Posts by metaspy

I read 90% of this thread then it dawned on me. I once was in a congregation where they had a shake up of the boe. This was initiated by the CO writing to the wbts. The body of elders did not recommend anything. Yet 5 elders were removed and 3 were appointed from other congregations. No local say in the matter. This alone proves that appointments come from the society.

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Tell us your strangest, weirdest, funniest encounters going D2D

by BluePill2 in

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if you where a brave little witness soldier, or even a pioneer (gasp), you must have seen a lot of strange shit.

the probability of encountering "interesting" people or getting yourself into weird situations is pretty high.. i'll start.

i have to get them together, but today i remembered this ones:.

metaspy

I once went to a door that the territory card said not to send a sister. The man came to the door without a stitch of clothing on and would have a long convo with you.

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United Nations General Assembly Report on Objection to Military Service by Jehovah's Witnesses and others | June 3, 2013

by jwleaks in

jw leaks has published the june 3, 2013, united nations general assembly analytical report on conscientious objection to military service.. page 3, paragraph 4, of the report states:.

"the following non-governmental organizations responded: the associazione comunita papa giovanni xxiii, the centre for civil and political rights, the european bureau for conscientious objection, the european organisation of military associations, forum 18 news service, the german institute for human rights, human rights watch, the international fellowship of reconciliation, jehovahs witnesses, the quaker united nations office, the russian ngo soldiers mothers of st. petersburg, the union of conscientious objectors, and war resisters international.".

this 17 page report deals substantially with jehovah's witnesses.. .

metaspy

Regardless of their official status within the UN - they are probably referred to as a NGO because they are not a government.

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What Would JWs Do if all the GB died at once?

by bafh in

in another thread on the board, someone talked about their friend being a sniper in the marines and being very angry at the gb with thoughts of revenge.

it made me wonder - what would happen to the jws if in some strange turn of events, all the gb died at the same time?

how would they carry on if their leadership was snuffed out?

metaspy

I have pondered this scenario in the past. I came to the conclusion that the legal dept would probably do a complete control seizure. The only other option is that the GB has already preselected other replacements in case of emergency

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So what exactly is GB 2.0 ?

by EdenOne in

i've seen it mentioned by several people here, this expression "gb 2.0", but somehow i'm not entirely sure what is meant with it.. i tend to read it as governing body version 2, as in "post-milton henschel governing body", that is, when the governing body became separated from the board of directors from the watchtower society, or when the wts no longer had a member of the gb as its president, i.e.

the end of the "president's era" in the wts.. is that your understanding also?.

but in that case, with the death of russel and the takeover from rutherford, wouldn't that be also a watchtower 2.0 of sorts ?.