Topics Started by resolute Bandicoot

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Extreme at odds ever since pandemic ...
by Palegreen79 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
march 3-9 theocratic school material is something else.. i fully get that there are 2 major sides of thinking regarding that topic.

but really from their own lying mouths it was a personal decision that should have been respected.

this was not reality.
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Sacred Days
by Riley in
1. jw
2. experiences
yesterday was remembrance day/veterans days in canada.

we had a couple younger half wits in the cong in field service yesterday.

both are trying to climb the ladder with the entire elder body ready to die in the next 10 years.. i just of thought it was a dick move to go door to door about the merits of fighting for freedom or not fighting on such a sacred day.
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Trump wins
by gavindlt in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i am non political and have never voted but nonetheless i have been keenly watching to see how the trump presidential race unfolds.

i believe that his involvement in propelling or influencing a leaning toward bible prophecy will unfold.

how, i can’t say but something tells me that this anomaly and outlier being trump is highly signifiant!
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JW's Family Worship Evening - Mormons got ripped off!
by BoogerMan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
mind you, it took the org over 30 years to think it was an idea worth copying.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/family_home_evening.

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

😁.
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What made you look behind the jw curtain?
by Touchofgrey in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was listening to a lunchtime call in radio show about jws and the personal experiences of being disfellowshiped, and a former elder called in saying he was disfellowshiped for asking about jws and their involvement in the un in the 1990s ,and he just said look it up.. thinking that it was a made up lie ,so i looked it up and it was true even a letter confirming it from the un itself and that led me here and to jwfacts and further research into the history and teachings of jw and walked out the door about 5 years ago.

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Experiences After Leaving
by Freeatlast2024 in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am writing to ask if anyone cares to share their experience and/or offer advice for people leaving.

i was raised in the religion, and both my parents died when i was very young.

i recently stopped associating because my conscience no longer allows me to preach or support the organization.
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Rumour 144,000 literal number teaching to be abandoned at Annual Meeting
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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?
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NO SUPPORT FOR EXJWS DRAFTED IN UKRAINE
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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.
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Reddit thread about Bethel Reducing Headcount
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. friends
apparently, the downsizing is still happening and from what i read those let go are over 50!.

sad because these people expected to be lifers.

now they have to make their way in the world at an advanced age with no education or desirable skill!..
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Watchtower in the NEWS. DUBLIN: "Former top UBS executive joins Jehovah’s Witnesses’ new Ireland-based asset venture"
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
slate of industry heavy-hitters sign up to management company run by religious group".

slate of industry heavy-hitters sign up to management company run by religious group.

28 aug 2024. john mulligan.