It's still a protection racket....you stop paying us, you loose your (eternal) lifeđ¤
Diogenesister
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Watchtower is Run Like the Mafia
by Sea Breeze inanybody else notice this?
the have a syndicate (governing body) regional bosses (district overseers), captians (circuit overseers), and elders are their "made men" that enforce policy at street level.
if you run your mouth too much, they wipe out your whole family (disfellowshipping).
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The WatchtowerâStudy Edition  | April 2023
by RULES & REGULATIONS instudy article 19. how can we strengthen our faith in jehovahâs promise of a new world?.
17 many servants of jehovah have applied jehovahâs counsel to âkeep in expectationâââeven for decades.
louise, for example, began serving jehovah in 1939. she says: âat that time, i thought armageddon would come before i finished high school.
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would think there is a pretty big difference between waiting a long time and RECEIVING something promised and waiting a long time and finally dying without EVER RECEIVING what you were promised.
Fed up Was going to say the same thing,đ
"Our hope is that within a few years our marriage may be consummated and, by the Lordâs grace, we shall have sweet children that will be an honor to the Lord. We can well defer our marriage until lasting peace comes to the Earth"
Blues I find those biographies the most tragic. Lack of money, careers, even an education can be accepted if you've been blessed and happy in your family life. If you've had a happy marriage and healthy, happy kids....good friendships, too,....all that other stuff can be; if not forgiven, at least overlooked. But to deny yourself marriage and family for that avaricious, cold-hearted, conceited, obdurate (I could go on) unChristian organisation to do nothing but take from the good natured, is the worse crime they commit imo.
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Can this rumor be TRUE?
by Debra Ann Romano inrumor has it there is ânew lightâ (gag!
) regarding blood and organ transplants since a recent royal member on the wts board found reason to ok one for himself!
i mean this shit is so far removed from my life now, but hearing something so outrageous, that once cost people close to me their lives, is too unsettling to not want to know..
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Diogenesister
Debra Ann I saw your old post and I'm so sorry about your Dad. Were you still young?đ˘
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How unpopular is JW org with the American Public ?
by Phizzy inbarb.
anderson posted this link,on face book, see how far down j.w org is !.
https://today.yougov.com/topics/society/articles-reports/2022/12/23/americans-views-religious-groups-yougov-poll?fbclid=iwar0-i-ju-nmskoh2yvbnfacipc_vptwmjzrsjn58if3jxicq41vv2ke0lu0.
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Diogenesister
Wow....no wonder Watchtower is pushing the boat out and trying to get good publicity with those paid for puff pieces on local news shows (with Phil Brumley is it?)
Meanwhile....why do poor old Sikh's have such a bad rating? What do they ever do to anyone?(except open sweet shops and become doctors)đ¤
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disgusting money grab attempt
by enoughisenough input under scandals because i think it is horrid...got this from jw facts page while i was looking for something else.
check out how the jws tried to get money from a fund dedicated to holocaust victims.
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Diogenesister
Blues....firstly it is for survivors. Secondly do you really believe Watchtower would have used it "solely" for Holocaust remembrance? Or rather as a Watchtower recruitment tactic by way of mentioning the Holocaust?
They're also plenty wealthy enough to do honour to the memories of Holocaust victims. One way would be to come out and publicly condemn Rutherford's "Statement of Facts" letter to Hitler.
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Can this rumor be TRUE?
by Debra Ann Romano inrumor has it there is ânew lightâ (gag!
) regarding blood and organ transplants since a recent royal member on the wts board found reason to ok one for himself!
i mean this shit is so far removed from my life now, but hearing something so outrageous, that once cost people close to me their lives, is too unsettling to not want to know..
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Diogenesister
Organ transplants have been ok since the 80s and blood fractions are now acceptable, again for some time. How long have you been out/away for?
Other than that I don't know if there's been some new change? I do know the slimey slitherer's have deemed it a "conscience matter"(by which they mean: you take blood and you automatically disassociate yourself, to avoid legal backlash for Watchtower). Unless of course you live in Bulgaria, in which case when it comes to JW's taking blood....knock yourselves out!!
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Is it mathematically posible for Noah and his sons to have populated the earth?
by Fisherman inbible says flood occurred approximately 4000 years ago.
that is about *200 generations of breeding to get to the population on earth now.
keep in mind that the population increase is geometric.
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Anony mous So you needed to produce a lot of babies just to replace yourself and then the women had a 15-25% chance at death every birth which would stop further reproduction.
Was going to say, that definitely would be a massive factor. I certainly wouldn't have made it past 22, nor my first child. Unless I'd had a very skilled midwife, given I had a breach and would have hemorrhaged had someone not manually delivered my placenta. Therefore neither would the twins who came next been bornâ ď¸
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disgusting money grab attempt
by enoughisenough input under scandals because i think it is horrid...got this from jw facts page while i was looking for something else.
check out how the jws tried to get money from a fund dedicated to holocaust victims.
: copied and pasted-.
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Oh this turns my stomach. It shouldn't surprise me, but the lengths this greedy organisation and the sycophants who help run it will go to, to line it's pockets, shock me even now.
Edit: Waton, may I ask were you a child born in occupied Europe? Or your parents?
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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The Ten Tenets of Cedars Law (LMsA)
Appendix #10/a (may be substituted as the Bart D. Ehrman rule) This is an absolute last resort for the following reason: you have to dig into your own pocket and pay up for interesting/relevent guests (who are far too busy to be aware of your BS)
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Are Both The JW And The Ex-JW Community a Cult?
by Vanderhoven7 incharlie ryde writes:.
let us use the same bite model for determining if something is a cult to both being a jw and being ex-jw.
mind you this is a short summary.. b- behavioral control.
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Diogenesister
I've seen both here and on Reddit is that as soon as someone like me tries to defend his belief in God, the Bible or other JW teachings then he gets attacked regardless. This in my opinion is exactly the behavior of a cult, no offence
No offence taken by me. I tend to agree on Reddit in particular people are far too aggressive when they disagree with people of faith. Rather hypocritical when we promote freedom of thought. However I think if one were to come here or Reddit, and promote or defend the shunning policy, I'm afraid I don't have any sympathy when they get the inevitable response. People who've been deeply hurt and had their families destroyed by the cruelest thing you can do to a social animal, will find it pretty hard to respond in a measured, reasonable tone.
That said, if you want to talk about your beliefs in JW doctrines that aren't overtly harmful, such as no such thing as hell fire, neutrality, or not celebrating Christmas, again it's hypocritical for so-called free thinkers to just dog pile you. Politely disagreement is of course ok and pointing out logical or scriptural inconsistencies is part of life. Only in witness land are thoughts & beliefs ridgedly policed.