jehovah's witnesses are not encouraging university education... but those who are lawyers already can apply to volunteer to help at bethel.. https://youtu.be/5d_-1lbg-oc?si=fsxeewic-fkczu9p.
“Must specialize in payoffs and NDAs.”Jeezus, if that doesn’t raise red flags, nothin’ will. 🙄
BTW, this is not the first time they’ve put out a casting call for free legal help from the rank-and-file. Anyone wanna hazard a guess how well it went before?
this is a topic discussed in a current article in the hongkong based asia times*.
find it at: https://asiatimes.com/2023/09/nones-still-no-match-for-us-christian-nationalism/.
the claim is made in the article, that near 30% of americans are non-believers, and that this number is increasing.
“What is a shepherd without a flock?”
Out of work.
this is a topic discussed in a current article in the hongkong based asia times*.
find it at: https://asiatimes.com/2023/09/nones-still-no-match-for-us-christian-nationalism/.
the claim is made in the article, that near 30% of americans are non-believers, and that this number is increasing.
Probably for the best, all things being equal.
“On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name?' Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; go away from me, you evildoers'…” - Matthew 7:21-23
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multiple very serious allegations against tony and then huge efforts to remove him from all pictures and videos, have to admit it doesn’t look good.. once the pennsylvania investigation becomes public knowledge and front page news it will be very very hard for 8 million pimis.. is it possible that this could be the largest problem the branch has ever faced?
larger than 1975, the overlapping generations or any other ‘test of faith’.
many will feel heartbroken and betrayed.
Recent circumstances suggest that the “multi-billion” label is debatable, and just because they’re tax-free now, doesn’t mean they’ll always be.
multiple very serious allegations against tony and then huge efforts to remove him from all pictures and videos, have to admit it doesn’t look good.. once the pennsylvania investigation becomes public knowledge and front page news it will be very very hard for 8 million pimis.. is it possible that this could be the largest problem the branch has ever faced?
larger than 1975, the overlapping generations or any other ‘test of faith’.
many will feel heartbroken and betrayed.
pontoon - “The all-in-it-for-life will just say ‘praise Jeh for keeping his organization so clean’.”
Yup.
Right up until the very last one of ‘em dies of old age.
mandated shunning is on the rise around the world with devastating effects on millions of people.
shunning that is mandated by organized groups to its members is a form of both physical and psychological violence against those people being shunned and cut off from their family and life-long relationships.
mandated shunning means that the shunning is ordered from the top down.
Fine.
They can go find some other authoritarian high control group, for all I care…
…as long as the one they were in is no longer around.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/497240/jehovah-s-witness-church-spends-3-years-fighting-scrutiny-of-royal-commission-of-inquiry.
jehovah's witness church spends 3 years fighting scrutiny of royal commission of inquiry.
from article by anusha bradley, rnz.... .
Diogenesister - “I'm so glad Barbara Anderson is around to see the seeds she sowed and all her hard work grow to fruition.”
Thirty-odd years of blood, sweat, and tears.
i googles about self-deception and found many articles about it.
it is a thing reseachers in psychology have studied.. here is a quote from an article that describes it.
and it is interesting because of so many ideas about how to understand the bible.
Kosonen - “What is self-deception?”
Identifying as “God’s Exclusive Earthly Organization”?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/497240/jehovah-s-witness-church-spends-3-years-fighting-scrutiny-of-royal-commission-of-inquiry.
jehovah's witness church spends 3 years fighting scrutiny of royal commission of inquiry.
from article by anusha bradley, rnz.... .
Micky mouse - “If only they expended the same effort fighting child sexual abuse within their ranks.”
If the inquiry’s findings are any indication, they wouldn’t have enough “qualified brothers” left to keep things running.
