the september watchtower has already been released and is being discussed over on reddit.
some highlights: .
1. more hitting the flock on total reliance and obedience to god's representatives on earth today, the f&ds (the governing body, of course).
@ Vanderhoven and Beth…
They apparently had a thing down in Florida not too long ago where they were getting COs up to speed on updates to the Org’s eschatology (Fred Franz’s old Cold-War-centric narrative was increasingly untenable, obviously).
Pretty sure the new-and-improved version has left plenty of wiggle room for that aspect (not to mention minimizing the UN’s role as a villain).
the september watchtower has already been released and is being discussed over on reddit.
some highlights: .
1. more hitting the flock on total reliance and obedience to god's representatives on earth today, the f&ds (the governing body, of course).
Labeling the troubles they’ve brought upon themselves as the Tribulation is all fine and dandy (and the hard-core loyalists will fall in line)…
..,but what happens when they’re persecuted sued, taxed, and legislated to their knees and God doesn’t bail ‘em out with Armageddon?
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yeah wow women can finally wear pants and men beards...but 1914 is still a date not accepted since charles russell times and blood fractions are evil!!.
are they crazy!!!
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Ten bucks says…
a) …they’re waiting till the ratio of those who’ll leave vs. those who’ll stay (or those who’ll sue vs. those who won’t) has reached a critical point… i.e. when the blowback will be at a minimum, or…
b) …(more pragmatically) when their tax-exemption is at risk.
Whichever comes first.
from reddit ex jw, a user posted this material of a hypothetical new light on dissociated people......i'm posting it only for the record, nothing else is known.
it seems that the topic has been deleted either by the moderators or by the user himself.
understanding dissociation in light of the scriptures.
Just remember…
…for the WTS, money isn’t about staying on easy street, and being wealthy for wealth’s sake.
It’s about ensuring the Org’s continued survival.
the governing body and watchtower publications make clear there is only one official website that jws should go to about their religion.
they do not approve of independent pro-jw forums.
this would also fall in line of there being no independent study groups, on the internet, or elsewhere.. for that matter, they do not approve of jws posting on behalf of their religion on social media, “apostate” websites, or anywhere else on the internet.
ukpimo - “…when you leak this information publicly on such a platform, this should call for mass reproval and disfellowshippings…”
These days?
When a DFing can be as short as three months and everybody says hi, anyway?
WTF’s the point?
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from reddit ex jw, a user posted this material of a hypothetical new light on dissociated people......i'm posting it only for the record, nothing else is known.
it seems that the topic has been deleted either by the moderators or by the user himself.
understanding dissociation in light of the scriptures.
I can see them paying this kind of lip service if their charity status were at risk.
on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.
in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.
Two of ‘em, actually, just before.
Easier to get the supermajority vote you want if/when you stack the deck in advance.
NotFormer - “…why stroke his ego in that way in the same year that he was on his deathbed?”
Either the artist had painted that piece before Rutherford’s terminal diagnosis was common knowledge…
…or the artist was a True Believer, wanted to score some points for the afterlife, and figured The Judge might be inclined to vouch for him.
i asked the ai gemini about destroying notes.
here’s the response:.
this scenario raises several legal and ethical concerns:.
Here’s another related thread.
If Ted Jaracz were alive today, he’d be going out of his fucking mind. 😎
