from reddit.. a summary of changes: .
we are all sinners, so we have to be reasonable how we punish sinners.
if elders and congregation do not quickly help someone come to be reinstated they would be imitating satan the devil, not jehovah (yes that actually is what is said in the tagalog version in translation!
Others claim to believe the Bible but reject Jehovah’s organization.
God, how I hope they eventually get legally crucified for treating those who remove themselves from their cult jw organisation with such hatred and disdain.
This poster on youtube made a good point:
'They really don’t care if you fade as long as you keep your mouth shut but when you speak out they hate you and make everyone else hate you.'
it was translated so make sure everything looks ok.. 2024-08-august-edition of watchtower magazine.. .
https://smallpdf.com/result#r=c90d948913ed99d72872c0a1c609f388&t=share-document .
leopold.
I tried marking a congregation member who matched all the criteria in this article.
The elders made my life absolute hell.
I kept all spiritual contact, but no social interaction due to my inlaws non christian activities and life style.
Guess what, he was made an elder.
When everything REALLY hit the fan and it was revealed PUBLICLY what he was involved with, I got no apology and was still treated like dirt by the elders that appointed him - god how I hate this sham religious cult!!
it was translated so make sure everything looks ok.. 2024-08-august-edition of watchtower magazine.. .
https://smallpdf.com/result#r=c90d948913ed99d72872c0a1c609f388&t=share-document .
leopold.
Many thanks!
So like watchtower to act high and mighty and all knowing and spiritually prescient in these articles, when in actual fact they have been FORCED TO CHANGE due to being legally up against the wall with their shunning practices!!
i thought i would tell this story: 2 gals and a guy came by with invitation to convention.
i am in the yard.
the gals get out and are wearing pants.
I've noticed this "Where did you hear that?" question too from my own mother when I tell her some incontrovertible truth that proves conclusively the wt teachings are a pile of crap.
It's as if they are desperate to rubbish the source of the information so they can then go back to their superior, brain washed state...
i thought i would tell this story: 2 gals and a guy came by with invitation to convention.
i am in the yard.
the gals get out and are wearing pants.
LHG:
I don’t even feel sorry for them and feel that in 2024 if anybody is ignorant about the Jehovah’s Witness religion, it is by choice.
👍 I couldn't agree more!
Yes, what the hell is going on in that art department??
I tried to lighten up the picture to see if it could be seen any better.
How did that erection get past the quality control dept??
what are your memories of hall cleaning?.
i actually enjoyed it on the whole, my dad as the elder always tried to keep it to under one hour but in my later years in a hard-line congregation it was a chore.
the po's wife had a printed list and we had to complete it all before left (or got disapproving looks if we left after an hour).. as well as vacuuming the whole building the lost said you had to dismantle the vacuum and clean and polish all the internal elements.
Oh yes!
My little brother gave the game away and my elder dad laid into me.
I said 'elder Joe cleaned the hall last week whilst playing his Mantovani records.' Dad said 'That's different..'
Hmmm...🤷♂️
what are your memories of hall cleaning?.
i actually enjoyed it on the whole, my dad as the elder always tried to keep it to under one hour but in my later years in a hard-line congregation it was a chore.
the po's wife had a printed list and we had to complete it all before left (or got disapproving looks if we left after an hour).. as well as vacuuming the whole building the lost said you had to dismantle the vacuum and clean and polish all the internal elements.
I remember being entrusted by my elder Dad along with my younger brother to go and clean the hall by ourselves.
He was puzzled why we were so keen. It was about 1982 and our KH had a brilliant sound system.
We blasted out The Jam, The Beatles, Pink Floyd at top volume as we cleaned the hall - happy days!
for the first time in ages.. a very elegantly dressed senior lady and a young chap.
but--it wasnt just having a leaflet thrust at me--it was a full blown "old style" presentation.
i stopped her going to far into it--by asking if they are jws--and told them i was an apostate.
Used to see lots of jw's on the ministry as I drove around while at work,
Haven't seen any doing that slow ministry walk for ages!
