jwvictims.org has another breaking news article out of canada: https://jwvictims.org/2017/10/02/breaking-news-66-million-class-action-suit-request-filed-against-jws-in-canada/.
Interesting. 66M for ALL abuse victims in all of Canada seems a bit on the light side. I would expect them to offer a bargain and in the end feel like they saved some money. This comment from the article was odd.
The suit also notes the prohibition against group therapy or counseling, to protect the confidentiality of others in the congregation.
Technically there is NO prohibition on counsel. Maybe some nuddging against it (as we all know is part of the culture), but nothing overt.
i am quite interested in something mike and kim said in their video when talking about why their you tube videos are being taken down.
in their video below, at around 35 seconds.
mike say's that he has being trying to tell people that the boys in pennsylvania are the real power behind watchtower - not the governing body?.
So here is a thought. This is kind of a nothing-burger. Here is why. The way corporations work in the USA this makes perfect sense. So they have removed the "religious leaders" so to speak from the corporate board, which requires votes, meeting on minutes, and prone to audit, etc.... (which takes time and is really just mostly nonsense), and placed people charged with handling that burden or corporate leadership for their 501C3.
I don't think any of us however ACTUALLY believe that the GB is not making decisions in the end. Nor do I think its safe to say, that the board acts independantly from the religions leadership. For technical purposes, the greasy guts might be in the corp registered (but not neccesarily physically located) in Penn. However, the power lies with those who control the religion, and set its policies. That is the GB. End of story.
So the "boys in Penn" act on the word of those whom they follow, and are in a leadership role only in as much as they fullfilling the dictates they have received and proven themselves loyal to the religion to be in that position. Anything beyond that kind of just borders on conspiracy theory.
i've seen comments by some on leah's expose on scientology: aftermath.
she actually won an emmy for this show.
rumor is that she might take on jehovah's witnesses in season 3. .
Well...I hope its done right. Not sensationalized, which is easy to dismiss. For example this quote from the cited article....
The unnamed contact told Remini she should be careful about Jehovah’s Witnesses, however, because “these f—ers are super powerful.”
I call BS on that. Powerful how? Ridiculous.
if you remember, i've been posting here my subsequent steps from a regular pioneer and ms at the beginning of this year to a rank-and-file publisher after stepping down as ms two months ago.. during these months, i've been through a difficult way.
but after every step, i could feel freer and better.
i've met a person outside the wt that has changed my life forever and i have experienced a freedom of thought and an inner peace like never before.. however, i knew that staying in my hometown would make my fading very difficult.
I understand. I think you are doing it the correct way. Go to a few meetings. Do not however give them your cel phone, or address just yet. Just explain you will be getting a new one soon, or that you will be moving intoa new place blah blah. Then once your cards are there.......boom. Fade. Be patient. If you do it right, you will not regret it.
i was told this during my judicial committee (some five years ago) when i brought up concerns i had with the "truth.
" in addition one of the elders (who was an engineer) said once you've accepted a proof of pythagorus' theorem you don't later start doubting that theorem.
i thought that argument was a weak analogy then.
Well its a silly analogy because comparing a mathematical formula, with a religious "proof" are simply not in the same universe.
Math can be proven. Religious studies are related to culture, bias, upbringing, pre-concieved ideas, geography, and in the case of JW's, a very specific narrative. Its not apples and oranges, its comparing apples and Subarus.
Also....I recall the bible disagreeing with them?
2 Cor 13:5
James 1:3
1 Thes 5:21
i went into my mother's office to leave her a small note to say that we love and miss her and would love to get together.
i found this on her desk.
this is jehovah's witnesses.
Ugh. How horrific. Right when you were leaving a note for her wanting to get together. Sheesh. I am so sorry. Here is the issue I run into. If my mother was to shun me, I don't think I could allow the grandchildren to visit her. First for obvious indoctrination reasons. 2nd, I feel as though i am tacitly teaching them that sort of behavior is ok and excusable on some level......which it is not.
Yet.....I would hate for my little ones to grow up without access to their only grandparents. In the end, I feel like myself and my immediate family are a package deal. I need to teach my kids that loyalty to your blood matters.
Am i reading it right that she is doing this partially on behalf of your sisters? You guys have a bad relationship?
return of the dub (plus surprise guest)dealing with just one frisky, bright-eyed jehovah’s witness is a handful.one on one is manageable.
two jw’s is more like juggling chainsaws or french kissing alligators.i had a return visit the other day and now, the jw was returning the 2nd time, but with another dub.what would my strategy be?
that’s how the day was spent.
I enjoyed reading these. I instinctively understand the exhaustion, and the feeling of tenseness in those circumstances. My guess is that Earl would like to hang out again, but that the big dig he brought with him might convince him you are "not rightly disposed".
a magnitude 8.1 earthquake has struck off the pacific coast of mexico triggering tsunami alerts.. mexico is also threatened by hurricane katia with winds of 90mph which is expected to hit the east coast later today.. earthquakes, hurricanes, solar flares, nuclear threats - our jw relatives are going to be so excited..
I already have JW's filling up FB with
"I hope our brothers are ok" - 15 people died so far but.....F em....they weren't JW's
"We are privileged to know exactly what is happening here" - It was an earthquake.
"So exciting!" - People getting excited for what they hope is the end of the world is so cute......and horrific.
"earthquakes in one place after another" - *Ahem* Earthquakes are no more common than ever before in history. Our ability to measure them has incresed quite a bit, and the destruction they cause is greater because of our population boom.
Its driving me nuts. No empathy for their fellowman. Just concern for the brothers and "excitement" for everyone to die.
as we have seen, the society has so smoothly rolled out the rebranding of the organization in just a few short years!.
(in fact, i remember a thread post here a few years back, where it was mentioned that all halls are going to get the jw.org signs on them.
it was initially laughed off and doubted) https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/279409/jw-org-signs-put-on-all-kingdom-halls-new-directive.
Korean Fried Chicken.........and its delicious.
september 6th, 2017: a just released research survey shows once again that jehovah's witnesses are among the least educated people in the united states: .
america’s changing religious identity.
it is also interesting to note how jws rank in the categories of: income, insurance coverage and homeownership.
The only real consistency in their beliefs are that going to college is a waste of time. Its held truer than multiple doctrines considered "core".
