DesirousOfChange

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  What Happens to Those Who Exit Jehovah’s Witnesses: An Investigation of the Impact of Shunning?

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't know if this has been posted before but i think it is a very in-depth study and definitely worth sharing.. what happens to those who exit jehovah’s witnesses: an investigation of the impact of shunning?.

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc9803876/ .

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  I think the Shunning Policy will continue to be a thorn for the Borg. There simply are too many former JWs who have gone through this (or are continuing to deal with it) that WT would be foolish to think that the complaints to the secular authorities are going to stop or subside. The recent changes are bullshit and they know it and anyone who knows anything about JWs also know it. The GB think they are so coy and sneaky and outsmarting the heathens. Government officials such as Angus Stewart (on the Australian Commission) know this shit! He knew their "secret elders' book" inside-and-out. He beat those JW elders who were "lying like a rug" with their own green book.

  Wake up WT! It ain't gonna get any better any time soon!
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  Vice President Kamala Harris…your thoughts??

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  good pick?

  bad pick?

  helpful to president biden?

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  DesirousOfChange

  Still nothing from Obama endorsing Kamala.

  He's waiting to throw his endorsement to Michelle.
  
  
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  What happened to Juan Viejo2?

  by careful in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he used to make such interesting comments and reports here, but his last post was 3 years ago.

  see the final post in this thread:.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5767560678080512/dubs-going-back-kh-again-covid-19?page=2.

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  DesirousOfChange

  When the Menlo Park scam was mentioned here recently, I too wondered about Juan V.

  Hope you are OK there bud!
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  Article - New Zealand: Jehovah's Witnesses lose last ditch court case over abuse in care report

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522908/jehovah-s-witnesses-lose-last-ditch-court-case-over-abuse-in-care-report?fbclid=iwzxh0bgnhzw0cmteaar1g3qvzxlojo2szcm6xlsf2tsc_0rehd4dp4i6rda6zxafplc_v2hzvvf4_aem_pztghhvtf5to8qsjtv3m0g.

  july 23, 2024. jehovah's witnesses lose last ditch court case over abuse in care report.

  jehovah's witnesses have failed in an eleventh hour attempt to block part of a lengthy report about abuse in care that is about them.. .

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  TAKE THAT WATCHTOWER!

  What a "gut punch" that had to be when the WT Branch Bigwigs & their high dollar lawyers when they got their heads handed back to them on a platter!
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  What the watchtower demands from you

  by Ron.W. in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  perhaps you considering joining the wt cult - here is a concise list of why you should not.. what the watchtower demands of you:.

  1.complete obedience to them.. 2. be willing to lose your life for zany blood teachings.. 3.put other cult members before your real family.. 4.refusal to let you leave their religion when the penny drops it's a cult.. 6.accept that they can backtrack and change any of their flip flop teachings at any time.. 7. you can't change your mind about their teachings without harsh discipline,.

  8. insistence that you humbly and quickly apologise for your mistakes and errors.. 9.gladly accept they will never be apologising for any of their mistakes or errors of judgement.. 10.accept that even ones who follow and believe in the bible, but not the governing body are worthy of destruction.. please feel free to add more..

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  DesirousOfChange

  Anyone else who has just read these comments thinking to yourself something like "THANK GOD I'M OUT OF THERE!"?
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  Relevant message on Reddit about current elders

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  read this relevant message on reddit, about current elders.. https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1eb0ees/the_changes_are_affecting_elders_the_hardest_in/.

  spot on, isn't it?.

  gorby.

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  DesirousOfChange

  Not only the OP on Reddit but many of the numerous replies & comments contain lots of emotion. It appears there are A LOT of elders (and former elders) that don't just "blindly go by the book". I totally understand my so many have decided to walk away. (Me too.)

  Those who follow blindly are simply too stupid to question anything, or afraid to be caught questioning anything, or perhaps the prominent ones who are in the limelight find it to be their "drug" and they can't see reality because of their addiction to bright light they are basking in. And for some, it is the only affirmation they get anywhere.
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  Menlo Park Legal Advisor Tells All

  by Juan Viejo2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  someone sent me a link to the anoninsurrection youtube page.

  i found eleven videos documenting an interview with the legal advisor for the former menlo park kingdom hall elders.

  you can find them here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=plszmu_qv0dgtco2wl5bnjdx12ny2_cmoo .. i've also published the entire set of eleven along with my comments on ex-jw.com.

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  SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD and climbing on roofs and "washing windows"! Very sad indeed.

  IF he had "stayed faithful" to Jehovah the bOrganization he would have been interviewed on the convention program and given token accolades for one who kept their "eye simple" and held up as an example. Had he had this accident while still an exemplary JW elder, his memorial service would have been conducted at the JW Assm Hall where everyone who attended would feed the contribution boxes (money kept by Assm Hall) before heading out for a few beers with their "clique".

  Instead, he dared to challenge the unethical, money-grubbing WT/GB who sought to profit of off this mostly low income, minority congregation, and he was maliciously cast to the curb and thrown under the bus. Without a doubt, his sad demise was "celebrated" in many private conversations of his former elder "friends". ("See there! You can't escape Jehovah's judgement.")

  Hopefully he lived (and died) deservedly filled with pride about his brave decision and NOT full of guilt and regret.
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  Article - New Zealand: Jehovah's Witnesses lose last ditch court case over abuse in care report

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522908/jehovah-s-witnesses-lose-last-ditch-court-case-over-abuse-in-care-report?fbclid=iwzxh0bgnhzw0cmteaar1g3qvzxlojo2szcm6xlsf2tsc_0rehd4dp4i6rda6zxafplc_v2hzvvf4_aem_pztghhvtf5to8qsjtv3m0g.

  july 23, 2024. jehovah's witnesses lose last ditch court case over abuse in care report.

  jehovah's witnesses have failed in an eleventh hour attempt to block part of a lengthy report about abuse in care that is about them.. .

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  Karter -- thanks for correcting my false assumption. Seems WTS isn't so tight fisted when defending themselves. (Just ask the brothers for more money!)
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  Vice President Kamala Harris…your thoughts??

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  good pick?

  bad pick?

  helpful to president biden?

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  DesirousOfChange

  An interesting choice between a sincere prosecutor and a multiple convicted felon.

  Quit getting all your news from CNN & MSNBC.

  Kamala Harris was a horrible prosecutor, and especially toward black men. Of course, that doesn't apply to Willie Brown who helped get her in many "positions", (including missionary). She sentenced MJ users to jail during the time she admits to using it herself.

  Have you not noticed that the cases against Trump are "eroding" one-by-one? Some have been overturned and all others under appeal.

  I bet you think Trump set up that assassination attempt!
  
  
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  Article - New Zealand: Jehovah's Witnesses lose last ditch court case over abuse in care report

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522908/jehovah-s-witnesses-lose-last-ditch-court-case-over-abuse-in-care-report?fbclid=iwzxh0bgnhzw0cmteaar1g3qvzxlojo2szcm6xlsf2tsc_0rehd4dp4i6rda6zxafplc_v2hzvvf4_aem_pztghhvtf5to8qsjtv3m0g.

  july 23, 2024. jehovah's witnesses lose last ditch court case over abuse in care report.

  jehovah's witnesses have failed in an eleventh hour attempt to block part of a lengthy report about abuse in care that is about them.. .

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  DesirousOfChange

  I wonder what it's costing WT to appeal this case...is a WT flunky lawyer involved or did WT source out the appeal proceedings to a pricy appeal specialist attorney?

  This is mostly just "pushing paper" which here (USA) a paralegal would perform. I would think British HQ and even Australia HQ have a lawyer to turn to for things like this. Since there is little risk of any kind of CO$T (no monetary award), I cannot see WT paying for outside counsel.