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Manners and Respectfulness
by IWant2Know in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i would like to know if there are any ex's or formers who still appreciate good manners and respectfulness?

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NotFormer

Given that (from what many people have posted here) JWs are taught to disdain outsiders (or "The World") and even fellow JWs who are "less spiritual", I wouldn't be surprised if manners weren't a high priority in Dubdom. (I've met plenty of nice JWs, though)
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Manners and Respectfulness
by IWant2Know in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i would like to know if there are any ex's or formers who still appreciate good manners and respectfulness?

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NotFormer

There's a limit of two new posts a day. Trying to put another one through will just clog up the system. I ended up with four duplicate threads when I first started posting here. Post only two new threads a day and wait 24 hours before trying again.
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Will the GB Eventually "observe" Tithing?
by Sea Breeze in
1. jw
2. friends
found this on fb from the recent losch talk.

time for a new business model?.

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NotFormer

Freely
Remitted
And
Uncoerced
Donation
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Governing body
by moley in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
are the governing body really in charge or are they just a figurehead with the real power being behind the curtain .
NotFormer

"a thousand hungry piranhas can and will fuck up your shit way worse than one big-ass shark."
A very astute observation! 👍 With one small flaw: that metaphor has predator and victim in the wrong positions...
But it's nice to see the 'Tower being devoured one bite at a time 👍
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Governing body
by moley in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
are the governing body really in charge or are they just a figurehead with the real power being behind the curtain .
NotFormer

DesirousOfChange: "I believe they have plugged the hole in the dike by taking extreme measures if there is even a "hint" of any kind of misconduct involving a child"
Do they now encourage the elders or the parents to call the police, or do they still insist on the two witnesses rule? If not, what's changed?
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Doctrines and Bible Interpretations
by IWant2Know in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i would like to know if ex's and formers who are not church christians, believe that many of jws' doctrines and bible interpretations are correct, or do you feel that they aren't?

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NotFormer

Elderberry, JWs aren't the only ones who entertain the possibility that Michael could be Jesus. Here is a SDA article: https://www.adventistbiblicalresearch.org/materials/is-michael-another-name-for-jesus/
I'm pretty sure that I've heard Christadelphians refer to Jesus as Michael, which means that that is probably where Russell got the idea from. I also know of individual writers from mainstream Christianity who entertain the possibility. But it doesn't seem to be a tightly held doctrine in most denominations.
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Attention: Active Jehovah's Witness Parents
by Sea Breeze in
1. jw
2. friends
this young jw lady was shunned by her parents since she was 18 or 19 years old.

she was befriended by the older man that you see in the picture.

perhaps you recognize him?
NotFormer

BoogerMan, the initials on the plane are JE, for Epstein himself, but I can certainly see what you're talking about! There's a certain subliminal feel to it, even though it can't in actuality be any more than coincidence.
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Any other churches call themselves the 'truth'??
by Beck_Melbourne in
1. jw
2. friends
old habits die hard...and quite often in my comments i will refer to the borg as the 'truth'.

does anyone know of any other churches that refer to their own particular church or religion as the 'truth'??

also, does anyone know how it originated...all my life i have used the term...comments like 'how long have u been in the truth?
NotFormer

slimboyfat (everytime I read your name, I hear "Weapon of Choice going through my head 😸): I thought if anyone could confirm that, it'd be you 👍
Jan, we mainstream Christians tend to refer to Jesus as "the Truth" (John 14:6), not our denominations.
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JW Conman on Loose - He & Followers tried to 'evict' Bank of America.
by skeeter1 in
1. social
2. current
pitchman now federal fugitive: federal authorities are looking for fugitive angel cruz, who led followers to try to 'evict' a palmetto bay bank of america.mon.

november 24, 2008; posted: 01:11 am todays top stocks.

click herenov 24, 2008 (the miami herald - mcclatchy-tribune information services via comtex) -- bac | quote | chart | news | powerrating -- passionately and to help many of his followers, angel cruz championed an unorthodox business network for the downtrodden who he believed were bullied by a corrupt u.s. banking system.
NotFormer

I became aware of Angel Cruz and his "In Jehovah We Trust" scam when I was just looking up private currencies. I looked him up on here, and sure enough, there he is. The article I read didn't actually identify him as a JW, but apparently he was. So BTTT with this post.
BTW, he managed to avoid capture for some time. He wasn't caught until 2020.
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Ken and Barbie
by peacefulpete in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
forgive the insensitivity of this but does the wt imagine the "resurrected" bodies of the dead will have useless genitalia?

or will the humans 2.0 have the smooth appearance of a ken doll or the nipple-less breasts of a barbie.

any breasts at all?
NotFormer

I'm aware of the discrepancies, Seabreeze. My question is to mainly point out the logical shortcomings of what I understand to be the WT position. Or at least, what I've been told in discussions on my doorstep. 🙋 As someone who was never a JW, I could be wrong as to what they really say about it all. That being said, I feel like the WT has always been deliberately vague about how the new system is supposed to work. 🤔