Beth Sarim

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  Key Criticisms of the Organization

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just picked this summary up.

  "some of the key criticisms that have been raised about the jehovah's witness organization include:.

  strict control and authoritarianism: the organization is highly centralized, with major decisions being made by the governing body.

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  Beth Sarim

  ....the Jehovah's Witness's religion would cease to exist if people are allowed to use their Christian consciences & allow critical thinking skills.

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  unbaptized boy having priority over women

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was thinking about the male children ( even unbaptized ) being placed ahead of the sisters.

  ; and i thought the jw were raising a bunch of misogynist.

  would these kids not feel more important than their mothers let alone other women.

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  Beth Sarim

  They should always keep a cowboy hat ready in homes,, khs or wherever

  For the situation presents itself. For when a woman has to pray.

  
  
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  Key Criticisms of the Organization

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just picked this summary up.

  "some of the key criticisms that have been raised about the jehovah's witness organization include:.

  strict control and authoritarianism: the organization is highly centralized, with major decisions being made by the governing body.

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  Beth Sarim

  Shout out to John on his exjw-analyzer channel.

  Always gets full marks!!!
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  Greeting a person(who was removed from the congregation) at the Kingdom Hall now becomes a matter of conscience

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | august 2024. help for those who are removed from the congregation.

  14 does what we have considered mean that we would completely ignore a person who has been removed from the congregation?

  not necessarily.

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  "'They never lie"".....

  I forgot that one.

  
  
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  JE-sus making a comeback at the 2024 Convention

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  attended the friday sesson of the 2024 summer convention.. july 5, 2024 summer convention crowd photo; they invited quite a lot of empty chairs.. .

  the facility usually has 5500-6500. they spun it saying that fewer congregations were assigned.

  there were 6 of the smaller, more distant sections blocked off with tarps to lessen cleaning, which i understand.

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  A lot of attendantees disguised as 'empty seats'.

  Seriously though. The pre covid19 days,, are like smoke blown into the wind. Gone.
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  Greeting a person(who was removed from the congregation) at the Kingdom Hall now becomes a matter of conscience

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | august 2024. help for those who are removed from the congregation.

  14 does what we have considered mean that we would completely ignore a person who has been removed from the congregation?

  not necessarily.

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  ""Our future kings the governing body"".

  WTF is planned?
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  Lithuania Rejecting Elevated Religious Recognition of WTS?

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is an article about wts/jws regarding religious recognition in lithuania.

  it says it may not be granted at the level the wts applied for partly based on rejecting unarmed alternative service rather than being "drafted.

  " can you read it and tell me you come to the same conclusion?

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  Everyone ,,,elder & above,,,,HAS to know what is being covered up in their Evil "" Sheppard the Flock of God" manual.
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  Would there, or would there not be, lawsuits if they took away the blood transfusion ban?

  by VerdadTJ2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have heard or read, many times by many exjw's, that the org does not remove the blood transfusion ban because it would be crippled by the resulting lawsuits the minute that "new light" was made official.i am not a lawyer, but i would like to know what legal opinion lawyers have on that.on what legal basis would there be a lawsuit?

  "i am suing the watchtower because my relative died because of a rule they had but no longer have"?am i missing something?.

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  Honestly,,,I believe they have a tiger by the tail. When it comes to their unchristian blood policy.
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  August WT: DF'ing renamed "Removed." AKA: GB re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so: the mystery has been clarified as to more "new light" / clarifications of decades old doctrine and procedure.

  august watchtower has finally been leaked.

  disfellowshipping?

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  The term ""disfellowshipped"".

  I'll stand to be corrected. But I thought they stopped using term many,many years ago from the platform.

  When they "removed" or defamed someone.

  Around 2005.
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  So a JW can date an unbelieving person...

  by silentbuddha in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  but the entire congregation is not to be informed or mark the person.

  the only repercussions are that the individual who is aware of it can decide to "mark" them and not go to the local club or bar with the individual, but they are still obligated to go door to door in the ministry with them, and even speak to them at the kn as if nothing is wrong and not feel obligated to tell anyone else?

  this is crazy.. so they are also basically saying that a person can carry on a romantic (but none sexual) relationship with an unbeliever and still go out in service and participate in meetings?

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  Beth Sarim

  People should marry whoever makes them happy as a person.

  Not let religion get in the way or spoil things.

  Agreed. 110%%.