantAddendum in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so according to bible.

elisha's bones were there when jehovah resurrected some other dude.

jesus could heal from a distance by power of god.
FragrantAddendum

the faithful jews of old looked forward to a future resurrection
as you mentioned, @kaleb, a standing up again in the flesh
all things are possible with god
if he can resurrect the dead
he can resurrect someone's faith too