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  What makes a cult (in the pejorative sense)?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  michael moore writes:.

  a cult is an organization that enslaves minds and destroys families using cult mind control.

  cult mind control involves orchestrated deception, social pressure, psychological abuse, and repetitive indoctrination (brainwashing) centering around an unchallengeable ideology enforced in a totalitarian way in a closed socially-separatist community setting.

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  Vidiot

  littlerockguy - “ The Liberal Democratic party.”

  Trust me, dude, the WTS has way more in common with the Religious Right than anything else.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses lose registration as a religious community in Norway

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nb/oslo-og-viken/folk-og-samfunn/tros--og-livssynssamfunn/jehovas-vitner-taper-registrering-som-trossamfunn/.

  published december 22, 2022. the state manager in oslo and viken has decided to withdraw jehovah's witnesses registration as a religious community under the religious society act.. .

  we sent a notice to jehovah's witnesses about possible loss of registration on october 25 this year.

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  Vidiot

  So…

  …the Org blinked at the last minute and signed up (under protest) to Australia’s CSA redress scheme (essentially a public admission that the problem was real), when their “charity” status (i.e. tax-exemption) was about to be revoked…

  …they’re hollering “persecution!” And “religious freedom!” when they get cut off the public teat (i.e. tax subsidies) in Norway after refusing to follow the rules required to qualify…

  …they’re flipping real estate like it’s going out of style and greenlighting multimedia initiatives with next to no planning…

  …and they’re losing court case after court case and constantly paying out settlements with absolutely no end in sight.

  Just how bad IS the Org’s financial situation?

  They got $3B for the Brooklyn properties… where the fuck did it go?

  😕
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  What makes a cult (in the pejorative sense)?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  michael moore writes:.

  a cult is an organization that enslaves minds and destroys families using cult mind control.

  cult mind control involves orchestrated deception, social pressure, psychological abuse, and repetitive indoctrination (brainwashing) centering around an unchallengeable ideology enforced in a totalitarian way in a closed socially-separatist community setting.

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  Vidiot

  We can thank Jonestown, the Hare Krishnas, and the Heaven’s Gate loonies for the public’s common perception of what cults look like. Compared to them, polite, well-dressed door-knockers get an easy pass.

  One of the reasons I prefer the term “authoritarian high-control group”.

  Wordier and kinda pedantic, but break it down to its individual components, and I think even the most hardcore loyalist would have trouble disputing the label.

  I could be wrong.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses lose registration as a religious community in Norway

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nb/oslo-og-viken/folk-og-samfunn/tros--og-livssynssamfunn/jehovas-vitner-taper-registrering-som-trossamfunn/.

  published december 22, 2022. the state manager in oslo and viken has decided to withdraw jehovah's witnesses registration as a religious community under the religious society act.. .

  we sent a notice to jehovah's witnesses about possible loss of registration on october 25 this year.

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  Vidiot

  Two things’ll happen with the rank-and-file.

  As Beth said, the hardcore loyalists will lose their shit and parrot the GB’s complaints verbatim, no matter how ridiculous it sounds…

  …but…

  …a significant remainder will be surprised that the WTS was getting regular checks from the government for essentially doing nothing in the first place, and will - quite reasonably - scratch their heads over why the fuck the Org is making such a big deal about this.

  Don’t they realize that the more they holler about stupid shit, the more childish and embarrassing they look (not to mention the more their toxic behaviour gets scrutinized), to the point where anyone with half a brain rolls their eyes so hard it hurts?

  Honestly, it seems like every time the WTS opens its mouth these days, the foot just goes straight in.

  😳
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  Jehovah's Witnesses keep "making God's name known".."...search warrant executed at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses"

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i like to check google news for "jehovah" every month to see what's new...".

  man suspected of sexually assaulting a child, search warrant executed at kingdom hall of jehovah’s witnesses near woodland park" "teller county, colo. (kktv) - a 60-year-old man is suspected of sexually assaulting a child in the woodland park area.. the teller county sheriff’s office announced the arrest of shawn lance swisher on tuesday.. “a search warrant of swisher’s residence was also completed at the time of his arrest,” part of a news release issued by the teller county sheriff’s office reads.

  “the second search warrant was executed at the kingdom hall of jehovah’s witnesses near woodland park.

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  “Shred the fucking files!!! SHRED THE FUCKING FILES!!!!”
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  Jehovah's Witnesses lose registration as a religious community in Norway

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.statsforvalteren.no/nb/oslo-og-viken/folk-og-samfunn/tros--og-livssynssamfunn/jehovas-vitner-taper-registrering-som-trossamfunn/.

  published december 22, 2022. the state manager in oslo and viken has decided to withdraw jehovah's witnesses registration as a religious community under the religious society act.. .

  we sent a notice to jehovah's witnesses about possible loss of registration on october 25 this year.

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  Vidiot

  “Oh, yeah, baby! Persecute me! Persecute me!!! Harder!!! I have no safe word!!!”
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  Anthony Morris responds to Norway's denial of financial aid

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://direkte.vg.no/nyhetsdognet/news/jehovas-vitner-nektes-statsstoette.5z-pnao3e?utm_source=share-btn.

  08:20 27.1.kristoffer solberg.

  jehovah's witnesses denied state aid.

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  Vidiot

  Personally, I think if you’re defending an ideology, you should have the balls to lay all the cards on the table, come what may (say what you will about the WT reps who testified for the Walsh Trial; at least they owned that shit)…

  …unless…

  …your ideology is, in fact, on such shaky ground that you have no choice but to cheat.

  And if that’s the case… 😵‍💫
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  God Talks to Himself in the Trinity Bible

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  psalm 110:1 (niv) “the lord says to my lord: “sit at my right hand until i make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”” .

  psalm 110:1 (trv) “the lord god almighty says to a third of himself: “sit at my/our right hands until i make our/your enemies a footstool for our/your feet.”” (but don't tell the other third) .

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  Vidiot

  So…

  …the supreme being of the universe has dissociative personality disorder.

  That…

  …actually explains a thing or two.

  😏
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  What really is UN doing with religions?

  by Kosonen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  occult un forces seek to hijack religion for globalism.

  https://thenewamerican.com/occult-un-forces-seek-to-hijack-religion-for-globalism/it does not look like religions dominate un but the other way around.

  journalist alex newman gives a totally different picture about the real state of affairs.

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  Vidiot

  “Everything is proof we’re right! Even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff!!!”
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  Three new lawsuits against Watchtower filed under NY Child Victims Act (CVA) this October, bringing number of CVA cases up to six

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  new cases:.

  diaz case, filed on 10/21/2020 by zalkin law firm - two plaintiffs abused (here and hereinafter - allegedly) by two ministerial servants in 1970s.. iglesias case, filed on 10/19/2020 by eisenberg & baum, llp against various nyc and wt entities - abused by an "elder john doe" and "[travelling] overseer john" in 1970s and 1980s.. aldridge case, filed 10/06/2020 by zalkin law firm - abused by a congregation elder in 1970s.. older cases:.

  tarry case (no 1 and no 2), filed on 09/17/2019 and 07/23/2020 by parker waichman llp - abused by a publisher in 1984. very weak case.

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  Vidiot

  What I still scratch my head trying to figure out is just how the hell any Org rep can possibly expect the secular authorities to not hold the GB responsible when the vast majority of ‘em can’t even tie their fucking shoelaces without the Crazy Eight’s “direction”.

  🙄