Posts by iliketreasure

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Are the JWs are doing field service while corona?

by iliketreasure in

hey guys,.

i'm out of the jws for 12 years now and stopped thinking about the whole thing a long time ago.. but recently, i wondered how jws deal with corona?

i've read on the forums that they suspended meetings and tried to hold them online.. but are they still doing field service?.

iliketreasure

Hey guys,

I'm out of the JWs for 12 years now and stopped thinking about the whole thing a long time ago.

But recently, I wondered how JWs deal with corona? I've read on the forums that they suspended meetings and tried to hold them online.

But are they still doing field service?

From my memories I think they probably have real problems to argue that field service could be suspended as well. So how are they dealing with this?

I mean they treat it as the most sacred commandment of them all, always using it to paint it a heroic thing to do in prosecution. They can't really stop doing it because of a simple pandemic, right?

How are they displaying the pandemic itself? As one of the last things happening before Armageddon, like always?

Thanks for your info :)

Cheers!

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Is Russia "right" about presecuting Jehovah's Witnesses?

by iliketreasure in

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jehovah's witnesses are presecuted in russia.

on par with the is and other terroristic groups.

it happened when the anti-extremism laws were extended to non-violent groups.. i don't believe that russia actually cares for the well-being of their citizens with this move and probably merely a law to stop other political forces (and the jws are one in a way, since their gather authority over large groups of people and also have their own political and judicial institutiona), but are they right about it anyway?.

iliketreasure

Jehovah's Witnesses are presecuted in Russia. On par with the IS and other terroristic groups. It happened when the anti-extremism laws were extended to non-violent groups.

I don't believe that Russia actually cares for the well-being of their citizens with this move and probably merely a law to stop other political forces (and the jws are one in a way, since their gather authority over large groups of people and also have their own political and judicial institutiona), but are they right about it anyway?

I think the JWs are extremists for sure and even though they stay non-violent, they sure pose real psychological danger to those who come under their influence. They also try to gain political power over people all over the world.

So the category can be right. I don't agree on the way it is carried out. You can't stop a religious cult by force, except by imprison almost every single person who believes in it. cults are structured in a way that they need an enemy to unite their people. It reassures JW's that their believe is correct, just as with other extremist groups. That's why the WatchTower loves reporting it over and over with many heartbreaking emotional details and wrongings to create more hate towards the enemy they need.

Also most JW's are mostly just victims, who needs help instead of presecution. Things get worse when its handled loke in Russia. Knowledge and education is the better tool. I know for sure I was a victim, when I was dub and I feel sorry for Russian JW's being presecuted for things Rutherford created and not even understanding why, since they feel they're just "good christians".

What do you think?

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Is Being a “Manly Man” a Bad Thing?

by minimus in

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so much is said regarding men , in a negative way.

shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are.

men should be less masculine.

iliketreasure

so much is said regarding men , in a negative way. Shaving commercials are now lecturing us as to how bad we really are. Men should be less masculine.
I think it’s ridiculous!

I don't know. I'm a 38-year-old-man and I think the ad is amazing and I felt proud being a man, because of it. I have no idea why people think its anti-masculine. It says the image of men in the past wasn't as awesome as it could be, and yeah thats true. I never liked those gender stereotypes. I want male to be associated with strong, righteousness, worth, love, being content, self-esteem, defining his own way of life, respect; you know positive things. But I was brought up too learning that its mostly just homophobia, fear, violence, being better than women at all cost, being all-time horny and similar. A lot of depressing shit, which is supposed to be manly. It's not. It's us men downing themselves. I remember as a kid when I realized that I will be a man, I didnt like it. Why? All my supposed role models in media and society werent positive. Men seemed to push everyone down, securing their top spot in society, while doing not much to actually earn it, including my own dad. I realized this as a 9 year-old and it made me very sad. A million gender rules, when we just need to love ourselves and respect others. Women had their emancipation and we men still don't. Its time.

And yeah, I want that change. I don't want to associate "male" with crime, bullying, rape, war, disrespect in the future. Thats not strength, thats weakness.

"Toxic masculinity" does NOT mean that masculinity IS toxic. But we surely idolized a lot of awful behavior as being "male", when its just a**hole behaviour in the past.

I want us men be free from our own agenda. We're so much more. I want to be proud.