Sixth generation Jehovah's Witness. Elder. Worked at Bethel during my youth. Historic publications. I can wear a beard now. 🧔🏻
#bethel#poetry#quotes#pimo
Since the change in the beard policy (now allowing JW men to wear beards), there are other things coming along in the future. Some changes in the policies concerning disfellowshipped individuals, blood transfusions, and types of suits, marriage to "unbelievers". #jw
***For Immediate Release***
*Shepherd the Flock of God (sfg) - September 2025
*Addendum to Shepherd the Flock of God (sfga) - September 2025
**English available at this time.
https://t.co/OmtAdm78C0
#jehovahswitnesses#watchtower
BREAKING: RFK Jr. and President Trump are reportedly preparing to pull the COVID vaccine from the U.S. market within months, according to one of RFK Jr.’s associates who spoke to the Daily Beast.
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'2025 Governing Body Update #5
In this update, we will consider Bible principles that can help us make wise decisions about additional secular education.'
In other words their former teaching on 'additional secular education' was UNWISE.
https://t.co/zOa6DhOtJP
Remember when Jehovah’s Witnesses put this out?
'For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the secretary-general of the United Nations warned of a dangerous epidemic of misinformation. “Harmful health advice and snake-oil solutions are proliferating,”'
https://t.co/McEhUQQn9X
I made a wandering post on Substack with thoughts on the JWs changed stance on Higher Ed.
Mostly made it to share an actually decent analysis from the Gemini AI research tool.
I think this is a positive of AI. A safe place for JWs to ask questions.
https://t.co/IiceSN36JC
A 2012 letter to bodies of elders on higher education and a memorandum from 2014 showing how one brother was removed as an elder because his daughter went to college.
#JW
Just in case someone tries to tell you that previously the Watchtower organization never put pressure on young people for desiring to choose higher education.
From GB Update #5: 2026 convention theme “Eternal Happiness.” Which really means: we can’t promise paradise anytime soon, so just keep smiling forever inside the org. Easy to miss under the “additional education” shuffle.
#exjw#ttatt
I wonder if they will update Shepherd the Flock to no longer judge an elder if he or a member of his household pursues higher education. After all Splane said no Christian (aka JW!) should judge a fellow Christian’s personal decision on the matter!
#JW
Until recently Watchtower used the term “higher education” but now in the GB update they’ve gone back to using “additional education” a term they used to favor a few years ago.
‘Higher’ sounds elevated. ‘Additional’ sounds unnecessary- this is a subtle way to discourage it.