Posts by William Penwell

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JW compassion?

by William Penwell in

i have a nephew that has just recently being diagnosed with a life threatening disease through bad choices he has made in his life over the last 20 years.

now he has asked myself and my sons to be there for him and without being judgemental we have being up at the hospital every other day for the last couple of weeks.

now this is the part where i am just pissed right off.. one of my nephews other cousins goes to the hospital and starts giving him a guilt trip, saying that this was all his own fault that she couldn't talk to him for the last 20 years and his sickness now is all because he left jehooba organization blah blah blah.

William Penwell

My non-JW partner who has had very limited exposure to JW literature, accompanied me to the film Apostasy. Afterwards I was curious about his thoughts on the film. “Very pharasaical” were his only words. I have heard these words from other nonJWs too. In other words, a complete absence of compassion.
Interesting that among the first things nonJWs notice when seeing what happens at a Kingdom Hall is how closely the instruction and processes (eg., judicial committees, requiring proven repentance, etc) mirror Old Testament rules and regulations - minus the brutal bloodshed, I guess.

My experience to with people that have not being brought up in the organization. They cannot believe that a so called Christian religion can be so judgemental.

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JW compassion?

by William Penwell in

i have a nephew that has just recently being diagnosed with a life threatening disease through bad choices he has made in his life over the last 20 years.

now he has asked myself and my sons to be there for him and without being judgemental we have being up at the hospital every other day for the last couple of weeks.

now this is the part where i am just pissed right off.. one of my nephews other cousins goes to the hospital and starts giving him a guilt trip, saying that this was all his own fault that she couldn't talk to him for the last 20 years and his sickness now is all because he left jehooba organization blah blah blah.

William Penwell

The JWs have no compassion. The only goal is to get to Armageddon.

There is something seriously wrong with an organization that finds delight in destruction of any human beings, although the JDubs are not the only religion that finds joy in the destruction of others.

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Masionic Rings worn on right hand.

by WildSteve in

did anybody see august 2018 broadcasting yet?

masionic rings always worn on the right hand little finger, these are gatekeep rings.. brother let shows his in a big way, and then the other old brother who was in prison in spain, when he tells his story they realy make a big deal on his gatekeeper masionic ring on his little finger of his right hand..

William Penwell

I think why this is such a big issues with the Evangelists, born again wack jobs, tin foil hat wearers, is they think the Free Masons are some sort of demonic organization. By trying to link the JW's up to the Free Masons, they are trying to say they are also a demonic organization. Like others on here mentioned on here there is a lot wrong with the JW's but as far as the GB belong to the Free Masons, there is no proof.

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Stats just out: JWs in Wales decline (-3.4%) - COs primed for zero baptisms!

by Darth FayDehr in

figures from that latest 2-weekend convention in caridff (wales) reveal jw “growth” now in decline.

baptisms are discouragingly low (21, combined), and circuit overseers have been primed to deal with assemblies where there are no baptisms; see these leaked 2018 instructions:.

pdf summary: https://1drv.ms/b/s!arekzxkzlp8ybsl45pov7y6k26a.

William Penwell

Made my day

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JW compassion?

by William Penwell in

i have a nephew that has just recently being diagnosed with a life threatening disease through bad choices he has made in his life over the last 20 years.

now he has asked myself and my sons to be there for him and without being judgemental we have being up at the hospital every other day for the last couple of weeks.

now this is the part where i am just pissed right off.. one of my nephews other cousins goes to the hospital and starts giving him a guilt trip, saying that this was all his own fault that she couldn't talk to him for the last 20 years and his sickness now is all because he left jehooba organization blah blah blah.

William Penwell

If they cannot just visit the sick individual and give them moral support in their time of need without being judgemental, then stay the f*** away.

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JW compassion?

by William Penwell in

i have a nephew that has just recently being diagnosed with a life threatening disease through bad choices he has made in his life over the last 20 years.

now he has asked myself and my sons to be there for him and without being judgemental we have being up at the hospital every other day for the last couple of weeks.

now this is the part where i am just pissed right off.. one of my nephews other cousins goes to the hospital and starts giving him a guilt trip, saying that this was all his own fault that she couldn't talk to him for the last 20 years and his sickness now is all because he left jehooba organization blah blah blah.

William Penwell

I have a nephew that has just recently being diagnosed with a life threatening disease through bad choices he has made in his life over the last 20 years. Now he has asked myself and my sons to be there for him and without being judgemental we have being up at the hospital every other day for the last couple of weeks. Now this is the part where I am just pissed right off.

One of my nephews other cousins goes to the hospital and starts giving him a guilt trip, saying that this was all his own fault that she couldn't talk to him for the last 20 years and his sickness now is all because he left Jehooba organization blah blah blah. I am just beside myself that she would pull this s*** but then what to expect for an organization that is based on conditional love. If it was myself, I would have told her to f*** off.....

Just venting but thoughts anyone?

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I’m Sending You My Thoughts and Prayers

by minimus in

jw
friends

how many people here can sincerely say those words to someone?

i take it most here do not say prayers, right?

?.

William Penwell

As a non religious person I never use the term ""sending my thoughts and prayers".

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Alex Jones, Infowars Ban on Youtube, FB and other platforms

by pleaseresearch in

what are you thoughts on this?.

i find this alarming because jones was very outspoken and had great guests on discussing topics most other media outlets wouldn't go near.. the fact that many have restricted him access to their medium what does this say on our freedoms of speech?.

William Penwell

I think any social media outlet feel a persons speech is threatening disinformation that could end up harming someone else, they have a moral obligation to not allow that on their sites. By them carrying such hate speech, they could be opening themselves up to lawsuits.

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The 'IN' families

by punkofnice in

one thing i don't miss about being a jobo, is those families that ruled the congregations.. i've seen how the elders protected their own using our old friend, nepotism.. eg.

the son of an elder that stole a car and was prosecuted but 'let off' because it was kept secret and all his relatives were elders in the same congregation.

it certainly went on when i was an elder but i wasn't one of the 'in' crowd.

William Penwell

There is differently a double standard if you are one of the IN crowd. Where is lived there was one elder that had a lot of pull and served on the blood committee. Years ago he ended up having sexual relations with a sister while his own wife was dying of cancer. He was DF'd but was back in a few years later and back on the blood committee and giving talks at the district conventions. If this was a regular rank and file member, he would have being shunned for a lot longer and never given back any of his privileged that quickly.

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JWs & "generations"

by Magnum in

we all know what a mess the jw "generation" teachings have been.

but, there is one hard and fast truth concerning jws and "generations" - that is, that many generations of jws have died without the realization of the hope they were promised.. there were many before my grandfather's time, but i'm going to start with his.

his generation, his peers, lived at a time when jwdom was exciting, bold, confident, seemingly deeper and scholarly, seemingly genuinely concerned about the preaching work and saving lives.

William Penwell

As an ex Jdub that was raised in the religion, that went through the 1975 BS, I can relate to what you are saying. I would have liked to have done more with my life but I am now come to terms with what I have accomplished and I am now at peace with myself. I am semi retired and into the entertainment business, something that was frowned upon growing up. I do it because it is enjoyable for me and makes my life have a meaning.

I do not see an end to the WT as they will always bring in new recruits and use the same tired old, "end of the system" scare tactics they have always used. It has worked for them for 140 years and I do not see them changing their tactics any time soon.