i knew a lady who was disfellowshipped for 20 years for smoking.
she finally went back to the kh and since they couldn't find her paperwork, (all the former elders were dead) she was allowed back in without reinstatement.
no one even remembered her.
I remember a 70+ year old brother, smoking secretly in his shed, this was found out by his JW wife, he got DF because she told the elders.
2 months later the DF brother died because of a heart attack.
What a sad end of life. The snitch sister kept his family name. She got the guts.
G.
hi .
who do you think are the best historian/historians about the history of jehovahs witnesses?.
paul.
Reading the post above, i'm just realising that all those good studies and books are about a different JW organization. The current jw.org is a social structure, without any deep knowledge. It became a franchise.
That's what I miss these days, a publication about how the organization rebranded itself into a light version and what the impact is on the life of it's members.
G.
i finally got my own copy of the new song book in english.
i notice that the lyrics in one of the songs have been changed from:.
fear not those who kill the body, but cannot destroy the soul.
It is a scary song melody, in my memories.
G.
how many of you here remember 1975?
i hope the newer generations never forget.the true believers got shamed for it.
those who were hedging their bets, fared much better.
i was completely out by 1991 and 1989 would have been the last time i had to attend regularly.
that over the top franz writing style was still there in the 1980's although i've heard he wasn't actually doing much writing by then.
but his style was definitely picked up and imitated for many years beyond its wacky, outlandish peak of the the 50's - 70's.
It would be fun to create a Ask Fred Franz AI chatbox.
At work we do so with retired advisors.
G.
i made this post at reddit.. netherlands: active jw wins in court case against watchtower.. active witness in the netherlands takes watchtower to court and wins.
the witness was charged with child abuse.
he was made known in the community as unsuitable for dealing with children.
I made this post at Reddit.
Netherlands: Active JW wins in court case against Watchtower.
Active Witness in the Netherlands takes Watchtower to Court and Wins. The witness was charged with child abuse. He was made known in the community as unsuitable for dealing with children. The charge later turned out to be unfounded. The elders refused to withdraw the warning. The Active Witness takes Watchtower to court and wins. Awarded 40,000 euros in damages. Watchtower appeals.
Link: https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:GHARL:2025:1406
the july 2025 watchtower has a paragraph that claims that it was the superior power and wisdom of jehovah that guided the gb into allowing jws to grow beards.. the study article is ‘can you still learn from basic bible teachings?’ under the subheading ‘jehovah is the creator’ paragraph 7 states-.
“ 7. what did rahela do to accept a change in direction?.
your answer.
Whahahahahahahahahaha
It is a sect and it stays a sect.
Leaders are crazy, they think they are Jesus brothers.
Thats a dissorder.
Gorby
curious.
what was your local memorial attendance like tonight?
Attending the memorial by Zoom is not a problem. You can use your own wine and bread/ matzes. That's allowed now.
G.
curious.
what was your local memorial attendance like tonight?
Local attendance here was low. A lot of empty seats.
G.
is the sunday special talk prior to the memorial just an introduction of a new outline for the sunday public talks?.
is it an attempt to get the faders back to the meetings?
they present in a way like some new light is going to be presented at the special talk..
