Yes this is just the start. They are in panic mode.
To sum up where this man made organisation is heading “it’s upto your Bible trained conscience (accepting blood, xmas, sex outside marriage ect) and as to interpretation of scripture we just don’t know”
this will alleviate all future lawsuits but won’t be able to help with current lawsuits before this new light is announced.
JWs will become like most mainstream churches where members only go occasionally and don’t live upto what the church teaches but the religious leaders turn a blind eye otherwise they would lose most members.
if someone is breaking their rules they will have an announcement the elders are dealing with it, and that person will have shepherd calls asking what help they need
nobody will be shunned and those who were shunned will be begged to come back
Posts by Elena
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86New light on shunning?
by Mikejw inone theory why tony was booted out was because he was a stickler for not changing the shunning doctrine.
he actually said the words we will never ever change it.. they are slowly deleting all of tony’s videos and now losing court cases and losing government hand outs in places like norway.. it’s looking very likely they will release new light on shunning policy after losing this latest one in norway.. .
what are the odds they coincidentally get new light from jehovah and lighten up their shunning policy ?.
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GB Update #2, March 2024: Women allowed to wear pants, no ties/coats required if not giving a talk, & now able to greet DF ones in the KH!
by WingCommander inyou heard me correct, this is not a joke, and it is not april fools day!
the asl portion of the governing body updated #2 (march 2024) has been released a bit early and someone caught it.
summary: .
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Elena
Yes this is just the start. They are in panic mode.
To sum up where this man made organisation is heading “it’s upto your Bible trained conscience and as to interpretation we just don’t know”
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)
by Simon inuh 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.
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Lloyd released a long long video about the worst videos of last year, then the update came out and he rushed a short response to it
so hardly anyone will watch his long long video because it’s already old news
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New light
by Elena inthings are changing so rapidly.
there is so much confusion now.. if we can talk to disfellowshiped/disassociated ones to invite them to meetings then is it really going to stop there?.
some family members haven’t had contact for decades and now after yesterdays new light they will all be getting calls.
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Things are changing so rapidly. There is so much confusion now.
If we can talk to disfellowshiped/disassociated ones to invite them to meetings then is it really going to stop there?
Some family members haven’t had contact for decades and now after yesterdays new light they will all be getting calls
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New rules for dress & greeting disfellowshipped: It's even worse!
by neat blue dog ini know they're panicking and trying to gain favor with governments, former members, prospective converts & those who are teetering, all for financial worries.
still, the latest update in some ways made things worse, and if there's any jws watching it who are beginning to wake up it should be very disturbing.. starting with dress codes: they say that suits, ties & skirts are no longer required, but in so doing they admit that they were required, something not often appearing as an explicit command in print.
(similar to how lett referred to the "policy on beards" in his video, even though this direct policy wasn't made available to rank and file.
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Can brothers wear jumpers? Or any smart tops
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GB Update #2, March 2024: Women allowed to wear pants, no ties/coats required if not giving a talk, & now able to greet DF ones in the KH!
by WingCommander inyou heard me correct, this is not a joke, and it is not april fools day!
the asl portion of the governing body updated #2 (march 2024) has been released a bit early and someone caught it.
summary: .
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Elena
Elders now meet with all disfellowshipped every six months.
They are begging people to come back because the numbers are falling so much.
The slackening off of shunning rules means hardly anyone will be disfellowshipped anymore. They will overlook young ones who slip up and envying sun as long as they say they are sorry.
And they are begging all who have left the Borg to come back
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Can you openly express doubts in the congregation these days?
by Elena ini know of a lovely old sister who has been a jw for several decades now who openly expresses doubts about jw interpretations.. she does it in such a lovely way and everyone loves her.
she is such a sweet old soul, makes everyone happy around her.. she has said things like- even if we have got it wrong about this and that i still believe the bible is gods word”.
she answers up regularly and she goes on ministry groups but like most of us she is definitely jwlite, we don’t really do door to door work anymore.
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According to the confidential elders’ manual “Shepherding the Flock of God”, that sentiment would technically constitute “apostasy”.
If you express doubts about the vaccine is that doubting the GB are who they say they are? If so then many many JWs including many elders are doubting the GB then they are all apostates?Even expressing doubts that someone wishes they didn’t take so many of these vaccines as they have been bad for your health, that is doubting the GB direction? But many are indeed doing this
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Only SEVEN (7) people will survive the great tribulation!
by BoogerMan inif the faithful evil slave says it, it must be true!.
w78 8/15 p. 31 - "accordingly, the present period is the conclusion of the entire wicked system of things, which will be climaxed by a “tribulation such as has not occurred from the beginning of the creation.”....in fact, it will even be greater than the flood of noah’s time when the entire “world of that time suffered destruction when it was deluged with water.”.
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The new light is now that not only JWs but possibly many others will make it through but can’t be dogmatic we just dont know
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Were JW Celebrities Ever An Asset To The Organisation?
by NotFormer injust wondering if the rich celebrities that occasionally were aligned with the wt gave enough to the 'tower to be a worthwhile presence within the organisation?.
my gut instinct is: "no".
i imagine that the jackson family gave a fair bit, but it was obviously never enough to buy michael the right to be held as being in good standing.
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Coco Rocha is a Jehovah's Witness and the Canadian model explains her religion a bit in a new magazine interview. "There aren't many Witnesses who are in the public eye. -
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Conversation with old friend
by LongHairGal ini recently had a conversation with an old acquaintance from the congregation i used to attend.
we talked about the recent changes in the 2023 annual meeting.
i especially pointed out the one about getting rid of hourly reporting on monthly time slips.
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But, as a ‘brother’, you were more accepted
This is so true. But still most brothers don’t want to do more.
they can just say no sorry. Then they get asked why they don’t want to reach out and they just say life is hard enough why add all that extra pressure of working for free when I don’t have to