Posts by Doofgrandaddy

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Would I be disfellowshiped for this?

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

if a publisher openly told the elders that they thought the gb were wrong about some or a lot of things, but said they will not share these thoughts with anyone else then would this be a case of disassociation disgfellowship?.

my guess is lots of elders meetings and shepherding calls to try to get you to say something they could use against you.. but what would be the sin in which you are not repented?.

the only reason to be dissed is non repentance?.

Doofgrandaddy

After studying the watchtower on the changed generation doctrine at the Sunday meeting (mid 90's), I was so shocked that I approached an old "elder" and explained that I had been going door to door for decades telling people we were in the last days as the generation seeing 1914 were getting so old. His response?

You better be careful as you are sounding like an apostate!!

All his life he would have preached the same doctrine and one article and all is forgotten.

They were after me after that and now I can thank them for their stupidity and hate as it helped me escape this cult.

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Physically in mentally agnostic ie sitting on the fence

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

hi everyone i’m not pimi or pimo i’m pima.. i don’t think the gb have everything right but i’m sitting on the fence that maybe they do some things.. if the great trib starts i will jump that side of the fence.. this is a definite little sneaky advantage dodging but even by their own doctrine last min some could come in.. i suspect many are like me.. i spent years in bethel and am very disappointed and disillusioned by it all.. but at the end of the day i love the bible and think it is the word of god and i don’t see any other religion that comes as close to what jesus describes his true followers or who are fulfilling mat 24:14..

Doofgrandaddy

This person isn't "sitting on the fence."

They are hiding under a bridge :)

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Life In Communist Victoria Australia If You Are In The Workforce

by jonahstourguide in

well, it has happened.. workers in these industries will be forced to vax or lose their employment.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/victoria-which-authorised-workers-mandatory-vaccination-onsite/100506980.

i'm glad to be out of the workforce.. never thought it would come to this in a supposed democratic society.. no wonder protests and law suits are increasing in intensity.

like for fucks sake,,, a worker at a takeaway bottle / liquor shop.

Doofgrandaddy

Sheperdless

These gronks are too thick to understand this video

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If you could pick out critical errors to the JWS religion what would it be ?

by Rocketman123 in

many that have come to this forum have left the jws religion and moved on with their lives but from a outsider's viewpoint what do think makes the jws religion wrong or incorrect as a active christian faith ?.

somethings come to mind such as its long continuous end times/armageddon soon doctrine which has really been a core doctrine for decades going right back to its beginning .. maybe they should have adopted the stance as other christian based faiths and adhered to jesus's own words when he said " no one knows of the time not even he ".

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Doofgrandaddy

I'll go back to the beginning...

The sheer audacity of a 19th century store keeper (Russell) believing that "God's Organisation" had disappeared after the first century and that God was now directing him and only him to revive the Eternal Truths to the whole world would in our current times be diagnosable in DSM-5 as psychosis....

Or it was a massive scam

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Remembering Rutherford

by Sea Breeze in

he seems to me to be the angriest and most ill-tempered of all the wt presidents, especially after his stint in prison and failed prophecies.. “regarding his misguided statements as to what we could expect in 1925, he [rutherford] once confessed to us at bethel, “i made an ass of myself.”” watchtower 1984 oct 1 p.24.

rutherford died at beth sarim on january 8, 1942, at the age of 72.

[220] cause of death was...carcinoma of the rectum..."[21] .

Doofgrandaddy

Don't forget it was the Great Depression when he bought these (yes there were two). There is a story that they were "gifts" from wealthy power families in the jws but really?

Imagine how many dirt poor and possibly starving jws gave pennies to this organisation thinking it would be spent on god's work only to see it spent on a bachelor pad in trendy 30's L.A. etc

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What is your status (as of today) as a Jehovah's Witness?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

active believer...still attend meetings, go out in field service, believe it's ''the truth''.

active non-believer... go to meetings and field service to please family... living a double life .

inactive believer...don't attend meetings but believe it's the truth, one day might go back to kingdom hall.

Doofgrandaddy

I'm a IHNI

I have no idea. Once I opened my eyes I never stepped foot into a kh again and refused to speak to the (attempted) hounders.

That must have pissed them off no end.

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Do old time present day active JW`s genuinely believe in overlapping generations ?

by smiddy3 in

for the life of me i can not come to terms with old timers in the "truth" who could swallow this interpretation of scripture about an overlapping generation .. when jesus spoke about "this generation" .

are their any real bible students among younger ones any more ?.

here are 3 bible scriptures that confirm a generation is approximately 40- 50 years long give or take a few years .. 1. matt:1 :17 abraham born 2016-18 bc jesus born 2 bc approx.

Doofgrandaddy

When the WT came out in the 90's I fronted the elders with what I had been preaching for decades about the "last days" and "generation" and how the new light didn't make sense. Their response? Be very careful as that is apostate thinking.....

Never stepped into kh since

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Robbing your child of a normal upbringing

by RiverPeace in

happy to be joining you!.

i am a 75 year old, who was baptized in 1968. had the full-on jw experience.

elder since 1974. reg pioneered 20 years.

Doofgrandaddy

Just love him and enjoy the precious time you have left with him.

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New Guy on the Block

by truthwillsetyoufree in

jw
friends

https://youtu.be/tgj0uftusba.

a new youtuber has hit the "apostate" scene this week.

recently disfellowshipped, he has hit the ground running with his first video with many many more to follow.

Doofgrandaddy

Probably a simpler question to JWs is..

So when god destroys this wicked world and he takes control all animals will be herbivores, yes? Well how come the birds are invited to feast on the carcasses of the wicked?

If they say it is gradual the obvious question is, so god allows wicked behaviour if it suits his plan?

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"Great Reset" and the Borg

by mikeflood in

wow, just watched a video from the 'world economic forum' , a respectable organization by the way, not the usual conspiracy lunatic theorist.

it says that by 2030 meat is gonna be a treat not widely available like today, that the us is not gonna be a global superpower anymore, instead a handful of countries will dominate and that people is not gonna own nothing but will be happy.. well, that would help the borg to keep the craziness going on.. thoughts?

what's this great reset?.

Doofgrandaddy

Well,

After my six+ decades on this planet I have seen convenience increase massively. I have seen information explode. I have seen the population of my country nearly triple. I have seen food choice beyond my wildest dreams. I have seen international travel become so cheap and easy. Material goods beyond our wildest dreams in the 60's...

But

I have also seen the loss of the individual. I have seen the loss of privacy, even private thoughts. I see the roads crowded 24/7, tourist places choked and polluted. Loss of national identity as our country is awash with new permanent residents who seem determined not to integrate but keep their individual "community".. Simply too many humans generally... This of course leads to massive pressure on the natural environment.

But the greatest change I've seen is general mental health especially amongst young people. The volume of people medicated or medicating via soft and hard drugs/alcohol is staggering (in my observation). Suicide the silent killer on the rise. Self harming another hidden epidemic. It appears that people cannot adapt fast enough to the rapid changes in the material world but I cannot see the surge in tech slowing any time soon.