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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  original reddit post (removed).

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  The link on reddit, to loyds letter, has been taken down. Can some one post a copy on here or send a link to where I can read it.
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  Predict JW life in future

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a sister said the other day at the ministry group “”what is all this talk that the end is still some way off” she said she has been waiting for decades and she was told there is no way it would take this long.

  some others said in an annoyed kind of way yes they would have made different decisions decades ago if they knew the end still would not have come by 2023.. how will the majority react in a few more decades time when the end still hasn’t come?.

  why all that talk of sense of urgency decades ago?.

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  I just hope the religion lasts long enough, to see out my elderly father.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  original reddit post (removed).

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  https://youtu.be/3xtblulMej4
  
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  If you have a question maybe I can help doctor of theology and one of Jehovah's witnesses

  by Jehovahisgod in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my name is ari matthew davies.

  i am a life experience consultant counselor i have a doctor's degree theology psychology clinical addictions and computer sciences.

  i am also baptized as well as jehovah's witnesses.. if you have a question i've got a lot of experience and a lot of real life training.

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  joe134cd

  Yes I have a question for you? Why are you openly conversing on an apostate web sight, when you have been told not to do it??????
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  disfellowshipped for having a personal opinion based on WT

  by Leslie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in 2008 i was baptized into the truth after leaving a trinitarian faith.

  during my eight years as a jehovah’s witness, i strived to keep the standards set by the bible, wt and the faithfull and discrete slave.

  but unfortunately, the congregational elders from the kingdom hall i attended were not keeping to jehovah’s standards, hence, wrote my letter of resignation.

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  joe134cd

  In my experience as a successful fader, when dealing with JWs, is the less said the better off you’ll be.
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  What Percentage of active JW's are on Anti-Depressants?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i came across an xjw post on redditt from a rn.

  she states that nearly every jw she ever treated was on anti-depressants or anti-psychotic drugs:.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/f35vaa/just_about_every_jw_i_come_across_is_on/ i once read somewhere that 1 in 5 jw's were on anti-depressants, but i couldn't find any documentation.

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  Just talking generally here. I have a friend who is a receptionists for a doctor. She was saying that in her time doing the job, one of the big shifts she has seen is the increase in mental health related medications.
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  What Percentage of active JW's are on Anti-Depressants?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i came across an xjw post on redditt from a rn.

  she states that nearly every jw she ever treated was on anti-depressants or anti-psychotic drugs:.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/f35vaa/just_about_every_jw_i_come_across_is_on/ i once read somewhere that 1 in 5 jw's were on anti-depressants, but i couldn't find any documentation.

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  I attended an ex-jw meet up a few years back. I was surprised at the amount of women there. That had very troublesome lives, been married to an abusive alcoholic husband.
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  Elder asks my disfellowshipped cousin to leave house while grieving for his grandmother

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  fourteen years ago i started a thread on how horrible my disfellowshipped cousin was treated after his mom passed away and the terrible actions on the part of the elders at the funeral home.. 67. horrible conduct by congregation elders at my cousin's funeral.............. well, here we are 14 years later, and things haven't changed!.

  my aunt ( who is my disfellowshipped cousin's grandmother ) was placed in home hospice care.

  the nurse told her daughters ( who are jehovah's witnesses and live with their mother ) that their mom probably has 2 days left to live and that they should call the immediate family.. my disfellowshipped cousin and his sister show up in the early morning.

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  I’d love to see that lawyer, David Gnam, lose his law license. Does anybody know if anybody has laid a complaint about him.
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  Watchtower cashing in on the Hamburg tragedy?

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thank you very much atlantis for all your hard work and for emailing a letter written by the watchtower (coming from the german branch possibly) to be read out to congregations by elders.. there is so much wrong in this letter.

  maybe some of it is due to being lost in translation but since the watchtower is predominantly english, it doesn't seem likely.

  the letter is as follows -.

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  I just wouldn’t be surprised if Wt use this as a publicity stunt.
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  Prediction of Watchtower in a Few Years

  by Foolednomore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  kingdom halls will be the thing of the past.. conventions (mini assembly halls will still be going on) but will charge for attending and parking and always a donation.

  elders will play a much smaller role since csa.

  cart preaching will replace door to door.

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  Disillusioned JW: I totally agree with you. The questioned raised was “ is watchtower cooking the books regarding membership number.

  With regard to Mexico and my country. There can only be two possibilities.

  (1) yes they are. In they are under reporting their membership. Well at least when compared to the LDS/ SDA.

  (2) As with the Mormon church, JWs are inflating the numbers. Having fewer number in the census that what the church officially stated would indicate an even bigger interest with the general public.

  I believe there is a lot of anecdotal evidence to believe the JWs are telling the truth.

  (1) all three religions (JWs, LDS,SDA) claim around the 20 million mark.

  (2) when comparing self identification in the census to church counts. The JWs seem to be pretty consistent, well at least as far as Mexico and my country go, and have done so for many years.

  If there was any hanky panky with Wt. Surly this would eventually have to show up in the census. Even if a person is a hardened atheist but still identifies as a jw.