Posts by Rattigan350

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Scriptures That Bothered You as a JW Kid.

by Sea Breeze in

my big one was: .

rev.

20: 5 "but the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.

Rattigan350

"Some miserable bald 'prophet' that got bears to brutally murder children because he had hurty feelings."

That never bothered me. I thought that was cool. Got to teach those brats.

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What Is happening to watchtower This days?

by Hellothere in

i'm a believer.

believe in blessed or cursed.

what is happening to watchtower is my question.

Rattigan350

The JW brochure is not for the public ministry. It is for those who ask about JW beliefs and practices.

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Scriptures That Bothered You as a JW Kid.

by Sea Breeze in

my big one was: .

rev.

20: 5 "but the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.

Rattigan350

"Rev. 20: 5 "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.""

I asked the person studying with me about this.

It means that the people won't be fully perfect and sinless until the end of the 1000 years. They will be 'dead' as in having some sin, until the end of the 1000 years.

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Most children of Jehovah's Witnesses followers in Japan have been whipped, survey shows

by Rattigan350 in

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/03/15/national/jehovahs-witnesses-whipping/.

the most cited reason was “napping or talking during congregations.” others included “answering back to parents” and “playing with a schoolmate.”.

some respondents said they have been suffering depression as a result of whipping.. “i still cannot forget the sight of children screaming after they were taken into a large room at a congregation when i was a child,” a 44-year-old victim said, stressing that jehovah’s witnesses should reflect on what followers have done.. in february, a group of lawyers started supporting those second-generation followers.. in a statement issued on march 1, the japanese branch of jehovah’s witness said it does not accept child abuse.. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230315/p2a/00m/0na/006000c.

Rattigan350

I would have said that it was good that kids get a whooping as the problem with kids and young adults and even adults todays is that they didn't get the discipline as children.

But disciplining because they sleep during meetings or assemblies and playing with non-Witness kids is wrong.

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Most children of Jehovah's Witnesses followers in Japan have been whipped, survey shows

by Rattigan350 in

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/03/15/national/jehovahs-witnesses-whipping/.

the most cited reason was “napping or talking during congregations.” others included “answering back to parents” and “playing with a schoolmate.”.

some respondents said they have been suffering depression as a result of whipping.. “i still cannot forget the sight of children screaming after they were taken into a large room at a congregation when i was a child,” a 44-year-old victim said, stressing that jehovah’s witnesses should reflect on what followers have done.. in february, a group of lawyers started supporting those second-generation followers.. in a statement issued on march 1, the japanese branch of jehovah’s witness said it does not accept child abuse.. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230315/p2a/00m/0na/006000c.

Rattigan350

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/03/15/national/jehovahs-witnesses-whipping/

The most cited reason was “napping or talking during congregations.” Others included “answering back to parents” and “playing with a schoolmate.”

Some respondents said they have been suffering depression as a result of whipping.

“I still cannot forget the sight of children screaming after they were taken into a large room at a congregation when I was a child,” a 44-year-old victim said, stressing that Jehovah’s Witnesses should reflect on what followers have done.

In February, a group of lawyers started supporting those second-generation followers.

In a statement issued on March 1, the Japanese branch of Jehovah’s Witness said it does not accept child abuse.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230315/p2a/00m/0na/006000c

https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2023031401012/

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GB Update - Meet the new GB members

by eyeslice in

jw
friends

i overheard my wife listening to '2023 governing body update #2, presented by kenneth cook jnr.

a few points i got from it.. new hour requirements.

quote "with the new hour requirements for pioneers, many us us can share in the pioneer work.

Rattigan350

The thing that I've been noticing more lately is on the videos and the conventions and ones giving talks are using their phones and tablets to read scriptures. No one actually holds a book anymore.

Remember back in the 90s and 2000s when there was a Question box against the printing out of scriptures and taking them to the meetings because it is a better example to hold a Bible and be able to turn pages and find scriptures.

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What is your favorite EX- JW You Tube site and why???

by Balaamsass2 in

the mrs (third gen) and i have been on this site for a number of years now.

we appreciate simon's efforts to keep this site active and available.

i find a number of pimo jw friends enjoy youtube for some reason.

Rattigan350

punkofnice. What's the problem? No attempt to irritate.

As another person stated "I can't watch any more than 5 minutes of any exJw channel myself." I don't like the exjw attitude nor do I like the JW attitude. I'm perfectly balanced in between.

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200-Year Anniversary of The Even Tide (1823) by John Aquila Brown

by Chevelle in

this is my first post.

i am a pimo who has been lurking for a while and i hope to make new friends here.. for now, i would just like to highlight that this year marks 200 years since john aquila brown wrote that crazy book(let) of speculations that charles taze russell practically copy/pasted into his "studies in the scriptures" which eventually affected all of our lives in one way or another.. cheers.

chevelle.

Rattigan350

Why do you call it a crazy booklet of speculations?

They used scriptures that they thought were prophetic that related to their times. They came up with the 2520 years of Daniel 4 as it was yet ahead of them. They were wise for their times and it was not nonsense, simply because without that, how is it explained that Jesus never became king when it was prophesied to David that his offspring would rule Jehovah's throne forever?

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