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  Over population

  by mickbobcat in

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  so i see some very counter intuitive videos on how there is no over population issue.

  that the world will grow to about 11 billion and stop.

  well that would be the first time in human history that population just stopped.

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  Vidiot

  Wow.

  With magnanimity that big, you'll leave room for at least three people.

  Good on ya.

  
  
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  Article in The Australian: Jehovah's Witnesses facing tax turmoil

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.theaustralian.com.au/.../64acd93d531eb6b7301d.... .

  sorry, the article is behind a paywall.

  however, here's a copy of it without the photo:.

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  Vidiot

  Don't kid yourself, Rocket...

  ...at this point, it's becoming pretty apparent that the Org doesn't give a rat's ass about their public image anymore. It's a lost cause.

  These days, virtually every decision is made towards...

  a) ...as you said, keeping their "charity" status to stay in the black, and...

  b) ...reinforcing the fiction of "God's Earthly Organization" in the eyes of the rank-and-file (trust me, the importance of this cannot be overstated, for a whole shit-ton of reasons).
  

  The real trick will be juggling the two...

  ...especially if certain public steps they need to take to keep their tax-exemption too deeply undermine the Organizational fiction.
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  Belgium: Jehovah's Witnesses in court to respond to incitement to hatred

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  belgium: jehovah's witnesses in court to respond to incitement to hatred.

  february 16, 2021.. https://www.levif.be/actualite/belgique/les-temoins-de-jehovah-devant-le-tribunal-pour-repondre-d-incitation-a-la-haine/article-news-1392951.html.

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  Vidiot

  Ten bucks says that if they lose the appeal, they'll quietly settle up instead of pushing it up the chain...

  ...'cause other recent court losses and threats to their tax-exemption is learnin' 'em to not rock the boat so much.

  Get smacked enough, and sooner or later, the lesson's gotta sink in, right?
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  This Discussion Board

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when you look back the last 20 years , what a transformation!

  back then witnesses were putting out poetry and most were singing the praises of the organization.

  slowly and gradually, negative thoughts were allowed to be expressed about doctrines, elders and congregation life.

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  Vidiot

  Come for the facts, stay for the folks.
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  Article in The Australian: Jehovah's Witnesses facing tax turmoil

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.theaustralian.com.au/.../64acd93d531eb6b7301d.... .

  sorry, the article is behind a paywall.

  however, here's a copy of it without the photo:.

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  Vidiot

  Okay, so now I'm deducing that the article was reporting on the November threat to yank the Org's "charity" status in response to their failure to join the Aussie redress scheme, and their eleventh-hour reconsideration was the referred-to resolution.

  It wasn't two separate things, it was flawed reporting on one.

  
  

  Still begs the question, though...

  ...just how dependent on its tax-exemption IS the WTS that the actual prospect of losing it brings about such a drastic about-face, after all prior protests to the contrary and the potential problems the decision could cause?
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  Finland: significant (nearly 1/10) reduction in number of Kingdom Halls

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  according to a recent helsingin sanomat article, there are over 200 kingdom halls in finland.

  and over the last three years, 22 khs have been sold and five new halls have been built.

  currently, seven khs are listed for sale and two new ones are under construction.

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  smiddy3 - "No business that is doing well financially and otherwise makes such drastic cuts."

  This.

  Like I keep saying, in what crazy-ass mirror universe are constant property liquidation, steady decrease of product output, and widespread staff reduction signs of robust financial health?
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  What would happen to the Watchtower Org. if the recent UFO sightings were actually aliens ready to take over Earth

  by pistolpete in

  1. social
  2. current

  the past two weeks several ufo sightings.

  navy and pentagon confirm sightings.

  us military is worried because the technology being used to drive these air vehicles are showing no signs of any sort of jet fuel.

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  Vidiot

  Badfish - "Well then who created those 'other mortal beings'?”

  It's "other mortal beings" all the way up.
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  William Shatner is 90 years old but doesn't look like it-------Why?

  by pistolpete in

  1. social
  2. current

  i can't believe william shatner is 90 years old but doesn't look like other 90 year olds that i've met.

  is it genetic?

  is it lifestyle.

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  Vidiot

  Don't know about nerdy/swole guy, there but the Shat, well... good genes, clean living... eldritch rituals, the usual.

  It works for me, after all.

  Seriously, though, I actually am kinda that way, myself (without the abs, obviously)...

  ...coming down the home stretch towards 50 and I'm told I look about 30... I get it from my dad, who didn't start turning gray until he was about 65.

  My kids laugh at my wedding photos and crack wise that the chess club geek somehow managed to score the prom queen, a hairdresser jokingly asked if I sacrificed children in the forest at night, and I even had a recent encounter with a nice old lady who thought my daughter was my sister.
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  Over population

  by mickbobcat in

  1. social
  2. current

  so i see some very counter intuitive videos on how there is no over population issue.

  that the world will grow to about 11 billion and stop.

  well that would be the first time in human history that population just stopped.

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  Vidiot

  Hm.

  I guess Thanos was right, after all.
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  Zoom Social Event With a GB Member (Losche)

  by Jofi_Wofo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in a recent turn of events, i found myself at a jw social gathering on zoom (supporting my pimi wife, while among mostly jws whom i don't know and a handful of old friends who don't know i'm inactive) that just so happened to also be joined by garrett losche and his wife.

  sorry to disappoint but i had absolutely no interaction with him and have nothing interesting to report about it.

  i'm just sharing this because i can't believe i even got that close to maybe chatting with him, despite being a closeted apostate.. there were about 300 people in the zoom meeting, all having been directly invited.

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  Vidiot

  Justmemorph - "...He was a way out there kinda guy. Always going off the rails"

  Explains why he was invited to join.