What would happen if the religion just straight out gets outed as bad? The ORG admits to it and all the members get told to disperse

by Starlight.vee 52 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  nicolaou

  slimboyfat:

  The latest summer convention is probably the best they’ve ever held in terms of the quality of the programme.

  Really? Examples please Slim'.
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  LV101

  Is it possible JWs are doing better in UK than US? Seems many transplants ('come-heres'😂) are JWs around this neck of the woods and cali - Greeks, Asians, Phillipinos, etc.

  Why would WT pull down the tent when there's so many adherents' homes/estates to snatch up. They're fishin'/hounding my 'friend' who returned to the fold about her property.

  This country would never clamp down on WT -- they aid in keeping population down and lockstep to gov rules/regs.
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  LV101

  Perhaps WT's conventions are more Bible-based w/Jesus being interspersed - good thing for religion. Interesting to know if more scholarly interpreted.
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  TonusOH

  I can't imagine that the WTS would be winding down operations. As far as I know, they could not just close up shop and take the money. They'd probably wind up in federal prison if they did that. If they cannot do that, then why would they deliberately sabotage their situation, instead of trying to salvage it? The GB have it pretty good! They live comfortably and are almost worshipped by millions of people who support them with every scrap of cash they have. They get to play Pope in a tax-free environment.

  I can't judge how they (JWs in general) are doing, because in my area I don't ever see them. I know there are some KHs around here, but I almost never am in those areas and could not say how they are doing. I will say this: I've lived out here almost exactly nine years, and JWs knocked on my door once. ONCE. Never seen a cart, never seen a flyer, nothing. You could forgive people out here for not knowing that they exist.
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  Sea Breeze

  What would happen?

  That's an easy one. The members would simply move on to another ideology that does not honor Christ, and one that makes them feel superior to Christians.
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  Simon

  People would re-create an doppelganger version of it.
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  slimboyfat

  Really? Examples please Slim'.

  The new drama of Jesus’ life is well produced. The talks and videos about the gospels had lots of interesting background information about composition, manuscripts and so on. The visuals from Israel (aka “The Land of Jesus”) were stunning. The talks were fast-paced and informative rather than old-style haranguing. The new Jesus song at the end was pretty good. Most of the time it kept my attention in a way that previous conventions didn’t, even when I was a firm believer.
  
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  ThomasCovenant

  I think if the JW religion just stopped overnight

  with an announcement like,

  “Brothers and sisters, it’s all a load of bollocks. Please move on with your lives “,

  Then about 10-20 years later it would be mostly forgotten about by nearly everyone formerly involved in it.
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  Sea Breeze

  The new drama of Jesus’ life is well produced.

  @ SBF - Did they show how Jesus said he would resurrect himself from the dead, while he was still dead, something only God can do?

  Because that is exactly what happened and why it was such a big deal. It is why there are bilions of Christians today. But, no. I'm sure he was depicted as your regular 'ole wise angel disguising himself as a man who didn't mind people kissing his feet and worshipping him. Did they remind viewers that Jesus, stated that he had the power to forgive sins, also something only God can do? Did they show people asking Jesus to forgive their sins? How about the many times Jesus said "Come to Me", not Jehovah? Oh, no. They will have none of the milk from the whore of Babylon.

  The talks and videos about the gospels

  You mean the good news that you get to go through the greatest time of gloal fear, mayhem and murder the world has ever seen and then work for your salvation for a thousand yeaers after that? Oh yes, I remember.... that gospel.

  The talks were fast-paced and informative.

  So were Adolph Hitler's speeches.

  
  
  
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  nicolaou

  I mean, I'm no fan of Watchtower but comparing their output to Hitler's speeches? Really?

  I actually think I could compare Jesus to a Nazi sympathiser Sea Breeze. Want me to elaborate?