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  Australia - Selling Off Assets

  by Pants of Righteousness in

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  this article seems to confirm what we already knew:.

  https://thewest.com.au/news/australia/jehovahs-witnesses-accused-of-selling-off-assets-and-moving-cash-to-avoid-sex-abuse-compensation-ng-08ffe6d55e293182580d9e34b4400088?transactionid=72145.

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  Vidiot

  Well done, Ms. O'Brien...

  ... jeezus, it's like the Org isn't even trying to hide their shadiness, anymore.

  Bets on how soon they lose their tax exemption Down Under?
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  Did they use to applaud after reinstatement after being Disfellowshipped, but then it stopped?

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  i don't remember disfellowshippings happening very often and announcements about being re instated but i think i remember that we used to clap hands if someone came back after being disfellowshipped.

  but then i think clapping wasn't allowed.

  am i correct in my recollections?.

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  Incognito - "WT disregards various Bible examples of kindness, tolerance, and loving behavior..."

  It sure seems to find examples of ruthlessness, condemnation, and legalism useful, though.
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  CO'S "encouraging" letter to circuit

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the point of the letter was how many are feeling disappointed these days.. no circuit assembly, convention, how we can't fellowship at the k.h.

  disappointed we might have had a love one die, etc etc.

  he then goes on to write about how disappointed jehovah must have felt when his first human creation rebelled.

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  slimboyfat - "They can switch all the assets and income from congregations to central branch all they like, but if the flow of money stops then it simply stops, no matter what clever structure they have in place. People will look after themselves first, and when the headquarters doesn’t have the income they once relied upon, then difficult choices will need to be made."

  Anything that makes it easier for fakers, faders, and fence-sitters to GTFO, amiright?
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  CO'S "encouraging" letter to circuit

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the point of the letter was how many are feeling disappointed these days.. no circuit assembly, convention, how we can't fellowship at the k.h.

  disappointed we might have had a love one die, etc etc.

  he then goes on to write about how disappointed jehovah must have felt when his first human creation rebelled.

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  Hoser - "He told me some are opening saying they are never going back because they prefer the zoom meetings. These seem to be older ones as they are simply afraid of catching covid."

  Like I've said, the Corona crisis seems almost tailor-made to facilitate transitioning to an e-religion.

  Hoser - "...in these crazy times paranoid is the new normal..."

  
  
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  Alternate Jobs for the Governing Body..

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’m not sure if this is in the right topic area or not, but sometimes i wonder:.

  if it were not for “religion”, what would the current gb do for a living??.

  my speculations:.

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  nowwhat? - "Vidiot, that was a hall of fame post!"

  Thanks, but I can't claim credit for it...

  ...I don't know who originally made it (I think it might be someone here at JWD, actually), but that pic's been floating around the net for a few years now.

  I did tweak it slightly by putting moving Beaker/Lett to the end, like a punchline.
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  Bible canon conundrums

  by joey jojo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a topic that i find really interesting- how the bible, in particular, the new testament was compiled and how the jw organisation strives to negate, scoff at and diminish the influence of the catholic church in its development.. here is the official stance of the org: .

  https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/library/r1/lp-e/all-publications/watchtower/the-watchtower-1963/april-15.

  'the roman catholic church claims responsibility for the decision as to which books should be included in the canon, and reference is made to the councils of hippo (a.d. 393) and carthage (a.d. 397), where catalogues of books were formulated.

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  Bible canon conundrums...

  ..."canondrums"?
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  Alternate Jobs for the Governing Body..

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’m not sure if this is in the right topic area or not, but sometimes i wonder:.

  if it were not for “religion”, what would the current gb do for a living??.

  my speculations:.

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  Vidiot

  You're all wrong.

  In fact, they already have a gig lined up:

  
  
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  PURITANS - why we need them right now

  by Terry in

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  puritans!.

  we need them to help us become more righteous.we need to feel the sting of their whiplash and suffer the tongues of flame, branding irons, and denouncement.why?gosh - we aren't as pure as they are, that's why!.

  8th century christian orthodox iconoclasts smashed statues used by catholic christian worshipers - to save them from idolatry.let us us cheer that intervention!

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  Vidiot

  IMO, the ones who cry "persection!" the loudest are the ones most likely to persecute others.

  Of course (as I've said many times)...

  ...going around jabbing people in the eye with a stick and then whining when you get a beatdown for it doesn't actually make you a martyr.

  It just makes you an asshole.
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  Sued by inmate, North Carolina concedes Witnesses are distinct faith group, not subset of Protestants

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last thursday poyner spruill, a prominent north carolina law firm, announced a victory in a pro bono case involving religious freedom of incarcerated jehovah's witnesses.

  the poyner team was appointed by the u.s. district court for the western district of north carolina to represent an inmate challenging the state’s policy governing how and when jehovah’s witnesses can worship in prison.

  the state’s policy classified jehovah’s witnesses as a subset of christian protestants and, on that basis, prohibited separate jehovah’s witness meetings—an infringement on religious freedom under the first amendment.

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  Corney - "Maybe prison officials were just afraid that Mormons, Unitarian Universalists, Adventists, Pentecostals and others, lumped together as Protestants in their policy documents, will ask for separate services too?"

  Wouldn't surprise me.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Class Warfare (parallels to Karl Marx)

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  among jehovah’s witnesses, the elite consists of 144,00 kings and priests who have been specially selected (anointed) to rule in heaven (as transformed spirit beings) over the second group (great crowd) who remain human on a paradise earth.. .

  in marxist theory, the elite use wealth to obtain political power and control ideology consisting of shaping the worldview of the underclass.

  (their role in society.).

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  JoenB75 - "Rutherford and JW since were a lot more occupied with condemning the old world and saving their own souls. The dreams of Russellism were higher more idealistic."

  I'm inclined to agree.

  At the very least (despite his quirks), Russel seemed like a genuinely decent individual.

  By all indications, Rutherford was a complete prick.