the following is an excerpt from one of aesop's fables.. the boy who cried "wolf"!.
there once was a shepherd boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching the village sheep.
to amuse himself he took a great breath and sang out, "wolf!
redsetter2 - “…By minimising persecution and legal issues through devious methods such as this, the Watchtower Organization deliberately attempts to keep itself alive…”
Paradoxical that it fights so hard to survive…
…yet sometimes seems like it’s expecting - even setting itself up for - an epic fall.
while having my first strong black coffee of the day, i was thinking about what may be to come next as the org.
rapidly goes mainstream, and this is what i came up with :.
1) they will introduce for sunday, the after meeting fellowship, a time for just chatting but with the added bonus of coffee and snacks.
NotFormer - “…It's a no-brainer to ordinary people to lighten up and allow people to have a bit of fun. But it's not in the WT's DNA…”
Jaracz’s legacy again.
Goddamn, that prick left a mess.
now that some reasonably big changes have occurred in a short time frame, whats next?
will the gb let the dust settle for a bit, or will they keep dropping bombs this year?.
iloowy.goowy - “They did warn about not freaking out about decisions which would seem ridonkulous from a human perspective…”
Thing is…
…these changes are, arguably, sensible from a “human perspective”.
It’s from an ideological standpoint that the rank-and-file are having a tough time wrapping their heads around it.
😏
let's be honest, there's a stigma to the name jehovah's witness.
if they are going more mainstream.
i imagine the first recommendation was a name change.
Theres’s no way the consultants came up with the overlappers… it would’ve been way before their time, anyway.
I’m talking about the recent “mainstreaming”…
…dropping time-counting, beards, pants suits, 90-day probationary DFing, that kind of stuff.
Some women find it a turn-on.
For some guys, that’s all the reason they need.
let's be honest, there's a stigma to the name jehovah's witness.
if they are going more mainstream.
i imagine the first recommendation was a name change.
stan livedeath - “why did the org pay an outside consultancy (if true) to show them where they have gone wrong?...we could have shown them-for free.”
Oh, oh, I just thought of something…
…wouldn’t it be a mind-fuck of the highest order if these consultants actually got all their ideas simply from perusing JWD???
let's be honest, there's a stigma to the name jehovah's witness.
if they are going more mainstream.
i imagine the first recommendation was a name change.
LongHairGal - “…I also have to laugh at some of the suggestions here and elsewhere - whether they are made in jest or in all seriousness…”
When you can’t tell…
…that’s Poe’s Law doin’ its thing.
😏
let's be honest, there's a stigma to the name jehovah's witness.
if they are going more mainstream.
i imagine the first recommendation was a name change.
stan livedeath - “why did the org pay an outside consultancy (if true) to show them where they have gone wrong?...we could have shown them-for free.”
We’re “apostates”…
…we’re the ones who are “wrong”.
Haven't you been paying attention?
you heard me correct, this is not a joke, and it is not april fools day!
the asl portion of the governing body updated #2 (march 2024) has been released a bit early and someone caught it.
summary: .
It takes a bitch-slap from “Satan’s World” to help ‘em realize “God’s Way” has changed up?
🤔
let's be honest, there's a stigma to the name jehovah's witness.
if they are going more mainstream.
i imagine the first recommendation was a name change.
LongHairGal - “…They are probably propping up the religion…”
With what? Pensions and duct tape?
Trust me, most senior citizens are barely scraping by…
…propping up a floundering church ain’t high on their to-do list.
