Posts by Lightgrowsbrighter

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GB Update #2, March 2024: Women allowed to wear pants, no ties/coats required if not giving a talk, & now able to greet DF ones in the KH!

by WingCommander in

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you heard me correct, this is not a joke, and it is not april fools day!

the asl portion of the governing body updated #2 (march 2024) has been released a bit early and someone caught it.

summary: .

Lightgrowsbrighter

Still hard line on treatment of 'apostates'- which is by their definition (not the Bible's) ANYONE who disagrees with them. Ironically, THEY are apostates by demanding unquestionable obedience and appointing themselves as 'the faithful slave'. Also, they act more like an 'evil slave' by beating up anyone who questions them.

Biblical definition of 'apostasy' is following someone other than Jesus, and/or persuading others to follow someone other than Jesus. Humbling themselves would show much more sincerity than all of these changes made largely to avoid more legal actions and retain membership.

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My Most Memorable Circuit & District Overseers

by MillennialDawn in

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i would love to hear from anyone who may have encountered the following the traveling overseers:.

david wesley - an incredibly kind and humble man.

just the most down-to-earth co you'll ever find.

Lightgrowsbrighter

MD: My longtime still in dad remembers Manera. I remember Roberson from So. California back in the 90's. You are spot on, mesmerizing speaker.

I also enjoyed Don Emshoff who was a CO and DO in Colorado and So. California. He was not married and a likeable guy. He irritated some of the 'friends' when he drove a 2 door Cadillac instead of the standard 4 door 'service' car in the days before WT provided vehicles for them.

With as sharp as these guys are (or were), I think the social aspect of being a ranking JW was more important than Bible discussion as all of them would turn on any who questioned org dogma.

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Do You Think Trump Is Done?

by minimus in

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certain forces appear to be trying to make sure donald trump never runs for president again.

some republicans are clearly abandoning trump and of course the democratic press has been saying trump is done!

is trump’s goose cooked?

Lightgrowsbrighter

Nothing to see here... 2020 US Presidential election numbers graph... move along.

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PFIZER DOCUMENTS and the ugly truth about the cover up

by Terry in

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video : what’s in the pfizer documents?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9y_w_30hsm&t=51s.

brief summary.

Lightgrowsbrighter

Terry: The amount of corruption, cover-up, sell-out, conspiracy, flim-flam, and flap-doodle that goes on every day combined with the real-life rise of robots, Artificial Intelligence and the clamor for nuclear war by Democrats just can't be happening...but it is.

What is disturbing to me is how many people STILL ignore these facts and support the Democrats twisted agenda.

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Pursue Peace Assembly 2022 .. Joseph shares stories about his Bible days

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

pursue peace assembly 2022 shows a resurrected, newly shaven joseph, the son of jacob and rachel, having a nice dinner at a beautiful restaurant in the new system.

the survivors of armageddon all want to know if joseph can share stories about his life.. ''can you tell us what egypt was like?

what was pharaoh like?''.

Lightgrowsbrighter

Joseph's English is good, although I do hear a slight Egyptian accent- or is that Hebrew??

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My story

by PimoElder in

hi everyone i’m a pimo elder ex bethelite and pioneer who has been having doubts for many years.

as of late i’ve come to have even more doubts mainly due to the gb pushing the vaccines and acting like salesman for big pharma companies .

i will never take these vaccines even if it meant i couldn’t go to the hall as was previously said but the gb have done a big u turn on this now.

Lightgrowsbrighter

BTW- I agree with you about the covid jab. PERSONAL CHOICE.

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My story

by PimoElder in

hi everyone i’m a pimo elder ex bethelite and pioneer who has been having doubts for many years.

as of late i’ve come to have even more doubts mainly due to the gb pushing the vaccines and acting like salesman for big pharma companies .

i will never take these vaccines even if it meant i couldn’t go to the hall as was previously said but the gb have done a big u turn on this now.

Lightgrowsbrighter

Hi P.E. I was in your shoes also as a 3rd gen JW and PIMO elder. Very tough to ‘step down’ (I always hated that term), and I think even tougher now as you will be grilled as to why you would leave the ‘privilege’ of being an elder. After I quit being an elder, I tried to be a rank-and-file brother- next to impossible, you are viewed and treated much differently (weak in 'the truth'). My family and I left cold turkey in 2010. I understand your comment on ‘nice people’ in the org. I felt the same way. But believe me, they will abandon you if you leave- even if you fade without being DF’d as an ‘apostate’. I’ve come to the realization that JW’s are a high control social group, not interested in genuine Bible discussion as they portray. Accept it all 'as taught by JW's' or you’re out. Simply put for me: Any group (Christian or otherwise) that demands unquestionable allegiance to all their dogma is the wrong group to be involved with.

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My escape from Jehovah's Witnesses to seek a life as an artist

by Terry in

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dream of the unborn butterfly.

my escape from jehovah's witnesses to seek a life as an artist .... (1974 - i pulled up stakes in fort worth, texas, packed my wife and 3 small kids into a ford maverick, and headed to california seeking a job of some kind where i could earn a living --not as a janitor, window washer, or minimum wage slave - but as some kind of artist.

) ________________ “konichiwa” he spoke with a smile wrapped in mischief.it was paul miyoshi.

Lightgrowsbrighter

Terry, I enjoyed your story and the thought processes involved. You are blessed to have found someone to guide you through the spiritual crisis of leaving the JW org. So many leave and lose much of their sense of spirituality as unquestioning allegiance to the org is beaten into believers minds as the only path to salvation.

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Pilot program for in-person meetings for the vaccinated

by Vidqun in

pilot program for in-person meetings to resume, to be launched in hong kong in nov. 2021. only fully vaccinated publishers are to be invited.

it's going to be a fader's paradise.. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/q9e9pg/and_so_it_begins/?%24deep_link=true&correlation_id=fb861c4a-8c7e-4bad-b1e3-4c86b3254daf&post_fullname=t3_q9e9pg&post_index=1&ref=email_digest&ref_campaign=email_digest&ref_source=email&utm_content=post_title&%243p=e_as&_branch_match_id=936859150293933406&utm_medium=email%20amazon%20ses.

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Bump.

I think this is a big deal as it will create divisions among JW's as we see on every other social level. 'Brotherly love' for those who decide against the jab will go right out the window if the GB is flagrantly pro-jab and covid paranoid. Maybe potential disfellowshipping for 'apostasy' if a JW refuses the jab?? At least 'marking'??

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The Stupidity Of The Biden Administration Knows No Bounds

by Simon in

so picture this, you are suddenly withdrawing troops after 2 decades in a country and, well, its all gone to shit.. how do you ensure that your vulnerable citizens and allies can get out when the airport is surrounded and no one can get through?.

option 1: it's a trick question surely?

you don't get yourself into this mess in the first place - you withdraw the citizens first, not last, duh!.

Lightgrowsbrighter

Biden is a puppet of the globalists and this Afghanistan blunder was completely planned as a part of globalist goals. A strong independent America is in the way of these goals. Unfortunately, globalism requires authoritarianism that is more easily attained with totalitarian communist governments such as China. The facts are clear that Biden is owned by China (as well as many US federal officials and big US corporations), but most big elite media also support the globalist fantasy, so nothing is said. President Trump stood for free American values, but way too many angry sheeple bought in to the ‘orangeman bad’ TDS syndrome and here we are 8 months later in chaos. Lock down America with Covid, but open the southern border wide to all comers and flood the US with foreign refugees. Take away guns to tighten control. Close North American oil production but buy overseas. Destroy faith in God, but cultivate faith in a global human government. It’s so obvious. Leftist hatred of Trump and a free America is identical to hatred spewed by JW’s of those who dare question their authoritarian leadership. Unfortunately, the leftist political hatred is much more dangerous to our collective freedom.

I’m sure you angry leftist will try to refute what I just posted- don’t bother. Your opinions are authoritarian nonsense and you know it.