Posts by LongHairGal

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What does the Catholic church think of JW?

by Halcon in

on 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?

LongHairGal

HALCON & AQWSED12345:

Being raised Roman Catholic, I can say the Witness religion was viewed suspiciously as crackpot.

I got involved anyway because the JWs misrepresented what they were. If I knew the real story I would never have set foot there. Luckily for me, I rejected the Witnesses attempts at ‘control’. I would not quit my job to do pioneering and housecleaning.

I ended up leaving after the 1995 Generation teaching…I wasted time but was just relieved it was over... I am Glad I trusted my instincts and didn’t listen to everything they said!

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Coming back after a long time...

by caballoSentado in

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hi friends,.

after some years i returned here out of curiosity, excuse my writing since my native language is spanish.

we (as a family) left the jw many over the un scandal... my children never got baptized.

LongHairGal

CABALLO SENTADO:

I am glad you as a family got out of the Witness religion ages ago and your children are doing well. You all escaped untold pain and aggravation! What a happy story.

Yes, there is a better life outside the JW religion as most of us on the forum can attest to!😊

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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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LongHairGal

BLONDIE:

Edit: I just read if a person is over 65 they don’t need a disability to qualify for SSI. They just need to satisfy the financial questions to show their income is below whatever. However, if anybody is under 65 they must prove a disability.

It’s still awful but I guess better than zero and maybe they can live in a relative’s room?

But, seriously, if any intelligent JWs had a crystal ball and saw this predicament decades ago, they would have made other plans!

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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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LongHairGal

HI BLONDIE:

I wrote that.🤣

But, yeah JWs figure there will be pennies from heaven.

I heard about those nervy articles about ‘filling out paperwork to qualify for money from secular sources’: Maybe some state Welfare programs??? I read that somebody in the U.S. CANNOT get SS unless they paid into it. Maybe if a spouse worked then the other or a dependent can get something.. The other option is IF somebody can prove disability they can apply for SSI.. Otherwise, it doesn’t sound hopeful.

Bottom. line:: If somebody never worked in the U.S. it really sounds like they are screwed, frankly..They wouldn’t qualify for much, if anything…and how long would they wait to even be approved?? All this is, ultimately, the final tragedy of listening to the Witness religion when they were younger!👎

However, I do understand what you mean about global and political instability and that is a very scary thing for us all!

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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’.

fame & fortune: award-winning author on religion, divorce and her dream car.

70. gift this article free.

LongHairGal

UGOT2BEKIDDINGME1:

Yes, you’re right. I know some ex-JWs might say their experience helped them with public speaking - but that’s just a small side benefit. The real truth is that JW-ism has No currency in the real world.

BLONDIE:

If you, with your wise preparation for retirement, are worried because of an insecure future, what about Witnesses who did little or nothing?? …I am Glad I never listened to suicidally stupid talk telling me to quit my secular job w/benefits & retirement and pursue poverty by pioneering/cleaning.. I was told to ‘have faith’.. This would be like jumping from a plane without a parachute. I was supposed to live with little to no money and not concern myself about my future.

But, the sensible Catholic girl in me rejected their nonsense and kept my job.. I’m proud of being shunned.. And many of my JW critics are deceased. Some lived a cushy life.. You didn’t see THEM doing without!

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Green Handshakes - Taxable income in Australia

by Listener in

i 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.

LongHairGal

BLONDIE:

I always wondered if people who worked for Witnesses were happier or better off.

Well now I know they were not better off - in fact quite the contrary. I am glad I always worked for secular employers.

And, again, those Witnesses who worked for themselves who did not declare all they made, hurt themselves in the long run.. Social Security payouts are based on what was reported! I guess this was a rude awakening for many JWs. Too many Witnesses had/have piss poor practical knowledge about finances and how the world works. Now, many are getting a crash course late in the game!

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Inviting People to Meetings

by HereIam60 in

the current memorial invitation campaign got me thinking about the few times over the years that someone i invited to a meeting actually came: .

1) once when i was "new", i invited a friend to a sunday meeting.

neither of us drove, so the brother conducting my study picked us up.

LongHairGal

LV101:

🤣That was me who said that about Witness bias against converts!

Yes, the prim “Stepford-type wives”, etc. that I encountered decades ago (who seemed in a 1950s timewarp) - all thought that about new converts, particularly if you were younger like I was.. Plus add the fact I wouldn’t heed older Witnesses’ suggestions to quit my job to pioneer and clean toilets - horrors! I would only be accepted if they could control my life. So I was on the shit list early on.

But, I can laugh about all this now all these years later.

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Inviting People to Meetings

by HereIam60 in

the current memorial invitation campaign got me thinking about the few times over the years that someone i invited to a meeting actually came: .

1) once when i was "new", i invited a friend to a sunday meeting.

neither of us drove, so the brother conducting my study picked us up.

LongHairGal

UGOT2BEKIDDINGME1:

Yes, there is a very obvious class system in the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

You are correct that if you are not part of the ‘upper class’ or ‘In crowd’, you are treated badly. If you’re not pioneering but have a job, forget about it. They will hate you.. [I want to stress here because I haven’t seen anybody comment on this in all my years on the forum:: but I observed there was a definite BIAS against people who were converts and not born-in Witnesses.]

Witnesses purport to want converts but I saw this attitude there when I was new... Don’t know if it still is because I got Out ages ago. Maybe they’re less ‘picky’ now that they are losing people…They were so arrogant with pushing people out - now they can’t get anybody to stay!🤣 Serves them right.

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Green Handshakes - Taxable income in Australia

by Listener in

i 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.

LongHairGal

BLONDIE:

I had heard a similar story years back of a JW who worked and their employer supposedly did not take out taxes and pay the fed or state.

It didn’t occur to me that this could have been a Witness employer… So I don’t know.. When I hear about all the horror stories involving Witnesses (stories I know about and others I heard of), it is positively shameful and I don’t know how they can call themselves moral people. They justify a lot of garbage with their convoluted beliefs.

I learned to stay away.

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JULY 2025 STUDY WT How to Give Advice

by blondie in

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friends

i scanned this article and i saw a theme throughout it.

when info like this shows up in the study wt, you can be sure the elders are doing it wrong and the wts hits directly on what it is.

older elders do it wrong and train by word and action the newer elders to do it wrong.

LongHairGal

HOSER:

I know what you mean about unwarranted counsel.

Years ago, a not very bright JW (elder) said a lot of crap to me out of left field. Just for the record for anybody who doesn’t know:: Jehovah’s Witnesses think they can say anything they want to a single woman. But, they would hesitate with a married woman.

All this encounter revealed to me was that some people in the hall were envious, I was apparently the target of gossip plus he had issues of his own.

Meanwhile, I was the single working woman with few friends, hardly invited anywhere!! I worked, minded my own business and made meetings as best I could.

But, apparently, some delusional people in the Witnesses believe fallacies that single people have ‘no problems’.. Some imagined that I ‘owed’ somebody something.. So, this ignorant guy spoke out of the abundance of his stupidity. But, I left him frustrated because he got nowhere!