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  Load is getting lighter and yolk so kindly it’s hardly there👏

  by jehovaxx in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i heard an answer recently about how jesus said my yolk is kindly and my load is light.. he actually as good as said jwlite but not in so many words.. he said jehovah and jesus know it’s getting harder in these critical times so have made the load even lighter and the yolk even more kindly with padding.. all the changes recently, no more reports, beards allowed it’s jw lite with actually calling it such.

  zoom meetings and ministry groups, new meeting format in january that is so easy there is no preparation needed.

  anyone could turn up on the day not even having looked at the material and give any item as it’s all on rails.. people were talking after the meeting “there is so much new light it’s as if jesus is saying we know you are finding things hard, here let me make the load even lighter still.”.

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  People like that are better off left there. Sadly my father is also one of them.
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  If AMG III would return now

  by Gorb in

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  2. friends

  if amg iii would return now to the congregation, he would be mad because of:.

  - rank & file and elders not reporting fs time, very recent an issue to bring someone in highest correction mode.

  - jw's with official beard permission .

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  I can’t help but think tomo 3 may have been the person standing in the way of things moving forward. This combined with his drinking and loud mouth were what got him axed.
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  Broadcasts, Are they just a distraction?

  by KerryKing in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the recent broad casts about not handing in time sheets, and then about beards, especially the beards, it seems so trivial, are those talks only released in order to distract the followers from the recent court case they lost on spain, from the csa cases, the kh sales and so on?.

  i reckon they're taking their lead from the media, distract and divide tactics..

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  St George - you forgot to mention about their day in court in New Zealand.
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  What If The Tower Fell?

  by Big Dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what if the truly unthinkable happened and the tower went down?

  perhaps the irs swooped in and claimed fraud and padlocked the headquarters and kingdom hall doors?

  or the gb took the money and ran to a nice non-extradition country to live out their years?

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  I just hope what ever happens the beast lives long enough to surpass my father, and I think I may get my wish. He’s not in the best of health now. He is largely unaware of the various scandals, and internal pressures that wt is facing. To be honest he is better off left in it, and I both shield him from knowing and encourage his involvement. For it to fold, or for him to wake up, is just not a viable option. F*CK YOU WATCHTOWER.
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  Lawyers release survey on alleged Jehovah's Witness child abuse

  by Tahoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  a team of lawyers has released the results of its survey on alleged child abuse by members of the jehovah's witnesses religious group in japan.. the team held a news conference in tokyo on monday.

  it provides legal support to former members of the group as well as to children of its members.. the lawyers conducted the survey, following the publishing of the health and welfare ministry guidelines last year about child abuse related to parents' religious beliefs.

  a total of 560 people responded.. the survey shows 81 percent of the respondents said they had cards indicating they desired to refuse blood transfusions.. the ministry's guidelines state that parents' refusal of medical treatments for children on religious grounds amounts to neglect --- a form of abuse.. the lawyers said investigations are necessary to find how many people died from refusing blood transfusions, and how many of them were children.. the survey also shows 92 percent of the respondents experienced whipping, 96 percent were banned from school activities, and 93 percent were forced to limit their human relations.. the lawyers said many of the children experienced physical and mental abuse, which afterward led to problems such as loneliness, sense of alienation and a lack of self-esteem.

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  When I was a very young boy I was caught smoking with a bunch of neighbourhood kids. Luckily I was caught the first time, by my ( kind of) JW Grandfather. Fortunately this would prove to be the first and the last time I ever tried smoking. Let’s just it was case of “spare the rod, spoil the child.” What I received from my Grandfather was enough to put me off smoking for life.
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  Attention: Active Jehovah's Witness Parents

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this young jw lady was shunned by her parents since she was 18 or 19 years old.

  she was befriended by the older man that you see in the picture.

  perhaps you recognize him?

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  I have said this many times and will say it again. Leaving a controlling religion is one thing. But forgetting that the body is the temple of God, and to be kept free of the defilements of the flesh, is quite another. Ignore that, and you’ll ultimately pay for it.
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  BREAKING NEWS | Highlights of 2023 Worldwide Service Year Report

  by Drearyweather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  breaking news | highlights of 2023 worldwide service year report.

  on november 15, 2023, the service committee of the governing body shared highlights of the 2023 worldwide service year report with the bethel family.

  the following exciting increases were announced: baptisms: during the 2023 service year, 269,517 persons were baptized.

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  For those that say that wt is lying about their numbers. This is just speaking from the country i live in. The census figures, for the country I live in, has always been twice that reported by Wt. It’s always been like that, and still is to this present day. My argument, here in, is if Wt were lying there would be a formidable gap between the two figures. There simply isn’t. The above post I made is confirmed in the video I posted, made by an X/LDS you tuber.
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  BREAKING NEWS | Highlights of 2023 Worldwide Service Year Report

  by Drearyweather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  breaking news | highlights of 2023 worldwide service year report.

  on november 15, 2023, the service committee of the governing body shared highlights of the 2023 worldwide service year report with the bethel family.

  the following exciting increases were announced: baptisms: during the 2023 service year, 269,517 persons were baptized.

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  Boogerman: Please consider the following. What I think gives this so much credibility is it’s been looked at from an LDS Perspective.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4801405261447168/comparison-between-jws-lds-sda-mexico
  
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  Need Vocal Renditions of Sing Praises to Jehovah

  by cybernyben101 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am looking for vocal renditions of some the kingdom songs in this old songbook: sing praises to jehovah.

  most of my favorite kingdom songs are from that songbook and i would love to download them on my phone.

  i enjoy listening to vocal renditions of kingdom melodies.

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  I remember many years back they released a tape version (I think it may of even been before CDs) of various renditions of the Kingdom Melodie’s. If memory serves me correctly some may have even been sung by GB members. I was PIMI at the time of its release, and I played it over and over trying to get a vibe from it. But quite frankly it was terrible, but hey I sincerely tried.
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  Former Jehovah's Witness admits: We targeted grief-stricken as 'ripe fruit'

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/80708572/former-jehovahs-witness-admits-we-targeted-grief-stricken-as-ripe-fruit.

  jehovah's witnesses target grief and see the recently bereaved as "ripe fruit" for conversion, a former elder of the faith says.. vince and michele tylor​ spoke out after reading the story of wellington woman jean sergent-shadbolt, who received a handwritten letter from a jehovah's witness three months to the day after her step-cousin, friend and flatmate died.. a current senior elder of the faith says it has no policy to target grieving, and those who do so are acting on their own initiative.

  however, he concedes such people may feel guided by jehovah's witness literature.. but vince tylor said he knew of members who would trawl though obituaries to find grieving people, or visit cemeteries.. "not only do we see watchtower printed material suggesting and supporting writing letters from obituaries such as what jean received, but we even have reports and articles of encouragement for jws to go to cemeteries to look for people as well.".

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  Sadly none of the PIMI JWs know about this in NZ.