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  Covid 19, is this the WT new push to bring back ex JW's before the end of the system?

  by William Penwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not sure if this was covered as i could not find anything on it but talking to my son he tells me one of the gb had a talk telling them this is a sign of the last days.

  have the jw's being pressured into talking to relatives and friends to bring them back into the fold before the end of the system blah blah blah?

  the reason why i ask is my son was saying his mother has being on his case the last few weeks and then two days ago i got a telephone message from my sister, that hasn't spoke to me in 4 years, asking how i am doing.

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  Is there a new Date by the Watchtower for the End of System?

  by William Penwell in

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  2. beliefs

  not sure if this topic has being covered recently.. my son asked me a question if the jw's have in the recent months being pushing a new end date to the system?

  he was telling me about how his mother has being on him again about the urgency of the end of this system of things and he needs to do something asap.

  i told him i am not aware of any new dates as i have being away from the cult for over 20 years.

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  JW compassion?

  by William Penwell in

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  2. beliefs

  i have a nephew that has just recently being diagnosed with a life threatening disease through bad choices he has made in his life over the last 20 years.

  now he has asked myself and my sons to be there for him and without being judgemental we have being up at the hospital every other day for the last couple of weeks.

  now this is the part where i am just pissed right off.. one of my nephews other cousins goes to the hospital and starts giving him a guilt trip, saying that this was all his own fault that she couldn't talk to him for the last 20 years and his sickness now is all because he left jehooba organization blah blah blah.

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  Need some advice Re: JW marking by a family member

  by William Penwell in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so anyone that has read some of my posts on here over the years knows i have done the slow fade over the last 30 years.

  i do not claim to be a jw and have not being in a kingdum hall now to attend a meeting or convention for religious reasons for almost 15 years.

  now i know the discussion on here from this past dc was the rank and file dubs have being pressured to distance themselves away from family members that are no longer active dubs that they deem are not living up to wt bible principals.

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  Does the WT attract needy dysfunctional type of people?

  by William Penwell in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in your personal experience, do you think that the wt attracts needy types of people?

  over the years, my experience is that they do attract very needy, insecure, dysfunctional, types.

  i had an acquaintance that i just basically cut off.

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  IDC Deadly Devotion - Shunned No More

  by William Penwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my son was saying he seen this episode the other night.

  i checked my local cable and it is not on for the coming week but i will make sure to pvr it when it comes on.

  this is the second one deadly devotion has done about the jw's.

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  The Dubs and marraige

  by William Penwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just have to rant here for a bit.. i was on the phone earlier with my dub sister.

  she was telling me how her daughter, my niece, just met a "nice man" (i take it he is a good dub), that things were going good and that if things go as plan they would probably be married this coming summer.

  now this is after my niece just got out of a dysfunctional marriage of 20 years and their divorce was just finalized this last november.

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  First President Of The Watchtower Society

  by William Penwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was reading on wikipedia about the watchtower society and it lists a william henry conley as the first president of the wt society (1881-1884).

  i was wonder if this is correct and why the modern jw's have eliminated him from the societies history?

  the only thing is the society was not incorporated till 1884 with russel as president.

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  Does anyone else find reinstated dubs can be the most hypocritical?

  by William Penwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have seen this over the years that some that get df'd and later reinstated can be the most hypocritical.

  one case comes to find about my nephew who was df'd about 10 years ago for cupping a little feel of some dub sisters boobs.

  well right away he turns to us non dubs for moral support as he is being ostracized by the dub relatives.

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  I just went to a "wordly" funeral/memorial service.

  by William Penwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as my topic stated, i just came back from a co-worker memorial service that was not a witness.

  the minister did get into the religious stuff a bit but that was expected.

  i just respectfully listened.

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