Posts by Slidin Fast

9 Parents and elders, what can you learn from Jehovah’s example? Consider how you respond when those under your authority question your decisions. Is your initial reaction to correct them? Or do you try to understand their point of view? Families and congregations surely benefit when those in authority imitate Jehovah.

Ha Ha Ha!

Try doing that with anyone in authority any where in the organisation. Try writing to a member of the GB or branch committee etc. See what happens.

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2020-Letter Writing Manual--Pre-Authorized Debit Donations!--( as of 2020-10-10)

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

2020-10--letter writing templates manual.

91 pages.

2020-10-01--donation arrangement--pre-authorized debit.

Slidin Fast

Thanks Petra. You are star.

About the subject,

There was a time when preaching, conversation in fact interaction with others was quite fulfilling to me. It was a time when it seemed reasonable to believe that the last days were on us. When 1975 was still pn the future. We used our own abilities to use the scriptures (however misguidedly) to persuade and "prove" our points, There was a challenge to the "work".

Now, a 91 page manual of pre-digested letters, just add your signature.

The modern dub is a dumb drone. Don't think, just copy, paste, point and fire. Even for full believers, it's a sad day.

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WT Steam Roll Faith Leaks

by Slidin Fast in

wt sued faith leaks for reproducing 74 video items.

faith leaks apparently climbed down.

wt must be up there amongst the most litigious religious organisations in the world.. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/jehovahs-witnesses-resolve-copyright-dispute-with-faithleaks.

Slidin Fast

WT sued Faith Leaks for reproducing 74 video items. Faith Leaks apparently climbed down. WT must be up there amongst the most litigious religious organisations in the world.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/jehovahs-witnesses-resolve-copyright-dispute-with-faithleaks

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"JW Box" $30 Logo Markup Scam!!!! Huge!!!

by thedepressedsoul in

so get this, wt has something they're calling a "jw box" that gives people in africa "spiritual food".

the best part, they want donations of $75 for it!

so they don't provide any physical food to people in africa but they can send them "spiritual food" for $75.

Slidin Fast

So if the highest price was paid the bill would have been less than $130,000, say half a sold KH or less? One question, perhaps they included a battery pack, that may have upped the price a little.

In any case the amount spent on this project is a pittance in comparison to the millions, perhaps billions spent on their Warwick castle.

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"JW Box" $30 Logo Markup Scam!!!! Huge!!!

by thedepressedsoul in

so get this, wt has something they're calling a "jw box" that gives people in africa "spiritual food".

the best part, they want donations of $75 for it!

so they don't provide any physical food to people in africa but they can send them "spiritual food" for $75.

Slidin Fast

It really looks incredibly cynical. The only question in my mind is whether they have been stupid enough to have their legs lifted. It wouldn't surprise me, I've seen them pay far too much for stuff in the past.

So take your choice cynical dishonesty or incompetence, it's one of the two.

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Do Other Sheep have Eternal Life Now?

by Vanderhoven7 in

one of the benefits of justification is eternal life for believers.

i found an interesting passage from the wt, june 15, 1974 which reads:.

"it is to the spirit anointed christians who will rule in that kingdom that most of the christian-greek scriptures is directed, including the promise of everlasting life.

Slidin Fast

the anointed gained immortality whereas the other sheep gained everlasting life

You are bang right smiddy, a typical example of dancing on a pin head and making a subtle distinction between the holy anointed and the also rans.

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Belgium: Jehovah's Witnesses will be tried for hate crimes on February 16.

by yalbmert99 in

belgium: jehovah's witnesses will be tried for hate crimes on february 16.. https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20200915_93224449.

Slidin Fast

Here we go!

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Belgium: Jehovah's Witnesses will be tried for hate crimes on February 16.

by yalbmert99 in

belgium: jehovah's witnesses will be tried for hate crimes on february 16.. https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20200915_93224449.

Slidin Fast

Magically translated courtesy pf Google Translate

GHENT - The Jehovah's Witnesses stood before the Ghent criminal court on Tuesday for inciting hatred towards some ex-members. The various parties are now given time to prepare their pleas. The case will be heard on February 16, 2021.

For a period of five years, the court investigated complaints from ex-members of the Jehovah's Witnesses. They testified about how they were rejected by order of the organization and became completely socially isolated.

The Ghent prosecutor's office already sued the Jehovah's Witnesses in June, but the case was then postponed. On Tuesday, the case against the Jehovah's witnesses was reopened. The deadline for conclusion has been set and pleadings will take place on February 16, 2021. A dozen people already presented themselves as disadvantaged parties. According to the defense of the ex-members, this number will only increase.

The non-profit association is charged with four cases. First and foremost, inciting discrimination based on religious beliefs against a person and against a group. In addition, also inciting hatred or violence towards a person and towards a group.

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another reason pandemic benefits org

by Magnum in

i've already posted in an earlier thread how the pandemic benefits the org in that it presents it an excuse to go completely electronic and sell all buildings (if that's what it wants).

however, there is another way the pandemic benefits the org; it presents it an excuse for declining numbers.. many of us have wondered just how much of a downturn there's been in jw land in recent years.

we've wondered whether the org was playing with the numbers to make the situation appear better than it was.

Slidin Fast

Don't forget that pre '75 there was a big blip. There was boost as people hedged their bets just in case. Some undoubtedly think of the pandemic as a tangible 'sign' and will seek redemption accordingly. It didn't last post '75 and it won't last post pandemic but I think it will give a temporary boost attracting the paranoid fringe.

I may be wrong but that's human nature.