Posts by FedUpJW

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2024 year Highlights: JWs hit 9 million Publishers

by Sanchy in

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watchtower put out some highlights for the 2024 service year:.

average publishers: 8,828,124. peak publishers: 9,043,460. a 43.2 percent increase in "those who returned to jehovah", meaning 65,816 were reinstated.

baptized: 296,267. memorial attendance: 21,119,442. missing stat: number of partakers .. womp womp.

FedUpJW

They asked me for my email address so they could send me a 'personal invitation' to download the app, but when I refused they were miffed.

Same here. My answer was thanks but no thanks, after all the creators of that app stated they were not doing it with the backing of jay double you dot org and it was not endorsed by that website so in "obedience" to governing body orders about using websites not endorsed by the governing body I declined to download anything from that site. You would have thought I had offered one of their first born to Dagon or Chemosh something.

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WT vs Norway - WT sends letter to the goverment saying they have now changed their practice on DF. Asks for their funding back

by liam in

disfellowshipping is slowly fading into the night.. last efforts to survive.. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1gh3ilq/wt_vs_norway_wt_sends_letter_to_the_goverment/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button.

FedUpJW

An outhouse by any other name still smells like shit!

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Biden calls Trump supporters garbage

by moomanchu in

a comedian in a comedy sketch at a trunp rally joked that the island of puerto rico is a floating island of garbage.. what to do???

potus pappy joe to the rescue!!

he sounds the alarm, comes out swinging and calls trump supporters, actual people, garbage.. .

FedUpJW

So riley must be a Trump supporter!

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PRESIDENTIAL predictions...let the prognosticators have their say!

by Terry in

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my only prowess in making predictions stems from my 77-years of life in the united statesgrowing up under president truman, eisenhower, kennedy, nixon, .....etc.

etc.i was a widdle kid sitting in front of a tiny black and white tv set when the very first broadcastsof political conventions, deal-making, debates (nixon vs kennedy), assassinations (jfk, rfk, martin luther king, etc.

) i grew up with duck and cover under my elementary schooldesk, the cold war, the iron curtain, the korean war, the vietnam war and i went to federal prisonas a jw conscientious objector while hippies, flower children, political activists protested and universitystudents were fired up on by troops.i grew up reading newspapers (2 of them).

FedUpJW

Trump will win. Kamalaladingdong, will 25th amendment buy-dem, then "investigate" the 2020 election and declare Trump really did win that election and mandate he is termed out and cannot be President for a "third" term.

Than all Hell breaks loose and the Marxist left declares martial law, and their agenda comes to completion.

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Loss of a Jehovah’s Witness who I considered a friend

by Fallen_Winter in

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i have known a jehovah’s witness for approximately 15 years and i have considered her a friend although i know that jehovah’s witnesses cannot have friends who are not jehovah’s witnesses.

approximately two years ago, i was going through a very difficult time and i asked my friend if we could have bible study.

she said yes and we have been studying the bible since.

FedUpJW

Conducting Bible studies is not about spreading Bible truths, no ... is only about conversion. And when it is not happening, Witnesses are told to move on to a more deserving souls.

That is the truth, and all the while the JW will brazenly lie to your face and tell you that their purpose is not conversion, but rather only encouraging bible study and information.

Here are their own words from their official website F.A.Q.'s in writing.

Am I Expected to Become One of Jehovah's Witnesses if I Study the Bible With Them?

No, you are not obligated in any way. Millions enjoy our Bible study program without becoming Jehovah’s Witnesses. a The purpose of the program is to show you what the Bible teaches. What you decide to do with that knowledge is up to you. We recognize that faith is a personal matter.—Joshua 24:15.

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1/25 WT: Oral and Anal sex are a go - if she's ok with it

by neat blue dog in

he will not pressure her to engage in sexual acts that make her feel uncomfortable, that are demeaning, or that bother her conscience..... the bible does not provide details as to what sexual practices between a husband and a wife should be considered clean or unclean.

a christian couple must make decisions that reflect their resolve to honor jehovah, to please each other, and to maintain a clean conscience.

generally speaking, a couple would not discuss with others this intimate aspect of their marriage..

FedUpJW

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Rumour 144,000 literal number teaching to be abandoned at Annual Meeting

by slimboyfat in

say it ain’t so!

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in one sense it’s a no brainer because the figures just don’t add up any more.. in another (negative) sense it’s a no brainer because it’s been fundamental to jws since year dot and might undermine the whole thing?

FedUpJW

It wouldn't be very difficult to explain a literal maximum of 144,000 away, IMO.

Jesus claimed he had a little flock, and every shepherd with only a little flock would know the exact number. (Jesus hand picked apostles and first century Christians?)

Then he said he had "other sheep" and there would be one flock one shepherd. (Modern Christians who claim to be anointed?)

Then there is a "great crowd" which no man is able to number. (Everyone else?

I seem to remember that this follows what Russel and early 20th century Bible Students believed. Of course Boozerford couldn't stand being in Russell's shadow. Recall the flip flop about "superior authorities"? The WT could flip flop on the 144,000 just as easily. Every single number in Revelation is claimed to by figurative, except 144,00 which suddenly becomes literal.

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Listen obey and get vaxed

by JohnR1975 in

the truth is most active jws would probably agree that most of the teachings are not right, the new thing is that we just don’t know.. the governing body now say they get things wrong and make mistakes as they are not inspired and not infallible.

yet they are still to be trusted no matter what?.

they are not trusted.

FedUpJW

unfortunately she died of an aggressive cancer a few months ago,

Oh, but remember that one poster here who said that was all pure coincidence and the chance it MIGHT have something to do with the clot shot was just "bullshit"? His word, not mine.

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NO SUPPORT FOR EXJWS DRAFTED IN UKRAINE

by raymond frantz in

https://youtu.be/ulan2hhagz8?si=jpedzunzb5o_6axd.

here’s a cautionary tale for anyone counting on past ties with jehovah’s witnesses to dodge conscription: they’ll throw you under the bus faster than you can say “conscientious objector.” a man in ukraine learned this the hard way after refusing military service and hoping his old religious connections would save him.

spoiler alert—they didn’t.

FedUpJW

suddenly you’re on the front lines instead of preaching on street corners.

It would be a shame if some of is weapons bullets found t heir way to those rigid, judgemental "elders" who so love the flock that like Jesus illustration they would rejoice over finding one lost "sheep" over the 99 that were not lost.

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What if JWs voted in elections?

by Las Malvinas son Argentinas in

all this political banter is exhausting, so i want to ask a question that has probably been asked before, so here it goes….

let’s try to keep this non-partisan - just give your opinion and why you think that way.. i’ll go first.

i think jws would generally lean to the right, but not by a whole lot.

FedUpJW

While expressing the expected views on abortion and evolution, it has been my experience that when every JW that I have ever known over the decades lets the facade of neutrality slip has very strong left leanings especially when it comes to feeding at the public welfare trough expecting/demanding that someone else is responsible for their financial, emotional, and physical well being. Just my personal observation.