Posts by Mikejw

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I’m a current elder ex bethel in London
by Mikejw in
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i was in bethel for years early 2000s and was heavily involved with brd from start to finish .

im current elder in one of the congregations in london.

what i’ve noticed is huge changes since covid .
Mikejw

Hi Mike
Were you still there in Bethel around 2009 when some elders were disfellowshiped for "apostasy"? I remember there were maybe 4 of them and the issues were similar than in 1980 in Brooklyn, that everyone should partake etc.
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yes I remember that. That one old black brother who claimed to be anointed and the other black brother I won’t say their names
i also know a younger brother called Dale Warren who was closely involved with the group but last min left them and “stayed faithful to Jehovah”
so how did you know about it? Were you in bethel?
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Booster shots required for Bethelites and special full time servants?
by PimoElder in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it’s a shame the gov body did a big u turn on vaccines .

if they continue with the rule that only fully vaxed can go back to the hall then i could have stayed on zoom.

but the term fully vaxed is a moving target, if it’s been like six months since your last shot you are just the same as those of us who are unvaxed .
Mikejw

mikexjw---have you had covid ?
Yes I had it once but it wasn’t too bad because I am unvaxed
im sure if I was fully vaxed it would have been much worse as my immune system would have been compromised
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Booster shots required for Bethelites and special full time servants?
by PimoElder in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it’s a shame the gov body did a big u turn on vaccines .

if they continue with the rule that only fully vaxed can go back to the hall then i could have stayed on zoom.

but the term fully vaxed is a moving target, if it’s been like six months since your last shot you are just the same as those of us who are unvaxed .
Mikejw

I don't think following vaccine development in a once in a century public health crisis and investing accordingly is really a bad thing. I bought into bought Pfizer and Moderna and make some decent money on both stocks. I am currently looking at monkeypox vaccine manufacturers and throwing a few dollars in the ring.
For people who are always using terms like " Woke " and " Socialism " , they sure don't seem like they have much understanding of how free markets work.
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Riley would you still invest and push these vaccines on people if you knew they contained aborted babies and were harmful?
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Investment departments in Bethel
by Mikejw in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i was a bethelite in london for many years then got reassigned to the field and then went on brd from the start of chelmsford right upto covid.. during my years at the branch i was sometimes asked to be on a team who went to homes donated to the branch when some older one died.. this happenes an awful lot, everything is left to the branch in the will.

the unbelieving family is furious they didn’t get left anything and sometimes they tried to get their elderly relatives possessions and there was a legal battle .

but in the end a team of us would go and empty the property and another team would clean it up and put it on the market to sell it for the worldwide work.. all the possessions were sorted into trash or possibly valuable .
Mikejw

Repulsive how WT has for over a century jugmentally criticised "Christendom" and other religious sectors for amassing properties and great wealth.
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yes they keep a lot of their wealth in real assets - property, precious metals and stones.
I once asked Peter why they don’t sell all the gold and jewels straight away when they inherited it? He said it came right from the top, not to have to much in fiat currency which is all traceable and taxable.
they are very mysterious with all the things they get inherited to them.
it’s actually quite surprising just how many brothers and sisters have died the last few decades who left everything to the Borg
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Nicholas King at a gay bar
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
seriously, when will this guy come out of the jws, and out of the closet?.

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Mikejw

King has lost good standing, WT will eventually remove or edit the videos/publications in which King appeared.
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I know they used to do that with pictures in new publications printed without them but how can they replace actors in movies?
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Nicholas King at a gay bar
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
seriously, when will this guy come out of the jws, and out of the closet?.

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Mikejw

Is Seth Sikes a belthite?
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Resuming door to door September 1st
by Mikejw in
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2. beliefs
gb worried about not enough coming to in person meetings.

what are they going to be like when they realise not only jdubs don’t want to go to in person meetings but they really don’t want to go back on the min.

zoom has so much more appeal for rather than meetings or door to door.
Mikejw

DesirousOfChange15 hours ago
I guessing that this return to Field Circus isn't going to get great support and whatever support it gets, most of that time will still be spent at McDonalds or Starbucks (depending on each JW's social economic status.
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this is so true, also depending on their status in the cong
the brother taking the lead hardly does any as he says he is looking after everyone which means walking back and forth not actually knocking on any doors
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Nicholas King at a gay bar
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
seriously, when will this guy come out of the jws, and out of the closet?.

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Mikejw

https://img.jehovahs-witness.com/image/00074e28b3a4f372d7538fc8177b2631?s=295
Who is the guy on the left I think I recognise him?
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A new generation of anointed that will not pass away.
by Fisherman in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
obviously, the older “ anointed ” from 1914 died.

and because they were anointed, they hopefully went to heaven.

in the first century though, a newer generation did not replace the old.
Mikejw

I have heard of an elder who is quite new in the truth with lots of tattoos and he just became an elder and now professes a heavenly hope
him and his young wife started partaking in emblems
now his son has just left school and been disfellowshipped for being gay
surely people are wondering if Jehovah would choose someone like that to be the 144000
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Nicholas King at a gay bar
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
seriously, when will this guy come out of the jws, and out of the closet?.

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Mikejw

Was Nick King brought up in the truth?
did he do all that celebrity stuff while in the truth?
when I saw some of his shows I would be very surprised if he was in Bethel but it seems he was

Mikejw

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DesirousOfChange15 hours ago