I hope they diminish in size and effect and become very irrelevant. This is the information age.
They always got the new light which they can bring out at any moment and adjust to devestating world events which may be just around the corner.
Why There Will Always Be JWs
by minimus 39 Replies latest jw friends
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AllAlongTheWatchtower
Speaking of WCG, I read on a cult exit support site the other day that they recently bought some web domains in advance of a potential name change, because "their old name was tainted". One of the things the website speculated about, was whether that would free the WCG of any liability from lawsuits from previous members who had been DFed, had family members who died due to medical doctrine, or had other gripes with WCG. I'm no lawyer, so I don't know if simply changing a company's name dissolves the existing corporation...can't sue them if they no longer exist? But it makes me wonder, and I bet the WTS would be willing to do something similar if it saved them some lawsuit money. In fact, I seem to remember some folks here saying the WTS has started adding the word 'christian' to their name...interesting food for thought.
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minimus
Changing a name means nada.
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undercover
Kinda like Russellites to Bible Students to Jehovah's Witnesses
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Gill
A new name! That would be interesting!
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minimus
"The Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses"
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Gill
Minimus - That has a nice ring to it. It takes a Jewish God and amalgamates it with the Christian religion. If it could add a little Islamic touch in there it could incorporate the three largest religions of the world. A nice little triune that would make!
Allah's Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses!
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minimus
Gill, that IS the name.
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undercover
That's one of their names...
They have corporations under several names. I think another one is "Religious Order of Jehovah's Witnesses"
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steve2
Kinda like Russellites to Bible Students to Jehovah's Witnesses
Yeah, there will always be people who go looking for "signs" and "portents", who angonise over the "correct" interpretations of hugely abstract ancient "sacred" writings. They'll come in all sorts of religious shapes and sizes. Hell, the current crop of bored and listless JWs are very, very, very different from the Russellites of 100-plus years ago - the two groups would not recognise each other if they sat down and had a conversation! On and on and on it will go, in one form or another.