Posts by Vidiot

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Anthony Morris depicts ex-members as ''Despicable Apostates''
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
here is one of the many commandments jesus instructed his twelve apostles to keep, follow, and obey!.

here is anthony morris ( supposedly selected by jehovah to keep, follow and obey the sayings of jesus ) name-calling and condemning enemies!

the pharisees used to label people as well.
Vidiot

Way to dehumanize the opposition, Top-Shelf.
Asshole.
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Rolf Furuli Disfellowshipped Last Week
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
well known norway elder and watchtower doctrine apologist, (rolf furuli) was disfellowshipped a few days ago for the crime of expressing opinions contrary to some watchtower dictates.. like wt leadership in the past, they have no problem eating their own..
Vidiot

Phizzy - "...it seems they have no one with the intellectual ability to be able to spin things sufficiently so that even the thickest, laziest R&F drone would not say WTF????"
Blame that shitbag Ted Jaracz.
By the early 00s, it actually looked like a measure of progressive reform might actually be on the table, probably because (among other things) the 20th Century had ended without the End, and the Org's eschatology needed a significant reexamination.
Then 9-11 happened, and the Old Man used it to stoke fear in said End amongst the leadership as a pretext to purge the liberals and moderates out of Bethel, and nip any reform in the bud*.
Unfortunately, that included the majority of creative-types and outside-the-box thinkers, who - like it or not - are vital when it comes to the kind of page-one rewrite the WTS's End-Times script so sorely needs.
...
*I suspect due to the fact that allegations of sexual misconduct on his part were way likelier to become exposed if said reforms were implemented.
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New terminology? “Donations in Support of Kingdom Interests Worldwide”
by Ultimate Reality in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
petra/atlantis recently posted and supplied a document on donations.

what stood out to me, besides the usual nonsense, was the phrase, “donations in support of kingdom interests worldwide.”.

this appears to be a change in terminology from donations in support of the “worldwide work of jehovah’s witnesses.”.
Vidiot

These days, I'm pretty sure "Kingdom interests" is code for "rising tide of pedo-related legal fees".
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"The witness" documentary aired on TV last night for the first time
by joe134cd in
1. jw
2. experiences
i knew it was coming as it had been advertised on tv.

i just thought to myself, i hope that my father doesnt get wind of it.

if he sees this no good will come of it, so i never mentioned a word to him.
Vidiot

joe134cd - "...nothing would bring me more satisfaction to see WT go down in a blaze of legal fire..."
Better for it to die a slow, ignominious death (or permanently end up a whispery shadow of its former glory).
Much more permanent.
And yet...
joe134cd - "...for his sake i hope Wt holds on long enough to out last him..."
...I'm kind of on the same wavelength as you, with regards to my mom.
joe134cd - "...I also hope that they dont start asset stripping and selling off KH..."
I do.
Sell 'em all, I say, and turn the Org into just another "e-church".
The way the Org's ideology and worldview is structured, that can't help but contribute to the aforementioned slow, ignominious death-slash-decline, as far as I'm concerned.
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Possible other names for Jehovah's Witnesses
by Clarkey in
1. social
2. humour
world wide association of liars.

organization of delusional sociopaths.

jehovah's publishing corporation .
Vidiot

"Watchtowistan"
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Rolf Furuli Disfellowshipped Last Week
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
well known norway elder and watchtower doctrine apologist, (rolf furuli) was disfellowshipped a few days ago for the crime of expressing opinions contrary to some watchtower dictates.. like wt leadership in the past, they have no problem eating their own..
Vidiot

Personally I suspect that the leadership is aware that the ideology is intellectually flimsy at this point, but because they're all True Believers, they aren't interested in much more than keeping the Org in a holding pattern until The End comes.
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The Society and 1975.
by Lost in the fog in
1. watchtower
2. bible
stumbled upon this article - not that the wt society ever highlighted the date of 1975, but that was brothers running ahead... .

w68 8/15 pp.

494-501. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1968602#h=1:0 .
Vidiot

Another factor might be that It's almost like the so-called "Law of Attraction" (wherein you can supposedly influence physical reality to bend to your will)...
...they think (subconsciously) that if they "believe" hard enough, their wishes will - in the end - come true.
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The Society and 1975.
by Lost in the fog in
1. watchtower
2. bible
stumbled upon this article - not that the wt society ever highlighted the date of 1975, but that was brothers running ahead... .

w68 8/15 pp.

494-501. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1968602#h=1:0 .
Vidiot

mickbobcat - "...this is a good example of the leaders drinking the same koolaid they are giving the rank and file."
Absolutely.
All the available anecdotal evidence we have indicates that the WT leadership are full-on True Believers... and it's thoroughly backed up by the blunders they make.
All the boners they pull are exactly the sort of mistakes one makes if one is convinced that he's completely right whilst being utterly wrong.
(As I've said many times, it's a tremendously easy habit to fall into if you've been told for decades that God whispers in your ear, and you surround yourself solely with people who are never allowed to disagree with you.)
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Will the Republicans finally file criminal charges. What else do they need?
by pistolpete in
1. social
2. current
the director of nation intelligence reveals startling new details about the russian collusion hoax against president donald trump.

as one america’s pearson sharp explains,.

senior obama officials were working hard to cover up--hillary clinton’s email scandal and undermine the 2016 election.. .
Vidiot

To all the hardcore nationalists and loyalists...
...you're absolutely right.
We should totally eliminate the political opposition completely (whoever or whatever it happens to be).
Hell, the end result - a one-party state running the world's only remaining superpower - would be a terrific idea.
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WT Steam Roll Faith Leaks
by Slidin Fast in
1. social
2. current
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.
Vidiot

All moot, IMO...
...as far as I'm concerned, the real reason they made a fuss is because they just couldn't stand having anyone use their stuff in a way that mocked them, or - even worse - deconstructed their ideology.