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History repeated: pre-1975 trend of selling homes to ‘downsize’
by LongHairGal in
1. jw
2. friends
i saw this thread on reddit.

i think the reason for this is that the 1975 fiasco is never mentioned in the jw religion.

nobody mentioned it to me when i came in the years after.. the problem with this is that all the sad stories were never told (or hushed up) of people who sold off homes, etc.
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PIMA sitting on the fence
by PimoElder in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
technically, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in a god, while an agnostic is someone who doesn't believe it's possible to know for sure that a god exists..
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Booster shots required for Bethelites and special full time servants?
by PimoElder in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it’s a shame the gov body did a big u turn on vaccines .

if they continue with the rule that only fully vaxed can go back to the hall then i could have stayed on zoom.

but the term fully vaxed is a moving target, if it’s been like six months since your last shot you are just the same as those of us who are unvaxed .
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What is the harm or downside of being PIMO?
by PimoElder in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what is the harm or downside of being pimo?.

i get all the good things about being in the cong, good social life lots of invites to bbqs and meals out.

lots of interesting gossip 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
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Caleb & Sophia - The Watchtower gets weirder
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the latest video release 4/4/22 (lesson 44 'don't give up') in the comic series of caleb & sophia just got weirder.

the plot is about caleb & sophia preaching door to door, caleb with his father and sophia with her mother.

it shows each of them having doors slammed on them four times.
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Can you list the positive points of being a JW as against the negative points of being a JW in your experience ?
by smiddy3 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was a twenty y/old when i converted to the jw religion and was a problem drinker and i was a chain smoker .when i was baptized at a circuit assembly a year later , my conversion and change in lifestyle was given as an example of the effectiveness of incidental witnessing to the audience.. so i can point to the 2 positives becoming a jw .. 1.i gave up smoking.

2.i gave up drinking for a while ,but because i still had association with my wife`s and my family who were not jw`s ,i learnt to control my social drinking when i started again.. and i have been a responsible drinker ever since ,even though i left the religion 29 years ago.. the negative points of being a jw in my 32 years of being one ?

are far too great to list here .. love to hear your thoughts..
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My story
by PimoElder in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi everyone i’m a pimo elder ex bethelite and pioneer who has been having doubts for many years.

as of late i’ve come to have even more doubts mainly due to the gb pushing the vaccines and acting like salesman for big pharma companies .

i will never take these vaccines even if it meant i couldn’t go to the hall as was previously said but the gb have done a big u turn on this now.
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How far do we get away from 1914
by PimoElder in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how far do we get away from 1914 before they have a new light and admit it was all wrong?.

they cling to the old theory of the 77 week prophecy from the wrong date that jerusalem was destroyed .

with the overlapping generations nonsense still we are getting too far away from 1914. what will they say if we get to the 2030s and they still cling to 1914?.
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Governing Body Update 3 video on resuming meetings in person
by psyco in
1. jw
2. experiences
regarding the governing body update 3 video on resuming meetings in person, i am wondering:.

what is the purpose of wearing masks and to sit keeping distances if you shake hands and hug each other before and after the meetings?.
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Resistace to going back to meetings
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
lot going on.

i had a covid divorce last year over zoom.

not pretty but i got a good deal.. anyway,.