Well with the past couple of years of experience, - looking to experts in their fields for direction, (Dr Fauci, NHI, World Health Organization, Biden, Justice Department, Fbi, The FAITHFUL SLAVE, etc)------I don't believe anything or anybody.
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Do You Still Easily Believe Everything?
by minimus into be a witness you had to accept whatever spiritual food was being dished out.
even if it didn’t make any sense, we were expected to believe.
now that we are out of the cult, do you find yourself a person who doesn’t just accept the status quo?
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Governing Body; Villians or just Deluded?
by pistolpete inare you sometimes dumbfounded at the direction the governing body takes?.
thousands of documents proving 607 bce is wrong, yet the gb sticks to the date, why?.
the generation that would not die, yet they continue by introducing an overlapping generation.. disfellowshipping at a time when everyone is leaving, not a good idea, yet they continue to disfellowship.. here is a video that addresses these questions.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbgeqhp9o9i.
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ThatsFrownedUpon2Did you ever “serve” as an attendant at conventions? What about working the parking lot at assemblies or memorial? Did you or your dad routinely travel to other halls to give a Sunday talks? Did you ever work safety at quickbuilds? Did you ever have a part on the stage at an assembly or convention? Were you ever in a drama? Did you ever get to pass the emblems (or even partake)? If you got baptized, do you remember sitting in the special section that morning? Did you ever get announced as an MS, elder or pioneer?
If you can answer yes to any of the above questions, you may recall the sense of pride you felt. Even if you’re a lowly teenager running mics or controlling the sound, any position of responsibility comes with a small (but noteworthy) power trip. Imagine, for a brief moment, an elder, the COBE, the circuit overseer or even a visiting bethelite pulls into the parking lot at memorial or circuit assembly and for one small moment, it is you who has all the power and control. You have the orange vest, the orange cone, the straw hat and the honorable Attendant badge. They must drive and park where you tell them to. They will obey your command. For a small snapshot in time, even they must follow your leadership and direction—even tho they represent god on earth. But for that moment, they heed your direction when parking a car. They need your microphone to share their wisdom. The anointed cannot partake unless you hand them the emblems. They cannot speak while you’re on the platform, even if you’re simply reading the WT. YOU have all the power and control. YOU command everyone’s attention. The day you got baptized, it was YOU everyone looked at in the special section. It was you they sang and applauded for. When you (or your dad) visited another hall to deliver a Sunday talk, you already felt special. They lined up to meet you. You met new friends. You were automatically trusted as “exemplary” and even given “hospitality.”
And even tho you may have only been a teenager at the time, or if you were an adult MS or elder, you were likely nothing special outside of the empowering moments those titles brought with them—but for those brief moments, even YOU, an uneducated window washer, enjoyed the taste of control and power. The highest ranking JW had to park where you told them. They couldn’t enter a quickbuild without safety gear and you had the power to stop them. They couldn’t interrupt your talk or take your spotlight the moment your appointment was announced. Yet, outside those windowless walls, you were nobody.
IMAGINE the sense of power and control the GB feels all the time, everywhere they go. They brag about their humble lifestyles (and it’s true, their lodgings at HQ are ok at best—nothing spectacular, in fact most of our homes are probably nicer than their rooms are), but they never lose that feeling of ultimate authority. Everywhere they go, they’re met with reverence. Everything they say is spoken as god’s mouthpiece. Every visit they make, every broadcast they host, they are revered.
What’s their motivation, you ask? Just try to remember those brief moments when you had title, rank and authority over others and ask yourself what you’d do if that was the way you lived 24/7.
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Governing Body; Villians or just Deluded?
by pistolpete inare you sometimes dumbfounded at the direction the governing body takes?.
thousands of documents proving 607 bce is wrong, yet the gb sticks to the date, why?.
the generation that would not die, yet they continue by introducing an overlapping generation.. disfellowshipping at a time when everyone is leaving, not a good idea, yet they continue to disfellowship.. here is a video that addresses these questions.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbgeqhp9o9i.
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Are you sometimes dumbfounded at the direction the Governing Body takes?
Thousands of Documents proving 607 BCE is wrong, yet the GB sticks to the date, Why?
The Generation that would not die, yet they continue by introducing an Overlapping generation.
Disfellowshipping at a time when everyone is leaving, not a good idea, yet they continue to disfellowship.
Here is a video that addresses these questions.
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This is how stupid college kids are today
by mickbobcat innot only college kids but a lot of liberal idiots adults.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-knh46tlcwm.
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The College kids of today are tomorrows AOC's Congress of America.
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Black Lives Matter Flags To Fly Worldwide In US Embassies
by minimus in….for the anniversary of george floyd’s death per president biden.
smh .
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DISFELLOWSHIPPING, How bad is it really?
by pistolpete ini found this experience on reddit today.
disfellowshipping never really bothered me.
i always thought it was just another way of getting rid of members that weren't welcome anymore.. but i've changed my mind.
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DISFELLOWSHIPPING, How bad is it really?
by pistolpete ini found this experience on reddit today.
disfellowshipping never really bothered me.
i always thought it was just another way of getting rid of members that weren't welcome anymore.. but i've changed my mind.
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LGH
This is in sharp contrast to the JWs who have nothing of the sort last I heard.
They do have a program specifically for low income-black - American- families. CHECK THIS OUT!
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/nm0zl7/my_congregation_just_voted_to_send_8000_to_the/
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My Girl once visited a Kingdom Hall to see what the fuss was all about.
Afterwards, she said she could never be a part of a club where all the men are beardless and small.
She likes her men TaLL, with a nice beard, and long thick Hair -------and not skinny.
My girl if 5'11 inches tall.
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The Covid-19 Vaccines do NOT Alter Human Genes, despite the myths to the contrary
by Disillusioned JW in["covid-19 vaccines can’t alter your dna, here’s why"]
can covid-19 vaccines alter my dna?
no, covid-19 vaccines do not alter your dna.
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Several news outlets are now reporting young people who have gotten the vaccine are developing heart problems that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
Dr. fauci and mainstream media are saying all these doctors are lying.
Who do you believe????
We won't know till 20 years down the line when these 20 year old kids start getting heart disease in their 40s. By then, a generation of people will be gone and so will Dr. Fauci so no one to punish.
Just like Judge Rutherford didn't get punish for his crazy doctrines.
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So telling that there are no little children
by eyeslice inwatching in on my wife's zoom meeting last night, there was an item about discipline is love.
they played a 'caleb' animated cartoon and then the instructions were 'if possible, ask selected young children' several questions.. it seems however, that there are no children in my wife's current congregation so the questions were all answered by retired brothers and sisters.
the congregation mainly consists of elderly people (like us) and the few of childbearing age seem not interested in having children.
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When my wife and I had our family, the congregation was over run with kids, all of whom shot their hands up to answer questions with one word answers such as 'Jehovah', 'Jesus', 'Adam', etc.
It's a completely different story today. When I left 12 years ago, so did the majority of those my age. It's been happening since the internet took full command of the public's eyes and ears.
I seriously doubt the Religion has much more time left. Maybe another 10 years at the most before it goes small Pentecostal type with a small video presence.