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  Is there a new rule regarding disfellowshipped people?

  by HOTB in

  1. watchtower
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  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 .

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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 .

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  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.... .

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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  Vidiot

  Fred Franz “cleared things up”? 🤨
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  What is the Craziest Thing You Are Aware Of Someone Being Disfellowshipped For?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i knew a lady who was disfellowshipped for 20 years for smoking.

  she finally went back to the kh and since they couldn't find her paperwork, (all the former elders were dead) she was allowed back in without reinstatement.

  no one even remembered her.

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  Vidiot

  Re. Nate’s entry on the last page…

  Jeezus, I thought WT eschatology was nuts!

  🤣
  
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  What is the Craziest Thing You Are Aware Of Someone Being Disfellowshipped For?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i knew a lady who was disfellowshipped for 20 years for smoking.

  she finally went back to the kh and since they couldn't find her paperwork, (all the former elders were dead) she was allowed back in without reinstatement.

  no one even remembered her.

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  Vidiot

  Wow…

  …that was, arguably, more fucked-up than mine.
  
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  What is the Craziest Thing You Are Aware Of Someone Being Disfellowshipped For?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i knew a lady who was disfellowshipped for 20 years for smoking.

  she finally went back to the kh and since they couldn't find her paperwork, (all the former elders were dead) she was allowed back in without reinstatement.

  no one even remembered her.

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  Vidiot

  A young mother, after an accident where she was technically responsible for the death of her young child.
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  Who will Survive Armageddon?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  breaking news....there is hope for good hearted non-jws!!!.

  according to sergio:.

  are jehovah's witnesses the only ones to be saved during the end time?.

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  Vidiot

  Jeezus, at that point, why even bother with Armageddon?