Posts by wannaexit

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Kleenex Head Covering

by jwundubbed in

growing up a woman in the cult was pretty bleak.

most of the adult women i knew were either depressed sad women or an embarrassment to me.

i was typical kid in that regard.

wannaexit

I remember one sister who put a diaper on top of her head to conduct the meeting for field service.

I did too!!!! In retrospect I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

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Explanation please on the change of the term "worldly"

by careful in

i've picked up from several replies to posts here that the org has stopped using the term "worldly" as it applies to people.

this must have happened after i left.

would someone be so kind as to explain the "rationale" behind this shift?

wannaexit

I don't know if they got rid of it. It's such a part of their speech. I hear it all the time.

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THIS Is How JWs Feel About The Cut In Magazines And Content

by pale.emperor in

i asked the question on quora "how do jehovah's witnesses feel about the announcement that the public edition of the watchtower and awake!

magazine is being reduced to just 3 issues a year and the number of books, tracts, and online content are being discontinued?".

https://www.quora.com/how-do-jehovahs-witnesses-feel-about-the-announcement-that-the-public-edition-of-the-watchtower-and-awake-magazine-is-being-reduced-to-just-3-issues-a-year-and-the-number-of-books-tracts-and-online-content-are-being-discontinued.

wannaexit

The local dubs in my parts are ecstatic about these changes. Most are mindless drones- I feel a little sick when I think I was like that too.

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Audio of Highlights of the Annual Meeting 2017

by LevelThePlayingField in

i wouldn't dare bore you with the whole 3.5 hours of their dogma.

but i have about a half hour of some of the main points.

of course, i made sure tight pants tony was the main part of it, since he's the one that announced the reductions of the wt & awake and no more year book.. also, i have lett saying that jehovah gave jesus immorality instead of immortality.

wannaexit

Thanks for sharing. Generally I can't stand listening to these idiots. But I gag through this one.

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The gervais principle and jehovah's witnesses

by wannaexit in

jw
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this chart says it all.

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wannaexit

This chart says it all.

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What's Happening in Italy? Bethel Relocating Departments to Bologna?

by Room 215 in

according to some websites, it appears there's going to be a transferral of several departments out of rome and to imola (bologna) in november, along with the sale of some property in the capital.. are they downsizing?

anyone know what's going on?.

wannaexit

Anyone who has visited the Bethel in Italy know if it's true that they served wine with their meals,

ShirleyW, in the eighties, they served wine at the lunch time. I don't know if that changed later.

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My Story - Part 2

by Lee Elder in

this is the first of a multi-part article that tells my story, and how ajwrb got started.. https://www.openmindsfoundation.org/saving-thousand-lives-year-reform-watchtowers-policy-blood-transfusions-part-two/.

wannaexit

Thoroughly enjoyed part one and part 2. I've had the utmost respect for you and the JWRB clan for a long time.

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What's Happening in Italy? Bethel Relocating Departments to Bologna?

by Room 215 in

according to some websites, it appears there's going to be a transferral of several departments out of rome and to imola (bologna) in november, along with the sale of some property in the capital.. are they downsizing?

anyone know what's going on?.

wannaexit

@zeb we know it's all about the money. A few years ago many of the major assembly halls in major Italian cities were up for sale. I Believe they sold one assembly hall in Italy In Prato that was worth a ton of money.Prato is like the Menlo Park of California.

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What's Happening in Italy? Bethel Relocating Departments to Bologna?

by Room 215 in

according to some websites, it appears there's going to be a transferral of several departments out of rome and to imola (bologna) in november, along with the sale of some property in the capital.. are they downsizing?

anyone know what's going on?.

wannaexit

According to this website http://www.geova.org/la-betel-di-roma-chiude/ in 2016 plans were in the works to look for real estate in northern Italy.

This blog post from :http://proclamatoreconsapevole.blogspot.ca/2017/08/notizia-flash-ultimora.html

indicates as you say ,that in the early part of November the translation department and broadcasting from rome will be transferred a Imola (Bologna) in a new Remote Translation Office RTO.

I am not sure what else remains in the Rome Bethel since all printing is in Germany. I am assuming that if there are any offices remaining, they will be slowly transferred up north.

This is an interesting map of who's printing watchtower crap in 2016. Italy is not on the list: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=10X_snx54vRIAh-DzEUAYGz6JFew&hl=en_US&ll=-3.81666561775622e-14%2C-

I will be in contact with some true blue witnesses near Rome to get a rank and file perspective.

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What's Happening in Italy? Bethel Relocating Departments to Bologna?

by Room 215 in

according to some websites, it appears there's going to be a transferral of several departments out of rome and to imola (bologna) in november, along with the sale of some property in the capital.. are they downsizing?

anyone know what's going on?.

wannaexit

Thanks for the head up Room 215 I'll have to go to my sources in Italy to see what is going on. Will report back.