Topics Started by Chevelle

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Is There Some Sort of Campaign Going on?
by NotFormer in
1. jw
2. friends
a pair of young blokes came to my door @ 10am (ish) today (wednesday, if that matters).

i opened the door a crack to : hi!

just asking a question: do you think that the world is getting better or worse?*".
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unbaptized boy having priority over women
by enoughisenough in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was thinking about the male children ( even unbaptized ) being placed ahead of the sisters.

; and i thought the jw were raising a bunch of misogynist.

would these kids not feel more important than their mothers let alone other women.
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The August 2024 Watchtower controversy and potential further changes
by ukpimo in
1. watchtower
2. bible
as an educated guess, the august 2024 watchtower may be delayed because 2 complicated subjects need to be discussed in this issue which haven't yet been approved to be included in the revised shepherding textbook.

perhaps the revised shepherding textbook must be finalised before this watchtower is released publicly.. the 2 subjects may be as follows:.

how to shepherd and appoint brothers based on the removal of the hour requirements, getting to know the brothers instead (does this mean prioritising appointing men who have auxiliary pioneered during the co visit and campaigns or men who are regular pioneers?).
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Who Was The Biggest Jackass Circuit Overseer You Ever Met?
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
there was on older white-haired circuit overseer in houston around 1989 or 1990. last name started with a w i think.... not sure though.

even the most brain-dead robotic elders told me he was offensive.

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Any way we can create a website to expose UK JW sex offenders in one place?
by ukpimo in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
you read my title correctly.. i was wondering if some of us could get together to create a website linking each town and city in the uk to every news report of a jw sex offender, as well as additional anecdotes from abuse victims of criminals who never made it to the papers.. this project would be a massive undertaking and would require much time and effort, of which i'm willing to either lead or be a part of, ensuring transparency and avoiding our exposure if we are pimo.

such a website would be an invaluable tool and would complement silentlambs very well.

any thoughts?.
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Education video this midweeks meeting
by jehovaxx in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
there is an item this week all about yang ones leaving school.. the two brothers go to a career advisor seminar.

one brother thinks it’s good to work hard full time while you are young and tries to encourage his friend to as well.. his friend (who is the good jw trust the gb no matter what they say)) he wants a part time job.. the video shows him dreaming about investing his money on his phone and the chart goes up, he drives a nice car and seems to be doing well financially.. then he reads the scripture in proverbs and next you see that investment chart go down in the red and he is so pleased he just got a low paid part time job.. this infuriates me.

how many of us are now struggling because we were told to get menial part time jobs and we were told the end would have been here by now.. i will never tell a young person to listen to the gb advice on this.
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Know it’s not true but stay anyway
by Elena in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how many of the millions of jws know it’s not true but stay anyway?.

my guess is most jws know it’s not true on a subconscious level to an extent but they don’t want to think about it too much and would never ever voice it out loud.. but this is probably true with all religions around the world?.
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JW (?) murders wife and mother-in-law
by Chevelle in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
according to several spanish ex-jw youtube channels, this is a jw family... but i'm still trying to confirm... .

https://www.fox29.com/news/mom-daughter-found-stabbed-philadelphia-basement.
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Constant Pleas For Money
by NotFormer in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
it comes up from time to time: that the wt's "constant pleas for money" signifies their precarious financial state due to the pressure of the csa settlements.

is there any way of demonstrating that to be a fact?

i ask because i've always been under the impression that "constant pleas for money" is the default state of the organisation, possibly going back to rutherford's time.
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Branch dedication London
by ExBethelitenowPIMA in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i’ve been invited to the dedication at chelmsford.. it’s crazy here, several thousand ex bethelites here for lots of events.

all hotels booked.

big marquee.