a fascinating look into the human mind, cults, religion, child abuse, and mental illness colliding with government bureaucracy.. 3rd gen and i watched this tonight.
impossible not to see some similarities between watchtower teachings, fear-mongering, and its "compounds".. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scz2x7r_xxc.
A fascinating look into the human mind, cults, religion, child abuse, and mental illness colliding with government bureaucracy.
3rd Gen and I watched this tonight. Impossible not to see some similarities between Watchtower teachings, fear-mongering, and its "compounds".
all elders just got letters about this new blood card system .
“language-coordinating congregations will receive separate parcel(s) containing the revised durable power of attorney for health care (dpa-e) for all congregation(s) in their literature group.“.
my questions are - why the revision and what has been revised?.
I would suggest any PIMOs - fully WOKE JWs make color copies of the new card and make small changes to ALLOW ALL medically necessary procedures. After your family or local elders sign the new "Official" medical directive put it in a drawer and replace it with your new "Altered... "SAVE MY ASS NOW CARD" :).
Keep the original around for elders' schools, visiting Bethel, etc. And for heaven's sake do the same for your kids!!!! Watchtower's official card is simply a "heaven's Gate" Cult suicide pact agreement to prove loyalty.
Even Orthodox Jews who bleed everything dry to eat Kosher, take blood, understanding that Blood REPRESENTS life and that LIFE is what is sacred.
The whole subject of bleeding animals in the Kosher style to eliminate eating all blood was addressed and tossed when the extra labor and costs were calculated at BETHEL in the 70s. Yep, it costs a few cents extra to stay free of blood for Bethelites and the GB so they ignore it, but it's OK for the rank and file and their kids to DIE.
when a witness talks about someone who has "graduated" from gilead, they always make it sound like such an accomplishment as if they graduated from harvard or somethin...lol.
i know it's called the watchtower bible school of gilead and is located at the watchtower educational center in patterson, ny (sounds impressive, uh?)..
it used to be known as the watchtower bible college of gilead in south lansing, ny.. does this school have any accreditation that you know of or is it just glorified classroom training for jw "missionaries"?
The "Gilead" Parchment helped family members get into their assignments with long term VISAs as "Teachers".
A local "Bible College" in town "The Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry" ( A former Assembly of God Pentecostal group with a splash of New Age and Rock music). has a 6-& 24-month "school" that gets waivers from the state department for extended Visas. Lots of "born again" crazy spinsters from all over the world attend so they can get a "Minister's Parchment", and hopefully, a California hubby and green card. The founder is making $$ and drives around town in a Masaratti, so it seems to be working for him at least. lol. https://bssm.net/
when a witness talks about someone who has "graduated" from gilead, they always make it sound like such an accomplishment as if they graduated from harvard or somethin...lol.
i know it's called the watchtower bible school of gilead and is located at the watchtower educational center in patterson, ny (sounds impressive, uh?)..
it used to be known as the watchtower bible college of gilead in south lansing, ny.. does this school have any accreditation that you know of or is it just glorified classroom training for jw "missionaries"?
After only being enrolled for a half year, Gilead students used to spend half of every day working. Cutting potatoes in the kitchen, laundry, etc. How many credits would that make? Not many. Junior College takes four times as long.
6 family members attended Gilead. I worked next to multiple Gilead students at Bethel. The Academic stringency was very low. I think the primary purpose of Gilead was for HQ staff to get to know these future branch personnel better to weed out "undesirables". Yes, some were wackier than the average Bethelite.
this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.
this is not a joke.
anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!
Tony hasn't held a job....almost forever. His Social Security will be almost zero. I imagine he will qualify for food stamps, and public assistance for health care...even in the deep south. It appears they are handling him with velvet gloves if they allowed him to stay in his room for a few weeks( most Bethelites are tossed out within 12 hrs for any behavior issues). Perhaps they gave him a severance package with a signed non-disclosure agreement.
we have all watched some of the documentaries about the church of scientology hiring detectives to stalk and harass their former members,( their "apostates").
i have heard of individual cases of rabid jw elders stalking ex-jws, and of course, one would expect some enforcement of corporate copyright infringement on anti-jw websites.. what were the most outrageous jw "stalking" or investigation stories you remember?.
tonight's 60 minutes into ebay stalking a middle-aged couple who writes a newsletter reminded me a lot of the menlo park congregation watchtower "takeover", closure, and stalking of local elders to mind.
We have all watched some of the documentaries about the Church of Scientology hiring detectives to stalk and harass their former members,( their "Apostates"). I have heard of individual cases of rabid JW elders stalking Ex-Jws, and of course, one would expect some enforcement of Corporate copyright infringement on anti-JW websites.
What were the most outrageous JW "Stalking" or Investigation stories you remember?
Tonight's 60 Minutes into Ebay stalking a middle-aged couple who writes a newsletter reminded me a lot of the Menlo Park Congregation Watchtower "takeover", closure, and Stalking of local elders to mind. A fascinating 60 Minute story tonight about what can happen when zealous corporate employees have access to time and money.
someone sent me a link to the anoninsurrection youtube page.
i found eleven videos documenting an interview with the legal advisor for the former menlo park kingdom hall elders.
you can find them here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=plszmu_qv0dgtco2wl5bnjdx12ny2_cmoo .. i've also published the entire set of eleven along with my comments on ex-jw.com.
Has anyone had contact with any of the former elders from Menlo Park? I noticed on Google Earth, that the Menlo Park Hall while only a few blocks from Facebook Headquarters, it was simply sold to a Spanish-speaking Evangelical group.
as a jw, did you ever know of totally unchristian behavior ( boners) by some "fine" witnesses?
i know of more than my fair share and will reveal some.
an elder/pioneer kicked his elderly wife who had alzheimer's out.
Just look at what happens at Bethel. HQ.
Gay massage parties.
GB member Fred Franz and his groupies meeting for bible discussions in the sauna.
Wife Swapping.
Farm workers getting fellatio from calves.
GB member Edwart Chittey asking Bethelites to rub sun tan oil on his bare bum.
GB member Greenlees caught molesting a little boy.
GB member Anthony Morris getting drunk in public.
With the stuff like the above at headquarters, the mundane local stuff like incest, domestic violence, fraud, child rape, larceny, wife swapping, polygamy, drug dealing, and murder are to be expected.
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well i think this pyramidion (a capstone to a pyramid ) looks a lot like the remembrance stone of charles taze russell, the watchtower president ,they may have taken and hidden his stone away but those of us who can remember it, it says a lot about russells belief in his version of prophecy based on egyptian pyramids holding gods secret of false prophecy..
my big one was: .
rev.
20: 5 "but the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.
Yep, the "loving creator" scriptures adults loved to repeat to kids.
A bear tearing up kids for saying "old baldy".....
Sassy kids getting stoned to death at the city gates...
Punishment upon the third generation for adult screw-ups...
Made me feel warm and fuzzy about god.
