Posts by Vidiot

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Reddit thread on convention video urging cutting off contact with Faders

by LongHairGal in

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i just read this.

don’t know if anybody here has seen the video.. the intended result of this is to obviously scare ‘faders’ out of the shadows.

now, they are being threatened with loss of association with their loved ones and friends.

Vidiot

Beth Sarim - “…They cant lose anymore free labor or money/donations.”

I suspect it’s more to hide the lack of membership growth.

“Growth = God’s blessing”, after all.

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Is Global Warming a Sign of the Great Tribulation?

by EisMe in

is global warming a sign of the great tribulation?.

we are witnessing unprecedented environmental disasters—events unlike anything seen before in recorded history.

scientists confirm that 2024 was the hottest year ever documented, following 15 consecutive months of record-breaking temperatures.

Vidiot

EisMe - “Is global warming a sign of the Great Tribulation?”

No more than the Black Plague was.

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not even as active as the jws (whom i have not seen for around a year now), nevertheless i get an occasional leaflet or other publication in my letterbox that seems to be seventh day adventist in origin.. the booklet i received the other day was entitled "national sunday law".

i also had received this book years ago when i had some dealings with the sdas.. from reddit: "national sunday law involves a conspiracy theory which alleges that the united states government is on the verge of enacting a national blue law that would make sunday a day of rest and worship.

the theory depends on the idea that the pope is the antichrist and the mark of the beast is worshipped on sunday.

Vidiot

If the LDS is the WTS’s nicer but weirder older cousin…

…the SDA is the WTS’s variant from a branched timeline.

😏

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Is there a new rule regarding disfellowshipped people?

by HOTB in

does anyone have any information about a relaxing of the rules regarding family reaching out to disfellowshipped members?.

i've heard of an elder being openly in touch with a long time disfellowshipped family member.

apparently the term 'compassionate view' had been bandied about.. i can't find anything relating to this.. i'd be interested what the new rule is in when came into play.. hotb .

Vidiot

“Growth = God’s blessing”…

…I think they’ll do damn near anything to keep propping that one up.

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Is there a new rule regarding disfellowshipped people?

by HOTB in

does anyone have any information about a relaxing of the rules regarding family reaching out to disfellowshipped members?.

i've heard of an elder being openly in touch with a long time disfellowshipped family member.

apparently the term 'compassionate view' had been bandied about.. i can't find anything relating to this.. i'd be interested what the new rule is in when came into play.. hotb .

Vidiot

Maybe…

…‘cept I’m pretty sure the bulk of the Org’s income comes from real estate.

It’s a lack of growth that would concern them, ‘cause eventually, it’d become too obvious to just hand-wave away.

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Is there a new rule regarding disfellowshipped people?

by HOTB in

does anyone have any information about a relaxing of the rules regarding family reaching out to disfellowshipped members?.

i've heard of an elder being openly in touch with a long time disfellowshipped family member.

apparently the term 'compassionate view' had been bandied about.. i can't find anything relating to this.. i'd be interested what the new rule is in when came into play.. hotb .

Vidiot

Ten bucks says too many BoEs were finding too many pretexts to DF too many folks, and the WT leadership got scared that the rank-and-file were running dry.

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Is the Governing Body hunting down PIMOs? LEAKED survey for select congregations in Canada

by liam in

it seems like the organization is hunting down pimos.

maybe the mark o donnell lawsuit is just the beginning.. this leaked survey in canada is asking some very weird questions from select publishers.

all i can say is that this will help wake up some pimi straddling the fence.

Vidiot

If anyone thinks this info wouldn’t be used to sniff out “apostates”, they’re naive.

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Things Rutherford got wrong that Fred Franz had to clear up

by slimboyfat in

i was interested by the suggestion in a recent discussion that rutherford was in some way preferable to fred franz, because i’ve not come across this view before.

it made me rethink my assumptions and try to work out why i hold the opposite view and prefer fred franz to rutherford.

i haven’t done any additional research, so i’m only drawing on what i can remember off the top of my head, but i thought i’d list a few things where i reckon fred franz’s approach was preferable to rutherford.

Vidiot

If Franz cleared up Rutherford’s wrongs…

…he just ended up replacing them with all-new wrongs.

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Federal Investigation into JW procedures

by kenmayo1 in

https://www.investigatewest.org/investigatewest-reports/wa-law-mandating-clergy-report-child-abuse-to-be-investigated-by-trumps-justice-department-17882445.

investigatewest.

wa law mandating clergy report child abuse to be investigated by tr.... .

Vidiot

TonusOH - “…They have since been forced to change this stance…”

Don’t kid yourself.

Any “changes” they’ve made are nominal…

…nothing’s different in practice.

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Things Rutherford got wrong that Fred Franz had to clear up

by slimboyfat in

i was interested by the suggestion in a recent discussion that rutherford was in some way preferable to fred franz, because i’ve not come across this view before.

it made me rethink my assumptions and try to work out why i hold the opposite view and prefer fred franz to rutherford.

i haven’t done any additional research, so i’m only drawing on what i can remember off the top of my head, but i thought i’d list a few things where i reckon fred franz’s approach was preferable to rutherford.

Vidiot

Fred Franz “cleared things up”? 🤨