Topics Started by HereIam60

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Toasting
by hoser in
1. jw
2. friends
when did the jws make the rule that you couldn’t clink glasses together and raise glasses of wine?.

and why the change to being a conscience matter now?.
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Fancy dress up parties were banned by Elders after our 2nd one
by Witness 007 in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i grew up in a small town with lots of witnesses so being bored we had two fancy dress up parties now some brothers came with swords and fake guns as pirates or cowboys one brother who was a pioneer came dressed as a woman!

the elders smashed us in a talk they gave and these fun parties were cancelled..
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Why "Removed" instead of "Disfellowshipped or Shunning"
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
i was mulling this over last night...too much free time, i know.

both disfellowshipping and shunning indicate the action of avoiding someone, taking them out of your sphere of associates.

probably is a better sound bite to say "removed.
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Is "Cessationism" A Correct Bible Understanding & Teaching . . . What Do You Say? (See 1 Corinthians 13:8-12)
by AbaddonProvesIt in
1. watchtower
2. bible
is "cessationism" a correct bible understanding & teaching .

(see 1st corinthians 13:8-12).

the watchtower society believes and teaches "cessationism.
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What was your deconstruction process from being a jw?
by Touchofgrey in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i became aware of jws and the un ,so i checked the internet and found it was true that they were a member, and that led me down the rabbits hole and started to look into the history of the bible students and the behaviour of russell and rutherford etc ,and how much the teaching changed and the internal politics and the failed end of the world teachings etc.. i then found myself in a no man's land regarding god and the bible, i then began to use critical thinking regarding the bible and if there was a god , looking into the origins of the bible and it's stories eg adam and eve story, flood legends, exodus from egypt and if the jesus story was historical or not etc .. looking at the origin of our universe and the planet earth led me to the conclusion that no god exists.

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the purpose of this topic is just to understand your deconstruction purpose from the jws and not to get into arguments about our now held beliefs or lack of.
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SPIMI Friend Asked Me For The Name Of My (FORMER) Congregation
by HiddlesWife in
1. jw
2. friends
a present-spimi friend texted me to ask me the name of my congregation--which is my former and last one that i left right after becoming completely/presently pomo.

she was a longtime buddy, who was pimq-pimo-ppimi-on-occasion for many decades.

then shortly before the pandemic, she was dating a brother who was reaching out to become an ms [mind you, this guy was a mic-handler for several decades as well--until an older brother (who was a close friend of his uncle--who converted him into the cultporation years ago--encouraged him to the point of harrassing him to move up the wt corporate ladder🙄😤].
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How Can The Governing Body Be Considered The "Channel Of Communication" From Jehovah Without Being Inspired . . . How Is That Possible???
by AbaddonProvesIt in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
video # 1,246: how can the governing body be considered the "channel of communication" from jehovah without being inspired .

the collapse of governing body member jeffrey winder's arguments: a critical look at a jehovah's witness excuse [by watchtower examination, winston gillum - montego bay, jamaica].

the governing body of jehovah's witnesses believe & teach millions upon millions of jehovah's witnesses world wide that they as a body, are not inspired or infallible.
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"Perfect Angels"? A Subtle Shift in Watchtower Doctrine — And Why It Matters
by raymond frantz in
1. watchtower
2. bible
"perfect angels"?

a subtle shift in watchtower doctrine — and why it matters.

quoted paragraph from the watchtower september 2025, study article 38, paragraph 12:.
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Few JW leader have children
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it’s been discussed before that few jw leaders, past and present, have had children.

this is in contrast with other groups, such as the mormons, whose leaders have had a lot of children.

i wonder if this has impacted jw growth.
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Baptismal Failure Rates Among JW Bible Teachers
by Sea Breeze in
1. jw
2. friends
the 2024 data from the jw website indicates that jw teachers have an over 96% failure rate with their students : .

2024 average bible studies each month: 7,480,146.

2024 baptisms:296,267. number of bible studies it takes to produce one baptism : 25.25. this means that jehovah's witnesses have an over 96% failure rate with people who want to study the bible with them.