Posts by Longlivetherenegades

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Can you be a JW who does not have the GB as their leader?

by DoubtingThomas in

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i am.. they are just fellow brothers, old and getting senile.... but enlightened, despite all the whining.....

Longlivetherenegades

SENILE

synonyms: doddering, doddery, decrepit, aged, long in the tooth, senescent, failing, declining, infirm, feeble, unsteady, in one's dotage, losing one's faculties, in one's second childhood, mentally confused, suffering from senile dementia, past it, gaga, soft in the head, anile

Enlightened

synonyms: informed, aware, educated, knowledgeable, learned, wise, literate, intellectual, tutored, illuminated, apprised, civilized, refined, cultured, cultivated, sophisticated, advanced, developed, liberal, open-minded, broad-minded.

On which side are you on 😂😂😂

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2022-January-S-147--English--Announcements And Reminders!

by Atlantis in

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2022-january-s-147--announcements and reminders.. https://www.filemail.com/d/mymhuxtszlhfksu.

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apple pie thief!.

Longlivetherenegades

Long live the Atlantis. Cheers 🍸

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Elders hounding members to quit their jobs due to missing too many meetings

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

how many times did you see elders hounding congregation members to quit their jobs due to missing meetings?.

my brother worked at a grocery store at 16 years old.

he would miss tuesday's ministry school due to his work schedule.

Longlivetherenegades

And what about the LIES to leave work and attend meetings.

See this example in the watchtower of July 1, 2013.......

A man named Lionel states: “My workmates lie and call in sick when they are not really sick. Religion is something that they have but don’t use—like a piece of furniture just for show.”

The JWs are equally guilty of this. How many of members do these repeatedly week in week out to leave work they were contracted or signed up for?

They sure know how to use their RELIGION just for Show.

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From the WTBS to... CHURCHS???

by DoubtingThomas in

why?????

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Longlivetherenegades

TRUTH is not confined to the so called spiritual paradise of WTBTS.

Let me take a wild guess, the dislike I got from my initial post is from the doubting Thomas who cannot stomach the fact that WTBTS pushes it members to the CHURCHES directly or indirectly.

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What's the job of an elder?

by asp59 in

with the current discussion if someone in his twenties can be elder or not.

i'm interested in what a elder in jw land really do.

all speeches already come in video format from headquarters.

Longlivetherenegades

Love this sweet line in bold.......

It's a title that qualifies you for more work. But it gives you a deeper look at the "inside operation" of the Cult. Sometimes that appointment is what takes a sincere brother right out of the Troof

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From the WTBS to... CHURCHS???

by DoubtingThomas in

why?????

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Longlivetherenegades

Using WATCHTOWER own Response as captured in their magazine of July 2013....

Suppose you need to have surgery for a life-threatening illness. You would want to have the utmost confidence in the surgeon, since your life will be in his hands. Would it not be prudent to review his record of experience?

Similarly, it is wise to examine religion carefully. If you belong to a religious organization, you are, in effect, putting your spiritual life in its hands. This includes your prospects for salvation....... July 1 2013

Why???????

1. WTBTS hands are not clean or safe

2. Prospects for SALVATION bleak.

3. Complete lack of trust and confidence in the 8 only men at the WTBTS HQs dishing out imperfect spiritual food that on the long term and run accumulates to POISONS that kills it members or leads them from WTBTS to CHURCHES

4. Review of past records and experience , revisionist records and experience, outlawed records and experience, past truth, present truth, future truth is making member become what the WTBTS calls APOSTATES and the following consequence is to move from WTBTS to CHURCHES.

5. Many became a member to find SOLUTION to the LIFE THREATENING problems they face only to find out in the long term and run how WORSENING their cases had become.

In summary WHY???? WTBTS pushed them to the CHURCHES😁😁😁😁😁

I hope with these few points of mine I am able to convince you and not to confuse you as to WHY?

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The Big Lie JW`s Tell The Courts !

by smiddy3 in

imho, its the one rodney spinks and terry o`brien parroting the governing body direction is that when somebody leaves the religion whether they just fade ,disassociate or even get disfellowshiped ,then they are in fact shunning all members of all congregations worldwide including family and friends ,.according to their testimony at the arc.. this is a blatant lie and misrepresents the truth,.and they know it.. when a person leaves the religion for whatever reason they are rejecting the governing body`s teachings ,doctrines and practices of the religion of jehovah`s witnesses and not all peoples associated within the congregations.. especially not family and friends who they may have long standing relationships with.. they try to shift the blame and put the onus on those who leave.. shame on them for perpetuating such a lie..

Longlivetherenegades

One wonders what difference it makes when they treat those they disfellowshipped equally as those who disassociated.

They know they were LYING. Since they already made it clear that disfellowshipped members are to be shunned. The Shunning comes from them since they say actions towards disfellowshipped members applies to disassociated members.

The worst is classing disassociated and disfellowshipped members as people actively leading others to sin.

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SETTING LIMITS ON HOW TO LOVE by the the Guardians of Our Doctrines (G. O. D)

by Longlivetherenegades in

a balanced view of jesus’ role.

like those in christendom, the early bible students mistakenly allowed their love for jesus to overshadow their relationship with jehovah.

beginning in 1919, however, they came to see that jehovah and their relationship with him should be the focus of their worship.

Longlivetherenegades

A Balanced View of Jesus’ Role

Like those in Christendom, the early Bible Students mistakenly allowed their love for Jesus to overshadow their relationship with Jehovah. Beginning in 1919, however, they came to see that Jehovah and their relationship with him should be the focus of their worship. We can be thankful that we understand that our affection for Jesus is key to having a relationship with Jehovah. We must attach neither too much nor too little importance to our love for Jesus.—John 16:27...... Watchtower April 2020 study edition

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH?

Jesus said that one of the greatest commandments of God is to “love your neighbor as yourself.” (Mark 12:31) Did Jesus place a limit on loving our neighbor based on where that neighbor lives or on what nationality he is? No. He told his disciples: “By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves.” (John 13:34, 35) Their love for one another would be so extraordinary that it would be an identifying mark. They would rather give their life for one another than to take life from others....... Watchtower July 1, 2013 (Can you trust religion and war)

Legislation on love at it's peak.

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The Watchtowers

by BluesBrother in

edit .. i messed up the title, on this touchscreen tablet and now i can’t edit it !

the title should be “ the watchtower’s (sort of) apology for 1975 ….. sorry.

january 1st 1976, i remember that day when i heard a radio disc jockey gleefully announce that the world had not ended as jehovah’s witnesses had said it would .

Longlivetherenegades

August 2019 Watchtower study article no. 31 title "WE DO NOT GIVE UP" Postponed expectations. Paragraph 9

We naturally long for the good things that Jehovah has promised. In fact, when Jehovah’s prophet Habakkuk expressed a yearning for Jehovah to bring an end to the wicked conditions in Judah, Jehovah instructed him to “keep in expectation.” (Hab. 2:3) However, when the fulfillment of our expectations appears to be delayed, it may dampen our enthusiasm. We could even lose heart. (Prov. 13:12) This happened at the beginning of the 20th century. At that time, many anointed Christians expected to receive their heavenly reward in 1914. When that did not happen, how did faithful ones deal with their delayed expectations?

QUESTIONS

1. Who promisd the faithful ones of their heavenly reward in 1914?

2. Who delayed their expectations?

3. Who dampens the spirit of these faithful ones with unfulfilled promises?

4. Where in the scripture was it stated they will receive their promises in 1914?

@doubting Thomas this is for you....

Your religious masters talk but they don't follow what they say due to their SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1995766

Saying that the churches teaches nothing goes into the realm of SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS. There is s church built behind my place of residence. They hardly put the name of the Jehovah’s witnesses on their lips in condemnation of them but can that be said of Jehovah's Witnesses who week in week out label them FALSE CHRISTIANS right from the beginning of the organization existence till today?

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No rational reasoning with cult elders

by UnshackleTheChains in

https://youtu.be/elm5y8t3pjs.

this is why i can't in good conscience go back to the organisation.

you are pressured to bring others into the cult and then for them to wake up and find they are caught in a web of rules and policies such as shunning.

Longlivetherenegades

This piece from the numerous videos about the ARC is legendary and should remain in the ARCHIVES. Mr Stewart basically answered on their behalf that it is an organization policy that shows that it is a captive organization and policy to keep those still within their grasp captive.