Posts by Chevelle

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Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

by WingCommander in

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this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

this is not a joke.

anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

Chevelle

I could be wrong, but I seriously doubt that Tony Morris has PTSD.

What I have noticed about Vietnam vets in general is the following:

1) Those who saw little to no action tend to enjoy talking about the war at every turn for some reason. They also tend to embellish their role in the war.

2) Those who brutal action on the front lines do NOT like to talk about the war at all... ever. Especially those who still suffer from chronic PTSD.

Since Tony never wastes an opportunity to talk about Vietnam, that makes me believe he saw nothing that would give him PTSD. Maybe just a few bleeding patients every now and then. Just my humble 2 cents based on my own observations (not based on any medical knowledge).

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Cost of living crisis

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

during the height of the pandemic all elders had to report to the co anyone who was struggling with bills or who couldn’t pay the rent.

the co reported it to the branch.. i don’t know what happens next.

do the branch help at all?

Chevelle

According to this website, being a Jehovah's Witness pays...

https://www.salary.com/research/company/jehovah-s-witnesses-salary

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Does Gilead have any accreditation?

by journey-on in

when a witness talks about someone who has "graduated" from gilead, they always make it sound like such an accomplishment as if they graduated from harvard or somethin...lol.

i know it's called the watchtower bible school of gilead and is located at the watchtower educational center in patterson, ny (sounds impressive, uh?)..

it used to be known as the watchtower bible college of gilead in south lansing, ny.. does this school have any accreditation that you know of or is it just glorified classroom training for jw "missionaries"?

Chevelle

Those 144 who didn't pass probably went on to become Pioneers and Elders.

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Confirmation Bias

by allelsefails in

i've read a lot of crap in my life (not just wts) and i have finally found the phrase to describe almost every religious wrting i've read.

"confirmation bias" affects how jws look at historical facts, how dems and repubs look at economic facts, or how all people look at information presented to them.

i still go to meetings every once in a while to make my wife and my boss feel better about me, but sometimes i can't believe how idiotic some things are.

Chevelle

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

This pretty much sums it up.

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Is The watchtower Dishonest When It comes to the Trinity?

by RevFrank in

in 1989 the watchtower society published a 32-page booklet entitled "should you believe in the trinity?

" the aim of this publication was to discredit the christian doctrine of the triune nature of god.

the method that the society used to accomplish this goal was to quote from a plethora of resources, both secular and religious, such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, books and historical literature written by individual authors.

Chevelle

I always wondered why they discontinued the Trinity booklet.

Now I know why.

Because "Evil Apostates" exposed all the quotes that were taken completely out of context.

This is completely blatant and deliberate dishonesty.

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Heavenly Gates Closed in 1935 Re-opened in 2007

by Alfred in

since 1935, the watchtower had been categorically teaching (for over 6 decades) that the heavenly calling of the 144,000 anointed christians had ceased in 1935. this teaching was especially significant to older jws (especially those who spent much of their lives serving the watchtower as pioneers, elders, missionaries, bethelites, etc.

) because many of these would eventually turn their attention to the aging governing body members and feel a sense of relief knowing that the end was drawing ever so near.

in other words, as more governing body members (who were born before 1935) passed away, the closer they would get to their long-awaited reward of surviving armageddon and living on paradise earth where they would finally hug grass-eating lions near a waterfall while marveling at snow-peaked mountains in the distance.

Chevelle

With the two new additions to the Governing Body recently, I wonder if more "New Light" is about to emerge on this subject.

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Elder asks my disfellowshipped cousin to leave house while grieving for his grandmother

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

fourteen years ago i started a thread on how horrible my disfellowshipped cousin was treated after his mom passed away and the terrible actions on the part of the elders at the funeral home.. 67. horrible conduct by congregation elders at my cousin's funeral.............. well, here we are 14 years later, and things haven't changed!.

my aunt ( who is my disfellowshipped cousin's grandmother ) was placed in home hospice care.

the nurse told her daughters ( who are jehovah's witnesses and live with their mother ) that their mom probably has 2 days left to live and that they should call the immediate family.. my disfellowshipped cousin and his sister show up in the early morning.