Posts by Gorb

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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.

Gorb

54 years old.

Pimo since 1995.

Pomo since 2008 with wife and kids.

Better then ever!

Gorby

Started 25 years ago at h2o hourglass, xjw.com and jwd.net, a lot of friends have left us 🙏 let's not forget them!

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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 (?).

Gorb

This is the moment for a new Watchtower original song.

"We kept our eyes on the prize, organized our lives by humble prioritize, and now we feel that this was not so wise".

Gorby

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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 (?).

Gorb

It's not good to regret to much. But this article is so one dimentional.

Good / wrong. There is a bandwidth on this subject.

Typical jw.org literatuur for the simple mind rank and file.

Gorby

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Separate Identity, vol 3

by vienne in

some of you have read the first two volumes of schulz and de vienne's separate identity series recounting the watch tower's early years.

uncle b is working steadily on volume three, the last in the series despite declining health.

a few rough draft paragraphs of chapter three are up on his blog.

Gorb

Great, thanks for all this hard work.

Gorby

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The Book Study Group - Reminiscing

by ukpimo in

any fond memories or funny stories relating to the old book study arrangement?.

i remember a time when a new sister turned up with very smart jacket and shirt.

yet she was wearing trousers and when questioned by everyone she said "blimey, i think geoff (her husband) is wearing my skirt!".

Gorb

Remembering a lot of stories of things that would not happen now.

Gorby

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Remember the sex talks?

by KerryKing in

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?

Gorb

So glad we protected our children against jw.org

Better then ever!

Gorby

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What was covered up in your congregation??

by karter in

family move to remote pacific island to serve were the need is great get a mention in the year book.. however one of the (married) boys in the large family has sex with his sister while his wife is in hospital giving birth to their child.

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all hushed up not even a word said and hes now an elder d.fing people for lesser crimes.. young couple dating leave the jws and move in togather doing drugs partying ect.. his family grandfather,uncles, dad ect are all elders.. after a few years they decide to come back to the jws and are married in the k.h a few months latter.. 1 elder questions them getting married in the k.h and is voted down by his family.. to many drunks and c.s.a to mention.. karter..

Gorb

Every local issue that is negative for the jw.org imago is potential for cover up.

Now, with the adjusted internal removing act there will be far more under the carpet.

We say here at home, we are happy to be a pomo family, because we can not trust the organisation in relation to our children. It is not a safe place.

Better then ever, with our choice.

Gorby

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Apostates are still public enemy number one - WATCHTOWER August 2024

by raymond frantz in

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https://youtu.be/rqyqibpnuos?si=zayoa2c-zvmj9_br.

under the theme "help for those who are removed from the congregation" study article 35 in august 2024 wafchtower that deals with the many changes the organization introduced recenly we specifically look into paragraphs 14 and 15 that deal with the way that we now treat disfellowshipped ones, or more accurately removed ones , since this is the new term.

and see how they still try to micromanage their members down to the finest detail and how still apostates and more accurately active apostates are public enemy number one.