Posts by FedUpJW

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In Response to Anony Mous regarding the 144,000 and other questions...

by EasyPrompt in

still, you hold onto false teachings of the wtbts which are only there for the enrichment of its chiefs.. as pointed out, the rest of the book of revelation is figurative, yet you hold that the number 144,000 is literal.

the wtbts currently says that this number is limited to those running the wtbts and that anyone claiming to be part of it outside that self-selecting group could be mentally ill.. by what reasoning (not from wtbts origin) do you believe only 144,000 people will be ‘saved’, and how do you know who is part of this self-selected group, given virtually no other religious denomination does even remotely believe in the literalism of revelation.

do they have to be jws?

FedUpJW

144,000-literal or figurative?

It DOESN'T matter! You and I ain't part of it!

A "great crowd" which no man was able to number? Now that's funny. Especially given that the WT has in fact put a number on them today. They are the baptized JW's who in their own literature are claimed to be the ONLY ones worthy of any salvation. Now "nu-lite" says that even death (the penalty for sin) does not pay that debt any longer. To buy into the ever changing WT interpretations of anything is a pretty lame way to live.

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Sign of the Last Days

by Fisherman in

in the sermon on the mount, jesus foretold that earthquakes “in one place after another” would be part of the sign of the last days clímaxing in the great tribulation.. what could jesus possibly have meant?

using a phone app nowadays, there are earthquakes detected in one place after another but is this what jesus meant and did they have so many earthquakes throughout the centuries affter his prophecy or are these modern day detected earthquakes unique to this epoch?

how can we be sure unequivocally that modern day earthquakes are part of the sign fulfilling bible prophecy?.

FedUpJW

At some time in the next year there will be days where it rains. And days when it's sunny. It will also get cold for a while then get warm again. Also there will be reports of snow somewhere and reports of drought elsewhere..

That's just "climate change".

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JW Elder Sentenced for CSA

by EasyPrompt in

https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/09/01/jehovah-witness-elder-sentenced-jail-child-sexual-abuse-case/?outputtype=amp.

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FedUpJW

That is not an unreasonable understanding of Paul's words that an overseer should be "a husband of one wife"

You cannot be serious! If THAT is reasonable, then it would follow that NO SINGLE MAN would ever be appointed. He doesn't even have ONE wife!

I would bet you were or would make a great JW elder though.

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JW Elder Sentenced for CSA

by EasyPrompt in

https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/09/01/jehovah-witness-elder-sentenced-jail-child-sexual-abuse-case/?outputtype=amp.

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FedUpJW

I can’t understand what they were thinking when they appointed him.

They weren't! To hear then tell it men are appointed by Holy Spirit. I know a guy who not so long ago was informed that he would not ever be appointed because one of the requirements was to be a husband of ONE WIFE, and he had been married twice. He was therefore the husband of TWO WIVES, although not at the same time.

To refresh our memories, in the event we may have forgotten, there is NO HOLY SPIRIT directing these men.

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If JW is not the truth, then what is the true religion?

by TxNVSue2023 in

even though i'm disfellowshiped ( & i belive wrongfully so).

i still belive this is the truth.

i have been d'f for about 8 months now and working on reinstatement.

FedUpJW

It was near 100 degrees today where I live. High humidity and so I got very thirsty working outside. My neighbor offered me a tall glass of iced water. It was 95% water, and 5% cyanide. Should I have gulped it down? After all it was mostly water.

If you get my point no explanation is needed, if you don't then no explanation is enough.

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Aftermath of being Reinstated

by TxNVSue2023 in

i'm in the process of being reinstated ( my df'ing story is on here).

because i've never been in this position before, i don't know how i will be treated once i'm reinstated.

i moved to a new city/state and i don't know a single person here or in my new congregation i am attending.

FedUpJW

Donating $$ visibly in the box by CHECK seems to help since a couple of brothers will see them and possibly discuss them.

That is the key to being accepted. As one guy (now an elder) told me years ago when I temporarily thought I would like to be married, "Don't get married. Just hire a couple hookers when you are in Las Vegas, come back and say you had a moment of weakness and you are sorry. Then make a BIG contribution to the congregation, maybe even slip a few Benjamins to the elders, and all will be okay."

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Sagely advice of a CO

by Vidqun in

“a circuit overseer started out by saying that on this last round of the circuit, the one thing he noticed the most...is that everyone is physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually drained...and that cuts across all barriers and demographics within the truth.

he then said that the one common thread that ran among nearly everyone was this: we feel guilty for feeling bad.

he said because we are told to endure with joy, our minds can cause us to feel enormous guilt over feeling this way...and then, my dear brothers and sisters...he proceeded to blow our collective minds.. he asked us to turn to daniel 8:27….

FedUpJW

A Circuit Overseer started out by saying that the one thing he noticed the most...is that everyone is physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually drained.

Then no doubt "encouraged them to DO MORE, GIVE MORE, spend MORE TIME running the JW hamster wheel.

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Truth about Covid vaccines

by Kosonen in

jw
friends

i hope the truth about the covid vaccines becomes public knowledge as it does now in australia.

senator malcom roberts tells it all in his speach.

https://youtu.be/vrlm8ybdhiy.

FedUpJW

Could you be more specific?

Trump didn't shut down the economy like the leftist government tools did, and when he did try to curtail international travel he was accused of being a racist xenophobe by the left. Otherwise as far as I know all those you mentioned fall into that group.

Medically it was the un-elected bureaucrats in the WHO, the CDC, HHS, social media, so-called news organizations in the U.S. that mandated what people must to without question or personal choice under penalty of losing jobs, losing their lives due to refused surgeries, and being cancelled and de-platformed if they did not bow to the jab police.

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Truth about Covid vaccines

by Kosonen in

jw
friends

i hope the truth about the covid vaccines becomes public knowledge as it does now in australia.

senator malcom roberts tells it all in his speach.

https://youtu.be/vrlm8ybdhiy.

FedUpJW

I notice that I am on a board of former members of a specific cult that preached against „mainstream medicine“ and had exclusive knowledge about world events.

Perhaps. I do note though that those FORMER MEMBERS recognized it when they had been LIED TO. I also note that there are some who seem to have only exchanged one group of religious high control men who mandate you must think as they do with no questions or personal choice allowed for a different group of high control government/medical men who demand that you think as they do with no questions or personal choice allowed.

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Theocratic Dressing Standard

by NotFormer in

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an enthusiastic new recruit attends the kingdom hall.

the elders aren't sure about his style of wardrobe.. does something like this ever really happen with new recruits?.

FedUpJW

That photo reminds me of an off color joke from decades ago before it would get one cancelled to tell it.

It had to do with two elders who questioned a young man about a suit much like the one in the photo for appealing to, as Tomo III would say it, homosexuals.

He said it was an honest mistake as he had asked his wife to go to Cox's and buy him a seersucker suit for the summer, and his wife went instead to Sears.

I'll see myself out, and don't forget to tip your server.

(P.S. Feel free to remove this if it is too offensive.)