by minimus 37 Replies latest jw friends
I look for them to really crack down. When in trouble they revert to rhetoric about Discipline! Obedience! In so doing they try to clothe themselves in a shroud of spirituality. The Society will make harsher and harsher rules, but in so doing they will appear to be more and more of a comedy.
I agree with the posts made by Onacruse, Farkel, and Musky and especially agree with what JT had to say about Disassociation.
An ID card to get in the KH after they are done going over the August KM.
minimus
says: WOW....GREAT COMMENTS....JT's especially intriguing!
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I well informed bethelite a few years back explained to me how the entire concept of DAing came about and it was mainly due to legal concenrs in countries where the issue of miltary service for young men were becoming more of an issue- the wt wanted to have a system where they could take action against some kid who went to the service without having to be seen as taking action such as a judical committee- - this way they could not be accused of telling yourg men they can't serve in the miltary
but just due to thier actions they have by DEFAULT left the org-
just recently they did the same thing with blood do any reserach on the wt position for blood and you wiilll see it was a judical matter for DFing ffor years , but by moving it from DFing to Daing they can get the same results from the rank and file jw in terms of how they treat such person without having to touch them wiith a judical committee
and in the future from what i have been told you and i will see more issues move over from a classification of DFed to DAed
it was the brainchild from my understanding of the Legal Dept and the Service Dept- the Writing Dept merely kicked in some scriptures to give it a bibical flavor and it was sold to the rank and file as an arrangement from jehovah
it was the greatest spark of thinking to come down the pike in years as far as the wt is concerned
The next NewLight?..WBTS will publish their next NewLight when they announce the opening of their New Casino in Las Vegas..LOL...OUTLAW
The Blood Issue is almost certainly out of the window - it simply has too much potential to cause annoying, cult-destroying lawsuits. The Silentlambs will hit them hard in the stomach, tho...
James, I heard that reason before on disassociation and legal repurcussions. But imagine just removing or resigning yourself from the organization without your consent! If you are REQUIRED to sign a document or verify in front of witnesses, your standing, that would affect hundreds of thousands of people.
If you are REQUIRED to sign a document or verify in front of witnesses
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they would never require you to sign anything, in fact they are getting away from having paper documentation on lots of things- to many legal ramifications, but the two elders on a "sheparding call" would be all that is needed to verify that you did not want the Cong to help you get back in swing with the meeting, service , etc.
and you are correct it would impact 100,000, but consider this--
in view of the vast majority of jw in my opinion who have ceased to be involved with the congo and are classified as inactive
not due to DOGMA, BUT DUE TO just getting tired, depressed , feelling neglected, worn out , burned out and left out of the in crowd,
many would view this esp if the visiting elders tell them - that this is jah giving folks the last chance to get on the ark of salvation, so many jw who are inactive would view this merely as jah giving them one last chance and they would be back to the hall and out selling books again, - now how long would they last - perhaps not long for fear has often been shown not to keep folks coming to the hall
keep in mind the most important thing in the mind of the org is to be able to LABEL YOU they need to know how to classify you this way the rank and file will know how to treat you and this will draw a clear line
will some leave perhaps, but in my view the wt would perfer to have 1,000,000 dyed in the wool no questioning jw than some 6mill who they can't control, and mean just look at the net at all the body of elders letters that are posted here
the wt would perfer to have less jw in my view who do EXACTLY AS TOLD WITHOUT ANY QUESTION.
FOR The ORG TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETELY loyal jw means the world to them
but time will tell
JAMES, once again, very interesting! I think that if you have a handful of loyal Witnesses that give of their meager earnings vs. millions who provide the donations that are needed, even if they are not thoroughly happy, the brains in New York will live with mo' money.....All the ones that I know that are inactive could care less if elders visited them and gave them personal attention. The poor service overseer would try to assign help to those "needing" it, only to be regularly rebuffed.
