Posts by ElderBerry

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Reddit thread - ‘Organization Finally Suggesting to Plan for Retirement’

by LongHairGal in

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friends

this information is supposed to be in the upcoming march wt.

(i don’t go on jw dot org).

it would sound like they are hinting at a change in thinking.. in my opinion, any such change would be yet another slap in the face to faithful pimis along with those other recent changes.. there are so many heartfelt responses on that thread and a lot of justified anger.. don’t know what to say except that i’m so glad i never listened to the religion all those years ago.

ElderBerry

I was also moved by a film I watched called perfect days. It’s about a Japanese toilet cleaner who leads a very simple life as JWs are directed to.

he is happy even though he lives in cheap horrible accommodation just like most JWs have to. He works a cleaning job similar to most JWs.

you can be happy in such circumstances especially if JWs have genuine hope that this is not the real life and constantly telling others about the perceived Bible hope of Gods Kingdom going to make the world a better place very soon

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Reddit thread - ‘Organization Finally Suggesting to Plan for Retirement’

by LongHairGal in

jw
friends

this information is supposed to be in the upcoming march wt.

(i don’t go on jw dot org).

it would sound like they are hinting at a change in thinking.. in my opinion, any such change would be yet another slap in the face to faithful pimis along with those other recent changes.. there are so many heartfelt responses on that thread and a lot of justified anger.. don’t know what to say except that i’m so glad i never listened to the religion all those years ago.

ElderBerry

I’m reading this thread and can see both sides.

if you are now old and following JW direction means you worked menial jobs to knock on doors then you may be really struggling now if you have no savings at all. I don’t think they ever gave direction to save money in the past like they are starting to give now.

on the other hand I read a brilliant book called Die with zero.

it basically says-

If you spend hours and hours of your life acquiring money and then die without spending all of that money, then you've needlessly wasted too many precious hours of your life. There is just no way to get those hours back. If you die with $1 million left, that's $1 million of experiences you didn't have. And if you die with $50,000 left, well, that's $50,000 of experiences you didn't have. No way is that optimal. The question we all must answer is how to make the most of our finite time on earth.

BILL PERKINS

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

by Simon in

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friends

uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

ElderBerry

Is it just me or is Lloyd the most lazy exjw YouTuber ever?

everyone else has made good videos about the AGM and his so flat and absolutely nothing at all to make anyone want to watch another of his videos when there are so many better alternatives

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Still no U turn on vax mandates for all schools

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

you still have to be fully vaccinated to attend any theocratic schools.

elders and ministerial servants have their kingdom ministry school every year, the cobe of every congregation has to check that everyone is fully vaccinated.

after the school everyone will ask any bothers who were not there why not?

ElderBerry

Has there been a U turn for fully vaccinated on attendance for JW schools?

the big change is that sisters can go to elders school now

wives of appointed men can go, but do they need to be fully vaccinated? Or has there been a U turn on the mandates?

and now the defibrillator machines are popping up everywhere due to the vaccine causing blood clots and heart attacks, there has been a letter saying don’t have them in KHalls 😡

they don’t want to shine a light on the fact that they were wrong to say Jehovah wouldn’t let the GB take these vaccines if they were not safe, yes that is what David Splain actually said

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

by Simon in

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friends

uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

ElderBerry

There will be a 2025 special convention in Zagreb right on his doorstep

this should be fun

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U turn in vac mandate

by ElderBerry in

so now they don’t want defib machines in khalls because it shines a light on the increasing blood clots from the shots that they said were safe.

https://youtu.be/yvvyiuqv3nm.

ElderBerry

So now they don’t want defib machines in KHalls because it shines a light on the increasing blood clots from the shots that they said were safe

https://youtu.be/YvVyiuqV3nM

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Overlapping Generation

by pandorasbox1914 in

the september 2015 broadcast had david splane explain matthew 24:34 “truly, i say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place”.

his explanation of this scripture was by means of a chart to indicate an overlapping generation.. .

no scripture was used to show the overlapping generation concept, and as a result it makes no sense.. to illustrate how crazy this concept is, look at the lyrics of the song my generation.. my generation.

ElderBerry

They probably have until 2050-60 before they have to admit that was another false teaching. If the last of those who saw 1914 died in the 1980s at the latest then these overlappers would surely be mostly dead by 2050-60?

I can’t see them lasting that long before they have to admit they were wrong about 1914?

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

by Simon in

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friends

uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

ElderBerry

Lloyd seems very close with this new apostate called Chaka.

does he know his past with prostitution? Why would he still make videos with Lloyd if he knew his past?

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Overlapping Generation

by pandorasbox1914 in

the september 2015 broadcast had david splane explain matthew 24:34 “truly, i say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place”.

his explanation of this scripture was by means of a chart to indicate an overlapping generation.. .

no scripture was used to show the overlapping generation concept, and as a result it makes no sense.. to illustrate how crazy this concept is, look at the lyrics of the song my generation.. my generation.

ElderBerry

David Splain made the point that they would have had to have been anointed before those who saw the sign died off. Not born before but actually served long enough to be made anointed

say the last of them died in the 1990s the youngest overlappers would have been at least middle age in the 1990s to have been anointed before those first ones died off.

the older members of the GB were anointed before the 1990s but the new younger members were not.

At least the two new members were not anointed in the 1990s and maybe some of the other younger members of the GB

so if you were anointed after the last of those who saw the sign in 1914 died off then you are not overlapping generations is that right?

this is a big 🚩

if the GB have the correct interpretation and this doctrine is from Jehovah then why are still more becoming anointed after the 1990s when the last of those who saw 1914 died off?

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Disaster preparedness

by ElderBerry in

as your family considers its disaster preparedness plan, please ensure that the secretary has up-to-date contact information for you and your emergency contact.

also, we have re- peatedly seen good results when brothers and sisters are prepared with go bags and are ready to obey direction when they face various kinds of disasters.

please be sure you have a go bag, and review its contents at least once a year.

ElderBerry

Even the UK government as well as others around the world are suggesting having some preps on hand in case something happens

https://youtu.be/5u0oM7uFimA?si=grwZWAYJiAArUlNq