Ron.W.

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  JWN, 23 years posting Blondie

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  can i call you friends, i think so after 23 years posting here.

  i am dismayed how jwn is being "dominated" or taken over by a few posters, peppering the comments.

  in the past, the admin did not approve of this and did remove some posters from jwn.

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  Ron.W.

  I started 'lurking' here back in 2007 - That was the year I got in touch with Ray Franz and gradually realised my lifelong JW religion was NOT the 'truth'.

  I am most grateful for this site and the wealth of information it provides.

  I do personally find overly long 'preachy' posts a struggle.

  Some posts make me feel I am being scripturally 'machine gunned' or 'pebble dashed' by others (possibly well meaning beliefs).

  But, there are many, many posters and posts I do enjoy here - and for them I am truly thankful.
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  My dissociation letter - António Madaleno (ex-elder in Portugal)

  by Antonio_Madaleno in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  you can listen here:dissociation letter.

  you can read here:https://www.desperta.net/testemunhos/letter-of-dissociation-of-carlos-fernandes.

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  Ron.W.

  Very well put - thank you for sharing.
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  October Elder's Letter Delayed- Big Announcement at Annual Meeting

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/93h5zpbil6k?si=ffatfxjuxmj_na9i.

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  Ron.W.

  I'm trying to think what the 'big announcement' may be. Any educated guesses?
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  rant about the stupidty of JW r/f

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  putting this under beliefs,doctrine and practices because i don't see a better heading.

  here is what i have been thinking for years now and the situation with the recent storms and the devastation brings in closer to home in my thinking.

  i lived in western nc for 20 years and moved to wv in feb of this year.

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  Ron.W.

  Videos used to teach the resurrected ones?

  
  

  Reminds me of an elder who had Bill Withers greatest hits playing in the KH at his wife's funeral.

  He then went around everyone in attendance with his video recorder saying he wanted to get a comment from everybody there to show his wife when she was resurrected....
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  WTS 2024 Annual Business Meeting ...

  by careful in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ... is just three weeks from this saturday.

  the org has been tight-lipped, really, successfully secret about advance info on these in recent years,.

  now that these relatively recent changes on dress and grooming, reporting fs time, judicial matters, etc.

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  Ron.W.

  👍🤣🤣
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  JEHOVAH'S WITNESS STUPID: a special category of ignorance

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  worse than being stupid is thinking you are smart while you are stupid.. i should know.. for many years i was a special category of "stupid"; i was jehovah's witness stupid.. .

  what does that entail?

  listen and i'll tell you.. ___________________________________________________________.

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  Ron.W.

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  Rumour 144,000 literal number teaching to be abandoned at Annual Meeting

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  say it ain’t so!

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  in one sense it’s a no brainer because the figures just don’t add up any more.. in another (negative) sense it’s a no brainer because it’s been fundamental to jws since year dot and might undermine the whole thing?

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  Ron.W.

  I'm sure I heard that a high up in watchtower land described the gb as 'a concept' to some authority not too long ago - just can't recall the exact details, can you?

  If that was true, what the hell does that make their 144,000 'teaching'...🤷‍♂️
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  Half hearted JWs compared to past generations

  by JohnR1975 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it just me or has there been a massive change in jws of late?.

  when i grew up in the cult they had a real sense of urgency and would do an hour minimum, these days it’s not even ten mins before coffee break.. same goes for everything else, it’s half hearted .

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  Ron.W.

  My wife and I discussed how we haven't seen any of the jw carts in any of the normal places for ages now - is that a local thing we wonder??
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  Fully Colored Version of My Book of Bible Stories

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anybody know which edition of "my book of bible stories" had the fully colored pages?

  i'm pretty sure it came out late in the book's life, but i'd like someone to verify which one it is..

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  Ron.W.

  I remember being in Spain the the 1980's and somebody had (I think) an english My Book Of Bible Stories. (or was it the red You Can Live Forever In Paradise book?)

  Anyway, the Spanish witnesses were amazed, they had never seen the book before. Not sure when those books were published in Spain??
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  WTS 2024 Annual Business Meeting ...

  by careful in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ... is just three weeks from this saturday.

  the org has been tight-lipped, really, successfully secret about advance info on these in recent years,.

  now that these relatively recent changes on dress and grooming, reporting fs time, judicial matters, etc.

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  Ron.W.

  👍👍🤣

  2027:

  "Brothers, I'm sure you will be thrilled to learn that our new ROBO-SHEPHERDS will be calling on each and every publisher worldwide this service year to assimilate encourage you all."