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The significance of 1919 is pretty simple.
That is the year that the WTS started doing their own printing. They bought their first printing presses that year.
"The word is god" and they were able to control "the word". The WTS owned their own means of production in 1919.
https://soundcloud.com/rick-fearon/oct-9-2018-us-department-of-justice-now-investigating-watchtower-for-extremist-activity.
i trust rick fearon ... but it seem to me a so big thing ... that i can't really believe it !!!.
and the reason of doj , seem to strange : "jw purchased fire arms" ???
That is not in the realm of things I consider believable
It makes no sense.
Why would the US investigate the org for "extremism" when just a couple weeks ago, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) announced that they have "adopted" a JW in Russia as part of their Prisoners of Conscience project?
Vice Chair Arriaga Adopts Two Religious Prisoners of Conscience
Vice Chair Arriaga said, “These two cases are examples of the Russian government ‘securitizing’ religion—targeting religious communities it considers illegitimate on the pretext that they pose a national security threat”
WASHINGTON, DC – Kristina Arriaga, Vice Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), today announced that she is adopting two religious prisoners of conscience in Russia, Dennis Christensen and Ivan Matsitsky, as part of USCIRF’s Prisoners of Conscience Project. Mr. Christensen, a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, was arrested in Oryol, Russia, on May 25, 2017, following the raid of a prayer service in which he was participating. As of September 13, 2018, Mr. Christensen has appeared 38 times before Oryol’s District Court. He faces a possible sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Mr. Matsitsky, the director of the Church of Scientology in St. Petersburg, was arrested on June 5, 2017, on various charges including involvement in “an extremist conspiracy.” He has been held in pretrial detention since his arrest.
I don't trust Rick Fearon
His stories just don't check out
i am an elementary school teacher of the fourth grade.
in times past, students would start learning cursive handwriting in third grade and by fourth should be transitioning to writing in cursive at all times.
as you might be aware, this has all but been taken out of the curriculum.
sparky: I have wondered if giving up cursive writing would be detrimental in the long run for the mental and emotional health of a child and eventually for the maturing adult. Personally, I think it could be disastrous for a child's self-communication skills and ability to communicate with others clearly....
You are right on point, Sparky
The act of cursive writing aids in brain development. To a large degree.
The notion of what you call self-dialogue could be part of what it is that cursive writing encourages: communication between the right and left brain hemispheres. Self dialogue would arise out of whole brain thinking/functioning.
Some interesting articles:
What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades (pdf)
A study of handwriting production:Educational and developmental aspect (pdf)
(I haven't fully read the above papers...they are now on my list of "to read". Right/left brain functioning is one of my favorite topics)
And a couple more...this one is about the benefits of cursive for dyslexic students:
And...
https://www.memoriapress.com/articles/top-10-reasons-to-learn-cursive/
*I am still thinking about your idea of "self dialogue" and how that relates to the "idea generating" component of increasing right brain dialogue with left brain tasks. I think your notion fits quite well.
it was announced in this year’s annual meeting that they believe that the king of the north is russia and the king of the south is us/britain.
for me this is the first time hearing from the society actually identifying the identity of the king of the north.
very interesting times!
Lol!
Wasn't there some dude from Russia who almost started Armageddon in New York last night?
guys, i've always wondered about this ,.
all the money grab,selling, consolidation of kh, real estate scam , who is the one who benefits from this elaborate scam, what's the deal ?
who is the mastermind, do the gb or whoever really runs the show really believe what they sell.
DoC: I do think they are hiding money out of the US as best they can to avoid it going to attorneys
Or being included in the assessments that they are providing to the courts to be evaluated for how much victims receive for the org's negligence.
Does anyone else think that the amount the org submitted to the Montana court was a bit low? And was only for the US branch/headquarters?
We know that the org has assets tucked away in shell companies. Remember Valley Farms?
And really, how convenient that the org's "collapse" includes getting rid of those cumbersome property assets. Money is so much easier to deal with - send that cash on a trip around the world and watch the "asset" line on those court documents drop down.
The org has been hearing the devil's footsteps for some time. They are willing to sacrifice anybody and everybody to protect their asses/assets. They really could care less if the attendance drops and KHs are sold - a good justification for telling the courts - "we have no money to pay the victims" - and so much easier to handle. True believer$ only.
its been a minute since posting, have been trying to put this cult in my review mirror and just live life.
but you know this beast rears it's evil head.
my wife found my crisis of conscience book and out came the horns plus i guess what she is hearing at the meetings isn't helping either.
Everything you need in one convenient website:
https://www.jw-supplies.com/Disaster-Preparedness-Emergency-Kits-Supplies-Go-Bags_c44.htm
Packing go bags is not exclusive to the JWs. This is an initiative that was put in place post 9/11. Grants and funding are available through FEMA. How handy that the org can get money from Satan's government to implement disaster preparedness and what a loving provision from Jehovah that the initiative fits so nicely into their warped doctrines.
the latest from the 'tea' drinkers in canada.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/police-were-monsters-who-would-kill-them-details-emerge-in-alberta-naked-kidnapping/ar-aaab1wh?li=aaggfp5&ocid=calheader.
i can hear them chanting now.
Thanks for the link, Incognito.
From a reference on that page, another story about an Australian family that succumbed to shared delusions:
the latest from the 'tea' drinkers in canada.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/police-were-monsters-who-would-kill-them-details-emerge-in-alberta-naked-kidnapping/ar-aaab1wh?li=aaggfp5&ocid=calheader.
i can hear them chanting now.
StarryNight: A whole family is really weird... even if they somehow got into a religious frenzy.
Actually, I think that a family is more prone to this kind of behavior just because of how family dynamics work. A family, after all, is a micro cult - a JW family is a cult within a cult.
Shared delusions become amplified in isolation (this family spent three days in isolation - watching movies which were likely JW videos - not eating...) and...boom. the "campfire ghost stories" aka "borg bunker stories" became their reality. They acted on their reality - their true belief in what their religion has taught as the "truth".
I am with Cofty on this - I find it fascinating.
And I also suspect that this event makes lots of people a little uncomfortable and left asking themselves if they may have acted similarly at one time during their true belief stage.
What would it take to tip over into irrational behaviour based on irrational beliefs?
the latest from the 'tea' drinkers in canada.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/police-were-monsters-who-would-kill-them-details-emerge-in-alberta-naked-kidnapping/ar-aaab1wh?li=aaggfp5&ocid=calheader.
i can hear them chanting now.
tiki: Holy sh!t....they have some serious mental issues.......
True believers
I don't think they have serious mental issues*. They are just JWs on Org broadcasting steroids.
They watched the bunker video too many times.
They succumbed to their delusions. Delusions that are held by over 8 million people worldwide. Delusions that have been planted in their brains by the WT/org.
*I need to qualify this...they do have serious mental issues. They are under the influence of a cult. Religious induced delusion leading to psychosis.
well, this is awkward !
these are jehovah's witnesses...lol.
http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/naked-suspects-in-nisku-kidnapping-may-have-consumed-hallucinogenic-tea-1.3671452.
I am waiting for this to be a convention story. Wonder how the org will spin it
Maybe there should be a video made.
