Posts by Mikejw

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JWlite like being a Trekkie. You know it’s fictional

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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i now view jwlite like the trekkie conventions.

star trek is fiction and all the fans know this full well.

but they find it beneficial.

Mikejw

It’s a social club at this point and for the older Witnesses there just coasting, that’s fine for them.

It’s a social club for everyone these days. The young ones only stay for the friends in the cong.

we are all just coasting even the elders it’s easy being JWlite! You could turn upto any meeting and give any part with zero preparation. It’s all just videos and q&a!

its been compared to being a Trekkie or similar

you may not like Star Trek anymore but still go to events to see the people you have known for years.

you know Star Trek is fictional but its nice fictional and maybe some tiny parts may have a even tinier slithering of a resemblance of truth in the future

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Do JWs see the org falling apart?

by ThomasDam21 in

i have been away from the jw cult for many years.

i don't have any family i talk to that are in it.

so i don't know if the jws as a whole are seeing the cult fall apart or if they or the majority of them are head in the sand la la la the end is neigh.

Mikejw

It’s a social club at this point and for the older Witnesses there just coasting, that’s fine for them.

It’s a social club for everyone these days. The young ones only stay for the friends in the cong.

we are all just coasting even the elders it’s easy being JWlite! You could turn upto any meeting and give any part with zero preparation. It’s all just videos and q&a!

its been compared to being a Trekkie or similar

you may not like Star Trek anymore but still go to events to see the people you have known for years.

you know Star Trek is fictional but its nice fictional and maybe some tiny parts may have a even tinier slithering of a resemblance of truth in the future

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Flee to the Mountains......What Mountains?

by liam in

may 2025 study article 21 seek the city that will remain.

what i remember was, when you see the romans, flee to the mountains.

now the wt is saying that's not enough.

Everyone should make a point of answering up paragraph 13 “ Jehovah protected his people he made it so clear not to believe the conspiracy theories that the vaccine was not safe, we are all so pleased we could trust the vaccines when so many were saying not to”

this should wake up everyone in the congregation

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

by Simon in

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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.

Mikejw

He didn’t seem to want to acknowledge he was the only one getting paid for it full time.

He then proceeded to take an extended holiday with the wife and children, citing ‘exhaustion’. So much for “let’s get back to work”!

Now he can’t get anyone to work for free for him his content has gone downhill fast.

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RE: NORWAY J-Dubs and the possible hold-out by Anthony Morris III

by Terry in

january 2021: the norwegian state denies state subsidies to jehovah's witnesses, citing exclusion policies.. august 2021: a norwegian court annuls a disfellowshipping decision by jehovah's witnesses.. may 3, 2022: the supreme court of norway upholds the decision to annul the disfellowshipping.. october 25, 2022: the county governor of oslo and viken demands changes to jehovah's witnesses' practices.. december 22, 2022: jehovah's witnesses' registration as a religious community is revoked.

—---anthony morris iii officially stepped down from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses on february 22, 2023.

march 4, 2024: oslo county court rules in favor of the state, upholding the decision to withhold funding and retract registration.. february 3-14, 2025: the oslo appeal court hears the latest appeal from jehovah's witnesses.

Mikejw

What is the connection with To Mo ?

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U turn on LGBT

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

feb broadcast they have a drama about someone who works with a colleague who is gay.. they actually make it sound like the jws are the only ones who support him and is tolerant of him and everyone else is against him🤣.

after all these years they try gaslighting and saying we are the ones who are tolerant and everyone else is not!!!.

you couldn’t make this up.. after this monumental u turn now, what about all the gay people who were born in’s who have been shunned by their own family?.

Mikejw

In the past JWs meeting gay people would clearly show on their faces what they were brainwashed to think.

no way they would treat a gay couple as they would treat a straight couple.

now this U turn changes everything, from now JWs should treat a gay couple even nicer than they would a worldly straight couple?

we know how JWs go over the top when they get new directions from the blumbling body.

I can see JWs going out of their way to smile and be super nice to gay people they meet!!

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

by LongHairGal in

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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.

Mikejw

Some middle to older aged born ins are now very bitter and resentful of the those who made them believe the end would have come by now. Most of those who said that are dead now.

I am one of those who was brainwashed into believing there wasn’t much time left, I feel such an immense sense of regret for sacrificing career choices due to the belief that the end was right around the corner.

the watchtower clearly said in this millennium which meant before the year 1999. Now they actually changed it to say in our lifetimes.

1999 was far off when I was in school and I was made to believe I wouldn’t leave school in this old system.

I could have gone to uni and had a chance of a good career. Instead I got a cleaning job and put all my energy into working for free for the fat old men in NY.

Now many like me are really struggling with housing, cost of living crisis.

I’m f-ing furious that they gas light and try to make it sound like they always said save and invest for the future.

no they fucking didn’t when I should have been doing that🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

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They are running out of people to do their stuff.

by liam in

this is the watchtower study article being studied today.

so it’s the current new light!.

what are the new qualifications to be an “elder-aka older man...and circuit overseer?.

Mikejw

There is no doubt about it there is a shortage of brothers willing to work for free. There were sisters doing mics and other things which highlighted the problem.

the new light came out about using younger brothers instead. Now you get 3 foot high boys doing mics and things instead of sisters

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U turn on LGBT

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

feb broadcast they have a drama about someone who works with a colleague who is gay.. they actually make it sound like the jws are the only ones who support him and is tolerant of him and everyone else is against him🤣.

after all these years they try gaslighting and saying we are the ones who are tolerant and everyone else is not!!!.

you couldn’t make this up.. after this monumental u turn now, what about all the gay people who were born in’s who have been shunned by their own family?.

Mikejw

The gaslighting is serious with this U turn.

They could have done their new light thing and said it’s new light, and say in the past we have said this about the LGBT community and now after prayerful thought we have this new understanding…….

but instead they are trying their most often used trick of gaslighting. They are trying to make it sound like they have always been the ones who treat LGBT better than those evil people in Satans world.

In the video the sister even says that her gay co worker comes upto her and thanks her for being so tolerant when others were not……

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JW Vaccine mandate: The contrast between voices of reason and confusion

by ukpimo in

i was reading an intriguing post on the exjw reddit, a forum i do not with to sign up for, as i'm not interested in the internal politics of reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1hwlja8/the_governing_bodys_letter_that_shook_bethel_and/.

another post counteracted this one, driven by the "conspiracy theory" card.

Mikejw

With the new Trump administration and Kennedy going to be highlighting the truth about the vaccine companies, what will the GB say?

they could say Satans world is now lying that the vaccines were not safe and effective like Jehovah told us they were. David Splain actually said “would Jehovah let the GB take the vaccines if it was harmful?”

they either admit that this is not a spirit directed organisation or they double down on that Jehovah was right to give direction to be fully vaccinated