14 Biggest Changes to Jehovah's Witnesses in the 21st Century

[@beautyRest1]

Yes, so many changes. My dad, an elder, died in 2003 , if he would “return” right now and going to a Kingdom Hall, he would think that he is in the wrong “church”. It’s a total different religion, we can only imagine what changes are coming in the future! Thanks Lloyd!

[@incognito_JW]

I was out of the ORG from 2001 to 2017 and felt that same thing going back. Its like everyone has lost their minds.

[@RamRoxillo]

​@@incognito_JW That's because JWs are a brainwashed people. Why would you go back to an abusive cult?

[@majafleur9646]

Agreed. It is not the organization I once loved.

[@joachimgoethe7864]

I faded in 1996 after 12 years as a JW. I'll bet I wouldn't recognize the organization today.

[@tintinismybelgian]

Will they change their stance on blood?

[@Whodat2015]

Best part of my week is a new Lloyd video!!!

[@lailasmith9986]

Hi Loyd and everyone, thank you so much for everything and for sharing, keep it up.

[@elizabethyoung4900]

Thank you Lloyd for bringing these changes to attention and discussing them in such clear detail. Really helpful 😊

[@Vicki_Benji]

I would ask my stupid mother what she thinks of this, but she refuses to speak to me thanks to this cult. This whole cult is a scam.

[@Eric_01]

I had the same thought throughout the entire video. I wish every family member would just watch this one video. It has so much great information in it.

[@jacquelinerodenbush6691]

I wanna ask my mom too, but same.

[@petertarr2930]

Exactly ❤❤🎉

[@Jess-travel]

I remember doing the book study I actually preferred it….. hated the Thursday night had to work then go straight to the meetings sometimes didn’t get home until 10pm!!! I’m so glad I work up thank you Lloyd ❤

[@rollo4722]

They will never reverse family shunning because it is why so many people remain members after they stop believing

[@latishabennett702]

Excellent point 🤔 that would definitely give existing members the green light to leave without consequence 🤯👍🏽

[@Arthur-fi4ll]

It's their most powerful weapon to keep their sheep in line.

[@mmhca357]

Yeah, they will say that expelling members is a right every organization has and every religion does with members who disobey. They are never gonna change that.

[@emiljohann88]

Unless the government put more pressure on them for being an a--hole

[@robertleamon1419]

100%

[@Murderface666]

You forgot the end of food at the assembly. I use to fill my mother's car with apple danishes, soda and pudding as kid on the last day. I was highly upset!🤣

[@ThePainterr]

Agreed....that was a sad day it ended.....😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@IrishD3vil69]

Very very sad day. A convention/assembly was never the same after that. I can taste those danishes to this day.

[@RobbieJayOne]

No way am I returning to Jehovah if the danishes are gone! So no more hoagies either? Forget about it!

[@peachesford6531]

No egg a muffins? Haha what did they call those. We always said it like that. Oh wait muffin egg? I did like those anyway. Lol

[@kirkcorlett6565]

You guys / girls are way too young….all assemblies had full breakfast, lunch and dinners served up on military style metal trays, I’m not going back no matter how many ‘simple greetings ‘ are bestowed upon me until they bring back the Salisbury Steak lunches……😅

[@shellycohen5123]

Just saw this on my feed. I immediately smiled with joy. So glad you're continuing, Lloyd. I'll be sure to post this on my FB/IG.❤

[@seaglass64]

Thanks for this excellent collection of changes in JW. I left JW 42 years ago after a couple of years of soul searching and despite lots of pressure from my JW family members . Had there been JW broadcasting then It would have taken me a lot less time to leave - seeing these “special” men would have made it clear in minutes what a deluded bunch they are !

[@a_net5610]

Thank you, Lloyd, catching up on your amazing videos!

[@EmilySolem-Davis]

I remember the magazine reductions and the removal of the book study. Still kind of nostalgic for the book study, since we had a lot of treat nights, and the smaller groups felt more like a family.

[@Aiken47]

As a child The social aspect was never really my issue, that being said the cliques shaped around income$ was interesting as I became more aware of “adult” BS.

[@Eric_01]

Agreed. It was nice because it was less formal and more relaxed. I still attended my at the KH for most of my life and in homes as an adult. I never liked going to people's homes, it was always crowded and physically uncomfortable, but there were some treat nights as you mentioned.

[@edwardfisher2379]

I think we all enjoyed the evenings when we shared a cup of tea and scones together , was definitely a time to make closer friends.

[@Eric_01]

@@edwardfisher2379 Sometimes you made closer friends...sometimes it was just an exercise in endurance because a lot of people are just kinda weird. To be honest, congregations are so cliqued up that you pretty much already had your friend list. I hardly never made a "new" friend over decades.

[@edwardfisher2379]

@@Eric_01 your spot on about cliques

[@janwillemplug]

Just watched the entire video front to back. Love it. Thanks a lot for all the work you've put into it.

[@LloydEvans]

Thank you!

[@odettesummers8229]

I hated the book study as a child growing up in this religion, but I hated family bible study even more. One year when I was 9, I’d just had my adenoids and tonsils out, it was the year I also found out I had haemophilia, normally a male disease. I bled pretty badly after my surgery, but no transfusion for me. And when I was finally allowed to come home I was expected to do everything as normal despite still being quite sick. At bible study I was unable to read the passages from the bible my father ordered me to, my throat hurt and was bleeding from trying to speak too much. My father was so angry he dragged me into the bedroom and thrashed me with his belt until I was screaming and I ended up in hospital again with another major bleed. These people are all so evil. How can they think that treating any child like that is anything other than abuse? My father is dead now, and he gave up the religion some years before his death and became a better person for it, my mother is still in it, to this day she still is as deluded as ever. Oh and she doesn’t recall any of that ever happening to me, nor any of the other awful things. 😢

[@blueskyandtrees]

That’s awful. I’m so sorry you experienced that 😢

[@shell.Menara]

@odettesummers8229 ta souffrance était sans importance aux yeux de tes parents. Aucune empathie, aucune compassion. C'est marche ou crève. Nous sommes des millions à connaître ces réactions méchantes des membres de notre famille. ... Dieu nous a commandé d'aimer notre prochain : y sont inclus nos propres enfants ! ... En vous souhaitant plein de bonnes choses, prenez bien soin de vous.

[@odettesummers8229]

@@shell.Menara thank you 🙏

[@griffruby8756]

I've heard of "mansplaining" before, but this "davidsplaning" takes it all to a whole new level...

[@ShoNuffSoulBro1]

🤡 David ‘Splaining things 🤣

[@joaquinmurrieta2406]

Mansplaining:1. verb; logic, reasoning, unemotional or feelings involved, use of common sense. Strict principles of validity, conclusion of truth, Accountability. 2: A feminists kryptonite

[@scarletpeate]

Ooo exciting. Just made my evening. Love your content

[@archeanna1425]

Thank you for the work that went into the episode.

[@LloydEvans]

Thanks! This one took a bit of work so I appreciate the kind words 🙏🏻

[@donnyetta]

Brilliant! I always thought the "overlapping generation" was nonsense. If it doesn't make sense - it's not true.

[@tygerlilly4ever822]

Good to see you again. Thank you for continuing your work.

[@ronnycorea2660]

Love this video,Lloyd.Great work.

[@michaelwinkler7841]

I can‘t handle the hair change, my faith is crumbling

[@65castle]

If any JWs ask about new light and your facial hair tell them it’s within new light understanding and it’s just the result of drinking Iron Bru it’s made from girders.

[@lizaburberry1543]

😂😂😂

[@ShoNuffSoulBro1]

Orange is the new orange 🍊😄👍

[@ClaytonNorris-xv1pp]

ITS CALLED GAY WOKE DRESS UP CULTURE HAIR😉

[@hrh4961]

Eek! Mid-life crisis! Can a Corvette or Ferrari be far behind?

[@SoniaVaillancourt-zc9xg]

Love the hair, ❤ juste so happy to hear from you .

[@josevazquez384]

But I prefer him blond

[@josevazquez384]

Nice hair colour, however more sexy if blond

[@Eric_01]

@@josevazquez384 Really? I was thinking the whole time that the ginger actually suits him. :)

[@susancarraher7721]

Terrific video!! Thank you for all you do!! You look fabulous 😍

[@LloydEvans]

Thank you Susan! 🙂

[@glorialeach7301]

At one of my town’s facilities holding a comic book sale, there were Witnesses on the corner with their cart. My son had a booth at the sale so I was in and out several times during the day, they were there ALL day so as I left and was walking by I said very loudly that ‘ they could go on home because you don’t have to count time anymore’. I got several mouth open stares. 😆😂🤣

[@latishabennett702]

😂😂😂 nice

[@bobbielee9250]

Yay!! A new video!! I love your videos so much. One of my favorite channels . I never been a witness ( thankfully lol) , but I have friends that are . It’s horrible. I’m a Christian and never miss your videos. Be well friend . ❤❤❤

[@Eric_01]

I just remembered another point that could have made a list. The recent announcement about being able to still jump onboard even after Armageddon has started, effectively giving the disfellowshipped or non-believers the chance to just wait and see if any of this is real or not.

[@geoffreybunting9837]

I'm glad you mentioned this because JW official belief in the hailstone message is contrary to their belief in last-minute repentance during the Great Tribulation. One cannot believe both doctrines at the same time. Once the Governing Body realises that they have foisted on JWs these contrary beliefs, they may try to do something about it. The members of the Governing Body are obtuse, so it may take them some time to realise what they have done

[@mikegonzalez503]

Wait what?????????????

[@Eric_01]

@@mikegonzalez503 I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. 🙂

[@mikegonzalez503]

@@Eric_01 when did that become doctrine? I honestly never heard this but I've been out of for over 15 years

[@Eric_01]

@@mikegonzalez503 The "new light" about being able to still jump aboard after Armageddon has started is very new, like less than 6 months old. They're now saying that as long as people join up before the actual end of Armageddon, it will not be too late. Which basically means that there's no real point to living your entire life by their weirdo rules, just wait until Armageddon starts.

[@DiffiCULTChildhood]

Great episode again Lloyd. I’m amazed at how you do it that in so few cuts.

[@Seasiren1215]

Thank you Lloyd. I was hoping to see another video and this did not disappount. Always appreciate your take on things and listening to your experiences. Makes me feel not so alone or crazy!! 😂 Always love " the governing body has decided". UGH!!

[@CelticGypsy-USA]

Bang on Lloyd . Agreed with everyone you said Thank you

[@josielamont]

i agree with your count down, a lot of things that you explained helped me understand what was very vague until now

[@Eric_01]

I remember when the magazine switched to color printing. My dad had a fit over that because he felt it was too commercialized. He died in 2014, so JWorg was barely kicking in. He would absolutely lose his sh!t over the last two years. He was not a fan of change, which is a heck of a pet peeve to have in this religion.

[@andracadicecrawford4256]

I REMEMBER BEING BAPTIZED/TRAPTIZED AT 15 ..THEN I GOT PRIVATELY REPROVED( NOT REALLY PRIVATELY) BECAUSE I COULDN'T READ AT OUR BOOK STUDY BECAUSE OF MY REPROOF SO A SISTER HAD TO READ WITH A WASH CLOTH OVER HER HEAD!!!! LOOKING BACK PURE CRAAAAZINESS AND FOOLISHNESS

[@bethanygall4825]

😅 I love the term "TRAPTIZED" I am totally stealing that 🤗

[@bethj_fitness]

Wow- hearing stuff like this it really hits home!

[@andracadicecrawford4256]

@@bethanygall4825 lol TRAPTIZED is exactly what happened to us!! Lol

[@andracadicecrawford4256]

@bethj_fitness I knooooow right???!!!! Lol

[@rachelanthony179]

Really enjoy your videos, Lloyd. Please keep them coming

[@sprink88]

I completely agree with your #1 spot being JW ORG. As you say - they didn't understand the power of the internet. It will do them NO favours.

[@Barbara-jq2se]

Re: comment: 👆Right on! Can’t totally escape their baloney! Their hypocrisy etc! Whoo could a lot of us ever get into incredible chit-chats! That’d be something else wouldn’t it? Man talk about how many people would have so much to discuss & yeah, there’d be tears due to awful treatment(s)!

[@poon]

Thanks for doing such a good research. You are helping me put into words the things that never made sense to me growing up.

[@minimobilereview6570]

Looking fresh and energised loving it

[@GeoffreySplaneChannel]

The self appointed GB are so painful. Great vid.

[@ablue7335]

As usual, essential viewing for me. Thanks Lloyd

[@losingperfection]

I haven't followed jw stuff in a long time but I'm stuck in traffic and that aggravation is reminiscent of being stuck at meetings as a kid.

[@shawndahparr9271]

Love this segment! Always look forward to a new video❤

[@michelejashinsky8409]

Their supposed new light only corrects their “ old light” ⚡️

[@Eric_01]

Ironic, isn't it? All of that old light was once the new light...with an expiration date.

[@Barbara-jq2se]

Re: comment: 👆What a joke eh?!

[@haynehifanny8006]

This is a masterly, brilliant presentation of an X-ray of a deleterious man-made religious organisation that have been slowly ruining humanity since the last century. I'd just forwarded the video to 3 COs still in my contact details. As usual great thanks Lloyd for this very brilliant one well presented. 👍👍

[@LloydEvans]

Thanks so much! I'm delighted that you enjoyed it!

[@haynehifanny8006]

@@LloydEvans Greatly indeed.

[@greatdayn4651]

Spot on, as usual.

[@Aiken47]

Re book study - how many people were vilified and brand as “bad associates and spiritually weak” in previous years that missed book studies and meetings so they could work and provide for their family?

[@barrymorrison8013]

another good one Llyod! Thank you and be well.

[@AnthonyMorrisReturns]

I'm crying🤣🤣🤣🤣 "David Splane on his heavenly horse wielding his pointy stick"🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@billsdoris]

Excellent video. i used to be a regular pioneer in the 1970s, and i had to put in 100 hours a month. So different today. Plus like you I never had the chance to just stand by a trolly. Would have made life so much easier.

[@glorialeach7301]

My Dad was an elder and when there would be talks about having family study, like studying the Watchtower lesson, it would never get mentioned at home and we never did. As I think back it is because my Dad didn’t want to ‘study’ an additional hour per week. 😂 We were busier than a long tailed cat in a room full of rockers as it was. 😃

[@mmhca357]

The overlapping generation was the waking up call for leave this weird, careless, awful and dangerous organization. That moment when Splane tries to convince us that the "generation" means anointed who are contemporaneous of Fred Franz... gosh! They went nuts!

[@jacquelinerodenbush6691]

Being a JW girl of the 80s & 90s, the pants change tops this list for me.

[@majafleur9646]

Same age... Yes, that one STUNS me!

[@denahunter9253]

Same! I mean I love wearing dresses now… sexy dresses. I hated those ugly meeting dresses as a teen.

[@jacquelinerodenbush6691]

The shunning change explains why mom sent us Memorial invites this year.

[@SanDiegoPIMO]

No: 14 I had a friend and his wife who were anointed and partook of the emblems. Happy to say I reunited with both of them at my first EXJW meet up back in March. 😂

[@TangoFlute]

Right! Because Jehovah God, in his mercy and loving direction, takes the meek through the scenic route to understanding. "I'm just testing ya’ to make sure you are truly obedient! Prove it, prove it, prove it to me you righteous ones!”

[@glorialeach7301]

Because of you I finally excepted that I was definitely in a cult. Always felt inept because I could never DO enough. Now I know that I just couldn’t admit that I truly did not BELIEVE. And , Lloyd, love your new hair color. I too am RED. 😄🥰

[@scottymeffz5025]

Thanks Lloyd :)

[@MJBsays]

So many changes indeed. I'm dying to have a face2face conversation with my mother about this actually, and really see if she still 100 % believes or is now staying it for social reasons, JWs are her family basically. I can respect that if it were the case but she ought to be honest, can't tell me with all these changes she still wholly believes it. But here's a funny story, just yesterday I saw a newspaper article about the passing of the husband of the woman who preached and converted my mother (and subsequently many in my family) 50+ years ago. He was a JW too as far as I know. Prior to converting to the JWs he was a land developer in their area who contributed a lot to the city hence his passing was newsworthy for the local papers. These people's kids, one's out, the other I don't know, she actually married a special pioneer back in the 90 but he seemed quite liberal and I know later he quit pioneering and took over his family business. I met the guy once in London when he visited for an industry expo, I was fading we had a meal together and he was the only person from my childhood congregation who didn't even bring up the JW conversation. So I'm inclined to think the daughter & husband are also no longer JWs. But here's the interesting point: about the old man who passed, the paper said funerals are to be held at the catholic church and gave the address. I did a double take on that. Are they to tell me that the parents are also no longer JWs? That's beyond ironic to me and I will find out more.

[@antoniorigoni5648]

Thank you Lloyd for this good video. Ciao dall'Italia 👋

[@incognito_JW]

I dont think the GB understood a basic lesson we learned in the Wizzard of Oz.

[@mylife-23]

While I was a JW, I was mad that they require you to be baptized to cart witness because I hated the other forms.

[@melindeeecrafts]

Yay a Lloyd Evan’s video to watch while I’m at the gym! Love the hair btw.

[@LloydEvans]

haha thanks so much! enjoy your workout!

[@amc3463]

@@LloydEvansJesus is Jehovah

[@janespitfire9884]

Thank you for info and video!!

[@simonkoster]

Funny how following a god who alledgedly is not a source of confusion can lead to so much confused thinking.

[@Better_callMe]

The Overlapping generation change was the first domino to fall for me.

[@brightsky5586]

Very well done video!! Thank you very much ❤

[@laffy4christ]

Awesome video. Thank you!

[@Eric_01]

WOW! What a great list and such great and useful information! All of these things have been covered in the past, but to have one clean and consolidated presentation is excellent. I completely agree with the list and the order. Your reasoning behind the order was sound and logical. Pretty sure I voted for this one and I am not disappointed what-so-ever. Any time you crank out a full length video I become engrossed and learn something. Thank you, Lloyd.

[@LloydEvans]

Thanks so much Eric! I really appreciate your continued support! 🙏🏻

[@Eric_01]

@@LloydEvans My pleasure, good sir.

[@JanMartinJohannessen]

About point 6, cart witnessing: You explained that in your time as a witness, you could only spread the message by door-knocking and return visits. But - back in the seventies and eighties, it was common to do street preaching, at least here in Norway: We would find some public area, working alone or in couples, and address random people walking by, presenting ourselves and offering som litterature. We could stand still or walk slowly when doing this. No carts, only our personal bag with litterature.

[@grapevinez6026]

I'm still bemused by the cart phenomenon as it is after my time as well. I wonder if it would've been any less stress-inducing though. At least with door to door I was able to avoid knocking on my schoolmates' doors on all occasions except one when I couldn't wiggle my way out of that territory. With the cart thing, I'd be stood there with nowhere to hide 😂 but then again, I haven't seen young wans at the carts yet. The not reporting of time would've been great to avoid the constant guilt of either not having more hours or for rounding up that half hour here and there 😅

[@ShoNuffSoulBro1]

And one has to be Exemplary & Qualified & Trained to stand by a little magazine stand and do nothing. Yong Wuns dont qualify. It’s so ridiculous 🤣🤣

[@grapevinez6026]

@ShoNuffSoulBro1 🤣 it's such a joke that JWs have an urgent message. Armageddon is right around the corner, but these cart witnesses can't be arsed to even try and talk to anyone passing by. If anything, they seem to be hoping no one even approaches them so they can count their time, check their box, and head on home. Another day in their hell on earth done ✔️

[@majafleur9646]

They still report monthly whether they went out or not....

[@StefWokeUp]

This was excellent!

[@rogerkirkpatrick5256]

@Lloyd Evans, quoting Sanderson, "The Governing Body has decided that publishers can use their Bible-trained conscience to decide whether to give a simple greeting and welcome a disfellowshipped individual who attends a congregation meeting...While we wouldn't have an extended conversation or socialize with such a person, we do not need to ignore him completely." Does that directive not ignore the very scripture Watchtower uses to condone its disfellowshipping policy? "For he that says a greeting to him is a sharer in his works." (2John 11) And, isn't it interesting that mature Christians need permission from the Governing Body to use their Bible-trained conscience? What if one's Bible-trained conscience permits one to have an extended conversation with such a person?

[@BigGamePlayer-hi9lu]

Spot on

[@Jamie-hh2ux]

Agree with your order. Putting a face to the religion was an eye opener. All I could think of is wow there is no way god would choose this clown of all the intelligent and wise men on the earth to represent the most powerful being in the universe.

[@Aiken47]

New Light = moving the goal posts.

[@Barbara-jq2se]

Re: comment: 👆That’s a really excellent point! Wow! They’ve moved the goalposts again?! Ugh I agree with so many people commenting on this bizarre cult!

[@davidicuss]

I think a change that should actually be near the top was doing away with "types" and "anti-types". It invalidated the extrapolation of Daniel's prophecy leading to 1914 (& 1919). It singlehandedly overturned the whole structure of doctrinal authority.

[@LloydEvans]

That’s a great one!

[@jaydouglas7749]

Regarding cart witnessing; something similar was "street corner" witnessing. I was a kid when it lost traction (70's i think) and i was gone by 81/82, but they stood on a corner holding a magazine in the hopes someone would inquire.

[@shell.Menara]

quand on pense aux témoins "hommes sandwich" avec leurs pancartes recto verso, montant et descendant toutes les rues principales, soumis et obéissants.... ça me fait penser ici en France... on devait distribuer des publications en arabe à destination des marocains (où l'oeuvre est interdite) sur les aires d'autoroute.... Les consignes étaient que si la police nous posait des questions : fallait surtout pas dire qu'on était envoyés par le Béthel. Non. Fallait dire qu'on venait offrir des cadeaux aux marocains barbus dont on ne connaissait absolument pas la langue.....genre on imprimait des revues arabes à notre domicile ???

[@jaydouglas7749]

​@@shell.Menarathey wont & wouldnt take responsibility

[@Barbara-jq2se]

You’re NOT an apostate if you really believe & love & follow Jesus Christ Almighty God & Him alone => NOT a damaging cult! Your description is very on point! Thank you for sharing your story & experience(s).

[@nickit7655]

With the carts I’ve noticed that they don’t really want to talk to you, just direct you to the website or advertise their convention

[@victorlegret9036]

The leaving of 1935 had a major purpose. Opening door for the Overlapping Generation teaching. - opening dor for the 2nd generation meeting with the 1st generation...

[@woke2025]

Helllloooo Lloyd. Glad to have a video . I have been meaning to say I miss the phone messages replys 😮😂❤

[@LloydEvans]

Thanks! I will try to get one uploaded soon 🙂

[@SnowmanTF2]

The presentation of overlapping generations feels like the content of 60s era reel-to-reel film for school topics, but filmed with modern technology.

[@jscotthatcher380]

i left over 25 years ago. out of curiosity i recently started attending meetings again. that lasted for about two weeks. its changed so much, a lot of the stuff i "learned" back in the day is non valid now. so if anything my curiosity has confirmed what i previously thought; its all a load of rubbish to make money.

[@barose1]

Regarding #1: Lloyd, you and I are around the same age, and I, too, remember a time when we didn't even know the names of the GB, let alone what they looked like. I was thinking of "Tight Pants Tony," and even the thought of making fun of a GB in my childhood was a one-way ticket to Armageddon. Don't get us started on the whisky run.

[@uvolio4737]

Thanks, interesting as always. Many greetings from Franconia (Germany) 😊

[@bielefeldundmehr2461]

Greetings from another German viewer 😊 I really like your videos.

[@uvolio4737]

@@bielefeldundmehr2461 Super 😀 Dankeschön und Grüße zurück.

[@bielefeldundmehr2461]

@@uvolio4737 Ich freue mich, dass es auf diesem Kanal noch mehr Zuschauer aus Deutschland gibt. :-) Ich finde diese Videos interessant, auch wenn ich persönlich in meinem Leben nie etwas mit den Zeugen Jehovas zu tun hatte.

[@uvolio4737]

@@bielefeldundmehr2461 Naja, ich hatte damit schon zu tun, ist jedoch lange her. Meine Eltern und große Teile meiner Familie waren dabei. Ich selbst nicht direkt, nur so am Rande, meine Eltern waren hier überwiegend liberal, wobei ich aber schon alles kenne, was die ZJ betrifft. Bin praktisch in zwei Welten aufgewachsen. Der "normalen" und parallel in der ZJ Welt. Daher interessiert es mich schon sehr 😊

[@petradukatz6251]

Gut zu wissen, dass hier noch mehr deutsche ex JZ's unterwegs sind! Gibt es eigentlich irgendetwas vergleichbares zu Lloyds Videos in Deutsch?

[@alexmitchell9561]

Would love to hear you do a video on your original 9 grievances

[@gaellev6866]

I always thought that they got rid of the book study groups because they couldnt control the donation boxes in the homes...

[@jasonlien3399]

What about the use of tablets and phones during meeting and assemblies? I would have loved to be able to zone out on my phone during a meeting or assembly.

[@stpdncr]

Oh I actually liked the home book 📚 study, I had been going to the same house hosted by this sweet couple since I was 5 and it was only an hour and it was just a few streets away from my house. And I remember this was your given “unit”.

[@andracadicecrawford4256]

SOOOO TRUE...BECAUSE IF YOU WOULD HAVE JUST A TINY BIT OF STUBBLE ON YOUR CHIN....EVERYONE WOULD LITERALLY FALL BACK IN EVERY WAY FROM BEING AROUND UUU!! STRAIGHT SODT SHUNNING

[@anitaknights3472]

So much change! I’m 60 this year and haven’t attended a meeting in about 25 years and the organisation is nothing like it used to be. Men couldn’t have ‘privileges’ in the congregation if they had a beard, now it’s a complete about face! Excuse the pun 😁Before I got married, at the age of 17, I would wear pants to the meeting and I was so looked down upon. Such stupid incidental things that they controlled about us and now they say, ‘come back, it’s so much easier now!’ I resent that so much. I doubt that my parents would still be witnesses now if they were alive, it’s unrecognisable 😠

[@DaniilDimitrov]

Great video Lloyd. Can we get time stamps?

[@LloydEvans]

Thanks! Yes they’re in the description 🙂

[@Jammac198]

The overlapping generation schtick is so ridiculous. I left in 1980, and the WT explanation was confusing before that. Until I read the Bible without their voices in my head, I didn’t realize it made no sense when you chucked Israel out of the equation. And the last generation started with Israel coming back into being( dry bones and all that.) they really put themselves in a corner with their weird interpretations of scripture.

[@janesjewelsrebornbabies5003]

I left in 2012 and recently I have been tearing MySelf apart because I cannot seem to stop believing and I am with a loving man who does everything for me because I now have Multiple Sclerosis and am very disabled and he does not want me to go back and I have also fallen in love with a woman and we have all wanted to be together but she lives in Northern Ireland and we have just moved to an adapted property and we have to stay here for at least a couple of years. I have a mental health condition and it affects my life enormously. Now I don’t know what to do. I have reconnected with a witness friend and remembered how much they did for me and I am so torn up by everything.

[@sprink88]

What's the difference between Watchtower and Awake magazines - in content, editorial style etc? Also, the video for change #9 - - - the greeting of disfellowshipped members - - - it always creeps me out... A woman gets out of her car and walks towards the hall, and suddenly this guy just falls into step behind her, like Hitman 2™ or a Gov't spook. It's literally chilling. Second only to the smug couple who think the've found the cure for Cancer just by saying hello to her.

[@Tomas-cambs]

I don’t see any love or forgiveness, just bitterness and endless self-promoting at other people’s expense.

[@Tomas-cambs]

So, you agree with me that you are full of bitterness and an unforgiving person?

[@vestland3877]

I am curious. How did you come across this video? Do you have a little bit doubt deep down?

[@funtimesforever7709]

I liked the book study group at a person's home as one got much friendlier with other members in that sort of environment; am amazed that they stopped that! I remember being taught that one should be sure to keep close to that arrangement because in the future we could expect a ban on JWs to come and we probably would not be able to meet at the Kingdom Hall but only at peoples homes ! Tsk .... this all kind of makes me sad even though I left about 20 years ago .... the changes to 'this generation' makes absolutely no sense to me at all, I remember seeing that video on it a few years ago with it being explained with the use of a whiteboard and it's still utterly baffling

[@socalmouse]

When I was growing up it was the watchtower logo that was like an idol. I remember having a gold watchtower tie clip

[@teddysundin2992]

Worst haircolor in the history of haircolors Loyd! 😂

[@LloydEvans]

The shaming of others over their appearance is weirdly familiar.

[@edwardfisher2379]

Your list is spot on, very hard decision in the listing the order but on balance I think you got the order right. On a separate note it would be interesting to know how many anointed JWs there have been since 1914 both dead and alive. I was always taught that all first century Christian’s were anointed with some selected thru the centuries, knowing how many JWs are anointed gives us a clue how many first century Christian’s were about. We were taught that the Greek scriptures were written exclusively for the heavenly calling with the great crowd benefiting from them. I’m sure you would put together how all this fits in

[@hollowichigo6483]

Very good topic many changes since I was one

[@neenee6393]

Agree 💯

[@MidniteMoogle]

I used to like the book studies better than the big meetings

[@susanjewitt283]

That would be how it should be. However, you will have your own thoughts and can't have anyone have anything bad to say or question.

[@MidniteMoogle]

@@susanjewitt283 play feel everyone should be able to respectfully say what they think or feel everyone respects everyone right to feel and think how they do. However when a group our thoughts and feelings making us have to think a certain way or believe a certain way really just rings separation ordivision because it will make someone feel like they shouldn't be there

[@MidniteMoogle]

@@susanjewitt283 I feel not play feel