there was a letter read sunday at our meeting that mentioned some parts of us are starting to open back up.
however, regardless of things opening up that no kingdom halls should be used for any meetings of any kind.
also, no door-to-door ministry or any form of in-person ministry is allowed.
LongHairGal - "...I still think the religion is on its way to dwindling down to a very small sect...."
Technically, they've kind of always been a "very small sect"...
...but seriously, yeah, I have a tough time seeing how this would improve their long-term membership and asset fortunes...
...IMO, morphing into an e-religion can't help but further facilitate a decline, simply because a predominantly online presence makes it that much easier for faders, fakers, and fence-sitters to GTFO.
jehovah's witnesses are mentioned in this excellent article that begins by reporting on an especially awful mormon child sexual abuse case.
the article then discusses the issue of the penitent privilege exemption which former jws working through scaars.org are trying to influence state lawmakers to eliminate.. .
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-child-welfare/2020/04/21/bisbee-man-confesses-hes-molesting-his-daughter-church-tells-bishop-not-report-abuse/2876617001/.
Oh yeah, I get that, and over the years I've given a fair bit of thought to the hows, whys, and whens of it all.
It just still manages to stop me up short sometimes in a "WTF-were-they-thinking" moment.
jehovah's witnesses are mentioned in this excellent article that begins by reporting on an especially awful mormon child sexual abuse case.
the article then discusses the issue of the penitent privilege exemption which former jws working through scaars.org are trying to influence state lawmakers to eliminate.. .
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-child-welfare/2020/04/21/bisbee-man-confesses-hes-molesting-his-daughter-church-tells-bishop-not-report-abuse/2876617001/.
Despite all the reasons - justifiable or otherwise - that the Org kept wanting to handle this internally, I still occasionally find myself asking, gobsmacked...
..."HOW THE F**K did it never occur to them that this could and would come back and bite them on the ass???"
very sad news .i am zing's partner.
first time on any kind of blog so please forgive any mistakes.
we have lost zing to the coronavirus this saturday gone, in the early hours.
an poignant question which might make a few jws a bit uncomfortable.. the words of jesus said that no one knows of the time of his return not the ancient israelites or the first era christians and jesus admonished those who would set a time upon god's own sacred time.. words spoken by jesus that certain men failed to adhere to who self proclaimed preachers of the gospel.. the executive leaders of the watchtower corporation (gb) have said that they were the faith slave to jesus fulfilling his instructions to spread the word of the new system of things.
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yet over the past 140 years the wts and the men who have been running that organization have been endeavoring false prophets, selling a tainted corrupt version of the gospel through the literature these men published.
Ditto to eyeuse2badub and carla.
there was a letter read sunday at our meeting that mentioned some parts of us are starting to open back up.
however, regardless of things opening up that no kingdom halls should be used for any meetings of any kind.
also, no door-to-door ministry or any form of in-person ministry is allowed.
Like I've said, this thing has given the WTS the ideal pretext to shift into an "e-religion"; hell, it couldn't be more convenient if it were planned, IMO.
It'd be a massive cost-saving measure, super-easy, and the rank-and-file is now primed for it...
...all the incentives are in place.
Ten bucks says this becomes semi-permanent regardless of the pandemic's outcome.
jws or mormons.
from a public point of view not from people within the religion as that would be obvious.. examples of extreme beliefs or behaviour would be useful..
Huh... don't know where that "epher" thing came from, and only just noticed it, now. Weird.
Any chance a mod can edit it out?
it's been 12 years since i submitted my resignation letter, and stopped playing by their rules.. in a spurt of manic rationality, i blew up the bridge, sky high.
knowing that the diseased organ would need to be forever removed, away from anything remotely functional in my mind, body, and soul.
lest i be tempted to return.... so, i left.
AllTimeJeff - "...JWs sniff out inactivity very well, since their noses are so high in the air..."
That is - hands down, without a doubt - my new favorite quote.
I can't believe I missed it the first time 'round.
are they revered like the pope is to catholics??
back in the 1960s , fred franz and n.h knorr were the only men that counted.
after franz died, the governing body became more of an idolized entity.
minimus - "How is the Governing Body viewed today by Jehovah’s Witnesses?"
Reality TV stars? 
a little background first.
my first father- in-law, levi peterson was born in 1889. he personally knew rutherford.
he started the newark, ny congregation.
Ironic how much they disdain their own origins, isn't it?
Almost like they're embarrassed, or something.
