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  1963 Resolution Condemning the United Nations

  by Sea Breeze in

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  quote from that world wide resolution: .

  that, in order to prevent the destruction of the nations by their own means in war, the nations further refused the surrender of their sovereignty to god’s messianic kingdom by setting up a society of nations, which, since 1945, has taken the form and the name of the united nations, with international headquarters at new york city.

  this international organization stands for world sovereignty by political men.

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  Vidiot

  This would also explain why the Org has never really gone out of their way to sling condemnatory rhetoric against the other Bible Student denominations the way they have with the rest of “Christendom”.
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  1963 Resolution Condemning the United Nations

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  quote from that world wide resolution: .

  that, in order to prevent the destruction of the nations by their own means in war, the nations further refused the surrender of their sovereignty to god’s messianic kingdom by setting up a society of nations, which, since 1945, has taken the form and the name of the united nations, with international headquarters at new york city.

  this international organization stands for world sovereignty by political men.

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  Sea Breeze - “…I suppose WT could sue them to stop using the name at anytime but chooses not to do so?”

  Read it again… it says the WT themselves own the IBSA…

  …and two things strongly suggest that statement is accurate.

  First, Wikipedia is publicly editable, yet the information has remained unchanged…

  …i.e. no one feels compelled to correct it.

  Second (and more importantly, IMO)…

  …the Org itself is litigious as fuck…

  …but the very fact that they have not tried to sue the ISBA into oblivion (if they had, we’d have absolutely heard about it by now) is indicative…

  …because if they did, they’d effectively be suing themselves.
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  What is the Evidence for a Common Ancestor for Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  prokaryotes.

  eukaryotes.

  lysosomes and centrosomes are present.

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  Vidiot

  I’ve seen human beings that looked that different from each other. 😏
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  1963 Resolution Condemning the United Nations

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  quote from that world wide resolution: .

  that, in order to prevent the destruction of the nations by their own means in war, the nations further refused the surrender of their sovereignty to god’s messianic kingdom by setting up a society of nations, which, since 1945, has taken the form and the name of the united nations, with international headquarters at new york city.

  this international organization stands for world sovereignty by political men.

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  Vidiot

  “…but it appears to be what is known as controlled opposition…”

  Equally bonkers.

  Know what this reminds me of?

  I used to joke that Six Screens had to be some kind of misguided “false flag” thing that the Org started, but it got away from them.

  Hell, Rick Fearon was practically the “apostate” poster boy… he ticked all the boxes on Top-Shelf Tony’s checklist.

  I never meant it seriously…

  …but now I’m starting to wonder.

  🤩
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  1963 Resolution Condemning the United Nations

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  quote from that world wide resolution: .

  that, in order to prevent the destruction of the nations by their own means in war, the nations further refused the surrender of their sovereignty to god’s messianic kingdom by setting up a society of nations, which, since 1945, has taken the form and the name of the united nations, with international headquarters at new york city.

  this international organization stands for world sovereignty by political men.

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  Vidiot

  “…the WT owns IBSA aka International Bible Student Association… which still sells the writings of Charles Taze Russel; while the WT currently claims to reject his teachings as apostate…”

  Okay, that’s…

  …fucking bonkers.

  😳
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  How does the Govering Body get enlightenment?

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
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  from the earliest of times of the catholic church's ecumenical councils were used to make major changes to its doctrinal direction.

  decisions were made by bishops, they were ratified by the pope ... and it was done.

  and the laity had to accepted them or not.. and while splinter catholic religions accepted most of these councils, non-trinitarian faiths which developed latter (of which jehovah's witnesses are apart) did not.

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  Biahi - “…those so-called ‘replacements’ are just ‘mentally ill’ people, according to the WT.”

  Well…

  …they’d know.
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  1963 Resolution Condemning the United Nations

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  quote from that world wide resolution: .

  that, in order to prevent the destruction of the nations by their own means in war, the nations further refused the surrender of their sovereignty to god’s messianic kingdom by setting up a society of nations, which, since 1945, has taken the form and the name of the united nations, with international headquarters at new york city.

  this international organization stands for world sovereignty by political men.

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  TonusOH - “…That bedrock assumption that the GB was god's voice and the WTS was god's organization had to be defended at all cost…”

  Even more so for the GB themselves…

  …virtually every decision they make is, ultimately, to shore up that premise.
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  Moving on in a new chapter

  by redsetter2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  moving on is the hardest thing anyone has to cope with.. i have officially left the org.

  and now it feels my family have been waiting to do this for a long time, officially shunning me, even though they were practically doing this whilst i was still in.. it feels like i've accomplished a victory and at the same time i feel guilty i was tangled up in communication with someone who "hid who they were" claiming to leak information from bethel.

  i got the call from the man who i thought i worked with.

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  Vidiot

  Actually, I don’t think authoritarian leaders experience cognitive dissonance.

  Seriously.
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  Glad to see someone in the WT Art Dept has a sense of humour! "Church Lady" spotted singing!

  by WingCommander in

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  you can't make this shit up!

  lol!!!!

  someone over on reddit posted this illustration from some wt publication or website or whatever.

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  Vidiot

  Special.
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  So Let's Say Bigger Change Happens

  by peacefulpete in

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  if a change in the blood policy happens, who will be more upset, jws or former jws?

  i suspect the latter.

  when the beard thing went down, jw's seem to immediately embrace it, whereas many former jw's have been brooding about it.. did it take away a pet gripe we had?.

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  Vidiot

  The modern world isn’t as bad as one might think.

  Case in point…

  …given a choice, would you rather live in, say, the Old West?

  The Middle Ages?

  The First Century AD?