NotFormer - “…Any attempt to make good, saleable movies is going to collide with their own history and their own rules.”
I’ve long felt that they should adapt the Revelation Climax book.
It’d make Left Behind seem quaint by comparison.
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49Will the GB Eventually "observe" Tithing?
by Sea Breeze infound this on fb from the recent losch talk.
time for a new business model?.
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JW Restrictions on Children
by NotFormer inissues raised in this thread:.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6496820625145856/non-jw-parent-dating-jw-who-wants-children.
i'm trying to list all the things jw children are not allowed to do, or are discouraged from doing.
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Beth Sarim - “…For a religion that offers a hope of everlasting life on a paradise earth, is one of the most coercive, abusive, demanding, regulating, manipulative, sexual repressive groups out there."
It’s been a while since I’ve said the following, but I think it bears a repeat now and again, especially for those on the fence who still catch themselves asking “but what if it really is the Truth?”…
The Org has mentioned more than once that they intend to - for all intents and purposes - govern the world in the New System, with the Warwick compound functioning as the de facto planetary capital.
Seriously. I’m paraphrasing, but not much… I heard it with my own ears from the platform, and it’s been reiterated in publications from time to time.
Now, imagine the WTS being given control of a small country tomorrow.
I guarantee that within a decade, advances in science and medicine in that country would grind to a halt, creationism would be mandated in schools, all foreign entertainment would be banned, anything been resembling advanced education would be nonexistent, any kind of alternative sexual expression would be outlawed even between married heterosexual couples, disfellowshipped people would be imprisoned or deported, and “apostates” would be sentenced to death without possibility of appeal or reprieve.
Anyone who says otherwise is either lying or naive.
Now, imagine that regime encompassing the entire globe.
Indefinitely.
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NotFormer - “…The CO was using the stick; the WT needs more carrots…”
Hmph.
Personally, I think at this point, the Org’s carrot and stick are pretty much indistinguishable.
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That’s the type of tactical blunder True Believers make.
They’d convinced themselves they were God’s Chosen, and therefore never in a million years thought they could be wrong…
…and even if they did, Armageddon would come and bail them out, anyway, so why worry?
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How Do Jehovah's Witnesses View Education?
by southyukon ini have a question about this article.. https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jw-education-school/.
higher education can lead to moral and spiritual dangers.
a bible proverb says: "the shrewd one sees the danger and conceals himself.
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Initiating programs for kids - i.e. the next generation - implies long-term planning.
Which is impossible if the End of the World is imminent.
Further evidence that the policy-makers are True Believers.
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What If The Tower Fell?
by Big Dog inwhat if the truly unthinkable happened and the tower went down?
perhaps the irs swooped in and claimed fraud and padlocked the headquarters and kingdom hall doors?
or the gb took the money and ran to a nice non-extradition country to live out their years?
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NotFormer - “…It would be pretty hard to argue that it's God's earthly organisation if it was suddenly not there anymore.”
This.
If the Tower fell, it would be undeniable proof that it wasn’t God’s Earthly Organization…
…because if it had been, that wouldn’t have been possible.
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How Do Jehovah's Witnesses View Education?
by southyukon ini have a question about this article.. https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jw-education-school/.
higher education can lead to moral and spiritual dangers.
a bible proverb says: "the shrewd one sees the danger and conceals himself.
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NotFormer - “…on the one hand, they want dumb people that can't defend themselves from the WT's distorted doctrines, but on the other hand, they want smart people who can defend them from the consequences of those distorted doctrines.”
Damn, I wish I’d caught that.
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Are Jw's God's Organization?
by wantingtruth inhere i will quote a post written by "littleone" on another forum:.
when that original congregation apostasized, it formed the roman catholic church.
was it that the roman catholic church was jehovah's organization?
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Vidiot
Why would He need one?
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@ NotFormer…
Some of us suspect that if they hadn’t complied with federal directives and tapped the brakes on the door-to-door work during Covid, the WT’s charity status / tax-exemption might have been at risk.
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Vidiot
So, how many are left in that town, now?