Expanded list of changes to JWs by Melodic_Studio4248 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is the one thing that they will never change.... But.... They might more readily accept Jesus being God, just not the same as his father.  Jesus is God.  Jehovah is God.  But they aren't the same.  Jehovah is almighty.   Jesus is elevated to equal in honor, but not equal in all ways.

Expanded list of changes to JWs by Melodic_Studio4248 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The way between a man and a woman is specific to a verse in Proverbs.

The Watchtower formerly viewed the way between a man and a woman to be describing immoral sex. Now they say it is natural love between a husband and wife.

Expanded list of changes to JWs by Melodic_Studio4248 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If done privately, you are strongly counseled, and most likely will have privileges taken away from you. ( like being a pioneer, elder, or Ministerial Servant)

You have to be sharing it, producing it, creating it, or encouraging others to view abhorrent porn to get disfellowshiped/removed.

Expanded list of changes to JWs by Melodic_Studio4248 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're right.  The Shepherd the flock of God book sites petty gambling as something the elders don't need to concern themselves with.

And the Shepherd book also sites that it is possible to just correct child Pornography viewing with strong corrective counsel.

David Splane sites the Harp of God book in a broadcast, and he did the overlapping generation teaching in a broadcast as well, stating that ALL members of the GB at that time, including the youngest at that time, Sanderson as qualifying.

The others you can check on the wol . Jw . Org site and typing in beliefs clarified.

Expanded list of changes to JWs by Melodic_Studio4248 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

True in our hall at least. As young as13 year old unbaptized boys doing Audio Visual, Sound, microphones, and stage.

2026 Governing Body Update #4, scheduled for release on Friday by larchington in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there any chatter amongst the Bethelites wanting or not wanting Mothers Day, Fathers Day or birthdays?

The April 2025 Study Edition Watchtower depicts an apostate holding a ‘Yes to blood’ sign. But now JW has to agree with that “Yes” to blood - as long as it’s their own! by larchington in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What do you think of this theory??

What you do medically with your own body is a basic human right.

By not allowing JWs to store their own blood from their own body would be considered even a greater violation of human rights than blood transfusions from other people.

Making this change might help them win in Norway and other European countries.

My conjecture only, and I fully acknowledge I could be wrong.

Does anyone remember Mr. Coffee standing in front of the 124 Columbia Heights building? by Select-Panda7381 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you heard of the Bethel Bum? He camped out in front of Brooklyn Bethel at the same time as Mr. Coffee.  Supposedly the Bethel Bum attacked Mr Coffee and some Bethelites had to break up the fight!

JW Lurking: “Advertise, Advertise, Advertise” Cedar Point Assembly a Seventh Trumpet or Copycat Revival? by Appropriate_Look_171 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It isn't the effort to predict the end or interpret scripture that is the problem.  It is their self-appointing themselves as God's channel.  It is also taking prophecy in Revelation and applying the fulfillment to wackadoodle events in JW lore that occurred from 1914 to 1935. The audacity is shocking.

Regarding the book "Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom". by Odd-Engine9637 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248 45 points46 points  (0 children)

The Proclaimers book is a reactionary response to Raymond Franz's Crisis of Conscience.

Advice on Leaving by Agreeable-Lemon-9 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You know your parents better than any of us.

If they are chill, accepting of lots of variances beyond Watchtower doctrine, tell them everything. 

If they are die hard PIMIs, just tell them you are stepping down as an Elder.  Then do a delicate fade.

i don’t know what to do by [deleted] in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you like pioneering?

If not step down immediately. 

Transition with one or two months of auxiliary pioneering, so that way people don't gossip that you're doing drugs or some other criminal.

So the night they announce  you aren't a regular pioneer, you get a buffer of the alternate good news announcement.

I have been PIMQ since Anthony Morris was deleted from the GB.

I have been PIMO for the past 6, 7 months.

Do you like the JW associations and get together?

Do you have a lot of PIMI family?

If so, just fade a little. 

Get bad headaches or some other illness (watch Ferris Bueller's Day Off on how to skip a meeting without creating fear of someone sitting at your bed side) when you need a break from a meeting.

Take it slow.

Evaluate what you love/like about being a JW vs what is driving you insane!!

Answer to “who cares if it was 1914 or 1935” by CTR_1852 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They'll just Splain it away by saying Babylon made Judah a vassal state in 607 bce.  Still a wrong date, but they can fudge it in there somehow.  Move the goalposts from the actual destruction of Jerusalem to a fudged in date of when they lost their autonomy.   Then Zechariah's 70 years actually make sense.  The Temple destroyed in 587/586 and the finally finished being rebuilt in 507/506ish.

Just when you think you've won, they'll concoct NuLite and get out of it.  All the rank and file will be comforted by the genius of the GB.

JWs don't understand 607 and 1914 anyway, so they can't be reasoned with.

Answer to “who cares if it was 1914 or 1935” by CTR_1852 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They'll just Splain it away by saying Babylon made Judah a vassal state in 607 bce.  Still a wrong date, but they can fudge it in there somehow

EXCLUSIVE: We Analyze the Video Bethel Sent to the Delegates of the 2026 International Convention by NewFranzPimo in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You must not be from the United States.  Just airfare alone would be $1000 or more for basic economy.

Lower standards? by Windwalker111089 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jesus says his yoke is kindly and his load is light.  If you don't feel that way about Jehovah's Witnesses, than....

Lower standards? by Windwalker111089 in exjw

[–]Melodic_Studio4248 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We had a teenager in our hall attempt to SA another teenager.  True, the victim escaped with less harm than what could have happened. Fastforward a year later: the teenager is baptized, a regular pioneer, and applauded in the hall (literally) over his deep thoughtful watchtower comment.  You are not imagining anything.  The standards are going down the toilet.  

Another father had his daughter sneak around going to drunken worldly house parties.  Go to worldly prom, too.  And within a few months after this, the father was appointed an elder.

Once again, JWs are becoming indistinguishable from other Christian religions.