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Posts by Biahi
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Awake 1976 - Should a Pocket Calculator Be in Your Pocket?
by Ron.W. inawake 1976 - should a pocket calculator be in your pocket?.
somehow this totally zany 'bible based' article passed me by first time around!.
anyone remember it?.
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What was covered up in your congregation??
by karter infamily 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..
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Biahi
CSA got covered up in my congregation. Also, part of that scandal included an elder, with 2 teenagers, was seen in a âritualâ in somebodyâs basement, sacrificing chickens and scaring preschoolers with this crap. The sister did home day care, only for other witnesses. It was her basement.
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Interesting that the other cult-cousins are going thru nearly identical hemmoraging of members.....
by WingCommander ini still read on reddit.
(though no longer post) occasionally, i'll venture over to the ex-seventh day adventist (sda) sub and catch up a bit.
it's been a long time.
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Biahi
Blues Brother, I donât think those numbers are valid. Liars figure, and figures lie. đ¤ˇââď¸
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Holding a grudge
by LongHairGal ini read something recently on reddit (not sure what thread) where a person related how some jw told them that âthey hold a grudgeâ.. this reminded me of something an old jw acquaintance said to me some years back when i related my bad experience in the religion.. so, apparently, jehovahâs witnesses feel they should be forgiven for anything.
people should forget all about it and act like nothing happened and be charitable towards them, etc⌠when i read in james and ephesians i got the sense âholding a grudgeâ was referring to the things average people do to offend each other.. i donât see it applying to a religion that claimed to speak for god and who engendered hateful and unchristian attitudes towards people.. i know because i experienced this.. in addition, some peopleâs lives were damaged by listening to faulty teachings and interference in things that were clearly none of anybodyâs business.. one case in point: them knocking worldly careers and now there are thousands of destitute jws in senior years with nothing.. then in 2023 the religion does away with a century old teaching about counting hours in the ministry.
meanwhile, i got judged over this.
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Biahi
I was at the assembly (district) in summer of 1976. Fred Franz had a talk there. He SHOOK HIS FIST at the audience and told us suckers sitting that it was OUR FAULT that nothing happened in 1975. No accountability at all on his part. I remember thinking, âwhat a fucking liar.â I was 16. I knew I was leaving this awful organization as soon as I could escape, and I did! đđ
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Missing photos, even Avatars
by blondie ini think someone else noticed this here recently.
i wondered when i signed on today july 9, 2024, that even the avatars were missing.
does simon know?
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Biahi
Some are missing on mine, others are showing up
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Greeting a person(who was removed from the congregation) at the Kingdom Hall now becomes a matter of conscience
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtowerâstudy edition | august 2024. help for those who are removed from the congregation.
14 does what we have considered mean that we would completely ignore a person who has been removed from the congregation?
not necessarily.
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Biahi
Also, are they going to announce who is apostate, and who is removed for other reasons?
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So a JW can date an unbelieving person...
by silentbuddha inbut the entire congregation is not to be informed or mark the person.
the only repercussions are that the individual who is aware of it can decide to "mark" them and not go to the local club or bar with the individual, but they are still obligated to go door to door in the ministry with them, and even speak to them at the kn as if nothing is wrong and not feel obligated to tell anyone else?
this is crazy.. so they are also basically saying that a person can carry on a romantic (but none sexual) relationship with an unbeliever and still go out in service and participate in meetings?
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Biahi
Maybe some âNu-Liteâ is needed. Perhaps apply 1Thessalonians 4:11, which tells us to mind our own business.
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Big News: August English Watchtower released on servers
by ukpimo inbig news.
just in from a friend who is fading.. disfellowshipping will no longer be a term used by jws.
study article 35, paragraph 4 footnote says this:.
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Biahi
My opinion only: If someone is âno longer a congregation memberâ, then they should be treated like a worldly person. JWs interact every day with worldly people. Workmates, neighbors, people you interact with day by day. If they just got treated normally, not like seeing them in a grocery store, or some other random place, greet them as someone you havenât seen in a while, and say hello, exchange pleasantries. Whereas now, if they see you in the store, they run the other way. đ¤ˇââď¸ If they expect full on shunning, then F them.
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Blondie's "highlights" from the May 2024 Study WT Paragraphs 11-17 (PART 2)
by blondie inblondie's "highlights" from the may 2024 study wt paragraphs 11-17 part 2. may 2024 study article comments #2. what we do know.
paragraph #11. what basis will people be judged at armageddonâŚ.
a) âpeople will be dealt with on the basis how they have treated christâs brothersâ (but those know that christâs brothers are only jws who believe they will go to heaven?).
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Biahi
Wing Commander, tell us how you really feel! Great post! Thanks also, LHG!
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SEPTEMBER 2024 Study Watchtower - Warnings for JW's!
by BoogerMan inwhat warnings are the cult giving the "sheeple?".
in the study article on page 20 - "are you heeding the warnings?
", jw's are threatened what their fate will be if they don't support the elite, "anointed" jw's, the 33 degree aka, the self-appointed gibbering body - they will be toast very soon:.
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Biahi
I used to see the carts in the town square near me, fairly constantly. Then, they dropped the reporting time requirement, to just checking a box. Now, I rarely see them. đđ¤ˇââď¸