Posts by FedUpJW

i haven't a clue if it's technically feasible but i think if you're going to hit the dislike button on a post you should be open to discussion with the poster.. just your own topics and posts of course.

what do you think simon?.

FedUpJW

When I downvote a post it has not ever been because of WHO made the post, it has been WHAT the post said, and I have downvoted some of even Simon's posts for that reason. I do not always have to spell out a reason for a downvote. There are more times than not I just don't give any vote one way or another. That said there are a very few posters here that I personally cannot abide almost everything they post, those I just go by and move on to something more interesting.

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Likes and Dislikes. How about making the identities known to the poster?

by nicolaou in

i haven't a clue if it's technically feasible but i think if you're going to hit the dislike button on a post you should be open to discussion with the poster.. just your own topics and posts of course.

what do you think simon?.

FedUpJW

Bad idea! could lead to retaliatory dislikes just because someone didn't agree with and/or fawn over someone else's comment. IMO.

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1290 JW Congregations have been deleted since 4th Dec 2022

by ComingOutaMyCage in

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https://i.redd.it/hd9p1g3ssr2b1.jpg.

1290 jw congregations have been deleted since 4th dec 2022. i have a full map so you can explore active/deleted congs, and also orphaned halls https://analytics.jws-library.one/viewmap.html.

many of the deletions in the usa appear to be foreign language groups.

FedUpJW

They did announce a few years ago that they were scaling back “foreign language” because it wasn’t as productive as they hoped.

I wonder where in their Bible Jesus said to, ". . .Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, but only if it is as productive as YOU hope it should be."

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My old congregation is being shuttered

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

i just found out from my jehovah's witness cousin that my old congregation is being shuttered due to lack of elders, less than 20 members attending, and that the congregation cannot meet their monthly expenses.. here is a congregation that was started in 1975 with less than 15 members.

it grew to 185 members in the 1990's.

the congregation grew so large that the elders decided to split the congregation in two.

FedUpJW

Where I used to attend had a congregation in the high 90's low 100's every single meeting. Members paid for and built a new KH with their own time, labor, and money, had to turn it over to the WT$ in the money grab for property years ago, and it now sits empty even after the plandemic due to no money to fix what is going wrong. Mold so bad that it has been pretty well shuttered, but can't be either fixed or sold by the local congregation without permission or orders from the branch. Members are now driving thirty minutes each way to the next town over. Less than 25 ever at the hall. Four towns congregations in the area are sharing the two usable halls that are left, the third sits empty, and the fourth has sold. Less attendance total for the four congregations now than any single one had twenty years ago.

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In the latest JW_ORG cartoon video, young Caleb learns from his father that he does not have to be baptized to be a Jehovah's Witness

by jwleaks in

in the latest jw_org cartoon caleb learns from his father that he can be a jehovah's witness without being baptized by becoming an 'unbaptized publisher'.. the video also refers to a potential meeting with the elders to discuss caleb becoming an 'unbaptized publisher'.. https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/children/become-jehovahs-friend/activities/become-an-unbaptized-publisher/.

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FedUpJW

"Un"baptized?

What about the watchtower mags that have said that unless one is BAPTIZED as a JW they are not in line for salvation?

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The Org. covering up the SHUNNING POLICY !!

by Phizzy in

https://avoidjw.org/news/jehovahs-witnesses-mysteriously-deleted-shunning-videos/?fbclid=iwar3jjfsa3zx-4kxrdtjwopmzty-5wxhrxm1-gvjtp9j20ovqfpxh.

FedUpJW

To be fair JW's think they have Biblical backing for their shunning.

(Luke 10:30-32) 30 In reply Jesus said: “A disfellowshipped man was going from home to the grocery store and fell among robbers, who both stripped him and inflicted blows, and went off, leaving him half-dead. 31 Now, by coincidence, a certain elder was going down over that road, but, when he saw him, he went by on the opposite side. 32 Likewise, a pioneer also, when he got down to the place and saw him, went by on the opposite side."

Oh wait! Jesus ate with sinners, and never said anything like that!

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Regional convention 2023

by sove in

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any streamed content from this years regional convention available with any of you guys?

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FedUpJW

Agreed with the DONATE comments.

They no longer even try to hide the fact that that is their primary focus mentioning donating at every opportunity possible. It isn't about God, Christ, love or anything positive for people. It is only about $$$$$