Posts by James Jack

the youngest reference i have come across is in the 1992 watchtower (march 1st page 27) - “in the summer of 1946, i was baptized at the international convention in cleveland, ohio.

although i was only six years of age…”.

i would like to find more examples of this, particularly of examples in more recent times.

James Jack

9 year old girl in Stuart FL, DF at age 14. Never returned.

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A Gem I over heard at my fathers mid week meeting

by joe134cd in

i overheard this, while my father was listening to the mid week zoom meeting.

apparently all the reshuffling with the bethelites having to do their own food prep and washing was because it would free up space for better utilisation, and bethelites who were needed for these jobs could now be out in the field ministry.

omg😳 i also chocked when i heard that.

James Jack

I heard of this last year.

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Ban on Independent Meetings

by lssjr in

source - march 2021 announcements - - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5085868283920384/2021-march-147-english-german-announcements-reminders.

this is a sobering reminder of what happened some 40 years ago when raymond franz and others were literally kicked out from the jehovah's witnesses for having pre-arranged private spiritual discussions.lesson: paragraph 7 is another example of the i and t in dr. steven hassan's bite model of the 21st century cult - information and thought control at its best!!!!

"my gosh, there must be a lot of independent meetings these days.

James Jack

God forbid that your independent studies might reveal teachings contrary to the Watchtower.

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Is there a renewed iemphasis on the "go bag" in the past mont or so?

by nonjwspouse in

my soon to be ex moved out over a year ago.

he left most of his things here ( i guess he thinks of my house as his personal storage unit).

one thing he left was his survival backpack, i assume his "go bag".

James Jack

I remember your story, you live close by me. Sorry it didn't work out. My wife is on board with me, since I officially left in July 2020. If you need to talk to someone or suggestions with your daughter, feel free to PM me.

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JW Net and Politics

by snare&racket in

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this site was and remains instrumental in assisting people that want to leave the jw's.. there has been political discussion here for some time now, a good couple of years and it makes me feel a little uneasy.

i just opened up the site for the first time in some weeks, of the 10 posts being discussed, 4 were by the same poster, about politics, promoting their right wing beliefs.. this has been the trend for some time now, the same name behind a peppering of posts stirring the right v left of politics.. i remain forever grateful to the site and it's founders simon & angharad, i appreciate that simon shares some of these these political beliefs.

it would be a shame to see the site evolve from a place for jw freedom of thought and escape, to political squabbling, that the world is frankly tired of right now.. just to clarify, politics is my hobby, whilst my friends read the football scores, i'm reading polling data.

James Jack

I started a discussion on the same subject matter. Why can’t we stick to the topics that we came to this site in the first place.

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In Los Angeles today-Facebook LIVE at 11 am PST. The Zalkin Law Firm has big News Conference

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.facebook.com/zalkinlawfirm/ - facebook live today at 11 am pst.

the zalkin law firm - in la today, big news conference about a childhood sexual abuse survivor filing a lawsuit against the jehovah's witnesses..

James Jack

I had a 8 year old school girl get on my school bus with claw marks going down her face. I asked her who did it. She said her step mom, I reported it! No second witness needed.

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Do old time present day active JW`s genuinely believe in overlapping generations ?

by smiddy3 in

for the life of me i can not come to terms with old timers in the "truth" who could swallow this interpretation of scripture about an overlapping generation .. when jesus spoke about "this generation" .

are their any real bible students among younger ones any more ?.

here are 3 bible scriptures that confirm a generation is approximately 40- 50 years long give or take a few years .. 1. matt:1 :17 abraham born 2016-18 bc jesus born 2 bc approx.

James Jack

ASP59

Even drunk, I don’t get it. Jesus spoke to farmers and fisherman, considered by many as uneducated. In other words, the common person should be able to understand this doctrine without props or with someone giving them a complex explanation that is lost in the use of many words!