Posts by ExBethelitenowPIMA

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Fading is better then completely leaving...comments?

by Witness 007 in

i got the internet in my house and realised it's all lies....but as a pioneer/ministerial servant i chose to fade.

see i had family and friends who were fully strict witnesses.

so i played the poor lost soul brother who is not sure what's happening.

ExBethelitenowPIMA

You don’t have to watch your words being JWlite anymore than any other religion. We all have to watch our words in any situation anywhere.

You can now openly express that you are not sure about this or that. You can now say you think the vaccine was not safe.

only recently if you said the vaccine was not safe someone would say that’s just Satan trying to discredit the governing body.

but things have definitely changed now, you can openly express doubts, without being called into the back room. And even if you were called into the back room that is not going to lead to being shunned or anything. As long as you can’t be accused of causing division.

even if you were accused of causing divisions in the congregation you could deny it, saying you are not pushing your ideas on anyone else but just expressing you have doubts about the GB. If some elders wanted to push for a judicial committee then all you have to do is say that doing so would make you Suicidal then it won’t go any further

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world war 111 ?

by stan livedeath in

well--with ww3 widely forecast--can we expect to see a large growth in jw membership ?.

ExBethelitenowPIMA

Some say WW3 had already started just prod wars for now. The difference this time around is you can’t have a nuclear power lose the war because everyone knows what that would mean.

How can Russia ever lose? They can’t.

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Fading is better then completely leaving...comments?

by Witness 007 in

i got the internet in my house and realised it's all lies....but as a pioneer/ministerial servant i chose to fade.

see i had family and friends who were fully strict witnesses.

so i played the poor lost soul brother who is not sure what's happening.

ExBethelitenowPIMA

You can have that weight lifted from your shoulders by choosing JWlite. Things have changed recently and those who left years ago don’t understand how much things have changed.

I can see some toxic advice on these forums from xJWs who did hard exit and advise others to do the same because it makes them feel better about their decision. Misery loves company.

The best advice is not to do a hard exit because you will be shunned for the rest of your life by all JWs.

Just do a soft exit either become inactive and still go to meetings/ministry or fade completely and stop everything if that’s what you want.

Do it in a smart way. Don’t write a letter and don’t go and say something that will get you shunned.

It’s surprising these days what you can say and stay Jwlite. For example asking others in the congregation “have you ever doubted the GB?” Depending on how they answer you could take it either way by saying “yes we know the are not inspired or infallible they are just doing their best”

or you could push a little more if you feel you may be talking to someone else who is also jwlite.

For me I want to keep a hope that the Bibles promises may have some truth to them, but I don’t think anyone has the correct understanding or interpretation’s especially not JWs. But JWs are great people and it’s a great social club. As time goes on more and more are like me.

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Has The Interpretation of the Beast Changed?

by NotFormer in

my understanding* is that the un is supposed to be the wild beast of revelation.

the un only came into being after wwii, so what was the beast before the new light came about?

i can't see a speculative organisation like the wt not having an interpretation of the beast before the un came into being.

ExBethelitenowPIMA

I always thought the beast was the League of Nations before, this then became the UN? They teach it only came into existence in the last days so I guess 1914 again

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Depression & Isolation

by TxNVSue2023 in

i've been recently reinstated & am very happy about it.

i do love righteous (love & justice) and i do hate wickedness ( selfishness & sin).

i do love jehovah and the bible truths & wisdom.

ExBethelitenowPIMA

First thing is talk to your group overseer. The elders will help you.

before the elders make efforts to help, try to help yourself first.

invite different ones for a meal, get involved with the congregation. Get to ministry groups and always go for coffee breaks, even if just on zoom.

that way at the meetings you will have ones to talk to and more meaningful conversations.

even if you stay JWlite and don’t fully believe all JW interpretations of the Bible then you can still have hope in the Bibles promises

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Is there “new light” on 1914?

by wallsofjericho in

i’m hearing paraphrasing like “we just don’t know” .

is this regarding 1914?

or micheal the arch angel?.

ExBethelitenowPIMA

Gorb I noticed it a lot with Sam Turd. It’s kind of polite nervous laugh, over anything that Sam tries to make funny because they feel they should.

I remember his talk about a new release and he lost the envelope, he said is it here, nope. And everyone polite nervous laughed, then he was like is it over here ah here it is, and people were saying to each other oh he is so funny. But is he really?

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So what happens next...

by Farmer Jim1 in

jw
friends

with what is arguably the biggest change to jw life in recent decades (the scrapping of publishers counting hours) what does this lead to?.

in my mind these are the results;.

1) a massive decrease in 'preaching hours'.

ExBethelitenowPIMA

There is such a shortage of brothers midweek now they are having sisters take the group and say prayers

how things have changed

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Is there “new light” on 1914?

by wallsofjericho in

i’m hearing paraphrasing like “we just don’t know” .

is this regarding 1914?

or micheal the arch angel?.

ExBethelitenowPIMA

They haven’t mentioned 1914 doctrinal changes but sometimes recently they have actually said about 1914 instead of just saying 1914.

When you think about the changes about who will be killed at Armageddon they said we just don’t know, so they are admitting they never knew.

If they even admitted they never knew about 1914 and it was just copying William Miller then it would be too much for average Jdub to take.

They can’t admit this, but then again at some point they will have to. There is no way out, they have painted themselves into a corner

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🎄The Life of Antony Morris

by Diogenesister in

🎄 just thought this not former/vidiot back & forth deserved it's own christmas special !!!🎄.

vidiot6 days ago.

notformer - “…if he does attend a kingdom hall physically, i imagine there're some ‘security’ arrangements in place…”.

ExBethelitenowPIMA

I’ve just been listening to this interview who say Tony Morris was often playing with his penis with his hands in his pockets

https://youtu.be/nVjcxaAM99w?feature=shared

she said he was doing that while being secretly filmed for bottlegate

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General Amnesty For Disfellowshipped

by NotFormer in

future gb: "please come back!

all is forgiven!".

would it work?

ExBethelitenowPIMA

This is absolutely true the threat of disfellowshipping doesn’t carry the same weight it used to.

Most just ignore the direction to shun. What can the elders do if parents keep having associations with dissed family members?

Would the elders really threaten to disfellowship the parents as well? In the past that may have been a possibility, but these days there wouldn’t be many left in the congregation they are so desperate to cling on to numbers