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  Relevant message on Reddit about current elders

  by Gorb in

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  read this relevant message on reddit, about current elders.. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1eb0ees/the_changes_are_affecting_elders_the_hardest_in/.

  spot on, isn't it?.

  gorby.

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  KerryKing

  Sadly, judging by a recent conversation with my parents, dad is an elder, their 'bible-trained' (actually WT trained) conscience is totally clear when it comes to keeping 'the cong clean'.

  They don't think that men accused of CSA by a victim should be prosecuted at all in the absence of any witnesses, the loss of his reputation and so on and what if she made it all up, like what happened in two supposed cases ( not JW related), and his family life and reputation were destroyed only for her to recant ten years later.

  My argument, so 1000s of child victims shouldn't get any justice just in case one or two of them were lying? Fell on deaf ears, because their conscience allows for the suffering of widows and children. WT trained, not Bible, and certainly not Jesus trained.
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  no praying before meals?

  by londonlady in

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  i was recently in the company of a jw.

  this is a long time devout jw and i served them a meal.

  i was surprised by their reaction, they simply sat down, grabbed a fork and began shoveling???

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  KerryKing

  My kids have to sit through meal time prayers at the grandparents house when they visit, they tel me it's always the same prayer.

  So much for not repeating the same thing over and over like the nations do.
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  WATCHTOWER OCT '24: HOW TO BE A HAPPY WINDOW CLEANER

  by raymond frantz in

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  2. bible

  https://youtu.be/sbh213gbedo?si=ceeaip451t6i0zjp.

  so as they say one picture is as strong as a thousand words and here you have it guys in the latest study edition of the watchtower for october 2024 that has just been posted on their website a middle aged jw window cleaner dreaming of the new system where things will get better.

  why does the watchtower need to talk now about jws on minial self employed jobs?

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  KerryKing

  Actually, in my country menual jobs like window cleaning pays quite well, several jws i know who are in the cleaning business own their own homes, go on holidays abroad etc. They're not on the bread line, and according to economic predictions, service jobs are already better paid than many jobs that require college degrees.

  I know what WT is trying to do here, but don't look down on people based on their job choices, at the end of it all, we're all only tax slaves for the state, whether you're a Doctor or a window cleaner, and I can guarantee that the window cleaning is much less stressful!
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  What would happen if the religion just straight out gets outed as bad? The ORG admits to it and all the members get told to disperse

  by Starlight.vee in

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  like the org just gives up and comes out saying that all of what they are saying is untrue and that there is no armageddon, nothing.

  how do y’all think the the members still in it would react?.

  there be a mental health crisis i perhaps.

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  KerryKing

  It was mentioned on here before how the WT could claim the GB are evil slave, secretly retire them all in nice little villas somewhere to keep them quiet, and install a new bunch, then carry on as normal, possibly changing the name Jehovah's Witnesses to something else.
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  Ages of each user here?

  by ukpimo in

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  i'm interested to know the age demographics here.

  it must be significantly different to other exjw forums.

  it would be a damning report for watchtower if most of us appear to have left for decades.. you don't have to mention your exact age, you could always say "in my 50s".. i am in my 70s.

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  KerryKing

  Df'd age 28, about to celebrate my 44th.
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  Reddit thread re Oct 2024 WT with picture of window washer - Theme knocking people who Planned

  by LongHairGal in

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  this thread currently has over 300 comments.. it shows a picture of an older man washing a window looking wistfully… then it talks all about how some may have doubts about not having planned and the situation they are in now that they are older, etc.

  it refers to others who did plan and who supposedly have ‘apparent’ financial security.

  in my opinion, the whole gist of this article is to make older witnesses feel better who did not pursue a career or plan well for retirement.. it tries to imply that those others who planned only have ‘apparent’ financial security - which is to say they don’t (?).

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  What I don't understand is that if special pioneers, missionaries ,co's and bethelites all get an allowance why aren't they all receiving a pension from Bethel. Is there no law regarding that?

  My parents, very much pimi, did plan for retirement in as much that they are not wealthy but do own their own home, beautiful place by the beach, not fancy but comfortable and perfect for retirement, and because they always paid their taxes ard receiving the state pension which covers their needs.

  Their circle of pimi friends of similar ages have all been prudent as well, none are wealthy but at least they are financially secure.

  They were all very hard working self employed people, none of them were 'special' witnesses and therefore looked to their immediate future, unfortunately most 'specials' did not and because they saught the worship of men they are now reaping the consequences.
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  Remember the sex talks?

  by KerryKing in

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  i remember sitting through public talks where the speaker spent the hour discussing in great detail anal sex, masturbation (of yourself and others), sex during menstruation and so on.

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  i was a child, looking back now, i realise that they systematically stripped away our childhood innocence, we knew and heard things no 'worldly' child would have heard.. the child abuse and grooming happened to every single one of us, the feelings of guilt and shame was in all of us even if we didn't actually do anything bad, the mental images caused by these filthy men hung around in our innocent minds till there was no room for that innocence.. it has taken me 44 years to realise that what was done to us, even those of us not physically abused, is a crime.. do they still have talks like that nowadays i wonder?

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  KerryKing

  

  Riley10 hours ago

  A saw video just a few years back the dangers of playing organized sports. It was literally the most homophobic and yet homoerotic thing I have ever seen. It was full of statements like " you could be in a shower with a another man and suddenly have the urge to have an erection ". It was so fucked up.

  That is nuts, what sick minds to come up with this stuff!
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  Remember the sex talks?

  by KerryKing in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember sitting through public talks where the speaker spent the hour discussing in great detail anal sex, masturbation (of yourself and others), sex during menstruation and so on.

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  i was a child, looking back now, i realise that they systematically stripped away our childhood innocence, we knew and heard things no 'worldly' child would have heard.. the child abuse and grooming happened to every single one of us, the feelings of guilt and shame was in all of us even if we didn't actually do anything bad, the mental images caused by these filthy men hung around in our innocent minds till there was no room for that innocence.. it has taken me 44 years to realise that what was done to us, even those of us not physically abused, is a crime.. do they still have talks like that nowadays i wonder?

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  KerryKing

  It sounds like they've reined it in, just as well, with all their new sound studios, could you imagine what they'd come up with?! 😂
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  Remember the sex talks?

  by KerryKing in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember sitting through public talks where the speaker spent the hour discussing in great detail anal sex, masturbation (of yourself and others), sex during menstruation and so on.

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  i was a child, looking back now, i realise that they systematically stripped away our childhood innocence, we knew and heard things no 'worldly' child would have heard.. the child abuse and grooming happened to every single one of us, the feelings of guilt and shame was in all of us even if we didn't actually do anything bad, the mental images caused by these filthy men hung around in our innocent minds till there was no room for that innocence.. it has taken me 44 years to realise that what was done to us, even those of us not physically abused, is a crime.. do they still have talks like that nowadays i wonder?

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  KerryKing

  My children will never be part of that org, they have heard plenty of arguments against the doctrines now to recognise truth from fiction, thank God 🙏
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  Remember the sex talks?

  by KerryKing in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember sitting through public talks where the speaker spent the hour discussing in great detail anal sex, masturbation (of yourself and others), sex during menstruation and so on.

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  i was a child, looking back now, i realise that they systematically stripped away our childhood innocence, we knew and heard things no 'worldly' child would have heard.. the child abuse and grooming happened to every single one of us, the feelings of guilt and shame was in all of us even if we didn't actually do anything bad, the mental images caused by these filthy men hung around in our innocent minds till there was no room for that innocence.. it has taken me 44 years to realise that what was done to us, even those of us not physically abused, is a crime.. do they still have talks like that nowadays i wonder?

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  KerryKing

  I remember sitting through Public talks where the speaker spent the hour discussing in great detail anal sex, masturbation (of yourself and others), sex during menstruation and so on.

  I was a child, looking back now, I realise that they systematically stripped away our childhood innocence, we knew and heard things no 'worldly' child would have heard.

  The child abuse and grooming happened to every single one of us, the feelings of guilt and shame was in all of us even if we didn't actually do anything bad, the mental images caused by these filthy men hung around in our innocent minds till there was no room for that innocence.

  It has taken me 44 years to realise that what was done to us, even those of us not physically abused, is a crime.

  Do they still have talks like that nowadays I wonder?