i happened to come across this video at the beginning of the week.
you feel so sorry for this poor woman who experienced csa and then the hardheartedness of the elders (what's new there) when she needed genuine love and help.. https://fb.watch/j1qacgxphi/.
They’re not “indifferent”.
They simply cannot imagine it could be such a widespread, institutionalized, and endemic problem in “God’s Exclusive Earthly Organization”…
…but more importantly…
…the WT leadership knows that the more the Org’s CSA problem is exposed, litigated against, and confirmed by internal documents, which become a matter of Public Record (especially if such records name actual Governing Body members)…
…that all-important premise becomes almost impossible to maintain.
we all know that despite many scriptures to the contrary, jw's believe that when they die, their consciousness will cease.
my question is this: what will be the likely reaction of jw's if they find themselves conscious after death?.
Saw Breeze - “…What will be the likely reaction of JWs if they find themselves conscious after death?”
Existential panic? 😏
during the height of the pandemic all elders had to report to the co anyone who was struggling with bills or who couldn’t pay the rent.
the co reported it to the branch.. i don’t know what happens next.
do the branch help at all?
ThomasMore - “…Over time, it became obvious that WTC did not want us helping those in need…”
From what Barb Anderson has determined, that tendency goes all the way back to Russel.
i came across an xjw post on redditt from a rn.
she states that nearly every jw she ever treated was on anti-depressants or anti-psychotic drugs:.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/f35vaa/just_about_every_jw_i_come_across_is_on/ i once read somewhere that 1 in 5 jw's were on anti-depressants, but i couldn't find any documentation.
From what I hear, self-medicating goes all the way up the ladder.
original reddit post (removed).
Simon - “…No believing JW is even looking at exJW or ‘apostate’ content, so anyone who does is already doubting and looking for answers…”
This.
Reading XJW material on the net doesn’t turn you into an apostate.
It just helps you realize you already are one.
do we understand these three words: worship, idolatry, and blasphemy?.
most christians have a vague notion of worship, idolatry, and blasphemy already, but.
a clear definition is necessary.. we must take care to differentiate, however.. how the words appear in original language and how they are defined today might be at odds.. ____________________.
It’s pretty weird how popular it seems to be.
what is spiritual warfare to you?
i experienced a situation that i could clearly say was spiritual warfare.
but that was something i could only see years laters.
Gotta be a difficult tactic to use in the Information Age. 😏
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/03/15/national/jehovahs-witnesses-whipping/.
the most cited reason was “napping or talking during congregations.” others included “answering back to parents” and “playing with a schoolmate.”.
some respondents said they have been suffering depression as a result of whipping.. “i still cannot forget the sight of children screaming after they were taken into a large room at a congregation when i was a child,” a 44-year-old victim said, stressing that jehovah’s witnesses should reflect on what followers have done.. in february, a group of lawyers started supporting those second-generation followers.. in a statement issued on march 1, the japanese branch of jehovah’s witness said it does not accept child abuse.. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230315/p2a/00m/0na/006000c.
Wasn’t there an instance in the US a couple decades back where a JW dad beat his kid so badly she died?
https://wgntv.com/evanston/shots-fired-by-66-year-old-man-in-alleged-financial-deal-gone-wrong-evanston-police-say/.
truthlover123 - “…all halls asked to be very alert and lock down for meetings and service to protect pubs and files…”
“Shred the fucking files! SHRED THE FUCKING FILES!!!!!”
https://youtu.be/jxumoix1rew.
“and in revelation chapter 6, the ride of the fourth horseman includes mention of deadly plague.
so the events unfolding around us are making clearer than ever that we’re living in the final part of the last days.
When I first heard Letto the Clown speak, I thought someone had digitally altered the audio to make him sound weird.
Seriously.
These days, I think his videos are actually little litmus tests…
…if you can drink that guy’s Kool-Aid and still say “yum”, the Org’s got you for life.
