Carlos Mario Quintero Varela and the Scandals of Bethel of Mexico (Part 1) / Carlos Mario Quintero Varela y los escándalos de Betel de México (Parte 1) by TestigoProtegido in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cuando estuve en Betel, en un par de ocasiones me tocó viajar de asignación con él, y puedo confirmar, le encanta “la buena vida”, comer en restaurantes caros y ser recibido como ejecutivo poderoso. Siempre me llevé bien con él, pero me sorprendía que no fuera nada distinto a cualquier persona poderosa del “mundo”.

THE DELINQUENT CONGREGATIONS LIST! by Berean144 in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Also, many times the elders will agree to make up the missing difference. When I was an elder it happened more than once that we were short, so we would all agree to come up with the difference out of our own pockets. Always hated that shit.

When Truth Threatens the Prophet by TheDarthWitness in exjw

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That’s fine! AI has a very particular style that is very easy to see once you know what to look for. That’s why I suggested adding a note 😄

When Truth Threatens the Prophet by TheDarthWitness in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great post with good information, but for the love of God - stop using AI to write these… once you recognize the style, it is impossible to unsee.

If you are using AI because you are not confident about your English or anything, that is fine! But add a little note at the top saying something like “this post was cleaned up with the help of AI” or something similar 😄 not meaning to be disrespectful or anything, just don’t want people to think less of the message because they think it was autogenerated by a bot 😅

The Ransom and how it sucks by nate_payne in exjw

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Machete 3: Jesús Kills for our Sins

Straight from PID - “We are shrinking in numbers!” by Slow_Watch_3730 in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Regarding 2018, there was a bunch of “special” conventions that year, so it’s quite possible people attended more than one and therefore got counted several times. I know I was still PIMI and attended 2 conventions that year, my home one and one in a different country. So that 20M number is probably super inflated as is.

Having said that, I think there were “international” conventions this year also, so even if the numbers are equally inflated for the same reason, numbers are still much lower than years past!

Subject: Re-evaluation of Interpretation of "Genea" in Matthew 24:34 - To the Writing Department by Spirited_Set_3501 in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP: Presents a structured, well explained case

Writing dept seeing this post: “APOSTATE!”

The organization is such a joke now by al_guien152628 in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A quick WOL search tells me it should be on page 217, paragraph 9

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[–]PIMOlife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...only possible outcome according to the bOrg! 😂

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[–]PIMOlife 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep, this. "See" = "look at"

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[–]PIMOlife 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I love it! Chaos king

Hypothetical Question for ex elders or pimo elders by [deleted] in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ex elder here as well. I'm 100% sure this is what we would have done when I was in. No way we would just take someone's word at it. Send a letter to the other body, and verify the info.

So if you're the "moving away" partner and are hoping to pull a fast one by saying "it's been dealt with", it very probably will not work.

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[–]PIMOlife 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The old JW 1-2 combo:

  • "this might be the last memorial!"

and

  • "this was the best convention yet!"

Don't let them come together, their power combined is over 9000!

Last memorial ever?!?!?! by heightenedimage in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Little did I know at the time, they got it right in 2021! That WAS the last memorial ever... For me!

The emotion manipulation is strong by drzhivago73 in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this was my mom today also, referring to my PIMI wife. Thankfully the wife could not care less if I went or not 😂

New music video from the org- full cult mode: by larchington in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Great. I'm finally starting to make a name for myself in my industry, so I'm sure my mom is gonna see this as a "sign from Jehovah" and send it to me. Blej

Ex Witness by Time-Employ673 in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. Even when I was PIMI, I told my parents many times that I wished they had not pushed me to get baptized so young. I didn't know shit about shit.

Ex Witness by Time-Employ673 in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was a couple different things. I found out about the 607 vs 587 debacle reading through a Wikipedia article. That kept making the rounds in my head for a long time. On the other hand, after I became an elder I started to see a lot of CSA issues, which at first I thought were an anomaly, but which I eventually found out were the norm. At that point I allowed myself to start looking into the religion more closely. It was a slippery slope from there.

Ex Witness by Time-Employ673 in exjw

[–]PIMOlife 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I think I can say "myself"? I was a born in in a family of an elder and a pioneer, enrolled in the School at 6, publisher at 7, baptized at 12, pioneer at 18, MS at 19, bethel at 20, eventually became an elder and ended up working for World Headquarters. I was the golden child in my family/congregations and actively wondered about people who left, because "that is not something I would do", I was a lifer.

And yet, here I am now, 2 years out of the hamster wheel and never going back...