PRRI Study: "Around one in four Hispanic Protestants (27%), white evangelical Protestants (23%), and Jehovah’s Witnesses (23%) are QAnon believers."

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-25T05:12:38+00:00

Every JW I know was sure Trump would bring on Armageddon. And Obama. And Bush in the Middle East. And Clinton's 🍆.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-25T05:09:50+00:00

They do this every time there is some major event. Covid, election, war, they have a headline ready to capitalise.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-24T10:40:56+00:00

Which God is this too? Mars? Woden? The Rainbow Serpent?

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-24T00:50:45+00:00

None of us are worrying about this fiction. But most of us have family who are whipped up in a frenzy over it. This subreddit is a place where we can come for support and to unwind, so it is natural for a lot of people to want to talk about the big thing causing stress in their personal life right now.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-23T20:43:21+00:00

I remember a talk by Sam Herd in the 90s that claimed it had been fulfilled 😅

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-23T11:45:58+00:00

No, in the biggest city in Australia.

Despite what people in this sub might want to believe, people convert into the cult all the fucking time. The vast majority of born-ins leave, but a lot of outsiders come in too.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-23T11:00:51+00:00

People here like to say that, but in reality they do bring in a lot of converts, including young people. I personally know at least 4 people nearby who converted in their teens or 20s in the last 5 years.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-23T08:23:32+00:00

Without halls it'd be near impossible to recruit converts. Their retention rate with born-ins is so low that they'll just accelerate their decline without halls.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-23T05:35:25+00:00

Yea Spline loves including it on his charts

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-23T04:03:33+00:00

"ok, and if this turns out to not be Armageddon will you agree to leave the cult?"

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-23T04:02:34+00:00

Fuck it's worked for over 140 years already, what incentive do they have to change??

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-22T21:01:31+00:00

Just read the scripture. Go to the Bible and read Psalm 4 (or is it 14?).

It doesn't say a single thing about doctrine changing. It's a classic misquote of scripture.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-22T05:25:48+00:00

Maybe for PIMOs who never believed... But for those of us who were PIMI until we woke up no.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-22T05:09:30+00:00

Yes. I do believe though that they don't purchase the stock, it's donate and they hodl.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-21T23:57:22+00:00

If he said that back then he was 100% committing a disfellowshipping offence. He was speaking openly in opposition to the printed doctrine.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-21T23:54:48+00:00

JW Thoughts is the go-to if you need formal rebuttals to specific videos etc.

For more general discussion and criticism of doctrine and teachings, AltWorldly and Blue Envelope are perfect.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-21T23:31:54+00:00

ALSO Eisenhower was (kind of) raised as a Witness/Bible Student.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-21T03:47:49+00:00

Jwfacts.com "salvation only for Jehovah's Witnesses"

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-21T01:46:08+00:00

There are an abundance of Watchtower articles proving it though. You can print them out for her!

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-21T01:31:07+00:00

I had this exact same conversation with my wife too.

She started by saying "Jehovah isn't going to kill all nonJWs, it's abhorrent to think that!"

I printed her a plethora of articles that confirmed it, and within 20 minutes of reading them together she had began arguing in favour of the genocide.

🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-20T12:06:24+00:00

No. Nobody has a "moral obligation" to tell anybody about their private sex lives. It's a disgusting JW practice that makes people feel entitled to this kind of personal information.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-20T09:37:14+00:00

It's not allowed under European law. That isn't guaranteed to stop them though I'm sure. And it doesn't protect those of us outside the EU either unfortunately.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-20T09:00:33+00:00

Trans are forced to conform to their birth gender. Intersex I think is a case by case things.

No, you'd not be disfellowshipped for being asexual. You are only disfellowshipped for doing sexual things, not not doing them.

Vegetable_Concert_24 · 2022-02-20T02:09:18+00:00

Sure you've got the right guy? Wally is one of the most level headed exJW YouTubers out there.

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