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  The Share of Religious Americans will continue to decline- New York Times. Why? New Pew Study

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  locally, in northern california i have seen/heard a drop in jw and mainstream church attendance especially in person attendance.

  (exception: a new creepy local new-age charismatic/pentecostal group: "bethel church" 11,000 and growing mega church(kundalini yoga/sex combined with prosperity gospel, trumpism, guns, rock music, dancing, glitter, speaking in tongues, and faith healing).. for me this paragraph sums it up regarding jehovah's witnesses: " ...smith described organized religion to me as having become a “polluted” idea in the american mainstream, because of the publicity around sex abuse scandals and financial malfeasance in many different faiths in the ’80s and ’90s as millennials came of age.

  “the scandals violated most of the virtues believed to make religion good,” smith wrote.

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  careful - “…The one place it has been increasing is in the extreme right wing of evangelical Protestants, Trump supporters and all…”

  Yeah, they finally (re)discovered a “version” of Christianity that lets them be assholes again.

  😏

  
  
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  What's with the attack (counsel) on husbands with no corresponding article for wives?

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what's with the attack (counsel) on husbands with no corresponding article for wives on the jan 2025 w that is being studied today?.

  is there a point to that?.

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  Vidiot

  “I guess Watchtower has finally decided to address the spousal abuse problem among JWs.”

  That’s a joke, right? 🤨
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  The Watchtower Wins, Disfellowshipping stays, Shunning stays.

  by liam in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1jb6nv6/jw_vs_norway_march_2025_from_jan_frode_nilsen/.

  the verdict is out.

  after full understanding and decision by the state administrator, full confirmation in the appeal case by the ministry of children and family affairs, three victories in the injunction case, a full victory in the district court, we now faced a loss in the court of appeal.

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  Vidiot

  Interesting.

  Apparently, the WTS is free to resume ostracizing former members, concealing sexual crimes, and condemning secular authority…

  …all at the taxpayers’ expense.

  🤨

  By the way…

  …there’s no such thing as “unlimited resources”.

  If there were, the Org wouldn’t have given a rat’s ass about losing their state subsidies in the first place.
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  The Share of Religious Americans will continue to decline- New York Times. Why? New Pew Study

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  locally, in northern california i have seen/heard a drop in jw and mainstream church attendance especially in person attendance.

  (exception: a new creepy local new-age charismatic/pentecostal group: "bethel church" 11,000 and growing mega church(kundalini yoga/sex combined with prosperity gospel, trumpism, guns, rock music, dancing, glitter, speaking in tongues, and faith healing).. for me this paragraph sums it up regarding jehovah's witnesses: " ...smith described organized religion to me as having become a “polluted” idea in the american mainstream, because of the publicity around sex abuse scandals and financial malfeasance in many different faiths in the ’80s and ’90s as millennials came of age.

  “the scandals violated most of the virtues believed to make religion good,” smith wrote.

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  Vidiot

  Interesting piece.

  This bit in particular stood out to me…

  ”… Part of why we’re seeing a particularly virulent strain of Christian Nationalists fight for power in American society right now is because, deep down, they know that they’re losing the long game. But the irony that Smith points out is that the more religious Christians tightly embrace electoral politics, the more they will continue to repel many of those they seek to attract...”

  
  
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  Do JWs see the org falling apart?

  by ThomasDam21 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been away from the jw cult for many years.

  i don't have any family i talk to that are in it.

  so i don't know if the jws as a whole are seeing the cult fall apart or if they or the majority of them are head in the sand la la la the end is neigh.

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  Sea Breeze - “The word I'm hearing is that many members believe the org is gasping for air with appointing 18 year olds as elders, no field service requirement to speak of and the dumbed down meetings.”

  Frankly, I think it’d be weird if some weren’t thinking thinking along those lines.
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  Jehovah is going to hate this guy

  by Riley in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y4xqe60gyo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us.

  i have never been so convinced wts blood policy is evil and wrong.

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  Vidiot

  I remember reading about this guy when I was still in (I thought he was British, though, for some reason), and I could not, in good conscience, feel condemnatory about him (looking back, I think I always had reservations about the Org’s blood policy).

  The WTS wouldn’t dare comment negatively about him… the resulting PR nightmare would crucify them.
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  JWs in the news: "Must the Norwegian state protect the children of Jehovah’s Witnesses?" CNE news.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  must the norwegian state protect the children of jehovah’s witnesses?.

  21-02-2025. northern europe.

  evert van vlastuin, cne.news.

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  “Must the Norwegian state protect the children of Jehovah’s Witnesses?"

  Well…

  …if the Jehovah’s Witnesses aren’t gonna go it…

  😒
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  In the past 24 hours, the world has been breaking into fragments. What will be the Outcome??

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  new german chancellor merz has won the election.

  trump congratulated his victory but the response was not what trump expected.

  merz condemned america, saying that america seemed to be aligning with russia.. he also expressed doubts about nato’s future.. he is now advocating that germany must gain independence from usa.

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  Vidiot

  I just don’t want Canada getting bulldozed over as a result of other countries’ ambitions…

  …we don’t fucking deserve that.

  We’d probably even play ball if the tactics weren’t so heavy-handed.
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  In the past 24 hours, the world has been breaking into fragments. What will be the Outcome??

  by liam in

  1. social
  2. current

  new german chancellor merz has won the election.

  trump congratulated his victory but the response was not what trump expected.

  merz condemned america, saying that america seemed to be aligning with russia.. he also expressed doubts about nato’s future.. he is now advocating that germany must gain independence from usa.

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  Journeyman - “…both seem to put money, power and nationalism (their own country) above all else…”

  Agreed.

  So… what if “Make America Great Again” really means “Make America a Superpower Again”?

  If my theory is right, it would explain why Trump would really want control of Canada (and Greenland, for that matter)…

  …unlimited access to half the Arctic Ocean could theoretically accomplish that.
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  Watchtower May 2025: The Mystery of the Holy Angels

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/xfk3wpsqoms?si=ep5uts_4uggces0w.

  so from the get go in study article 18 and the theme :"imitate the faithful angels" we read the following questionable statement in paragraph 1: "when jehovah drew you to the truth, he invited you into a diverse and loving family of worshippers, which includes millions of faithful angels.

  (dan.

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  Vidiot

  Silly rabbit…

  …that’s what nanotechnology and telomerase gene therapy is for!