https://www.gov.uk/government/news/watchdog-reports-on-investigation-into-watch-tower-bible-and-tract-society-of-britain.
press release.
watchdog reports on investigation into watch tower bible and tract society of britain.
In fact, when you think about, running a religion like a business is par for the course for a religion started in a country that was, for all intents and purposes, created by businessmen, for businessmen.
In America, pretty much everything is run like a business; it’s so ingrained, it wouldn’t even occur to them not to; they do it without even realizing.
Therefore, as I said before, all those actions are on the table…
…even for religions…
…because in the US, religions are businesses.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/watchdog-reports-on-investigation-into-watch-tower-bible-and-tract-society-of-britain.
press release.
watchdog reports on investigation into watch tower bible and tract society of britain.
Re. Sea Breeze‘s post…
Hard to argue with.
Corporations are, first and foremost, businesses, and all businesses try to maximize profit whilst minimizing deficit.
Therefore, activities like that will always be on the table, because that is what they are specifically designed to do (as long as they’re not done so egregiously that the exposure spoils it for everyone else).
i've been going through past threads on here during the period i was not very interested in what was going on in jw world.
the australian royal commission era caused a great deal of excitement and inspired some hope, but did any good come of it?.
the 2 witness rule in child sexual assault cases still exists, and elders still don't call the police and try to handle things in house.
Exposure.
Embarassment.
And their grudging concession to the redress scheme reveals that, when backed into a corner, the Org will show its throat to “Satan’s World” to keep its tax-exemption…
…strongly suggesting that they really need it.
And that is useful intel.
certain forces appear to be trying to make sure donald trump never runs for president again.
some republicans are clearly abandoning trump and of course the democratic press has been saying trump is done!
is trump’s goose cooked?
The “battle between the grumpy old men”…
…that put a smile on my face.
https://cne.news/article/3409-norwegian-court-maintains-jehovah-s-witnesses-ban-on-sealing-marriage .
Sorry, but I can’t think of any way that you can spin “paying back Caesars things to Caesar” as persecution, and have anyone with half a brain take it seriously.
this guy: how embarrassing.it's also sad that when it was being filmed, no one thought to tell him "you don't have to over do it..they'll get the point.."now he lives forever in internet infamy.
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“Deafsturbation”…
…the gift that keeps on giving.
😏
https://cne.news/article/3409-norwegian-court-maintains-jehovah-s-witnesses-ban-on-sealing-marriage .
Loss of tax-exemption-slash-subsidies from Satan’s World are “persecution”?
w50 1/1 pp.
10-11 par.
2 - the watch tower bible & tract society, the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses,... .
They used to be mysterious figures.
Now they’re televangelists.
https://cne.news/article/3409-norwegian-court-maintains-jehovah-s-witnesses-ban-on-sealing-marriage .
It’s not about marriages.
It’s about loss of official registration as a state-recognized religion and the regular state-sponsored checks that came with it.
embedded in the cleveland ohio convention.
pre covid attendance was always 7k+ this year 4500.. 37baptised mixed bag.
less then half were children.. as far as patience goes, it can certainly help you be a better person when dealing with others but needless to say, this having patience waiting for jehovah is pure b.s.!
Possibilities:
a) They were His organization, but they’ve strayed so far, so egregiously, that (like He did with Israel) he used the “nations” (i.e. “Satan’s World”) to smack ‘em. Hard.
b) They falsely claimed the mantle of His organization, so He simply sits back and lets them inevitably (and deservedly) hang themselves with their own hubris-noose.
c) He doesn’t actually exist, and eventually the rest of the civilized world gets tired of their bullshit and shuts ‘em down.
These three options are the most likely, but - more importantly - all end the same way… because from what I can see, they are way past the point of positive reform (voluntarily or otherwise)…
…since - at their core - they simply refuse to acknowledge even to themselves that they are, quite simply, wrong.
