Posts by KerryKing

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JW Restrictions on Children

by NotFormer in

issues raised in this thread:.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6496820625145856/non-jw-parent-dating-jw-who-wants-children.

i'm trying to list all the things jw children are not allowed to do, or are discouraged from doing.

KerryKing

In fairness to my parents, they couldn't even afford to celebrate holidays and birthdays, sports were definitely out of their league. Window cleaners were far from wealthy in the 80s and 90s.

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Covid Vx likened to Jesus ransom

by KerryKing in

this morning i decided to log into the local cong meeting on zoom, during the public talk the speaker likened the covid vx to jesus ransom sacrifice, saying that those who didn't avail of the vx, the 'anti vaxxers', are just like people who refuse to put faith in jesus.. i felt sick, knowing my unvxed but active jw parents were sitting there, i logged off immediately.

surely such talk is pure blasphemy or am i just over reacting?!.

i appreciate your thoughts, it will hopefully help me to approach my jw family with facts and logic, i'm praying they wake up fully and 'get out of her', i know they have reservations that's why they refused the vx..

KerryKing

I dont know what the story is but from what I gather it varies a lot from the US to other countries, the US seems to be far stricter and more cult like whereas in Europe they're a teeny bit more lenient.

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Covid Vx likened to Jesus ransom

by KerryKing in

this morning i decided to log into the local cong meeting on zoom, during the public talk the speaker likened the covid vx to jesus ransom sacrifice, saying that those who didn't avail of the vx, the 'anti vaxxers', are just like people who refuse to put faith in jesus.. i felt sick, knowing my unvxed but active jw parents were sitting there, i logged off immediately.

surely such talk is pure blasphemy or am i just over reacting?!.

i appreciate your thoughts, it will hopefully help me to approach my jw family with facts and logic, i'm praying they wake up fully and 'get out of her', i know they have reservations that's why they refused the vx..

KerryKing

@punkofnice I fully agree with you 😅 my parents weren't at that meeting I learnt afterwards, dad's an elder, and I told them about the talk. They were apologetic, reminded me that the speaker was from another cong, and that a few of their elders are not vxed so at least in their cong it's not being pushed. I, however, find it somehow worse that none of them stood up and corrected the public speaker!!

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"...The Most Important Day of the Year" Watchtower January,2024

by Listener in

what a mockery that statement is to over 99% of their followers.

there is nothing biblically that makes the jw memorial day important to anyone that does not partake.

they still continue to say .

KerryKing

In that case we should all be drinking and playing music till the cows come home 😅

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Who Really is the Evil Slave?

by Sea Breeze in

but if that servant says in his heart, my master is late in coming, and begins to strike the other servants ... the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he does not know, and will punish him and cut him off and assign his lot with the unfaithful.

- luke 12: 45-46.

on saturday, september 18, 1937 following his morning discourse, rutherford released the tan-colored book enemies.

KerryKing

That brought to mind the phrase "the beatings will continue until morale improves ".

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Covid Vx likened to Jesus ransom

by KerryKing in

this morning i decided to log into the local cong meeting on zoom, during the public talk the speaker likened the covid vx to jesus ransom sacrifice, saying that those who didn't avail of the vx, the 'anti vaxxers', are just like people who refuse to put faith in jesus.. i felt sick, knowing my unvxed but active jw parents were sitting there, i logged off immediately.

surely such talk is pure blasphemy or am i just over reacting?!.

i appreciate your thoughts, it will hopefully help me to approach my jw family with facts and logic, i'm praying they wake up fully and 'get out of her', i know they have reservations that's why they refused the vx..

KerryKing

Thanks for the info on 501c3 Freeorange!

I was aware of the UN connection but not the other, just googled it and the list of compliance regulations explains so much about the org and how it operates in such an unchristian manner!

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Covid Vx likened to Jesus ransom

by KerryKing in

this morning i decided to log into the local cong meeting on zoom, during the public talk the speaker likened the covid vx to jesus ransom sacrifice, saying that those who didn't avail of the vx, the 'anti vaxxers', are just like people who refuse to put faith in jesus.. i felt sick, knowing my unvxed but active jw parents were sitting there, i logged off immediately.

surely such talk is pure blasphemy or am i just over reacting?!.

i appreciate your thoughts, it will hopefully help me to approach my jw family with facts and logic, i'm praying they wake up fully and 'get out of her', i know they have reservations that's why they refused the vx..

KerryKing

This morning I decided to log into the local cong meeting on zoom, during the public talk the speaker likened the Covid vx to Jesus ransom sacrifice, saying that those who didn't avail of the vx, the 'anti vaxxers', are just like people who refuse to put faith in Jesus.

I felt sick, knowing my unvxed but active JW parents were sitting there, I logged off immediately. Surely such talk is pure blasphemy or am I just over reacting?!

I appreciate your thoughts, it will hopefully help me to approach my jw family with facts and logic, I'm praying they wake up fully and 'get out of her', I know they have reservations that's why they refused the vx.

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Has the Watchtower Faithful Slave become the Evil Slave?

by Vanderhoven7 in

what evidence suggests to you that the wt f&ds is actually more like the es of matthew 24?.

45¶who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?.

46blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.. .

KerryKing

Haven't many countries that already belong to NATO and the UN recently signed up to an agreement that the WHO has the final say on animal, human and planet health? That would make the WHO extremely powerful, they can overrule local governments for any perceived pandemic human or animal, as well making laws to 'protect' the planet.

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Has the Watchtower Faithful Slave become the Evil Slave?

by Vanderhoven7 in

what evidence suggests to you that the wt f&ds is actually more like the es of matthew 24?.

45¶who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?.

46blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.. .

KerryKing

"The racket was the Kingdom Hall loans. The interest on the loans created cash flow, to where remodels were remodeled, cash flow. The KH was then dedicated to "Jehovah" aka the WTB&TS. To where they had a world wide real estate portfolio, with the only expense being the paper the contracts were written on. Evidently this was illegal as it was shut down by somebody bigger than the church."

Do you know roughly what year this was?

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Reinstatement Procedure

by KerryKing in

what else has changed?.

during the many years i have been df'd the org has printed a new bible, new song book, doctrinal changes, so has anything changed re reinstating someone?.

i'm contemplating the leap for family reasons but due to my job and young family commitments there is no way i would be able to attend every meeting for months on end.

KerryKing

Thanks everyone for all the advice, I do appreciate it!

I was df'd for leaving my abusive JW husband for another man, I went from full on zealot to 180° turn around. I was told I'd never survive out there in 'the world', the first feeling I felt driving away from the judicial committee was immense relief, a huge weight was gone from my shoulders.

I didn't have to pretend anymore, I wasn't watched anymore, I was completely and utterly free, the emotional blackmailing eventually also stopped.

Did I feel bad when I bumped into JW's in town and they shunned me? No, I felt relief! I knew I wasn't getting an earful of passive aggressive nonsense anymore.

Why am I contemplating going back?? Well, I think I would have more of a chance to reach the few people who are still in, but they're the ones I really care about, and I know they have questions about things since the whole COVID scam.

I would fade as soon as I was reinstated if I can even get that far, I have my doubts because I am the kind of person who shows their feelings on their face, at least so my friends tell me!

I am too independent now to ever fall for an organised cult ever again.