Those men are dangerous. Just destroying lives and families with their unscriptural doctrines. If the beard thing is unscriptural now?? Then why were they judging and marking other men as spiritually weak base on their beard grow.
What will they do if a man who was an elder or ministerial servant has lost his privilege due to beard ?? Will they restore that man or apologized for misjudging him on beard ??? If something that is unscriptural can be hold on to for such a long period of time and judging men on it , then what else is wrong?????
That's a great point. Lett essentially said if you have any opinion, you're wrong - just suck it up and follow the GB. All part of the BITE model. JWs boast a lot about "unity", but here's Lett talking about division among "the christian congregation" over something as silly as facial hair? He's directly addressing disunity, right?
It’s a business decision made by a publishing company. They followed the business model of salesman, clean shaved with a suit. Now they want to be modern salesman.
@@Vicki_Benji Jesus was raised in isrealite worship of Jehovah it was when he got his spiritual memories endowed into from heavenly times .The Second of Kings 1 After the death of Aʹhab, Moʹab+ revolted against Israel. 2
@@VestalNumbre if you are still brainwashed in this cult, please stop responding to my comment. I've always used my brain, and questioned their BS. That's why I was labeled as "bad association." You shouldn't even be talking to me, the elders would tell you that.
@@Vicki_Benji 2 It was then that A·ha·ziʹah fell down through the grating in his roof chamber in Sa·marʹi·a and was injured. So he sent messengers and said to them: “Go, inquire of Baʹal-zeʹbub the god of Ekʹron+ to find out whether I will recover from this injury.”+ 3
If they change their stance on blood, it would possibly cause an uproar and maybe lawsuits. So many people lives have been lost and families broken because of listening to that GB. Glad I walked away.
The dubs did already change their stand on blood transfusions..Now it is known as a matter of conscience, and many now accept “blood fractions,” Google it. 😮 I left in ‘99, never looked back..
It's interesting how they changed their doctrine about organ transplants, but not blood. Do you reckon if David Splane developed bone cancer, their stance on transfusions might soften a little?
20 years from now... they will pull a 1975 = "some INDEPENDENT minded brothers were under the impression they could not wear beards... some even wrote down how many hours they had a month.. INDEED we must keep close to the governing body"
@@evanwindom3265 it has a purpose it's a introduction to the Bible Malachi 4 “For look! the day is coming, burning like a furnace,+ when all the presumptuous ones and all those practicing wickedness will become like stubble. The coming day will certainly devour them,” says Jehovah of armies, “and it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2
@@VestalNumbreThen why not create your own content rather than hijacking that of others, and disrespecting those who have commented on the topic at hand? Are you so important?
I grew a beard because I didn't want to be doing anything for the Jehovah witnesses. It got me off the hook. I already wasn't commenting at their meetings. The beard just made them not want to ask me to do anything for them. I was rebellious in their eyes and I guess that I was.
This is double new light. Lett cited modern businessmen adorning beards as being acceptable in the modern world as a reason for beards to now be ok. So now it's fine to follow the fashions of the world, where it suits them.
@@reginaldedison6518 Judges 1 After the death of Joshua,+ the Israelites* inquired of Jehovah:+ “Who of us will go up first to fight against the Caʹnaan·ites?” 2
How many times were we told by the elders at the KH and/or the WT, that if something did not make any sense to us, not to question it because all we had to do was to obey? Yes, we were told to blindly obey because that’s what Jehovah wanted. The KH song, “Listen, Obey and be Blessed, is nothing more than a subliminal message; obey and you will have many blessings; refuse to obey and God will abandon you to your own fate. It seems like the WT organization wants to keep its members in a state of fear 😨.
The wt doesn’t only seem to want to keep its members in fear, that IS its strategy, and it’s the same strategy of ALL cults and religions! And it’s working!
@@greyberet1 I agree. I’m not an active member now but sometimes some JWs reach out to me. One of them, an elderly “sister”, a hard-core JW, always says: “ Our job is to obey, obey and keep busy with what the GB tells us to do. We have to support them because only then we’ll be part of the sheep, not the goats, and be spared when Armageddon comes. Only by obeying can we make it into Paradise”. There it is, the Fear Factor 🙄.
@@Dina52328 It occurs to me that ANYONE fearful of the state of death should undergo general anesthesia (which is as close to being dead whilst still alive), I’ve undergone that TWICE, and have retained absolutely NO memory of them at all… The buybull got that right, at least, some verse or another states that the “dead” are conscious of NOTHING! So what’s to fear?! And one more thing-this saying: rest in peace; a dead person is NOT resting, a dead person is benefiting from a period of rest! The dead will not come back to life having had a satisfying period of rest 😂! It’s just more BS propagating the idea of a renewed life after a refreshing nap 😂! And supposedly intelligent humans actually kill each other over disagreements about fairy tales 😂!
I can remember African American elders when sent out to give talks in more rural areas would often be asked to shave their mustache before giving the talk. Not beard, mustache, this was in Michigan but I'm sure it has happened other places. It was always about personal feelings never scriptural! I like how they use the scripture "be no part of the world" but also now say, politicians and businessmen wear beards so it's okay now????
True fact. Rutherford and Knorr hated beards so much they even had Jesus clean shaven for a number of years in the publications. The real reason Rutherford changed his view on having facial hair was because of Russell. Rutherford had to purge the Society of most things related to Russell, especially considering that everyone still looked to Russell as the faithful slave. When Rutherford published that the faithful slave was a class of people (the 144,000) in the August Watchtower of 1927, he systematically expunged Russell, his writings, the cross and Christmas. Also, Rutherford had a more CORPORATE-MINDSET, than a spiritual one. The majority of the mandates/rules/regulations of the watchtower is based on his ideology (mainly personal and not scripturally based).
Thanks for this....saw a vid about this recently and it goes a long way to explain *SO MANY* of the weird WT policies over the years. What a bunch of egotistical scammers parading as god's tools..
Please read 🙏 God will bring gift of mathematicians on earth one day I will be one of them All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17
I saw the statement that the GB had no issue with beards as so messed up. Because they had to pray to figure out that THEY were ok with beards?!!! Wait!! WHAT? Who were you praying to? The other GB members? Thanks Jay!!
It’s the same as saying, no one is allowed to have eyebrows for the past century. And all of a sudden they would say that you could. No difference whatsoever. 🤨😵💫🥴
😂😂 I remember one of my instructors (elders/pioneers) used to tell me ironically "don't forget" to shave... I basically can't grow much beard... Now I am sporting my goatee, not beard.....😉.... I am a proud 🎉 "goatee bearer". 🤗🤔😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 PS: as Mikey and Kim say we were "idiots". I tell you this cult seems unoffensive; however, it is one of the most destructive one.
Jay you really get it! Everyone is focused on beards but the real story is the who, what and where behind it all! The admission that it's not scriptural is a nail in the coffin because so much of the silly things they say are not supported scripturally! Christmas, R rated movies, Luck charms cereal, saying "good Luck" blood transfusions, Smurfs, disfellowshipping, voting, higher education, etc etc etc etc etc!! Not even sure if the GB is scriptural, certainly nothing about donating to a multi-billion dollar Publishing and Movie conglomerate !
JW organization is a place where such elementary things as whether any man should wear a beard or not depends on the current leaders whimsical liking or disliking of their predecessors.
Great video! Thank you Jay! You are right, if they can't get minor things right, how can we trust WT with anything else? Our JW family hates the beards and the funny thing is, now they get to look at them at every meeting and zoom meeting. lol I love it!
Hey Jay their biggest gaslighting to this day was still the 1975 debacle, when they in 2015 I believe they had a video about how some of the friends ran ahead the organization- “ some had mistakenly thought 1975 would be the end” . When I saw that I literally got I’ll to the point of 🤢🤮. That one really messed up lives I.e people forsaking themselves in opportunities. 🤨
My sister (pimi) told me that it's scriptural because JJ told us to be obedient and that in the timeline of when beards were not allowed, it showed "rebellious behaviour". So basically she copiet Lett's stupid argument. So basically all I get is they arebrain-numb on purpoae
We are the world. We are the children. We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving. There's a choice we're making. We're saving our own lives. It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me. Hmm. Hmm. I am singing Jay.
Now that I am done singing. I have an explanation for this reversal on beards. It goes something like this. God created man to grow facial hair. For millenniums, it was right to grow facial hair without his approval. In essence, it was God's fault for making man in his image. However, one man in Watchtowerland claimed it made people look like Santa Clause. And, we know if we rearrange the letters of the word, "Santa," we get the word "Satan." Satan is God's enemy. Therefore, we should not grow beards like Satan. Now, that Santa is no longer popular, we can grow our facial hair.
Welcome back! Good points as always, religion is suppose to uplift you spiritually & that's it! You have your own mindset to determine if you want to wear nail polish, wear a beard, wear shorts, etc.Pray for wisdom.
LOL I love it when you go:"What's poppin'!" Anywhoo, I asked a JW today, known her for years, and we talked about flip flop teachhings. I had sent her NUMEROUS WT articles etc about the flip flop and the blood issue. THAT was more than a year ago. NOW, I got an 'answer': nah, she just couldn't understand why I even asked that since she checked all the articles and couldn't see anything flip flop or such. I was flabbergasted!! NOT once could she see or read what I claimed, lol!! So I told her, that I shall look into it again. I wonder if GB changed or erased anything concerning that. Makes me wonder though...a lot.
It's going to be weird seeing Witnesses that I know start sporting beards LOL but hey hopefully this wakes up a few people because like you said the question should be asked "Why was this banned in the first place?" - We know they're protecting their boy Rutherford, so they will continue to gaslight the very people that all they did was follow what was said from the podium. smh.
Once I read "Crisis of Conscience" by ex governing body member Ray Franz; I became fully awake to what this organization has been doing all of my 65 years on this planet. It's all about the human opinions of a group of old men in New York Bethel; JW HQ. Ray emphatically drove home the point that "rarely was the Bible ever used in discussions about policy"!! And then in recent years, when I located excerpts from Watchtower articles in which they stated that "the governing body is neither inspired, nor infallible. They can err in doctrine and organizational direction." That's when I realized that no matter what rules or policies they produce, the ultimate criteria for following them is this: IS THIS WHAT THE BIBLE CLEARLY TEACHES? If not, then go stuff a sock in it, dipweeds! "We must obey God as ruler, rather than men."......."For one is your leader, the Christ". (Acts 5: 29,......Matthew 23: 10)
Yes Jay, they are the authority over your salvation or death by pretending to be Jehovah’s chief representative avatar in the form of Jesus Christ himself, remember “when you listen and obey the Governing Body you’re listening to Jesus Christ himself” so that no one will question them when they command you and will be totally obedient to them, and if you disagree with them, it becomes a disagreement against Jehovah God himself, thus using fear, intimidation, obligation, and guilt, remember what the Governing Body said, “you need to listen, follow and be obedient to what the Governing Body says no matter how unreasonable or illogical it seems from a human standpoint“. “you need to listen, obey and be blessed“. These are the words from one of their many songs of psychological conditioning.
Proverbs 14:18,god does not accept the gullible as far as i can see.being brought up as a jw i was always discouraged from researching other religions which i could never understand,how do i know that this or that is the true religion?we have to question everything in life,or we just become those gullible ones god does not accept.
Way back in 2018 we had a CO that raised holy he'll about beards during his public talk. I as the cobe was at fault for his rant! I had been very sick fighting cancer for several years and the effects of treatment, during the midweek FS meeting I was to tired to shave that morning and it set him off. He stated during his talk Sunday " In My circuit No one will ever have beards!" . So I wrote a 3 page letter to the branch with all the scriptural reasons there is nothing wrong with beards, I included several examples of medical reasons to have beards, examples of things they claim are improper for sisters in the publications but they do anyway without much said, and examples in the scriptures that in principle allow for them without issue( 1cor 7) and hot that equally applies to beards. To avoid trouble for myself I mailed it unsigned and from a post office 100 miles from my home(I traveled of my work). So it probably winded up in the round file cabinet 😅😊.
First time seeing your channel. I was busting up! Thanks for the laughter. 💪🏼💪🏼 Now that they allow them to grow beards, will they allow them to grow some balls? 😂😂 All sisters who have past menopause (aka, pause men 😂😂😂😂, ain’t nobody got time for dat 😂😂😂), can probably stop plucking their chin hairs too. WHOOP WHOOP 🤣.
Back in the seventies when I first hit the job market every interviewer had pictures of appropriate hair cuts and grooming for the job on his desk .......Watchtower will probably pull the same bull crap 😮
Rutherford undoubtedly made many unscriptural errors/mistakes by making them part of policy to follow in the Organisation. However, the JW's and unbaptised students were/are looking for spiritual guidance and teaching from God's holy Words in the Bible, so within the Organisation both policies and scripture has to be adhered to in order to be a member. The brothers & sisters are genuinely seeking God and believe Jesus is their redeemer, as all Christians should believe. The mainstream Church also have some policies, like no smoking & alcohol etc. Though grooming and attire are more relaxed.
Well thanks Jay! I’ve never received a shoulder hair compliment before…I’ll be sure to pay it forward 😂 Rutherford vehemently hated beards and as soon as he took over as president he started implementing the beard ban. I can only imagine the talks about beards given at the time that got in to the psyche of the flock. 🙄 “Let us be clear”, haha yeah the same thing happened with 1975, “we never said that” 🙄🙄
Might help to keep in mind that Watchtower has had to contend, in Court, with the argument that rank and file Witnesses are Watchtower’s ‘agents’ and therefore Watchtower is legally responsible for criminal acts by said agents. I believe this has come into play with CSA cases. They of course argue that this is not the case and therefore the Corporation is not to blame. New policies regarding issues such as turning in time and prohibitions against beards may well be the result of these court challenges. The less they appear to have control the better for Watchtower when it comes to liability. Will blood transfusions be next?
So its a good positive move if the current GB are improving on some policy changes that are not unscriptural. Why should we disagree with beards anyways, if well kept and tidy. Rather than keep a policy that is unscriptural, no matter how long its been in force, gladly turn it around and let it be personal choice.
That's what they did in 2017 at Conv they blamed bros for 1975 debacle! So I looked into 1975 as my Aunt used to take Mags but stopped then The JWs were told it from Franz at Talk at Conv end if world after Sundown 5th Sept 1975! JWs Armageddy based on 3 days of Darkness Catholic Prophecy. Sun Sets at Noon on Easter Thurday one year Anos 8:9,10 Ezekial wrote about Gog of Magog War when Israel invaded God's land not WT!
Or, if they are not blaming the people saying they misheard them and it’s their fault, they blame God and say “this is how Jehovah operates.” Excuse me? Did you just blame GOD for your bull$hit? Last I read in HIS word, God doesn’t make mistakes. How people believe and follow these clowns even after the internet has exposed them is so sad. To be that brainwashed and gaslit.
Soooo 🤔 anyone was downgraded or loss privileges for having a beard can get it back or heck even give a public talk 🙃 lol ... Enjoying my freedom 22+yrs cult free 🙏✌️👍👌
The beards policy demonstrates how Jehovah's Witnesses serve men, not God.
Exactly!
If I'm not supposed to wear a beard, why did the Creator put hair on my face?
I never understood that silly beard issue Humans are mammals. Mammals have hair it’s a defining characteristic of mammals.
It's amazing how they can just change something that they used to judge men off of, and then they told them how they should feel about it.
Gaslighnting at its finest.
Those men are dangerous. Just destroying lives and families with their unscriptural doctrines.
If the beard thing is unscriptural now?? Then why were they judging and marking other men as spiritually weak base on their beard grow.
What will they do if a man who was an elder or ministerial servant has lost his privilege due to beard ??
Will they restore that man or apologized for misjudging him on beard ???
If something that is unscriptural can be hold on to for such a long period of time and judging men on it , then what else is wrong?????
Thought control. T of the BITE model if anybody wants to look up cult control.
That's a great point. Lett essentially said if you have any opinion, you're wrong - just suck it up and follow the GB. All part of the BITE model. JWs boast a lot about "unity", but here's Lett talking about division among "the christian congregation" over something as silly as facial hair? He's directly addressing disunity, right?
Imagine how angry the Russian witnesses sent to prison were when it was announced you could attend meetings by Zoom.
It’s a business decision made by a publishing company. They followed the business model of salesman, clean shaved with a suit. Now they want to be modern salesman.
I'm embarrassed to have wasted my time with this cult
I hope they lose more people because they wake up to this BS.
All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17
@@VestalNumbre except there is no scripture saying men should not have beards.
@@Vicki_Benji Jesus was raised in isrealite worship of Jehovah it was when he got his spiritual memories endowed into from heavenly times .The Second of Kings
1 After the death of Aʹhab, Moʹab+ revolted against Israel.
2
@@VestalNumbre if you are still brainwashed in this cult, please stop responding to my comment. I've always used my brain, and questioned their BS. That's why I was labeled as "bad association." You shouldn't even be talking to me, the elders would tell you that.
@@Vicki_Benji 2 It was then that A·ha·ziʹah fell down through the grating in his roof chamber in Sa·marʹi·a and was injured. So he sent messengers and said to them: “Go, inquire of Baʹal-zeʹbub the god of Ekʹron+ to find out whether I will recover from this injury.”+ 3
If they change their stance on blood, it would possibly cause an uproar and maybe lawsuits. So many people lives have been lost and families broken because of listening to that GB. Glad I walked away.
The dubs did already change their stand on blood transfusions..Now it is known as a matter of conscience, and many now accept “blood fractions,” Google it. 😮 I left in ‘99, never looked back..
It's interesting how they changed their doctrine about organ transplants, but not blood. Do you reckon if David Splane developed bone cancer, their stance on transfusions might soften a little?
Watchtower is DANGEROUS
Amazing how we believe things that just don’t make any sense.
As Voltaire is reputed to have said: “Those who can make us believe absurdities can make us commit atrocities”…
@@greyberet1 very true i see it in politics today even more
20 years from now... they will pull a 1975 = "some INDEPENDENT minded brothers were under the impression they could not wear beards... some even wrote down how many hours they had a month.. INDEED we must keep close to the governing body"
All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17
@@VestalNumbre Seems like you're spamming multiple comments with the same off-topic reply. Please be respectful of others and stick to the subject.
@@evanwindom3265 it has a purpose it's a introduction to the Bible Malachi
4 “For look! the day is coming, burning like a furnace,+ when all the presumptuous ones and all those practicing wickedness will become like stubble. The coming day will certainly devour them,” says Jehovah of armies, “and it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2
@@VestalNumbreThen why not create your own content rather than hijacking that of others, and disrespecting those who have commented on the topic at hand? Are you so important?
@@evanwindom3265 it is God that is so important
I grew a beard because I didn't want to be doing anything for the Jehovah witnesses. It got me off the hook. I already wasn't commenting at their meetings. The beard just made them not want to ask me to do anything for them. I was rebellious in their eyes and I guess that I was.
This is double new light. Lett cited modern businessmen adorning beards as being acceptable in the modern world as a reason for beards to now be ok. So now it's fine to follow the fashions of the world, where it suits them.
Next thing we know GB will say it is ok to celebrate birthdays.
I agree that this will happen in a few years. There’s nothing scriptural about this either.
All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17
Sure it’s coming
@@reginaldedison6518 Judges
1 After the death of Joshua,+ the Israelites* inquired of Jehovah:+ “Who of us will go up first to fight against the Caʹnaan·ites?” 2
I wholeheartedly believe that change will happen in our lifetime.
How many times were we told by the elders at the KH and/or the WT, that if something did not make any sense to us, not to question it because all we had to do was to obey? Yes, we were told to blindly obey because that’s what Jehovah wanted. The KH song, “Listen, Obey and be Blessed, is nothing more than a subliminal message; obey and you will have many blessings; refuse to obey and God will abandon you to your own fate. It seems like the WT organization wants to keep its members in a state of fear 😨.
The wt doesn’t only seem to want to keep its members in fear, that IS its strategy, and it’s the same strategy of ALL cults and religions! And it’s working!
@@greyberet1 I agree. I’m not an active member now but sometimes some JWs reach out to me. One of them, an elderly “sister”, a hard-core JW, always says: “ Our job is to obey, obey and keep busy with what the GB tells us to do. We have to support them because only then we’ll be part of the sheep, not the goats, and be spared when Armageddon comes. Only by obeying can we make it into Paradise”. There it is, the Fear Factor 🙄.
@@Dina52328
It occurs to me that ANYONE fearful of the state of death should undergo general anesthesia (which is as close to being dead whilst still alive), I’ve undergone that TWICE, and have retained absolutely NO memory of them at all…
The buybull got that right, at least, some verse or another states that the “dead” are conscious of NOTHING! So what’s to fear?!
And one more thing-this saying: rest in peace; a dead person is NOT resting, a dead person is benefiting from a period of rest! The dead will not come back to life having had a satisfying period of rest 😂! It’s just more BS propagating the idea of a renewed life after a refreshing nap 😂! And supposedly intelligent humans actually kill each other over disagreements about fairy tales 😂!
I gotta question the donations policy now! Jesus said " give mans' things to man " not a Global Publishing and Movie company!!
I can remember African American elders when sent out to give talks in more rural areas would often be asked to shave their mustache before giving the talk. Not beard, mustache, this was in Michigan but I'm sure it has happened other places. It was always about personal feelings never scriptural! I like how they use the scripture "be no part of the world" but also now say, politicians and businessmen wear beards so it's okay now????
True fact. Rutherford and Knorr hated beards so much they even had Jesus clean shaven for a number of years in the publications. The real reason Rutherford changed his view on having facial hair was because of Russell. Rutherford had to purge the Society of most things related to Russell, especially considering that everyone still looked to Russell as the faithful slave. When Rutherford published that the faithful slave was a class of people (the 144,000) in the August Watchtower of 1927, he systematically expunged Russell, his writings, the cross and Christmas. Also, Rutherford had a more CORPORATE-MINDSET, than a spiritual one. The majority of the mandates/rules/regulations of the watchtower is based on his ideology (mainly personal and not scripturally based).
Absolutely! You have it totally correct! Rutheford was the instigator of a lot of the JW nonsense like no Christmas or birthday celebrations.
Thanks for this....saw a vid about this recently and it goes a long way to explain *SO MANY* of the weird WT policies over the years. What a bunch of egotistical scammers parading as god's tools..
Please read 🙏 God will bring gift of mathematicians on earth one day I will be one of them All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17
I believe the 144 thousand for each tribe just a math equation
I saw the statement that the GB had no issue with beards as so messed up. Because they had to pray to figure out that THEY were ok with beards?!!! Wait!! WHAT? Who were you praying to? The other GB members? Thanks Jay!!
It’s the same as saying, no one is allowed to have eyebrows for the past century. And all of a sudden they would say that you could.
No difference whatsoever.
🤨😵💫🥴
😂😂 I remember one of my instructors (elders/pioneers) used to tell me ironically "don't forget" to shave... I basically can't grow much beard... Now I am sporting my goatee, not beard.....😉.... I am a proud 🎉 "goatee bearer". 🤗🤔😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
PS: as Mikey and Kim say we were "idiots".
I tell you this cult seems unoffensive; however, it is one of the most destructive one.
Watchtower is Disgusting
Jay you really get it! Everyone is focused on beards but the real story is the who, what and where behind it all!
The admission that it's not scriptural is a nail in the coffin because so much of the silly things they say are not supported scripturally! Christmas, R rated movies, Luck charms cereal, saying "good Luck" blood transfusions, Smurfs, disfellowshipping, voting, higher education, etc etc etc etc etc!! Not even sure if the GB is scriptural, certainly nothing about donating to a multi-billion dollar Publishing and Movie conglomerate !
Bingo!!!!
Facts Jay! CT Russell the founder had a beard!
I miss your videos. Glad to see you back.
Glad to be back.
So what's NEXT!!!? Dreadlocks? Long hair for men? How about man Buns?? They have opend Pandora's Box!!! 🎁
At my moms congrefationndredlocks have been allowed.
Lmaoooo
It looks better to sell a magazine clean shaven, Its all about selling magazines with WT -- Before internet age. !
Hope more changes include CSA reporting and blood transfusions!
A lie is not the truth. The truth cannot have lies. The truth is not the truth without truth.
Stay away from the tower before it collapse on you .
No apology for doctrinal errors.
New light. And old light .
No beard to yes beard.
Rutherford didn’t want bearded JW members when he took over after the magnificently bearded C.T. Russell?
JW organization is a place where such elementary things as whether any man should wear a beard or not depends on the current leaders whimsical liking or disliking of their predecessors.
Great video! Thank you Jay! You are right, if they can't get minor things right, how can we trust WT with anything else? Our JW family hates the beards and the funny thing is, now they get to look at them at every meeting and zoom meeting. lol I love it!
I am a ex Presbyterian minister, 22 years a minister and 33 years a Xian. And this, in principle, is why I reject every religion.
Hey Jay their biggest gaslighting to this day was still the 1975 debacle, when they in 2015 I believe they had a video about how some of the friends ran ahead the organization- “ some had mistakenly thought 1975 would be the end” . When I saw that I literally got I’ll to the point of 🤢🤮. That one really messed up lives I.e people forsaking themselves in opportunities. 🤨
Riddle me this. If beards were banned all this time, why are come-overs okay, Brother Lett? You, too, Brother Splane.
Looking like you are losing weight. You look good brother. Keep up the hard work!
Absolutely 👍🏽
My sister (pimi) told me that it's scriptural because JJ told us to be obedient and that in the timeline of when beards were not allowed, it showed "rebellious behaviour". So basically she copiet Lett's stupid argument.
So basically all I get is they arebrain-numb on purpoae
Thank you!👍🏼
Apostate greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
PRETTY HILARIOUS CONCEPT
We are the world. We are the children. We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving. There's a choice we're making. We're saving our own lives. It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me. Hmm. Hmm. I am singing Jay.
The weird thing is that when I bring that up, they say "oh it's just a detail, don't focus on the negative things"
Long time, great to see you again!
Now that I am done singing. I have an explanation for this reversal on beards. It goes something like this. God created man to grow facial hair. For millenniums, it was right to grow facial hair without his approval. In essence, it was God's fault for making man in his image. However, one man in Watchtowerland claimed it made people look like Santa Clause. And, we know if we rearrange the letters of the word, "Santa," we get the word "Satan." Satan is God's enemy. Therefore, we should not grow beards like Satan. Now, that Santa is no longer popular, we can grow our facial hair.
Ho ho ho boy --- I never knew that. 🤣😛
You remain a JW, you will jump when the GB/WT orders to you jump!
Nice presentation, Jay! Your sense of humor is terrific! And you get people thinking critically.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Welcome back! Good points as always, religion is suppose to uplift you spiritually & that's it! You have your own mindset to determine if you want to wear nail polish, wear a beard, wear shorts, etc.Pray for wisdom.
The thing is…the men on the front/back covers of the old school song book had beards!!! They were singing their hearts out with those beards!!! 😆
6:41 when the fake judge did a hostile takeover when Russel died, Russel had a beard and Rotherford didnt like beards. Simple as that lol
"pyramid question" is great!! Love it!
Somehow I think the g.b. are doing a distraction move . Throw , a dog a scrap while sneaking around with their other hand. Anyway, just a thought.
This is exactly my thoughts!
LOL I love it when you go:"What's poppin'!" Anywhoo, I asked a JW today, known her for years, and we talked about flip flop teachhings. I had sent her NUMEROUS WT articles etc about the flip flop and the blood issue. THAT was more than a year ago. NOW, I got an 'answer': nah, she just couldn't understand why I even asked that since she checked all the articles and couldn't see anything flip flop or such. I was flabbergasted!! NOT once could she see or read what I claimed, lol!! So I told her, that I shall look into it again. I wonder if GB changed or erased anything concerning that. Makes me wonder though...a lot.
It's going to be weird seeing Witnesses that I know start sporting beards LOL but hey hopefully this wakes up a few people because like you said the question should be asked "Why was this banned in the first place?" - We know they're protecting their boy Rutherford, so they will continue to gaslight the very people that all they did was follow what was said from the podium. smh.
My 2 boys have em. 1 friend he’s straight arrow. Other does everything I do and is married. SMH. We’re 40 I don’t go and we all hang out. It’s funny
I appreciated the cheesy shoulder hair compliment that I mashed that subscribe button twice!
LOL... BROTHER BOOTY CHIN. That's funny.🤣🤣🤣
Once I read "Crisis of Conscience" by ex governing body member Ray Franz; I became fully awake to what this organization has been doing all of my 65 years on this planet. It's all about the human opinions of a group of old men in New York Bethel; JW HQ. Ray emphatically drove home the point that "rarely was the Bible ever used in discussions about policy"!!
And then in recent years, when I located excerpts from Watchtower articles in which they stated that "the governing body is neither inspired, nor infallible. They can err in doctrine and organizational direction." That's when I realized that no matter what rules or policies they produce, the ultimate criteria for following them is this: IS THIS WHAT THE BIBLE CLEARLY TEACHES? If not, then go stuff a sock in it, dipweeds! "We must obey God as ruler, rather than men."......."For one is your leader, the Christ". (Acts 5: 29,......Matthew 23: 10)
Hey! Jay's back! Now i can laugh again! Lookin' Good bro!
In the next 100 years women will be giving public talks, and have a few on the governing body
I recently went to the Kingdom Hall ,they're using phones now no Bible's 😮 oh no the world is changing😅
Wasn't even aware they didn't allow beards.
More of their history that they will attempt to change.
Yep. But the odd liberal elder body allowed it. Some countries less than others, but overall, no beards.
Until now.
It was Rutherford who didn't like Russell
They have always shown their "brotherly love ". So much hate amongst the brethren.
So happy to see your video, and you're looking good 👍🏾
This is on the spot. My parents went and I and my siblings. The beard things pisses me off! How many fights as a late teen. Now it’s ok. Bs
Yes Jay, they are the authority over your salvation or death by pretending to be Jehovah’s chief representative avatar in the form of Jesus Christ himself, remember “when you listen and obey the Governing Body you’re listening to Jesus Christ himself” so that no one will question them when they command you and will be totally obedient to them, and if you disagree with them, it becomes a disagreement against Jehovah God himself, thus using fear, intimidation, obligation, and guilt, remember what the Governing Body said, “you need to listen, follow and be obedient to what the Governing Body says no matter how unreasonable or illogical it seems from a human standpoint“. “you need to listen, obey and be blessed“. These are the words from one of their many songs of psychological conditioning.
Proverbs 14:18,god does not accept the gullible as far as i can see.being brought up as a jw i was always discouraged from researching other religions which i could never understand,how do i know that this or that is the true religion?we have to question everything in life,or we just become those gullible ones god does not accept.
So well put!!!
Way back in 2018 we had a CO that raised holy he'll about beards during his public talk. I as the cobe was at fault for his rant! I had been very sick fighting cancer for several years and the effects of treatment, during the midweek FS meeting I was to tired to shave that morning and it set him off. He stated during his talk Sunday " In My circuit No one will ever have beards!" . So I wrote a 3 page letter to the branch with all the scriptural reasons there is nothing wrong with beards, I included several examples of medical reasons to have beards, examples of things they claim are improper for sisters in the publications but they do anyway without much said, and examples in the scriptures that in principle allow for them without issue( 1cor 7) and hot that equally applies to beards. To avoid trouble for myself I mailed it unsigned and from a post office 100 miles from my home(I traveled of my work). So it probably winded up in the round file cabinet 😅😊.
Can we be sure that the GB haven't added nit clinics to their money-making enterprises?
You are so funny! Brilliant reasoning!!
Thanks Jay!
First time seeing your channel. I was busting up! Thanks for the laughter. 💪🏼💪🏼
Now that they allow them to grow beards, will they allow them to grow some balls? 😂😂
All sisters who have past menopause (aka, pause men 😂😂😂😂, ain’t nobody got time for dat 😂😂😂), can probably stop plucking their chin hairs too. WHOOP WHOOP 🤣.
Glad you enjoyed it! 💪🏽👍🏽
Finally, I can just let them grow out!😂
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Great Job Jay Happy New Year
Happy new year!
“ brother boody chin “ 🤣🤣🤣🤣 your still on par bro.👍👍👍
We should start a poll on which doctrine will fall next. Blood? The Trinity (not likely)? Sisters wearing pants to meetings?
I reckon celebrating birthdays will be allowed.
I'd say thanksgiving..as we don't celebrate it here in UK.
@grannymabel we don't celebrate thanksgiving in NZ either, must be an American thing.
Well said.
Great to see you Jay!
Damn, i do be feeling good about them shoulder hairs, thanks Jay!
Bro. Booty Chin😂😂😂 I'm dead
new light
Lookin good champ 💪🏼🥊
Congrats on hitting 9,000 subs Homie!!
Back in the seventies when I first hit the job market every interviewer had pictures of appropriate hair cuts and grooming for the job on his desk .......Watchtower will probably pull the same bull crap 😮
Rutherford undoubtedly made many unscriptural errors/mistakes by making them part of policy to follow in the Organisation. However, the JW's and unbaptised students were/are looking for spiritual guidance and teaching from God's holy Words in the Bible, so within the Organisation both policies and scripture has to be adhered to in order to be a member. The brothers & sisters are genuinely seeking God and believe Jesus is their redeemer, as all Christians should believe.
The mainstream Church also have some policies, like no smoking & alcohol etc. Though grooming and attire are more relaxed.
Yo JaY ! Time for an update; On Ladies PanTs ! ! 😃
On the way…..👍🏽🤣
Well thanks Jay! I’ve never received a shoulder hair compliment before…I’ll be sure to pay it forward 😂
Rutherford vehemently hated beards and as soon as he took over as president he started implementing the beard ban. I can only imagine the talks about beards given at the time that got in to the psyche of the flock. 🙄
“Let us be clear”, haha yeah the same thing happened with 1975, “we never said that” 🙄🙄
The question now comes up. Can brothers rock a Charles Taze Russell beard? Or is there a standard length.
Might help to keep in mind that Watchtower has had to contend, in Court, with the argument that rank and file Witnesses are Watchtower’s ‘agents’ and therefore Watchtower is legally responsible for criminal acts by said agents. I believe this has come into play with CSA cases.
They of course argue that this is not the case and therefore the Corporation is not to blame.
New policies regarding issues such as turning in time and prohibitions against beards may well be the result of these court challenges. The less they appear to have control the better for Watchtower when it comes to liability.
Will blood transfusions be next?
Boody chin!😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao😂 my points exactly 💯
69 Likes. Is the universe trying to tell me something?
Jeff is already sporting a goatee
It was Rutherford
So its a good positive move if the current GB are improving on some policy changes that are not unscriptural. Why should we disagree with beards anyways, if well kept and tidy. Rather than keep a policy that is unscriptural, no matter how long its been in force, gladly turn it around and let it be personal choice.
Really jay brother booty chin😂😂😂
That's what they did in 2017 at Conv they blamed bros for 1975 debacle!
So I looked into 1975 as my Aunt used to take Mags but stopped then
The JWs were told it from Franz at Talk at Conv end if world after Sundown 5th Sept 1975! JWs Armageddy based on 3 days of Darkness Catholic Prophecy. Sun Sets at Noon on Easter Thurday one year Anos 8:9,10 Ezekial wrote about Gog of Magog War when Israel invaded God's land not WT!
Or, if they are not blaming the people saying they misheard them and it’s their fault, they blame God and say “this is how Jehovah operates.” Excuse me? Did you just blame GOD for your bull$hit? Last I read in HIS word, God doesn’t make mistakes. How people believe and follow these clowns even after the internet has exposed them is so sad. To be that brainwashed and gaslit.
Soooo 🤔 anyone was downgraded or loss privileges for having a beard can get it back or heck even give a public talk 🙃 lol ... Enjoying my freedom 22+yrs cult free 🙏✌️👍👌
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Be ceraful. Your dog is giving you parasites and these parasites go too your...child.
10:54 - so true!