DesirousOfChange

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  Know it’s not true but stay anyway

  by Elena in

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  how many of the millions of jws know it’s not true but stay anyway?.

  my guess is most jws know it’s not true on a subconscious level to an extent but they don’t want to think about it too much and would never ever voice it out loud.. but this is probably true with all religions around the world?.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Witnesses made life altering decisions (about careers, finances, health) on the say-so of men who had no education and had NO certainty about any time frame (or anything else it would seem)... People who listened to their advice are paying the price today! ~ LHG

  Unfortunately, that is SO true, and SO common.

  However, I do NOT see many of the younger people in our area doing that. It seems they are not really convinced about the "nearness" of The End and are hedging their bets by accumulating assets. They are building/buying nice homes and investing in pensions and 401(k) plans. And, they are all taking very nice vacations.
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  Know it’s not true but stay anyway

  by Elena in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how many of the millions of jws know it’s not true but stay anyway?.

  my guess is most jws know it’s not true on a subconscious level to an extent but they don’t want to think about it too much and would never ever voice it out loud.. but this is probably true with all religions around the world?.

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  DesirousOfChange

  "Da Troof" is an awful lot like a tall, refreshing glass of iced water on a scorching hot day . . .with just a very few drops of urine in it. There may be a lot that is "refreshing" about what JW's spout, but the fact is there are those few drops of urine in everything they say that pollutes the whole glass!

  Brother, we are going to mark you "Good" on your use of illustrations and move you on to the next point of counsel on your next post.
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  Hotel Bossert, a storied hotel on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, was sold

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  memories..... a 1970s-1980s meetup location to grab a ride to local trips on the subway...or a bite on montague st.. brooklyn heights hotel to be turned into homes.

  the hotel bossert, a storied hotel on montague street in brooklyn heights, was sold to someraroad, a new york city and nashville-based real estate investment and development firm.. bk reader staffmay 31, 2025 10:00 amjun 2, 2025 9:20 am.

  photo: supplied/jim.henderson via wikimedia commonslisten to this article00:01:23. .

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  Stayed there once on a visit to Bethel. Seems the lobby was pretty fancy. We had 5 or 6 young guys from area congs we knew well and visited. Seems like those were the glory days of WT.
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  Where r we now?

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  post covid, post trump, post cedarsgate, post tony morris, post arc… where r we now?.

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  DesirousOfChange

  This is why I am very Glad I walked away from the Jehovah’s Witnesses while I still had a little youth left. 🙏🏻 I consider this to be priceless.. . . . I can’t think of anything more depressing than anybody growing old sitting in a Kingdom Hall. ~ LHG

  We recently attended a couple memorial services at the KHall of long time JW friends and witnessed several older friends (should I say "acquaintances") who are living that exact scenario to which you refer. Yes! Depressing to see! How much more so if it was us personally!

  The greatest revenge is living a happy & successful life!

  Doc
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  Where r we now?

  by sparrowdown in

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  post covid, post trump, post cedarsgate, post tony morris, post arc… where r we now?.

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  DesirousOfChange

  It just shows how how close we are to the end.

  Unfortunately , we are only closer to OUR end.
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  Reddit thread on convention video urging cutting off contact with Faders

  by LongHairGal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just read this.

  don’t know if anybody here has seen the video.. the intended result of this is to obviously scare ‘faders’ out of the shadows.

  now, they are being threatened with loss of association with their loved ones and friends.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Sunk cost fallacy and not wanting elderly relatives to understand they have wasted their lives believing something that was lies. . . . . siblings can now openly talk about how they were mislead into making decisions decades ago based on the lie that the end would come soon. . . . now they are elderly themselves

  The phrase I highlighted is the sad part. If you wait and wait so as to not offend others (ie, parents) you find out that now you are too old to start over too and you have been robbed of more years of your own life.
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  Guess who's coming to dinner.. Elder and nosey wife!

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. experiences

  so my wife ran into a elder i new 10 years ago and invites him to dinner!!!!!

  he arives and gives me a bear hug...love bombing!

  he started talking about armegedon is really very very close.

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  DesirousOfChange

  April 1st,1972 WT. THEY SHALL KNOW A PROPHET WAS AMONG THEM, This article claims that Jehovah’s Witnesses are indeed, prophets.

  They would claim that was just Old Light.

  Step up your pace and keep with the program!
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  That famous 117 Adams St address

  by BONEZZ in

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  ...is now owned by etsy.

  just happened across this.

  (maybe you all knew it but it was newz to me) finally made it to 1000 posts...whew..

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  DesirousOfChange

  The famous Menlo Park Kingdom Hall in California is now a Spanish Pentecostal Church!

  I thought that entire battle was over the fact that the real estate had become so valuable? And a Pentecostal Church had the (bid?) bucks to buy it? Did they keep the old Hall? Or, demo it and erect a new church?
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  Remember Hour Quotas?

  by blondie in

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  hour quotas timeline.

  back in the old days long before 1952.

  “after staying in our ‘home’ for two days we decided that if we were going to meet our quota of 140 hours for the month.

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  DesirousOfChange

  One CO (Andy Laguna) told me in the 90s he wouldn't even consider appointing new servants who didn't average 15 hrs per month with at least one study.

  Now one only has to "fog a mirror".

  Oh yah, and have a penis, though there is no longer the requirement for hair on your balls.
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  How many Ends are there?

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when will the current preaching work end?

  (remember, i am reporting not supporting wts teaching).

  questions from readers august 2025 p. 31 (how many wts teaching have been clarified?

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  DesirousOfChange

  How many "Ends" are there?

  Just one . . . . . for each of us.