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  Clap for the Carers (or Don't it's Forbidden)

  by Slidin Fast in

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  2. friends

  so, in the uk, during the early stages of covid there was a groundswell of appreciation for the nhs for their front-line sacrifice.

  this was crystallised into a regular clapping/whistling/noise making session every thursday at 8pm.. "harmless" you would have thought, "a gesture of appreciation", "what could possibly be wrong with joining in on that innocent activity?".

  well, the co during his recent rounds had a different view.

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  Ding

  Think of all the carers who are Jehovah's Witnesses.

  Oh, wait.

  They are strongly encouraged to forego the necessary "worldly" education so they can spend all their waking hours doing something really important -- pioneering for the borg.
  
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  Sample Disassociation Letters

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what do you think of the following sample disassociation letter from 4jehovah.org ?.

  if you are looking to disassociate from jehovah’s witnesses, here is a sample letter you can modify for your use:.

  i have decided to disassociate myself from the ____________ congregation of jehovah’s witness.

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  I would expect elders to read only the first sentence, the writer's name, and the first hint of or direct reference to potential legal action. They'll forward it immediately to WT lawyers and await instructions.
  
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  Article: Passing the Time By Firing Back at Jehovah’s Witnesses — With Letters

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/under-the-sun-why-a-local-woman-wants-to-nail-the-jehovahs-witnesses-11545704.

  kayleigh had run out of postage stamps and was waiting for new ones to arrive.

  it was slowing her assault on a local congregation of jehovah’s witnesses.. she pointed to a stack of letters she’d already written to what she liked to call “the jws.”.

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  I fear that letters sent in response won't be read unless they begin, "I would like to have a free home Bible study."
  
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  JW's coming on to this site to preach.

  by Overrated in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  webmaster for removing jw's that come on here to preach their crap.

  i don't want to hear their fake stuff.

  i come here to recover from their damage and to help others.

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  Ding

  I doubt that they are actually trying to convert or persuade anybody with this kind of "preaching."

  All they do is cut and paste from jw dot org and immediately move on to another online forum.

  It's just their way of counting time as they wait for Armageddon.
  
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  JW's coming on to this site to preach.

  by Overrated in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  webmaster for removing jw's that come on here to preach their crap.

  i don't want to hear their fake stuff.

  i come here to recover from their damage and to help others.

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  Ding

  The same thing is happening on social media.

  A lot of JWs cut and paste WT talking points in hit and run fashion.

  When you try to engage them in discussion, no chance.

  They left the minute they made their OP.
  
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  What Do Today’s Jehovah’s Witnesses Really Think?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  when i was a witness i knew what my beliefs were and could defend my views, even if it really was wrong.

  i understood jw doctrines .

  i could define what the faithful and discreet slave was.

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  Why has it changed, Minimus?

  My thought is that if JWs are able to explain and defend their beliefs, they're more of a danger to the organization when "new light" abandons that understanding.

  Then, too, some of the "new light" is simply incomprehensible and impossible to defend, such as overlapping generations.
  
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  What Do Today’s Jehovah’s Witnesses Really Think?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i was a witness i knew what my beliefs were and could defend my views, even if it really was wrong.

  i understood jw doctrines .

  i could define what the faithful and discreet slave was.

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  Ding

  "What are Jehovah's Witnesses all about?"

  "The truth" = Whatever the GB says today

  No need to understand, just a need to constantly keep up and forget you ever believed otherwise
  
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  Daily text 15.4.21 Unbelievable hypocrisy. Don't be the master of another's faith

  by Diogenesister in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  youtuber "king of fader's" caught this unbelievable piece of cant from watchtower in thursday's life and ministry 'daily text'.. (based on 2 corinthians 1:24 " not that we lord it over your faith").

  "jehovah has not given us authority to make personal decisions for others.

  someone who makes needless rules is not protecting his brothers safety - he is trying to become the master of his brothers faith.

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  Of course, all of the rules of "the faithful and discreet slave" are needed...

  That they can say this with a straight face shows how out of touch with reality they are.
  
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  "New light": how and when did this idea start?

  by psyco in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how and when did the "understanding" of the progressive ("new light") understanding start?.

  anybody knows?.

  thanks!.

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  Ding

  The WT uses "new light" to have it both ways.

  On the one hand, it's used to posit that the organization leaders understand more now that anyone else did in the first 20 centuries C.E. -- the light has gotten brighter in the end times for those who are "in the truth."

  On the other hand, it's used to excuse all its previous errors and to make the latest adjustments look like never-ending blessings and revelations from Jehovah to the faithful and discreet slave.

  Thanks to this sleight of hand, the vast majority of JWs don't notice that until 2013 the faithful and discreet slave didn't know who the faithful and discreet slave was (Russell v. all the anointed as a group v. the GB) nor did they understand who the domestics were (the anointed as individuals v. the anointed plus all the other sheep) to whom they were supposed to be providing good spiritual food in due season.

  Nor do they notice that it could all change tomorrow when the light gets brighter still and what used to be "the truth" turns into "old light" which needs to be dismissed and forgotten.
  
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  Threating to Sue

  by Ding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is the wt doing these days if someone das but threatens to sue if the elders make an announcement that leads to shunning?.

  i know the elders are supposed to notify the legal department, but what is the legal department telling them to do?.

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  Ding

  What is the WT doing these days if someone DAs but threatens to sue if the elders make an announcement that leads to shunning?

  I know the elders are supposed to notify the legal department, but what is the legal department telling them to do?