Posts by NotFormer

jesus has placed the weightiest of responsibilities on the faithful and discreet slave-namely,overseeing the domestics and giving out spiritual food atthe proper time.

jesus knew that those with greater responsibility have greater accountability.

NotFormer

"It is noteworthy that in Jesus’ illustration, the faithful and discreet slave receives two distinct appointments. The first is over the domestics; the second is over all the master’s belongings ..."

They do love them their two classes of everything, don't they?

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gossip

by Nancy1919 in

i was once was told by an jw elder it was a rule not to gossip or swear as it could harm someone, but i guess the new light allows this.

it was bad enough when they were calling people worldly now i heard a jw gossiping about someone and it was mean.just another reason i would never go back.

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NotFormer

"What? You had to be told by an elder that?"

Didn't your mother tell you to let someone finish a sentence before jumping on them in condemnation? The second half of the sentence concludes:

"but i guess the new light allows this"

Nice try making it about yourself, Rattigan, but the OP's point stands.

Would you have preferred her to frame it more as "As JWs, we were always told to do X, but now they seem to allow Y"?

You're being a bit nitpicky today.

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Why are the Governing Body Members always in-house New York Bethel members?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | february 2024.

''we are pleased to inform you that two additional brothers have been appointed to serve as members of the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses: brothers gage fleegle and jeffrey winder.

both brothers are anointed christians who have a long history of loyal service to jehovah.

NotFormer

Some people with real world experience would certainly help. Well, maybe. Perhaps it couldn't do more than the present day harm?

One of the main problems with the GB is that they live within a cloistered bubble.

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JWs major in minors!

by Vanderhoven7 in

how do jws major in minors?.

by the way, jws aren't the only ones.. .

NotFormer

What about all the stuff that they avoid, for their presumably pagan origins, but they happily use the pagan days of weekdays, like Thursday and Saturday, or calendar month names like January?

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Are You Confident With Covid Vaccines and What Officials Say Is The Right Thing To Do?

by minimus in

jw
friends

most of my friends have gotten the vaccines and are quite confident that it’s just what the doctor ordered.

i’m not confident with dr. fauci.

i don’t like the fact that the makers of the vaccines are not held responsible if someone taking the vac develops an illness or even death.

NotFormer

KerryKing, the one thing you can trust governments to get right! 🙄

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i couldn't get back to sleep last night, something my father said a few weeks ago popped into my head.. we were talking about obtaining citizenship, he doesn't need it, but was contemplating what benefits it could get him now he's a pensioner.. background : i've been disfellowhipped for 15 years, i was born in, he is an elder, very much pimi, he was also born in.. i said to him how citizenship would be difficult for him as it would require him to swear allegiance to the state?.

oh he said, thats just a crowd of people together in a big room for the swearing in event, it would be easy to just mumble or say nothing, nobody would know.. this has quietly been eating away in my mind, why did it bother me?.

last night it hit me, when i was in my first year of school, age 5, i came out of school one day with a balloon with two little pencils attached, a gift from a classmate who's birthday it was, every child got one.

NotFormer

Nope, not overreacting at all. A more blatant display of hypocrisy you're not likely to see.

Your parents were safely at work and at home while childhood you was having to navigate the strictures of their religion. They never had to see or feel what you went through.

The religion loathed children. They were useless impediments to "da werk".

I've heard that Stalin used to enjoy reading letters from the gulags, from innocent people who had been victimised by his policy that a certain percentage of citizens from every sector of society were sent on trumped up charges, guilty or not. The GB probably similarly enjoy the stories of suffering among the lesser JWs, especially those about children missing out on a normal childhood. Harsh and hyperbolic on my part? Yes. But you all already know how much I despise those guys and people like them.

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Memories of Excessive Laughter

by Sea Breeze in

jw
friends

jw's are not known for laughter.

there are the rare exceptions.

they are more known for their fear mongering and doomsday scenarios where "the dead shall come to be as manure on the surface of the ground from one end of the earth clear to the other".

NotFormer

"No, people don't say that about JWs, the WT just tells them that"

Spiritual Paradise Syndrome. 🙄

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The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum

by nicolaou in

jw
friends

https://youtu.be/on-y9pv-cja?si=lr1dar4yshvymk7a.

just a song i really like.

it don't mean nothin' .

NotFormer

https://youtu.be/1e13YjTPb_0?si=fFwTXgoBi5AUufF3