Posts by TonusOH

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Possible Complaints From WT About JWs Going To Brunches And Going On Vacations

by HiddlesWife in

i recently heard from a few pimos and saw on the exjw reddit that the above topic was discussed during a midweek meeting (clam).

the reddit member mentioned that there were complaints from the branch that too many dubs "were posting too many vacation and brunch pictures [on social media] when that time could have been spent in service!

if this is reality--and knowing this cultcorporation, i wouldn't be a bit surprised--they are really trying to stop the r&f/ members from enjoying normal human activities.

TonusOH

Guilt-tripping is a pretty common tactic for the WTS. The whole "could you be doing more" schtick is used for everything from getting people to donate more money to getting them to spend more time in field service. And the "some brothers have been discovered doing this" bit is also used when they don't have any real examples but they want to browbeat the membership.

They sound like one of those mid-level marketing scams, always pushing members to find more people to add to the pyramid scheme and learn better ways to squeeze more money out of them. It takes a while for many people to realize that they have spent their time funneling money to the top while getting nothing out of it for themselves.

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Geographical inaccuracies you cant shake

by GabeAthouse in

jw
friends

where your mental image of a place does not match up with where you intellectually know it actually is?

1. great britain: i always picture it to the west of france.

if i'm reading about the norman invasion or d-day i always see it in my head as crossing the channel east-west / west-east.

TonusOH

And amazingly, Google has mapped a lot of the main roads that cut through all of that wilderness. It's impressive enough that those roads were built and are still maintained, but getting people to drive it all so it could be mapped in on-the-ground 3D is a whole other level.

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Resuming door to door September 1st

by Mikejw in

gb worried about not enough coming to in person meetings.

what are they going to be like when they realise not only jdubs don’t want to go to in person meetings but they really don’t want to go back on the min.

zoom has so much more appeal for rather than meetings or door to door.

TonusOH

Maybe they call these the "last days" because they last and last and last.

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WT Finger Pointing

by Vanderhoven7 in

do you have examples of wt style finger pointing (with 3 pointing right back).

"satans organization claims to be gods organization, and persecutes those who are actually members of gods organization.

satans organization sails under the high-sounding name of "christendom".

TonusOH

I can remember how we would make excuses for the WTS and GB whenever someone pointed out that the stuff we were reading and supporting sounded a lot like the same things the WTS was criticizing other religions for.

"Yes, there may be pedophiles among us. But WE report the crime immediately and we NEVER give those men privileges in the congregation! Totally different from Christendom!!!!"

Then you get away from the organization and you learn that they are just as dirty as anyone else, but they lied to you without a hint of remorse. Very bad taste in the mouth when you find that out.

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House-to-House Resumes Sep 1 2022

by Smiles in

breaking news | house-to-house preaching will resume on september 1, 2022. the governing body is pleased to announce that the house-to-house preaching work of jehovah’s witnesses will resume on september 1, 2022. we pray for jehovah’s rich blessing to be with all of you as we resume our house-to-house ministry!.

https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/#newsalerts.

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TonusOH

They make it sound as if the governments of the world have spent the past century-and-a-half in a panic over what the JWs will say next. "If they start with this 'good news of the kingdom' crap just ONE MORE TIME, we will have to persecute them mercilessly. Then maybe we can finally get some sleep at night!"

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

TonusOH

It does seem as if the pressure is getting to him, he is lashing out at "Thai Pleasures" almost blindly. Demanding they identify themselves, referring to the 'magnificent seven' at least two or three times, trying to put them down as a filthy liar, etc. Not his usual dismissive self. So, not only can he not stop himself from engaging anyone who teases him, now he is losing his cool. Time to get more popcorn, I guess.

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Geographical inaccuracies you cant shake

by GabeAthouse in

jw
friends

where your mental image of a place does not match up with where you intellectually know it actually is?

1. great britain: i always picture it to the west of france.

if i'm reading about the norman invasion or d-day i always see it in my head as crossing the channel east-west / west-east.

TonusOH

I love that website. It's wild to realize how distorted the flat map is. The USA is around 3x the size of Greenland but might actually be a bit smaller than Brazil. But looking at the flat map, you'd think it was the other way around.

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Resuming door to door September 1st

by Mikejw in

gb worried about not enough coming to in person meetings.

what are they going to be like when they realise not only jdubs don’t want to go to in person meetings but they really don’t want to go back on the min.

zoom has so much more appeal for rather than meetings or door to door.

TonusOH

I wonder how many people out there are suddenly going to realize that the best part of the COVID shutdowns was that the JWs had stopped coming around on weekend mornings.

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

by Newly Enlightened in

original reddit post (removed).

TonusOH

He still thinks that claiming that he was dating a sex worker makes him look better than admitting that he paid for sex.

"I didn't break the law! That woman is just my date! And although she can make hundreds of dollars an hour from sex-starved neckbeards any night of the week, she's totally into my personality and charm and proud to be seen hanging from my arm. The very notion that I might have paid this definitely-consenting-adult for her time is just preposterous! Can't you tell how smitten she is from these selfies I took?"

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2022 Convention Sat. Afternoon part 1

by Rattigan350 in

i found it ironic that the symposium "put away peace wrecker inappropriate boasting".

was presented by a helper to the publishing committee.

and all of the other talks were given by, if not gb members, but by helpers to the various committees.

TonusOH

It sounds like they are saying don't be boastful around one another. After all, don't they anticipate a time when they will go out and warn the world that it will be destroyed, with that warning delivered by the people favored by God to survive? Sounds boastful to me.