Posts by Vidiot

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Thoughts on Likely Upcoming Changes in the Org.

by Phizzy in

i am thinking that the "ten year plan" that some have spoken of is the most likely scenario.

the org.

has to both attract new members and retain as many existing ones as possible.. so i think they will let the recent changes "bed in" for a while, maybe a year ?

Vidiot

LongHairGal - “…When you talk about a ‘compassionate fellowship’ you couldn’t possibly mean some of the older die-hards in the religion!”

‘Course not.

I never said they’d like it.

I suggested they might’ve found it acceptable…

…i.e. there’d be very little in it that directly contradicted any of the core tenets of their belief system, whilst giving the appearance of lightening up, in order to meet certain short-term survival needs.

They frame every decision as a “loving provision”. This would fit that MO, even if they didn’t actually mean it.

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Thoughts on Likely Upcoming Changes in the Org.

by Phizzy in

i am thinking that the "ten year plan" that some have spoken of is the most likely scenario.

the org.

has to both attract new members and retain as many existing ones as possible.. so i think they will let the recent changes "bed in" for a while, maybe a year ?

Vidiot

“Ten bucks says the outside consultants told them precisely that, and managed to do so in a manner that the Org found ideologically acceptable.“

Like, maybe something along the lines of…

…if the End Times actually happened, a more compassionate fellowship has a way higher survival probability than a judgmental clique preoccupied with sexual purity.

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GB Update #2, March 2024: Women allowed to wear pants, no ties/coats required if not giving a talk, & now able to greet DF ones in the KH!

by WingCommander in

jw
friends

you heard me correct, this is not a joke, and it is not april fools day!

the asl portion of the governing body updated #2 (march 2024) has been released a bit early and someone caught it.

summary: .

Vidiot

Halcon - “…The sisters wearing pants and guys allowed to have beards now is going to change the sexual dynamic in a considerable way…”

Yup.

Hotties in pants suits

Hotties with beards

😏

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Who really is the Faithful and Discreet Slave? The recent changes and the Governing Body's 10 year plan

by redsetter2 in

i am sure we were all shocked at the governing body update #2 with the unusual and impulsive changes set forth.. i am an insider at whq, and when i was on reddit and in communication with avoidjw i explained to the best of my ability that the approach on disfellowshipping was going to change based on the new light at the 2023 agm, that the jubilee rumor was false, and there were going to be changes on how jws approached disfellowshipping in response to the norway situation if it didn't turn out in watchtower's favor.

the decision came because of a legal blow to watchtower, not because "holy spirit" wad directing a faithful slave, who is going to become the "evil slave", more explanation on this soon.. everything i stated came true.

i left reddit exjw community due to the immature and mentally unstable nature there, and yet as has been the case my words came true.

Vidiot

Red hasn’t stated that these are set in stone, they’re simply on the table.

If reforms like this were implemented, the WTS would never spell it out explicitly this way to the congregations…

…it’d be detailed confidentially in a new version of the elders’ manual, and framed in more of an “avoid disfellowshipping too much”-type context.

It actually dovetails a bit with hints from other alleged leakers…

…that the current crop of GBers are less concerned with moral or ideological “purity”, and more preoccupied with the rank-and-file doing whatever the fuck they’re told, in order to keep the train from derailing.

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Thoughts on Likely Upcoming Changes in the Org.

by Phizzy in

i am thinking that the "ten year plan" that some have spoken of is the most likely scenario.

the org.

has to both attract new members and retain as many existing ones as possible.. so i think they will let the recent changes "bed in" for a while, maybe a year ?

Vidiot

Phizzy - “I was wondering that, if they perhaps have realised they need to retain JW's, and perhaps make a few converts, QUICKLY because if they don't, in a short while they would face a massive Cash Flow problem.”

Ten bucks says the outside consultants told them precisely that, and managed to do so in a manner that the Org found ideologically acceptable.

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If the org. Is being advised by consultants, is a name change in the works?

by nowwhat? in

let's be honest, there's a stigma to the name jehovah's witness.

if they are going more mainstream.

i imagine the first recommendation was a name change.

Vidiot

Or an acronym that reflects the current circumstances…

…“WTF@WTS”.

😏

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Who really is the Faithful and Discreet Slave? The recent changes and the Governing Body's 10 year plan

by redsetter2 in

i am sure we were all shocked at the governing body update #2 with the unusual and impulsive changes set forth.. i am an insider at whq, and when i was on reddit and in communication with avoidjw i explained to the best of my ability that the approach on disfellowshipping was going to change based on the new light at the 2023 agm, that the jubilee rumor was false, and there were going to be changes on how jws approached disfellowshipping in response to the norway situation if it didn't turn out in watchtower's favor.

the decision came because of a legal blow to watchtower, not because "holy spirit" wad directing a faithful slave, who is going to become the "evil slave", more explanation on this soon.. everything i stated came true.

i left reddit exjw community due to the immature and mentally unstable nature there, and yet as has been the case my words came true.

Vidiot

If what redsetter2 described here…

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1ao9o36/how_leaks_actually_work_as_a_bethel_insider/

…is actually the case (and I think it is), maybe he only has sporadic windows of opportunity to post, and therefore can’t always predict when they’ll be.

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GB Update #2, March 2024: Women allowed to wear pants, no ties/coats required if not giving a talk, & now able to greet DF ones in the KH!

by WingCommander in

jw
friends

you heard me correct, this is not a joke, and it is not april fools day!

the asl portion of the governing body updated #2 (march 2024) has been released a bit early and someone caught it.

summary: .

Vidiot

Something occurred to me…

…as the various federal revenue agencies of developed countries seem to be fine-tuning the rules for tax-exemption qualification (and more importantly, legal precedents for revoking it)…

…could they be, for all intents and purposes, beta-testing on offenders like the WTS (justifiably), to see how effective it’ll be on worse groups like, say, Scientology?

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If the org. Is being advised by consultants, is a name change in the works?

by nowwhat? in

let's be honest, there's a stigma to the name jehovah's witness.

if they are going more mainstream.

i imagine the first recommendation was a name change.