Posts by FedUpJW

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VERY NEW AT THIS BUT LOST IN SPACE

by stephenlettclownface in

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i apologize if this post ends up in the wrong place.

i have been a lurker here for several years.

i thoroughly enjoy this site, have for years, and read something or another on this site many times a week.

FedUpJW

God said: "This is my Son. LISTEN TO HIM" So simple, but of course JW's, just like the Pharisees, miss the point of it all. Of special note, to me at least, is that Jesus only gave his followers 2 commands:

Yet WT leaders of today with their books full of rules and regulations are exactly like the Pharisees of Jesus day and fit this scripture to a "T". (Matthew 23:4)  They bind up heavy loads and put them upon the shoulders of men, but they themselves are not willing to budge them with their finger.

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Today Dr. Peter McCullough said 'conspiracy theory' (which is in the April 2024 Watchtower) is a propaganda term! 😲

by was a new boy in

"misinformation, disinformation, science, this antiscience, uh conspiracy theory, these are propaganda terms.".

'don't use them' he says.

@ 19:33. https://youtu.be/miauulndllq?t=1173.

FedUpJW

Its a well known fact that Big Pharma manufacture and promote dangerous medicines.

Just read the list of dangerous, and sometimes fatal side effects that every. single. new. drug on the market have.

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Watchtower Campus

by Gorb in

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information about the new watchtower campus, ready in 2027.. https://www.brplusa.com/projects/watchtower-bible-tract-society-new-headquarters-campus-development.

g..

FedUpJW

Sounds innovative... and a bit costly.

Look at the progress we are making in taking care of Jehovah's creation with our innovative construction. It will be a costly project, so make sure to show Jehovah how much you appreciate this project and send your $$$$$ to us.

And remember we looovve ~~yeewww~~ your money!

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Wanting advise on a draft copy

by joe134cd in

i’m just curious what you think.

this is in its draft stages.

so excuse the mistakes and grammar.

FedUpJW

I remember the strong anti internet warnings too.

Likewise. Remember the Awake about the internet? Huge cover page splash picture of an Ethernet cable with the connector on one end and a venomous snake head on the other.

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What's the Worst Advice You Heard of an Elder Giving Someone?

by Sea Breeze in

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i believe an an elder told someone who's daughter (14 yo) became sexually active with a 26 year old in the neighborhood, that maybe they should get married.

so, they did... with parental consent.

he turned out to be a ex-convict who shot his first wife in the face with a shotgun.

FedUpJW

I fellow I know well was told when his adulterous wife left him and filed for divorce that he HAD to counter-sue her or he would not be free to remarry. He did as he was told which really p---ed off his soon to be ex. So in her anger instead of just divorcing him and going off with her new partner with what property was hers she fought like a wildcat and took everything from him. All she left him with was an old car, a rented efficiency apartment, and nearly $250,000 in maxed out joint credit card debt she incurred in his name without his knowledge prior to the divorce being finalized.

Then when he took on more work to repay the debts he was soft shunned for missing meetings and low field serve us hours. That's when he left the JW's. I should have followed him out then instead of running the hamster wheel for a few years more.

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Do JWs Really Say This?

by NotFormer in

i stumbled, via a google search, upon a part of jw space that is usually heavily defended against outsiders like my good self.

in a discussion, someone started their post with "i (started doing x)... when the slave began to suggest doing so"*.

do pimis really talk that way?

FedUpJW

I didn't think that the R&F would copy them and use it in general conversation.

Where I am located everyone seemed to use that term like some kind of verbal talisman. It was always "The Slave" this, and "The Slave" that. Before I walked away from the hamster wheel I would always correct them, just to piss them off and say, "You mean the governing body!" They hated that because it reinforced they were lower than a slave (servant) and obedient to a governing body of rule makers, not being looked after by some mysterious "slave".

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Murderous Jehovah's Witness bludgeoned female customer before leading meeting. Spiritual paradise?

by Balaamsass2 in

1/31/2024 in the strange but true category.

confused holy spirit appoints killer servant.

"" a twisted jehovah's witness bludgeoned a woman he rowed with over incomplete building works to death with a hammer, then merrily whistled as he packed up his tools and went to lead a service at the church where they met.

FedUpJW

You just wonder what in the world it could possibly take to make people at least question the appointment arrangement when something like this happens.

They don't question it. The stock "go to" answers are, "Holy Spirit allowed him to be appointed as a test to see if JW's would be loyal and obedient to the organizations arrangement," and, "He met the qualifications at the time he was appointed, but free will let him change AFTER the appointment," Then they stick their fingers in their ears and run away.

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Super Duper Awkward

by Slidin Fast in

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did anyone else find the teen section on the meeting tonight massively cringeworthy?

i saw two kids who will be laughing stocks for life after their world wide exposure.

complete exploitation in my opinion, unforgivable..

FedUpJW

Regardless of what they claim, JW's are the most sex-crazed idiots around. They talk about it (sex bad), they think about (must confess to sinning in my heart), they think everyone is doing it like rabbits (we don't though, we run away), and the most ridiculous one of all (everyone wants to have sex with us anywhere, anytime, because we be JW and we be so chaste and guud).

I'm old enough to remember all the sex talks in the old service meeting. That's where I learned all about oral sex, anal sex, fornicating sex, sex with animals ad nauseam.

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How many different "rules" do Jehovah's Witnesses have to obey? Can you count them?

by Balaamsass2 in

all the big changes for jws since this last fall brought me back to this site, and got me and the wife talking.

just how many things were we not allowed to do growing up as jehovah's witnesses?

we were so used to all the rules, customs, and traditions, that we became used to them.. one site i found claims there are 141 unique rules!!

FedUpJW

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SCHEMING TO END YOUR MARRIAGE NOW AS BAD AS APOSTASY

by raymond frantz in

https://youtu.be/-yvykw37rzo?si=vwokohrdq2b53fmh.

by now, it should be painfully obvious that we live in a post tonny morris era where the floods of organizational changes have become possible and a new version of the religion, some have called it warchtower 2.0 is emerging with a soft approach to disfellowshipping practices across the board for all those sinners.

nevertheless 3 groups of people will still be targeted for harsh excommunication, we know the first two well :csa perpetrators and apostates.

FedUpJW

or he pressured his innocent mate to reject him so that she eventually agreed to a divorce, he has dealt treacherously with her. (Mal. 2:14-16) He would not qualify for special privileges for many years

Unless like one guy where I live, you give BIG $$$$$ contributions to the congregation. He made elder in just a short time even though he was bar-hopping and doing everything except intercourse with multiple non JW women. First wife was made the scapegoat when that marriage ended, and He did the same thing with his second JW wife. He always managed to come out the "innocent" one as far as elders were concerned.