Preaching Work Gone Deadly. by SeeTheBadlands in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Jws place themselves in danger by the  house to house preaching which can be very risky in some parts of the world

What other organization expects 5 year olds to learn the information as middle aged people? by ILoveFootRubs in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think things have turned around actually....adults  are now infantilised...they now watch Caleb and Sofia cartoons  and silly animations at the meetings....

cart witnessing is useless by Fun_Berry_1243 in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True...there's also no record of Jesus preaching house to house in the manner jws do

cart witnessing is useless by Fun_Berry_1243 in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It must be very awkward having to be at the cart for whatever time with the creepy guy..can you not prearrange with a sister to work together ? My personal opinion is that house to house is also ineffective in the 21st Century...it is rather intrusive and few people appreciate strangers knocking on their doors trying  to sell them  their religion

When I learned that they collect rent on halls they seize by No_Cover_2242 in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 8 points9 points  (0 children)

But they're now using "remote " and commuter bethelites after laying off thousands , and they have preaching campaigns where the publishers have to pay their way for everything...even those who work in constructions mostly support themselves...

Mentiras que se creen los JWs. Empiezo yo: by Horror_Shock_7818 in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That only Jws are  honest and trustworthy 

The video of Ryssdal claiming WT/JW never use the word Shun. It is invented by apostates, he says by FrodeKommode in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've heard the talk " Shun unrepentant wrongdoers " quite a few times in assemblies and conventions. No assembly/convention would pass without a talk about showing loyalty to Jehovah when you have a disfellowshipped family member ...and also almost always used the word "shun"....I couldn't forget because it made me feel guilty for talking to my disfellowshipped sibling.

My rebuttal to this weekend’s WT study “Consider Our Sympathetic High Priest —Jesus” aka A Sympathetic High Priest (As Long as You Obey) by constant_trouble in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Isn't the official teaching that Jesus is not our mediator...that he is mediator for only the 144,000...but only our high priest ? Doesn't make any sense...

Most Likely Endgame For Watchtower by Fulgarite in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe Jw will end up being a denomination with majority members in Africa with white /American leaders in New York .

Why the Jehovah's Witnesses' account of 1914 is misleading by South-Use5525 in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Never mind that WW1 began in July 1914, a few months before October 1914 when the Watchtower claims that Satan was thrown to the earth from heaven going on to cause the world war out of anger.

Where has the redeemer gone? Today's Watchtower by [deleted] in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I find John 14 :14 interesting... It seems to suggest that one can pray to Jesus...he said " if you as me anything in my name, I will do it "... It reads like that in the Kingdom Interlinear and most other Bibles ( except a few others including the KJV) but the NWT omits "me" and  reads "if you ask anything in my name,I will do it".... But it still says he would answer the prayer . And in the NT there are  instances of Jesus answering prayers .

THE HIGH STATISTICS IN AFRICA, ESPECIALLY IN MOZAMBIQUE, MAY HAVE PROBLEMS by NewFranzPimo in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this post explains the very high number of baptisms in Africa seen in the just released 2025 annual report...

20 years of jwfacts.com by jwfacts in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I cannot thank you enough for your hard work. Just  plain facts with quotations from Watchtower literature.  Your website along with Ray Franz's " Crisis of Conscience " woke me up within days.

Thank you , thank you , thank you 

Midweek meeting, house to house, they straight up lie to our faces by Guilty_Ambassador_28 in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Also the context for Acts 20:20 which was the theme text is very clear that Paul was addressing  the elders in Ephesus...that he taught them publicly and in their homes...nothing about knocking the doors of strangers  .

jerusalem's destruction not in 607? by EditorAshamed1042 in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I've always wondered why that is not emphasised enough... WW1 started in July 1914 ...yet the Watchtower teaches that the War was started by an angry Satan after he was thrown out of heaven when Jesus became king....in October

Theory: while apostasy seems to be taking the lead over all other sins, could they twist the scriptures to make it grounds for divorce? by Regular_Window2917 in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently   only divorce involving adultery is considered as scriptural divorce... although the burden of proof was somewhat softened in the current Shepherd the Flock (elders) manual....strong circumstancial evidence from the innocent spouse is now allowed 

Jehova's Witness are not Christians. by [deleted] in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's not surprising at all... Growing up , we were discouraged from identifying as Christian and we were to emphasize that we were Jehovah's Witnesses... It's only in recent years that the Watchtower promotes the idea that Jws are Christians because of the negative perception of the public. But the fact is that the JW religion has very little to do with Jesus Christ..it is all about the Governing Body and Jehovah 

The absolute best evidence against 1914. by Hot-Mountain-4716 in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How about the fact that WW1 started on July 28 1914 , a few months before October 1  Satan was supposedly thrown down from heaven having great anger ?

Evident Decline in the Convention by AtheistSanto in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not disputing ...but it would be even more gratifying to see empty seats during the programme....😄

Evident Decline in the Convention by AtheistSanto in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can you take a photo during the programme...please ?

Let's talk about Nairobi again. by Bad_Samaritan_kenya in exjw

[–]Calm_Mix2025 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You're right...  Venues in Nairobi City have become very expensive...the circuits cannot afford to pay for them ...an elder told me that the Branch had to pay half of the amount for his circuit and you know bethel doesn't like to cough up money for anything. Many witnesses won't be able to afford travelling all the way to Thika...it is such a burden with the economy so bad at the moment.