jehovah's witnesses are mentioned in this excellent article that begins by reporting on an especially awful mormon child sexual abuse case.
the article then discusses the issue of the penitent privilege exemption which former jws working through scaars.org are trying to influence state lawmakers to eliminate.. .
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-child-welfare/2020/04/21/bisbee-man-confesses-hes-molesting-his-daughter-church-tells-bishop-not-report-abuse/2876617001/.
Despite all the reasons - justifiable or otherwise - that the Org kept wanting to handle this internally, I still occasionally find myself asking, gobsmacked...
..."HOW THE F**K did it never occur to them that this could and would come back and bite them on the ass???"
very sad news .i am zing's partner.
first time on any kind of blog so please forgive any mistakes.
we have lost zing to the coronavirus this saturday gone, in the early hours.
an poignant question which might make a few jws a bit uncomfortable.. the words of jesus said that no one knows of the time of his return not the ancient israelites or the first era christians and jesus admonished those who would set a time upon god's own sacred time.. words spoken by jesus that certain men failed to adhere to who self proclaimed preachers of the gospel.. the executive leaders of the watchtower corporation (gb) have said that they were the faith slave to jesus fulfilling his instructions to spread the word of the new system of things.
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yet over the past 140 years the wts and the men who have been running that organization have been endeavoring false prophets, selling a tainted corrupt version of the gospel through the literature these men published.
Ditto to eyeuse2badub and carla.
there was a letter read sunday at our meeting that mentioned some parts of us are starting to open back up.
however, regardless of things opening up that no kingdom halls should be used for any meetings of any kind.
also, no door-to-door ministry or any form of in-person ministry is allowed.
Like I've said, this thing has given the WTS the ideal pretext to shift into an "e-religion"; hell, it couldn't be more convenient if it were planned, IMO.
It'd be a massive cost-saving measure, super-easy, and the rank-and-file is now primed for it...
...all the incentives are in place.
Ten bucks says this becomes semi-permanent regardless of the pandemic's outcome.
jws or mormons.
from a public point of view not from people within the religion as that would be obvious.. examples of extreme beliefs or behaviour would be useful..
Huh... don't know where that "epher" thing came from, and only just noticed it, now. Weird.
Any chance a mod can edit it out?
it's been 12 years since i submitted my resignation letter, and stopped playing by their rules.. in a spurt of manic rationality, i blew up the bridge, sky high.
knowing that the diseased organ would need to be forever removed, away from anything remotely functional in my mind, body, and soul.
lest i be tempted to return.... so, i left.
AllTimeJeff - "...JWs sniff out inactivity very well, since their noses are so high in the air..."
That is - hands down, without a doubt - my new favorite quote.
I can't believe I missed it the first time 'round.
are they revered like the pope is to catholics??
back in the 1960s , fred franz and n.h knorr were the only men that counted.
after franz died, the governing body became more of an idolized entity.
minimus - "How is the Governing Body viewed today by Jehovah’s Witnesses?"
Reality TV stars? 
a little background first.
my first father- in-law, levi peterson was born in 1889. he personally knew rutherford.
he started the newark, ny congregation.
Ironic how much they disdain their own origins, isn't it?
Almost like they're embarrassed, or something.
the watchtower witch-hunters are still sending out subpoena's and closing down websites.
it is safer for simon, this board, and us if we send out internal confidential documents privately.. from time to time i will let you know something has arrived that you might want.
just send us a "pm" and we will give you the download links.. you do not need to include any personal information.
It's weird...
...back in the day, they weren't really in the habit of calling attention to themselves in this particular manner.
It suggests - to me, at least - two things...
a) ...that the current leadership far more buy into the rhetoric of their own divine destiny, and inability to lose, or...
b) ...that they're experiencing an increasing underlying feeling of desperation, that fuels increasingly reckless and foolish decision-making..
If it's the latter, then the real question is... why the desperation?
jws or mormons.
from a public point of view not from people within the religion as that would be obvious.. examples of extreme beliefs or behaviour would be useful..
epher"Protestantism is the WTS's slightly out-of-touch but generally well-meaning mom... Catholicism is the WTS's old alcoholic uncle who's finally working his way through his 12 steps... and Scientology is the WTS's crazy-ass, mean-as-fuck neighbor from down the street."
Continued, just for fun...
...Judaism is the WTS's eccentric but surprisingly insightful grandpa...
...Buddhism is his ageing hippy pen-pal...
...and Islam is his slightly bipolar nephew from a previous marriage, who doesn't always keep up with his regimen of meds.
