Posts by Mikejw

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Where is Tony?

by Athanasius in

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on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.

in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.

Mikejw

it may be a long time before the facts are revealed.

But what about his family? Didn't Tony have a son who was a CO? Has anyone heard anything about his sons and their families? Or have they also disappeared.

Even if it’s after his death from alcoholism the facts will come out.

At least one of his sons claimed to be anointed and is high up in bethel. Another son and wife graduated gilded and was given the white envelope by Tony himself I remember he was handed them all out and gave his black daughter in law a hug and kiss

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The Vaccine mandate has been lifted, with no explanation or apologies

by redsetter2 in

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Mikejw

I never thought of that aspect before. The more people get jabbed the more funds get donated in wills.

This has actually happened in my congregation and the older ones may still be alive if they didn’t take the clog shots.

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Enjoy hope without disappointment

by Mikejw in

todays watchtower is very interesting on many levels.

they know that millions are disappointed.. https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=e&prefer=lang&docid=2023681.

i also found it interesting they talk about brother fred franz and show his picture.

Mikejw

Pete that goes both ways. Some people are lost at sea have no hope no idea about the big questions in life.

I have come full circle. Used to be theistic now agnostic with hope that there is some truth to the Bibles promises. I’m content and happy and settled.

I maintain it’s better to have hope than no hope. Being lost at sea is no hope. Once you are comfortable and content in that we don’t know for certain if intelligent design was involved at the origin of everything.

This is why I like the watchtower title, hope without disappointment. I think the JW hope will have disappointment. My hope has the best of both worlds and I can’t lose.

What is really sad is long time JWs or other die hard belief systems on their deathbed realising they were deceived all their time in that belief system. That is so devastating.

On my deathbed I won’t be full of regrets that I believed something untrue. I will be optimistic and excited to see what happens after death even if it’s nothing which I hope it’s not, but at least I wasn’t delusional and deceived

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Where is Tony?

by Athanasius in

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on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.

in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.

Mikejw

Whoever gets the scoop on ToMo3 will have a ton of views. It’s only a matter of time, he can’t hide inside forever.

This is why the silence is deafening.

They can’t just pretend he was never on the gb and hope people can forget him. They tried to delete every picture and video but the longer it goes on the worse it will be when the truth comes out which is inevitable.

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The Vaccine mandate has been lifted, with no explanation or apologies

by redsetter2 in

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Mikejw

Before this U turn did anyone check every brother and sister were fully vaccinated before every pioneer school or other training school?

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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

Whoever gets the scoop on ToMo3 will have a ton of views. It’s only a matter of time, he can’t hide inside forever.

This is why the silence is deafening.

They can’t just pretend he was never on the gb and hope people can forget him. They tried to delete every picture and video but the longer it goes on the worse it will be when the truth comes out which is inevitable.

Lloyd is old news going down hill fast, there are many great new xjw activists on the up and up

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The Vaccine mandate has been lifted, with no explanation or apologies

by redsetter2 in

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Mikejw

Yes I think most COBEs are all follow the direction to be pro vax. I don’t think any will forget direction. Once some direction is in place that is the way things are done unless further direction from the GB.

So if only the CO has had this U turn direction then he has to tell all congregations individually before next KM school.

All those elders who were not allowed to attend because they are not fully vaccinated will assume they can’t go to the next one either unless they hear there has been a U turn on the policy

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Door to Door

by pontoon in

just wondering if the witnesses still go door to door.

once in a while i see them doing their cart work and my still in relatives talk about going out in cart work, never mention door to door.

i haven't had a knock on my door since probably 2 years before covid.

Mikejw

Tonus in the UK and other GDPR lands we are not allowed to write anything down. Unless someone asks us to write down to be a DNC then we write down lots of details and it is stored. This is because someone asked us to.

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Enjoy hope without disappointment

by Mikejw in

todays watchtower is very interesting on many levels.

they know that millions are disappointed.. https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=e&prefer=lang&docid=2023681.

i also found it interesting they talk about brother fred franz and show his picture.

Mikejw

Some hope is better than no hope.

I know a couple who have an extremely shy daughter in her late 20s. She cant really talk to anyone apart from a few old sisters in the congregation.

The old couple have hope she will snap out of it and marry one day, or at least live a relatively normal life where she doesn’t need to hide behind her mum.

they have tried everything they can think of even expert doctors and therapists now all they have is some hope.

this may be a poor example but many of us still physically in the JWs still have a bit of hope that there is a God and the promises in the Bible may have some truth to them even though the JWs interpreted them wrong.

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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

slimboyfat10 hours ago

If Watchtower really is now teaching that it’s not necessary to accept the truth and become a JW before the great tribulation, then what’s the point of being JW? I mean apparat from if you enjoy it, if it has no bearing on whether you’ll ultimately survive Armageddon then what’s to stop people taking the option of sitting back and waiting?

Why would they make this change? I can’t think of any financial or legal motivation, as behind so many of their changes, so why do it? It doesn’t make any sense.

Yes I think Simon is right it’s to do with the question “so is God going to slaughter everyone who is not a JW?”

Simon8 hours ago

They might have gotten feedback that recruitment is harder because of people reasoning that God is really an asshole if he's going to be killing a shit-ton of people who never had a chance to learn "the truth".

Religiots have no winning argument when it comes to addressing this issue.

People generally find psychopathic killers unappealing. It's an easier sell that he's a "loving god" (the fundamental cornerstone of the whole belief system) if he gives people a chance

They always said there will be a resurrection of the unrighteous now they are saying you don’t have to die before Armageddon as unrighteous ones may make it through.

Lloyd thinks this huge fundamental new light is a nothing burger.

he is an idiot for saying that