Posts by Vidiot

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They need to be a legal entity for human law: but which law?

by psyco in

i could be mr. green and, due to mistrust considering the times and what is happening, study with the jws as mr. brown.. get baptized as mr. brown.. become one of their congregation elders as mr. brown.. etc.

etc.. all this since i am not required to provide any signature and/or document to identify myself as mr. brown.. are they complying with human law?

but which law?.

Vidiot

Case in point… signing up for the redress scheme in Australia after the ARC.

The WTS dragged their heels until the very, very last second, and only budged when it became apparent their Charity Status was on the chopping block (they as much as admitted it, and their public statement sounded quite sulky to me, in fact 😏).

Looking back, I think that was when we first started cluing on something that seems painfully obvious, now (and virtually every bit of evidence we've seen since confirms it, IMO)…

…that the Org’s business model is almost completely dependent on its tax-exemption.

They literally can’t afford to lose it.

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They need to be a legal entity for human law: but which law?

by psyco in

i could be mr. green and, due to mistrust considering the times and what is happening, study with the jws as mr. brown.. get baptized as mr. brown.. become one of their congregation elders as mr. brown.. etc.

etc.. all this since i am not required to provide any signature and/or document to identify myself as mr. brown.. are they complying with human law?

but which law?.

Vidiot

Something the WTS conveniently forgets to mention if/when they have to acknowledge that their charity status requires certain things.

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unbaptized boy having priority over women

by enoughisenough in

i was thinking about the male children ( even unbaptized ) being placed ahead of the sisters.

; and i thought the jw were raising a bunch of misogynist.

would these kids not feel more important than their mothers let alone other women.

Vidiot

KerryKing - “…men prefer to interpret God's words as a licence for bad behaviour.”

Not all of us.

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JE-sus making a comeback at the 2024 Convention

by dropoffyourkeylee in

attended the friday sesson of the 2024 summer convention.. july 5, 2024 summer convention crowd photo; they invited quite a lot of empty chairs.. .

the facility usually has 5500-6500. they spun it saying that fewer congregations were assigned.

there were 6 of the smaller, more distant sections blocked off with tarps to lessen cleaning, which i understand.

Vidiot

Bets on how soon they’ll just be discontinued, simply because of how embarrassingly low the attendance is?

😏

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Greeting a person(who was removed from the congregation) at the Kingdom Hall now becomes a matter of conscience

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | august 2024. help for those who are removed from the congregation.

14 does what we have considered mean that we would completely ignore a person who has been removed from the congregation?

not necessarily.

Vidiot

God, if some enterprising coder came up with a mildly viral prank email that, once opened, accessed the contacts list, generated bogus messages labelling them as “apostates”, and mass-mailed them all over hell and back, the sheer pandemonium would be absolutely bonkers. 😅

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Why the term "disfellowshipped " was removed

by raymond frantz in

https://youtu.be/ags07jlopcy?si=g9ra1jqksuuauyax.

Vidiot

“Removed” sounds like the new secret word on Putin’s Playhouse.

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Would there, or would there not be, lawsuits if they took away the blood transfusion ban?

by VerdadTJ2 in

jw
friends

i have heard or read, many times by many exjw's, that the org does not remove the blood transfusion ban because it would be crippled by the resulting lawsuits the minute that "new light" was made official.i am not a lawyer, but i would like to know what legal opinion lawyers have on that.on what legal basis would there be a lawsuit?

"i am suing the watchtower because my relative died because of a rule they had but no longer have"?am i missing something?.

Vidiot

So…

…there’s a “hemo-industrial” complex?

🤨

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unbaptized boy having priority over women

by enoughisenough in

i was thinking about the male children ( even unbaptized ) being placed ahead of the sisters.

; and i thought the jw were raising a bunch of misogynist.

would these kids not feel more important than their mothers let alone other women.

Vidiot

The stuff that Area 51 can’t handle? 😏

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Key Criticisms of the Organization

by Vanderhoven7 in

just picked this summary up.

"some of the key criticisms that have been raised about the jehovah's witness organization include:.

strict control and authoritarianism: the organization is highly centralized, with major decisions being made by the governing body.

Vidiot

no-zombie - “Every single one of those criticisms would not exist... if the Governing Body simply allowed people to have and to use their own God given Christian consciences.”

If the Governing Body simply allowed people to have and to use their own God given Christian consciences…

…the Jehovah’s Witness religion would cease to exist.

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Key Criticisms of the Organization

by Vanderhoven7 in

just picked this summary up.

"some of the key criticisms that have been raised about the jehovah's witness organization include:.

strict control and authoritarianism: the organization is highly centralized, with major decisions being made by the governing body.

Vidiot

Rat’s high, again.