Posts by Magnum

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Watchtower July 2025

by St George of England in

i just saw the new wt is up and available.

the cover picture looks to me like the one that should have been used on the august 2024 wt but was pulled at the last minute and released with a different picture many weeks later.

someone on here uploaded a low res version of the picture last year.. of course we all know why the picture was pulled in the first place........ george.

Magnum

slimboyfat: Will you enlighten us (or me at least)?

I would like to be enlightened, too.

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They were trying to spread Transgender ideology, DEI, Green New Deal to the entire World

by liam in

the plan the democrats in the usa were trying to implement world wide was their ideology.

they wanted open borders for every country, they wanted to rid the middle class entirely.

they wanted a small group of people to run the world.

serena williams

by FreeFallin in

not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .

Magnum

liam, that makes sense. Thanks for the info. So, you reallly won't be able to comprehend, and I understand why; no fault on your part.

Back in those earlier days, any congreagation I'm aware of would have been shocked to see a JW do what Serena did, and it's really not the dancing, but just being there in that situation... and her look which would indicate extreme "worldliness" or friendship with the world to a JW back then.

It is so different now. The religion back then was strict. The endtimes mindset was strong. The separateness from the world mentality was strong. You'd just have to have experienced it.

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serena williams

by FreeFallin in

not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .

Magnum

But How is that Different from all the Child Sexual abuse committed by "Holy Spirit Appointed Elders" that has been covered up since the 50s according to the ARC?

That's just simply a different subject. It's two different topics.

Also, you mentioned earlier that you don't see anything wrong with the what Serena did; well, you're speaking from your own perspective. This is not about how we view what she did; this is about the JW perspective... how it looks to longtime JWs who have been told for decades that the whole damned world was to about perish any minute and who were constantly - constantly - strongly counseled against everything related to the whole Serena thing - the association, the "worldliness", the look, the feel,... everything. Hell, I caught flak from the platform by an elder for going to damned Disney World. Many JWs would look down on one who simply attended the Super Bowl... much more so getting up on stage with a bunch like she was with.

I'm guessing you are young and just don't get it. Just her being on stage with a bunch of rappers dressed like thugs should be shocking to any JW of my generation. It implies friendship; it implies approval; it implies condoning of their lifestyle and morals (or lack thereof). You weren't a JW in the 70's or 80's or 90's, were you?

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serena williams

by FreeFallin in

not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .

Magnum

If you had lived in JW Land for decades in the 60's through 90's, you'd know what is wrong with it from the JW perspective. She's on stage with a bunch of people who project a thuggish image, who have morals that are nowhere near those required of JWs, who live for money and fame and sex, etc. The whole thing smacks of "wordliness."* It implies friendship with "the world." It does not look like the behavior of one who thinks billions of lives are in imminent danger, who "seeks first the kingdom," who has forsaken the world, etc.

Anybody who doesn't see what's wrong with it from the JW perspective is either young and inexperienced or was never a JW.

*I'm speaking from the JW perspective, not mine.

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Jehovah provides Javier a part-time job

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | march 2025. keep walking by faith.

7 note how javier, a brother in south america, saw the need to walk by faith.

he says: “i had applied for a prestigious job that would double my salary and provide considerable personal satisfaction.” however, javier had the deep desire to pioneer.

Magnum

Let's see how ole Javier is gonna feel about that part-time job in three or four decades.

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serena williams

by FreeFallin in

not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .

Magnum

I don't give a @#$% about Serena Williams, but if she claims to be a JW and conducts herself the way she does and the org doesn't do anything about it, then I'm furious. Hell, I got picked on for minor things and was scrutinized my entire life as a JW. I remember once in the early 90's when I shaved late one night and went out in the ministry the next morning without shaving that morning. An elder said something to me about it. I don't even have really heavy facial hair - just kind of normal or average. I was thinking damned, dude, are you looking that close at my face? I effin hate JWdom.

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Jehovah provides Javier a part-time job

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | march 2025. keep walking by faith.

7 note how javier, a brother in south america, saw the need to walk by faith.

he says: “i had applied for a prestigious job that would double my salary and provide considerable personal satisfaction.” however, javier had the deep desire to pioneer.

Magnum

My wife and I did the Javier thing about 40 years ago. We 'listened and obeyed.' We worked our asses off serving the org full time and did grueling part time labor to support ourselves - for decades. The slave we obeyed might have been faithful, but it damned sure wasn't discreet. We will now have to work until we drop dead. It's not easy to get a good job at 65ish when you're competing with 25-year-olds. My wife found out yesterday that she's losing her job of 16 years because the work is being sent overseas (India).

We have deep fury and even hatred in our bones for the GB members and the org. I cannot conceive of how the org can still be telling people, especially younger ones, to live like that. The GB members were deceptive morons back when we started serving the org fulltime (80's), but I at least think they really thought the end was imminent back then. It is, to me, much more reprehensible to be telling young ones now to not plan financially for the future. It's 20-damned-25!!! ... thirty years since the "generation" doctine change in 1995 and 50 years since 1975! It's 25 years since the turn of the century, beyond which it was inconceivable that "this system" would still be here. The org has been wrong in all its predictions. How can it still be effing with people's futures? It's effed up enough of them already.

Jehovah heard my prayers and provided a job that fit my pioneer schedule.

...meanwhile, there's horror, sickness, suffering, and misery going on all over the world. Jehovah can watch all that and not do a thing. He can file away all the screams, moans, tears, beggings, etc, but oh, wait... Javier needs a part-time job? Let's get on it. Jehovah's gonna make sure he gets Javier a measly part-time job. Gotta get Javier out there warning* the world of a mass destruction that's over a century late.

*Well, not really warning; just pointing people to a lame, fluff-filled website.

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I need to vent sorry!

by KerryKing in

i couldn't get back to sleep last night, something my father said a few weeks ago popped into my head.. we were talking about obtaining citizenship, he doesn't need it, but was contemplating what benefits it could get him now he's a pensioner.. background : i've been disfellowhipped for 15 years, i was born in, he is an elder, very much pimi, he was also born in.. i said to him how citizenship would be difficult for him as it would require him to swear allegiance to the state?.

oh he said, thats just a crowd of people together in a big room for the swearing in event, it would be easy to just mumble or say nothing, nobody would know.. this has quietly been eating away in my mind, why did it bother me?.

last night it hit me, when i was in my first year of school, age 5, i came out of school one day with a balloon with two little pencils attached, a gift from a classmate who's birthday it was, every child got one.

Magnum

Perfectly valid, justified rant.

They can't live up to the standards they set for their own children, and crumble at the first hurdle.

That reminds me of something related. The JW organization, through a video, urged children to give up their ice cream and then donate to the org the money they could have used for such. However, GB member Tony Morris was video-recorded buying hundreds of dollars worth of fine Scotch, and in general, JW adults don't give up their "ice cream" money. But, oh, the children, they can give up theirs. It should be the other way around.

Also, I grew up in the 70's and 80's - a time when long hair on guys was in style. However, during that time I was taken by my JW mother to barbershops and given brutal buzzcuts. I would feel sick having to go to school the next day after a buzzcut and stand out when all the other guys had longer hair. However, during this time I remember my mother's being deeply concerned about her own hair and wanting to be in style. She was deeply concerned about her looks. She would always get a suntan before some event, get her hair colored, etc., yet, when it came to me and my looks and my wanting to fit in, oh, it didn't matter. Oh, it's just hair.. who cares? She couldn't put herself in my place. The sixth, seventh, and eighth grades were hard on me because of the way I stood out because of my hair.

Another one: I was allowed to play sports because my dad was not a JW. In the eight grade, I was on the football "B" team (junior varsity). I had a game on a Thursday night. My mother was driving me to the game, but, on the way, she stopped to pick up a friend of hers who was going. They were taking their time, engaging in shallow, stupid gossip and small talk, etc. The clock was ticking and I was getting nervous because I didn't want to be late. On the way, I mentioned something to my mother about the time and she just passed it off as if it didn't matter. When we arrived, the team was already on the field. I had to run to the dressing room, put on my pads and uniform, and run down the hill to the football field. Back then (1970's), coaches did stuff to us that would literally get them arrested today. One thing they would do to us for punishment was make us lie on the ground during practice and have about ten or fifteen other guys pile on top of us. We couldn't expand our lungs and breathe. It was like drowning. I saw guys cry because of the treatment. I had that done to me for being late. So, my being late might have been insignificant to my mother, but it wasn't to me; I got severely punished for it. She didn't want to be late for things important to her, but it didn't matter if I was late to things important to me.

To this day, I resent my mother for such things... like the double standard. She has not changed; she's still like she was back then.

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1/25 WT: Oral and Anal sex are a go - if she's ok with it

by neat blue dog in

he will not pressure her to engage in sexual acts that make her feel uncomfortable, that are demeaning, or that bother her conscience..... the bible does not provide details as to what sexual practices between a husband and a wife should be considered clean or unclean.

a christian couple must make decisions that reflect their resolve to honor jehovah, to please each other, and to maintain a clean conscience.

generally speaking, a couple would not discuss with others this intimate aspect of their marriage..

Magnum

Remember the straining gnats and swallowing camels thing? Well, I see that in this context. So, the JW god is concerned about what we do with our weenies & coochies (straining gnats), yet for millions of years he has allowed extreme horror, misery, suffering, brutality, torture, etc. to exist among his sentient creation (swallowing camels)? Human history is filled with thousands of years of such and animal history is filled with millions of years of it.

I have seen sheer horror in my life; and what I've seen is not even like a single molecule on the tip of a massive iceberg. Try to imagine all that humans have suffered over thousands of years - especially in the past before even things like aspirin existed. Think of the tortures, the horrific injuries, the festering infections, the toothaches, the diseases. Think of what animals have suffered for millions of years. They have been eaten alive, suffered horrible diseases, suffered horrific injuries, been burned alive in natural fires, frozen, starved, thirsted, been tormented by parasites*, etc. Fix all that; then, we can talk about sex rules & etiquette. Stop swallowing the camels; then we can concern ourselves with the gnats.

*I recently read about some moose in the U.S. who are so infested with ticks (as many as 90,000 each) that they are called "ghost moose" because they lose their hair and appear gray or whitish. 90% of their calves die because they just can't stand the misery that they are born into. I've had one tick bite make me miserable; I cannot conceive of the sheer 24hr per day misery those moose endure. They are in misery right this minute, and JWs are worried about bedroom rules.