Yes, so many of these people have died, and their efforts probably not remembered as much. I have met most of these people over my time in the ex-jw community. I recommend that more on here can read it.
Posts by blondie
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3Channel C ex-jws bios from long ago/several
by blondie inhttps://sites.google.com/view/channelc2-experiences/experiences/barbara-joe-anderson .
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Channel C ex-jws bios from long ago/several
by blondie inhttps://sites.google.com/view/channelc2-experiences/experiences/barbara-joe-anderson .
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800-why-1914 helpline, Marilyn Zweifel
by coffee_black infor many years, since the mid 80s, marilyn zweifel manned the help-line.
several months ago, the help-line stopped due to marilyn's serious health issues.
marilyn was hospitalized a few weeks ago.. she has serious health issues and has suffered from 2 serious falls... she is now in a nursing home.
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blondie
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/262626/marilyn-zweifel-800-why-1914-helpline-passed-away-yesterday?page=2
BRCI and the helpline are no longer operational
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800-why-1914 helpline, Marilyn Zweifel
by coffee_black infor many years, since the mid 80s, marilyn zweifel manned the help-line.
several months ago, the help-line stopped due to marilyn's serious health issues.
marilyn was hospitalized a few weeks ago.. she has serious health issues and has suffered from 2 serious falls... she is now in a nursing home.
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blondie
TD It was her real name; she was quite a spitfire and not afraid to give her experiences. She was in a nursing home 13 years ago, not expected to leave.
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800-why-1914 helpline, Marilyn Zweifel
by coffee_black infor many years, since the mid 80s, marilyn zweifel manned the help-line.
several months ago, the help-line stopped due to marilyn's serious health issues.
marilyn was hospitalized a few weeks ago.. she has serious health issues and has suffered from 2 serious falls... she is now in a nursing home.
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blondie
Hotpepper, she has died at this point in time. But if she were alive, she would thank you.
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What does the Catholic church think of JW?
by Halcon inon a trip to rome a few years ago i asked my friend (who is roman and jw) what the catholic faith thinks of jw.
he simply stated that jw is tolerated by the church but that really not much thought is given to them.
is there an official stance on jw by the catholics?
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blondie
In the long ago past in the day of Russell prior to 1918, he did have some strong words to say about the Catholic Church saying it was the biggest part of the religions Russell said were not part of the true religion, had been rejected by god; and this was put in print in many places. Rutherford continued this in his books. By the time of Nathan Knorr, then they started toning that down quite a bit. There was some response by the Catholic Church but was only emphasized by the Watchtower themselves to say that proved the Watchtower were the only true religion. The Church did warn its members from reading Watchtower material. There were only about 50,000 Bible Students (jws in 1931) at that time.
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800-why-1914 helpline, Marilyn Zweifel
by coffee_black infor many years, since the mid 80s, marilyn zweifel manned the help-line.
several months ago, the help-line stopped due to marilyn's serious health issues.
marilyn was hospitalized a few weeks ago.. she has serious health issues and has suffered from 2 serious falls... she is now in a nursing home.
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blondie
I knew her and visited her at her home several times. She gave much of her time to do this. She has been gone from some time, and I have never seen an ex-jw do what she did in the same self-sacrificing way.
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Is anyone watching The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu?
by Biahi inafter finishing season 6, episode 5, it occurred to me that, if the jws were right, (they’re not), the “new system” would end up being very much like this.
picture the commanders as the elders.. it’s a riveting series.
i wanted to see it, because i read the book when it first came out.
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blondie
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/22439/diary-armageddon-survivor An interesting story of how it would really be in the "new system" if current policies and treatment were applied, more than likely. https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/22439/diary-armageddon-survivor
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JWs in the news: UK Telegraph:"‘Jehovah’s Witnesses told me I would die at 15 – so I didn’t save for a pension’"
by Balaamsass2 in‘jehovah’s witnesses told me i would die at 15 – so i didn’t save for a pension’.
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blondie
Ugottobekidding. "If you, with your wise preparation for retirement, are worried because of an insecure future, what about Witnesses who did little or nothing?" Currently, I am concerned seeing the global be attacked and becoming unstable...but the world has come through before." But I am not depending on my retirement/social security. Everything can disappear for all of us if this insanity continues.. As to jws, they just figure their god will help them out. There are articles in WT publications, telling the elders that they should help members fill out paperwork to qualify for money for secular sources. "In some countries, the government may help the elderly by providing pensions and other programs." "For example, the elders may be able to help the parents find out what assistance the government can give to older ones. "
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Green Handshakes - Taxable income in Australia
by Listener ini was doing some research on the taxable status of money being gifted to co’s and travelling missionaries and was surprised with what i found.
i had assumed that it was not taxable income in australia.. it is taxable income in australia and it‘s likely that the same rules apply in some other countries.. a registered religious institution only receives tax free status on donations because they have been endorsed by the australian tax office.
travelling overseas and missionaries are not in this category.. there’s a tax ruling that goes into great detail.
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blondie
When my husband was appointed elder, he came back after the elders' meeting with the circuit overseer at the circuit assembly; told me he saw elders slipping money to the circuit overseer. He was stunned. Got him to thinking; all the things he saw elders do made him to eventually leave.