Posts by careful

it was announced at our clam that there "was no shipment of the october study editions of the watchtower" and that they were asking if people could just use electronic or make their own copies.. is this just happening in ohio, or did you hear the same thing?.

careful

I have to wonder if this "oversight" was planned, a testing of the waters, to see if the blowback is minimal enough to institute this copying as policy. It would result in a savings in printing costs.

If this suspicion is true, then the GB is in a bit of a quandary: the congs are full of old people. More old people than young people will want printed copies. Are the congs ready to transition fully from hard copies to electronic ones, and are those who want hard copies willing to print their own? They seem to be taxing yet again the very ones who support them the most financially with still another expense.

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Is this the Kathleen DeSoto that was the lead attorney in the Montana case (35 million judgment)?

by Billzfan23 in

curious to know if this is the kathleen desoto that was on the defense (watchtower) side during last week's 35 million dollar judgment for the plaintiffs in the child molestation case.

joel taylor and don herberger (spelling) were also on the borg's side in this case.. https://www.garlington.com/attorneys/kathleen-l-desoto.shtml.

does anyone know if that kathleen desoto has worked with the organization before, or was she just retained because she's local to montana and very highly ranked?.

careful

And if you are right, Vidiot, then the GB is paying all the more in this case, eh?

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Is this the Kathleen DeSoto that was the lead attorney in the Montana case (35 million judgment)?

by Billzfan23 in

curious to know if this is the kathleen desoto that was on the defense (watchtower) side during last week's 35 million dollar judgment for the plaintiffs in the child molestation case.

joel taylor and don herberger (spelling) were also on the borg's side in this case.. https://www.garlington.com/attorneys/kathleen-l-desoto.shtml.

does anyone know if that kathleen desoto has worked with the organization before, or was she just retained because she's local to montana and very highly ranked?.

careful

Billzfan23,

Thanks for researching this. I just assumed, now evidently in error, that she was a Witness.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4668362736009216/star-tribune-jehovahs-witnesses-accused-mishandling-abuse-montana

I suppose the term "Jehovah's Witness attorney Kathleen DeSoto" led me down the wrong path—hired as rep, not belongs to. I cannot picture a sister working up these credentials and staying in (unless I'm wrong here!). Still it is interesting that the GB would hire a woman for their rep. That cannot be accidental. They must be paying plenty, and she must not mind taking on a role that would put her on the wrong side in a public opinion poll. Of course, lawyers often do that for various reasons.

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JW's Would Stay With The Org Even If 1914 Was Dropped

by pale.emperor in

i asked the question on quora: .

if the governing body abandoned the 1914 teaching, would you leave jehovah's witnesses or you would remain a member regardless?.

https://www.quora.com/if-the-governing-body-abandoned-the-1914-teaching-would-you-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-or-you-would-remain-a-member-regardless.

careful

Good OP, PE!

StarryNight9's words nicely summarize the difference in GB I and GB II's thinking:

"'obey even if it makes no sense' rather than 'we'll prove we're right'."

The old GB at least used to try, however feebly, to justify their beliefs. Today's GB in their self-produced high profile, doesn't even try. It's just "obey and be blessed."

In response to the thread's topic, few would leave if they dropped 1914 and few would care about the associated 1918/1919 dates. If some on the GB started sporting beards, THAT would cause a much bigger ruckus than changing 1914.

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Kingdom Hall Closures In Canada.

by Lost in the fog in

one of our friends in canada posted the following message to their circle of friends.

"in our meeting last night, the coordinator read a letter from the canadian branch about the reorganized territories.

all the territories in the fraser valley from hope to vancouver, about a hundred miles in all, have been reorganized to create larger congregations and improve the use of kingdom halls.

careful

neat blue dog:

It's taking place in Germany too.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5420862749540352/germany-321-congregations-dissolved-merged

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Letter to elders: Say what brothers?

by pixel in

to all bodies of elders .

re: audio at sign-language meetings .

dear brothers: .

careful

Excuse my ignorance but what is a "pregroup"? Is that like preexistence or pre-ephemeral?

The ref. to "the audio track" makes me wonder what the audio was on that anti-masturbation video they had a few years back for the deaf. I guess there wasn't one.

""Deaf publishers usually have no complaints about the audio playing" REALLY????" Spot on, Pixel!

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Any word yet on the Annual Meeting?

by careful in

it's just a week or two away and still no sign of the usual hype?

very strange.... anyone heard anything about it?

perhaps from those still in to some degree or from relatives/friends still in?.

careful

you can get all kinds of doofy-ass ideas (up to and including utter cluelessness) when you surround yourself completely with people who are never allowed to even disagree with you, let alone tell you something that might make you upset.

Vidiot, precious!

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JWs using 'apostate' phraseology?

by neat blue dog in

i've mentioned before how a regular pioneer used the phrases "tight-pants tony" and "don't drink the kool-aid".

well the other week, a different regular pioneer, and elderly one in fact, was talking about the simplified watchtower being discontinued and the normal one replacing it, and she said 'i guess they're just gonna dumb-down everything'.

then too even the org itself used the words "fade" and "shun" in recent articles, words that were previously shied away from.. anybody here experienced something similar, a seeming pimi saying something that makes you wonder if they've been sneaking ex-jw 'spiritual food' on the side?.

careful

Although, come to think of it, the word "physically" might stump a few modern readers!

They are more likely to say "fleshly in"!