ThomasMore - “As I recall, the C.O. felt that DF'd persons should have NO ASSOCIATION WITH ANYONE. That seemed particularly cruel to me!”
Not to mention a perfect recipe for eventual paranoia and psychosis.
i just read about a disfellowshipped person who was looking for other disfellowshipped persons to socialize with.
what does the org have to say about this?.
ThomasMore - “As I recall, the C.O. felt that DF'd persons should have NO ASSOCIATION WITH ANYONE. That seemed particularly cruel to me!”
Not to mention a perfect recipe for eventual paranoia and psychosis.
i wonder how many are like me staying pimo for the great association and gathering etc.
also find it very interesting having a front row seat watching the collapse of borg.. im not wasting any more time or money on anything i don’t want to do like preaching and mostly just go on zoom .
there is nothing i want to do that would be considered disfellowshiping sin, i’m married and want to live by bible principles but i have serious doubts that the gb were chosen by god and are his one and only spokesmen on earth.
Why is this thread still going?
I honestly thought the original thread title was meant sarcastically.
What “benefits”? 🙄
i just read about a disfellowshipped person who was looking for other disfellowshipped persons to socialize with.
what does the org have to say about this?.
I’ve long felt that if the WTS wasn’t already its own worst enemy, they at least had one ready-made.
https://www.fox43.com/article/news/crime/sexual-abuse-of-children-jehovahs-witness-pennsylvania/521-1d54cc2e-3ec6-4d20-b67a-fc3c5e8f2580.
https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023-02-07-presentment-2_7_23.pdf.
Yeesh, this is fugly. 🤢
oops title going wrong.
suing, in and viken correct.
this afternoon a press release from the jw has been published in major news outlets in norway concerning the withdrawal of registration etc..
Jeezus, just how badly do they need the government cheddar?
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anybody else notice this?
the have a syndicate (governing body) regional bosses (district overseers), captians (circuit overseers), and elders are their "made men" that enforce policy at street level.
if you run your mouth too much, they wipe out your whole family (disfellowshipping).
“Nice extended family connections you got there…
…shame if something were to happen to ‘em.”
w81 11/15 p. 21 par.
18 ‘stay awake and keep your senses’ - "...the witness yet includes the invitation to come to jehovah’s organization for salvation...".
such an ironic & tragic title for the article!.
Captives to the concept.
maybe this has been discussed in the past and i wasn't here... what do you think?
are the gb members knowingly pulling a con, or do they have delusions of grandeur?
i will go out on a limb here to say that i think they are con artist.
@ Phizzy…
Actually, I suspect authoritarian leaders don’t experience cognitive dissonance.
maybe this has been discussed in the past and i wasn't here... what do you think?
are the gb members knowingly pulling a con, or do they have delusions of grandeur?
i will go out on a limb here to say that i think they are con artist.
They know it’s wrong…
…and believe it’s true…
…at the same time.
for those who still hold to the belief that the last 109 years have been part of "the time of the end", consider this: .
https://www.science.org/content/article/why-536-was-worst-year-be-alive.
it would have been quite understandable if those alive during the middle of the 6th century ad believed the "end was nigh.".
Personally, I suspect the Org keeps hollering “any day now, any day now, any day now” ‘cause by this point, they know that the Big A is about the only thing that could save ‘em from all the consequences of their screwups.
😁