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  Real reasons behind this change?

  by Gorb in

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  just a good conversation at home about the hour report change.. we think the change was not impmemented because the gb are such a lovely bunch of old grandpa's having the best in mind for us individuals.. there will be only, and we say only, an organizational reason for it.

  a legal reason, to protect jw.org and it's officials and wealth.. next step?

  maybe selling more kh and when jw hollywood studio's in rampoo are ready a change to tv subscription.. what do you think?

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  Our group overseer told my wife how it will work in practice, the group overseers will ask everyone on WhatsApp in their group have they done any witnessing in past month and as long as they give a thumbs up that means they are not inactive
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  Has The WT Allowed Outsiders to be Saved?

  by NotFormer in

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  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1734baj/they_just_had_a_huge_meeting/.

  this reddit post suggests that the cessation of reporting hours isn't the only thing announced at the recent meeting.

  can anyone in, or sufficiently well versed in jwdom confirm that the op's understanding of this announcement correct?.

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  Has anyone got specific details of what was said at the AGM that made everyone say this is a huge change?

  I haven’t seen all the AGM yet but I talked to someone who has and asked him about this change and he said no nothing about that was said.

  we have to be careful listening to unsubstantiated rumours that turn out to be bogus
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  This answers the question if the organization was going to go more Hardline or mainstream.

  by nowwhat? in

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  2. beliefs

  looks like we can expect a kinder, gentler jehovah and jesus during the great tribulation.

  the door will not be closed to all non jws at the start of the tribulation.

  but will have time to repent after false religion is destroyed.

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  Hey I remember seeing Loach saying there will be a lot of bodies after the big A

  can anyone post that video?
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  Lloyd Evans Patreoff Pool - November 2023

  by DerekMoors in

  1. social
  2. humour

  let's get the fun started and put in our votes for how far down the pumpkin patch lord of the fries will fall in november.. for those keeping score, last month he started at 457 patrons, did some begging and managed to bump those numbers up to 478, but as of this writing he's down to 439.. so, how well do you think the grift will continue this month?

  let us know where you think he'll be on november 2. lucky number 420?

  will he drop back down below 400?

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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

  by Simon in

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  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  At what point will his donations be insufficient to sit back and rely on charity?

  300 or less patrons who keep giving him charity?

  has he got any other income does he work at all?
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  Whatever happened to JW paedo Michael Porter?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  2. child-abuse

  i remember reading about this guy in a national newspaper in 2010 after he had had his trial for child sex abuse.

  porter avoided prison, despite being guilty of some acts child abuse.. the local elders defended him and were on his side and didn't df him, from what i remember.

  then after an outcry porter was was df'd, and i think sent to prison.. anyone up-to-date on this?.

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  I spoke to someone who knew him. How true all this is I don’t know for sure.

  but apparently he was overseerer of the entire dinning room in Bethel at the time the first accusations broke. This means he was a single Bethel elder, one of the top dogs.

  At first he denied it all and by the two witness rule nothing will happen. He was not removed from his privileges at all and everyone felt sorry for him. So much so that a sister in the congregation even agreed to marry him.

  Then it all came out in the news he went to court and this sister still believed his story that he was innocent and they quickly got married in the Kingdom Hall.

  soon after he was found guilty his legal advisers told him if he changes his plea to guilty it would be better for him and he then finally admitted the accusations were true after all.

  this causes a problem under JW doctrine a wife can’t divorce or even separate for thing’s in the past only if unfaithful after marriage.

  so she was stuck with him and to make matters worse she found she was pregnant

  anyway he was eventually removed as a Bethel elder and went to prison

  now he is out and not allowed near children but apparently he is still living with his wife and child. But he could never be left alone with his child
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  Are adjustable rate mortgages the norm in the UK?

  by SydBarrett in

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  2. friends

  perhaps an odd subject for a presumably religious focused discussion board, but there are a fair number of brits here... i'm an american, but i sometimes listen to the podcast of the james o'brien radio show.

  (a brit political radio show where people call in).

  the past few months, a common topic has been people calling in discussing how hard they are getting hit financially because of a dramatic rise in interest rates on their mortgage.

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  We are now seeing globally inflation in the things we need (food, energy and resources) and deflation in the things we have (property, stocks and investments)

  the stock market is going down which means most people’s pension and other investments are going down. Property is crashing in many places around the world.

  here in the UK house prices are falling by about £1000 per week.

  average house prices in the UK have now fallen by £26K in the last 26 weeks and will continue to fall.

  people are getting poorer. Of course in the congregation we often hear isn’t it wonderful to follow direction not to get advanced education and have lots of investments that are all going down now.

  the problem is Borg do not follow their own advice. They have invested heavily in property around the world which is all crashing now, and they invested in the stock market which is also going down.

  as the financial crisis worsens the donations will get less as JDubs struggle to pay the bills and put food food on the table because most of them are uneducated cleaners
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  Hailstones?

  by NotFormer in

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  when i was interested in things jw two decades or so ago, i never came across these mentions of hailstones.

  it crops up so often now that it's almost a meme!

  when did it become a thing in jw speak, and what does it refer to?.

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  Yes we noticed it in the October broadcast. The young brother put his jacket over the cart to hide JW when police walked past. Then the older brother had some long winded words and all is well the young brother takes his jacket off uncovering the JW logo.

  I didn’t hear the words hailstone message or even judgement message but then I wasn’t really listening. Did they actually say that or just imply it?

  last few years they keep pushing this hailstone message that Will basically be going round telling everyone it’s too late there is nothing you can do you should have listened to us! Yeah that sounds like a sensible doctrine from reading Rev 16🤣
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

  by Simon in

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  2. friends

  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  Normally I would pity someone who has messed up their life so much as Lloyd has done. But after watching Kim’s latest video it’s clear now he is so arrogant and showed no remorse or apology betraying his wife and daughters in such a horrible manner.

  Then to ignore the fact that the prostitution he is buying could be from girls who were trafficked. He seems to think as long as they tell him they are not underage that is a guarantee that they are over 18.

  I can’t believe that he thinks it’s ok to date a sex worker. Like as if she was genuinely interested in him and nothing to do with donated funds he was paying her.

  How is he going to afford to keep paying these sex workers now that the patrons have decided to stop funding his atrocious behaviour
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

  by Simon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

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  I bet he will have to come back to the UK soon and claim benefits

  either that or get a very low paid job in a country that he doesn’t speak the language even after all those years living there