Posts by Magnum

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PIMA is best so it’s not a shock to the system if the tower collapsed

by JohnR1975 in

i know most people here are totally out and that’s fine.. many these days are staying physically in for the social life and that is also fine.. i feel being fully mentally in is dangerous as it could be such a shock mentally if or should i say when the tower collapsed.. im sitting in the fence like so many others here.

mentally agnostic if god exists or not and if the bible is his word.. when i talk to people who are physically and mentally still in i can tell that they so need it to be true.

i’m worried for them when they wake up to the fact that they have been lied to 1914 wasn’t true 1975 wasn’t true 1999 wasn’t true and now here we are 2025 it’s all not true.

Magnum

I'm sitting in the fence like so many others here. Mentally Agnostic if God exists or not and if the Bible is his word.

I'm in that category.

the amazing social life and the fact they are so well taken care of

Huh??? The JWs I was with for decades were a drain on me - at least in the later years (the smart ones I knew left). They were intellectually lacking, self-righteous, and mostly ignorant. It was a chore to me to go to JW gatherings. I've been completely out for a good ten years and havn't missed any of it for one second (my wife hasn't, either). I miss the hope I once had and the feeling of security, but not anything social. I hated meetings, the ministry, etc. Meetings were a total waste of time. I often think what I could have accomplished with all those thousands of hours sitting at mind-numbing meetings - what I could have studied and learned, etc. Hell, I could be a master of Mandarin Chinese now (always wanted to learn that and recently saw a job opening that requires it).

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Coroners Report New South Wales Australia

by jonahstourguide in

hi folks.. spotted this.. coroner condemns jehovah's witness blood transfusion rules after follower's hospital death.

by giselle wakatama.

abc newcastle.

Magnum

Yep, DOC & Balaamsass2, it is faulty/erroneous reasoning and people are dying for it.

The whole point has to do with respect for life which is sacred. I agree that life is sacred, precious, etc. and that we should have great respect for it. However, the Bible shows that one should be willing to give his life for another. So he can give his life, but not the symbol of his life, to save another???????? That just does not make sense. I can jump in front of a speeding train and die to save you, but I can't give a few ounces of the symbol of my life to save you??? You can accept my life, but not the symbol of it???

What's more important - a symbol or that which it symbolizes? What's more important - peace between two nations or a dove which symbolizea that peace?

I think somebody at headquarters knows the reasoning is faulty, but the leaders can't change it because of all the lives that have been lost because of it. That's why they came up with the fractions nonsense.

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Watchtower July 2025

by St George of England in

i just saw the new wt is up and available.

the cover picture looks to me like the one that should have been used on the august 2024 wt but was pulled at the last minute and released with a different picture many weeks later.

someone on here uploaded a low res version of the picture last year.. of course we all know why the picture was pulled in the first place........ george.

Magnum

slimboyfat: Will you enlighten us (or me at least)?

I would like to be enlightened, too.

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They were trying to spread Transgender ideology, DEI, Green New Deal to the entire World

by liam in

the plan the democrats in the usa were trying to implement world wide was their ideology.

they wanted open borders for every country, they wanted to rid the middle class entirely.

they wanted a small group of people to run the world.

Magnum

Upvote from me. I strongly agree.

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serena williams

by FreeFallin in

not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .

Magnum

liam, that makes sense. Thanks for the info. So, you reallly won't be able to comprehend, and I understand why; no fault on your part.

Back in those earlier days, any congreagation I'm aware of would have been shocked to see a JW do what Serena did, and it's really not the dancing, but just being there in that situation... and her look which would indicate extreme "worldliness" or friendship with the world to a JW back then.

It is so different now. The religion back then was strict. The endtimes mindset was strong. The separateness from the world mentality was strong. You'd just have to have experienced it.

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serena williams

by FreeFallin in

not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .

Magnum

But How is that Different from all the Child Sexual abuse committed by "Holy Spirit Appointed Elders" that has been covered up since the 50s according to the ARC?

That's just simply a different subject. It's two different topics.

Also, you mentioned earlier that you don't see anything wrong with the what Serena did; well, you're speaking from your own perspective. This is not about how we view what she did; this is about the JW perspective... how it looks to longtime JWs who have been told for decades that the whole damned world was to about perish any minute and who were constantly - constantly - strongly counseled against everything related to the whole Serena thing - the association, the "worldliness", the look, the feel,... everything. Hell, I caught flak from the platform by an elder for going to damned Disney World. Many JWs would look down on one who simply attended the Super Bowl... much more so getting up on stage with a bunch like she was with.

I'm guessing you are young and just don't get it. Just her being on stage with a bunch of rappers dressed like thugs should be shocking to any JW of my generation. It implies friendship; it implies approval; it implies condoning of their lifestyle and morals (or lack thereof). You weren't a JW in the 70's or 80's or 90's, were you?

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serena williams

by FreeFallin in

not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .

Magnum

If you had lived in JW Land for decades in the 60's through 90's, you'd know what is wrong with it from the JW perspective. She's on stage with a bunch of people who project a thuggish image, who have morals that are nowhere near those required of JWs, who live for money and fame and sex, etc. The whole thing smacks of "wordliness."* It implies friendship with "the world." It does not look like the behavior of one who thinks billions of lives are in imminent danger, who "seeks first the kingdom," who has forsaken the world, etc.

Anybody who doesn't see what's wrong with it from the JW perspective is either young and inexperienced or was never a JW.

*I'm speaking from the JW perspective, not mine.

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Jehovah provides Javier a part-time job

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | march 2025. keep walking by faith.

7 note how javier, a brother in south america, saw the need to walk by faith.

he says: “i had applied for a prestigious job that would double my salary and provide considerable personal satisfaction.” however, javier had the deep desire to pioneer.

Magnum

Let's see how ole Javier is gonna feel about that part-time job in three or four decades.

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serena williams

by FreeFallin in

not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .

Magnum

I don't give a @#$% about Serena Williams, but if she claims to be a JW and conducts herself the way she does and the org doesn't do anything about it, then I'm furious. Hell, I got picked on for minor things and was scrutinized my entire life as a JW. I remember once in the early 90's when I shaved late one night and went out in the ministry the next morning without shaving that morning. An elder said something to me about it. I don't even have really heavy facial hair - just kind of normal or average. I was thinking damned, dude, are you looking that close at my face? I effin hate JWdom.

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Jehovah provides Javier a part-time job

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | march 2025. keep walking by faith.

7 note how javier, a brother in south america, saw the need to walk by faith.

he says: “i had applied for a prestigious job that would double my salary and provide considerable personal satisfaction.” however, javier had the deep desire to pioneer.

Magnum

My wife and I did the Javier thing about 40 years ago. We 'listened and obeyed.' We worked our asses off serving the org full time and did grueling part time labor to support ourselves - for decades. The slave we obeyed might have been faithful, but it damned sure wasn't discreet. We will now have to work until we drop dead. It's not easy to get a good job at 65ish when you're competing with 25-year-olds. My wife found out yesterday that she's losing her job of 16 years because the work is being sent overseas (India).

We have deep fury and even hatred in our bones for the GB members and the org. I cannot conceive of how the org can still be telling people, especially younger ones, to live like that. The GB members were deceptive morons back when we started serving the org fulltime (80's), but I at least think they really thought the end was imminent back then. It is, to me, much more reprehensible to be telling young ones now to not plan financially for the future. It's 20-damned-25!!! ... thirty years since the "generation" doctine change in 1995 and 50 years since 1975! It's 25 years since the turn of the century, beyond which it was inconceivable that "this system" would still be here. The org has been wrong in all its predictions. How can it still be effing with people's futures? It's effed up enough of them already.

Jehovah heard my prayers and provided a job that fit my pioneer schedule.

...meanwhile, there's horror, sickness, suffering, and misery going on all over the world. Jehovah can watch all that and not do a thing. He can file away all the screams, moans, tears, beggings, etc, but oh, wait... Javier needs a part-time job? Let's get on it. Jehovah's gonna make sure he gets Javier a measly part-time job. Gotta get Javier out there warning* the world of a mass destruction that's over a century late.

*Well, not really warning; just pointing people to a lame, fluff-filled website.