according to several spanish ex-jw youtube channels, this is a jw family... but i'm still trying to confirm... .
https://www.fox29.com/news/mom-daughter-found-stabbed-philadelphia-basement.
“…being destroyed at Armageddon if they remained out of the Org when it happened…”
I don’t remember if official WT doctrine ever stated this explicitly, but the second-hand rhetoric absolutely emphasized it… my parents raised me believing it.
What really gets me is when self-styled theologians craft or condone ideology like that and then actually seem surprised when shit like this inevitably goes down.
You wanna yell at them: “WTF did you think was gonna happen???”
it comes up from time to time: that the wt's "constant pleas for money" signifies their precarious financial state due to the pressure of the csa settlements.
is there any way of demonstrating that to be a fact?
i ask because i've always been under the impression that "constant pleas for money" is the default state of the organisation, possibly going back to rutherford's time.
The pinch is painfully obvious when you know to look for it.
https://youtu.be/jctod7viuq0?si=bcffiejweq8k-rwn.
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One of Evangelicalism’s dark alters, obviously.
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Wicca/Paganism… Catholicism’s old hippy-chick next-door-neighbor-slash-frenemy (and former occasional late-night bootycall who called it quits after one too many drunken rants).
Sikhism… Hinduism’s ambitious younger brother.
Zoroastrianism… everybody’s late great-granddaddy who’s rarely talked about, but never disrespected.
https://youtu.be/jctod7viuq0?si=bcffiejweq8k-rwn.
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Whoops, I just thought of another one to sandwich in just after mainstream Protestantism…
…Evangelicalism… the WTS’s bipolar twin sister (i.e. perfectly agreeable as long as she stays on her meds).
EDIT: aaaaand Islamic terrorism… mainstream Islam’s miniature but admittedly dangerous clone.
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Judaism? The WTS’s elderly and eccentric but surprisingly insightful grandfather.
Buddhism and Hinduism? Judaism’s old, laid-back college buddies.
Islam? Judaism’s outlier son from a previous marriage who’s a bit behind the rest of the class, but still stands a chance at catching up.
Scientology? Everyone’s crazy, paranoid, and mean-as-fuck neighbor from down the street.
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I’ve long felt that the LDS is the WTS’s nicer but weirder older cousin.
Mainstream Protestantism? The WTS’s somewhat out-of-touch but generally well-meaning (and eventually willing to try new things when something’s obviously not working anymore) mom.
Catholicism? The WTS’s old alcoholic uncle who finally seems to be going through his twelve steps.
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“…they have driven away everyone that could put two verses together and they have been left with no theologian amongst their ranks that could have made meaningful changes in ministry and doctrine…”
Agreed, that kind of thing takes some serious chops, and Fred Franz never left any kind of protege.
They’re supposed to be trying to overhaul the Org’s eschatology at the moment, but I’m not holding my breath.
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“…For decades, missionaries’ clean-cut suits were signs of prosperity, Bowman said, and an effective way of appealing to converts. But they now feel ‘outdated’…”
Yeah, these days, more and more people realize that a squeaky-clean image tends to hide very dirty secrets.
https://youtu.be/jctod7viuq0?si=bcffiejweq8k-rwn.
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raymond - “…the exjw community is far more millitant in exposing the cult than ex-Mormons are…”
That’s ‘cause individual XJWs are far more likely to have been far more hurt than XMs.
