Posts by OrphanCrow

The GT has started....we were told it would last summer when they gave us the basement video and warned that the message would change from good news to one of judgement. Tricky way to hide the decrease in numbers and justify all the legal problems they are encountering worldwide.

And save on the cost of putting together a yearbook.

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Leah Remini Scientology series might tackle Jehovah's Witnesses in season 3

by jp1692 in

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. .

OrphanCrow

The connections between Scientology, the Jehovah's Witnesses, and the tax laws are especially important and so far, how the tax laws have been and are, responsible for the shunning practiced by both these cults, have yet to be addressed fully.

Until somebody, somewhere, connects the dots between "sincerely held belief" and how that particular tax exempt requirement of qualifying that sincere belief relates to disfellowshipping and shunning, I don't think that an exposure of how these cults operate will be complete.

Regardless, what will dictate whether or not Remini goes ahead with an expose on the JWs will be entirely determined by how much advertising $$$ can be generated beforehand. If advertisers have WTS connections...the show won't air. Celebrities might do the talking but $$$$ does the walking.

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Why referring to Watchtower as 'the Borg' is so apt!

by UnshackleTheChains in

it's interesting that when watchtower is referred to as the borg, it immediately brings to mind the scenes where individuals such as captain piccard are held prisoner within a vast collective hive type prison and unable to leave.

they are then turned into drones.

in fact here is how wikipedia explains it.. the borg are a fictional alien group that appear as recurring antagonists in the star trek franchise.

OrphanCrow

SlidinFast: Is it going to be WORG now? Warwick ORGanization,loses a bit I'm afraid.

I dunno...I think Worg has its own special flavor that seems to be rather fitting:

"Despite their higher intelligence and evil traits, worgs tended to act, for the most part, like regular wolves. They often hunted in packs, but sometimes hunted alone. Lone worgs tended to hunt creatures smaller than themselves, while mated pairs and packs hunted larger game. They preferred large, herbivorous animals, usually the young, sick, or weak, but weren't afraid to take humanoids, especially when other prey was scarce."

http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Worg

Well...except for the higher intelligence part. That is stretching a bit

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Leah Remini Scientology series might tackle Jehovah's Witnesses in season 3

by jp1692 in

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. .

OrphanCrow

jwleaks: I believe that Scientology and the JWs both registered on the same day as religions to take advantage of newly introduced US tax exempt laws for religious charities.

Are you able to give more details on that, jwleaks? Dates, etc? Are you speaking about the early 50s when the tax laws changed to accommodate and pay for the war debt?

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BREAKING NEWS out of Canada

by Newly Enlightened in

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/.

OrphanCrow

680News print version:

http://www.680news.com/2017/10/02/66m-class-action-sex-abuse-suit-filed-jehovahs-witnesses/

Comments are open at bottom of story

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2017 Memorial Partakers

by NashvilleTele in

when does the number of memorial partakers get released for 2017. i was wondering if the number will surpass 20k.

OrphanCrow

Thx, Dp.

*psssst....nice image

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2017 Memorial Partakers

by NashvilleTele in

when does the number of memorial partakers get released for 2017. i was wondering if the number will surpass 20k.

OrphanCrow

Darkspliver, can you please reference the source of the image you posted?

Where do those numbers come from?

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2017 Memorial Partakers

by NashvilleTele in

when does the number of memorial partakers get released for 2017. i was wondering if the number will surpass 20k.

OrphanCrow

Could it be that the 'anointed' numbers are rising quite simply because the number of 'elite' conversions are rising?

It could be just that simple. The top end of the WTS' class system is growing. More elites so therefore more anointed. More special people. More JW elite. And, the JW elite class' babies are growing up and of course....that elite class has watched their mommy and daddy sip the wine and be the special ones so of course....like daddy and mommy, like baby....

I would like to see a country by country breakdown in anointed partakers too. Where are all those special elite JWs located? The ruling class, the special ones. Where are they? Who are they? I don't think that the elite class is growing simply because there are JWs out there with low mental functioning. In fact, I think it could be the exact opposite. The professional (wealthy) class is growing. It simply is what it is. No speculation needed

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Help! Mike & Kim videos all being deleted by Youtube

by mrmagic in

due to watchtower flagging the mike & kim videos on youtube for copyright, youtube is giving them 6 days before they are shutting down their entire youtube channel.

can you help with a mass downloading program and then reuploading them on a mirror ?

would hate to lose all those good videos!

OrphanCrow

jp1692: Very thought-provoking

Good. If you found those papers interesting, try to get your hands on this one (you might have to pay for it...copyright and all that, you know):

Disciplined Litigation, Vigilant Litigation, and Deformation: Dramatic Organization Change in Jehovah's Witnesses by Pauline Côté, James T. Richardson

When it comes to "The Law", things are not as black and white as some present it, or believe it, to be. Sometimes, dealing with legal issues is rather like punching a big grey rubber ball around and kicking it whenever you can. The "law" is not black and white and the JW organization is, as presented by Cote and Richardson in the above paper, a "legalistic" organization whose purpose and direction sways and changes as the law around it demands and allows.

It is a good read and it helps to put issues like this alleged copyright violation into a larger picture and allows us to better understand what is going on with the org's behavior.