DesirousOfChange

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  Relevant message on Reddit about current elders

  by Gorb in

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  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

  One thing that elders are not aware of, and should be is personal civil and criminal liability for some of the harms that they do. Does the congregation offer you liability insurance in case of a lawsuit? Elders are being played by the watchtower corporation. -- Gorb

  Should some matter be mishandled enough to yield a lawsuit, I suppose the local elders can hope that the attorneys are really after the "deep pockets" of Watchtower. Attorneys are seeking to tap the big money -- bigger than the average JW has bankrolled (unless he is one of the few highroller JWs).
  
  
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  "A Jehovah's Witness"

  by NotFormer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a very certain distinctive of jws is how they refer to themselves.

  "one of jehovah's witnesses".

  it's one of those coded jargon thingies.

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  DesirousOfChange

  We arent witnesses of anyone because in the 21st century we haven't witnessed anything,

  
  

  No one has witnessed anything in the 20th Century either.

  Nor in the 19th Century.

  Noteworthy that since the Kingdom "establishment" in 1914 -- 110 yeas of nothing to see!
  
  
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  WT needs your kids uneducated: CO training video is Master Class in F.O.G. This is jaw-droppingly stupid. Beyond moronic, it's sub-moronic.

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  co training video: link to ex-jw reddit thread discussion.

  today is the first time i was made aware of this actual elder body video.

  it's training for how a co should handle elder's whose children decide to pursue further education.

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  DesirousOfChange

  He and I (Balaamsass2) met years later when I moved into his cong. and was assigned to his book study. We are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary next week. -- 3rdgen

  Congratulations guys!

  Pretty sure we had the opportunity to meet you both at Tahoe a few years ago. Definitely appreciate hearing your story!
  
  
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  WT needs your kids uneducated: CO training video is Master Class in F.O.G. This is jaw-droppingly stupid. Beyond moronic, it's sub-moronic.

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  co training video: link to ex-jw reddit thread discussion.

  today is the first time i was made aware of this actual elder body video.

  it's training for how a co should handle elder's whose children decide to pursue further education.

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  DesirousOfChange

  I'm kind of surprised at the message being given in the video as it is much stronger than what I see going on locally. It is quite common for JW kids (esp the young gals) to go to at least 2-year Community College and on to career training such as nursing. Granted most of the young guys are going into the construction trades, which is very unionized here and earns great money and unmatched health benefits and retirement plans.

  But I suppose it is understandable. When your kid goes to college they are taught to think independently. Of course they can't help being influenced by the lefties who are the educators. But once they see their first full paycheck is only half what they earned, they'll like the guys who promise to cut taxes.
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  Vice President Kamala Harris…your thoughts??

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  good pick?

  bad pick?

  helpful to president biden?

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  DesirousOfChange

  I don't know why so many people on MAGA threads kept saying Michele Obama would be a last minute pick.

  She's the only candidate that has a chance of beating Trump. Actually, Michelle and the Dominion IT folks. Michelle getting elected would effectively be Obama's 4th term.
  
  
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  Will Governing Body follow through with New Zealand Royal Commission's recommendation to publicly apologize?

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  'following on from an apology from the prime minister, the commission recommends all faith-based leaders offer a public apology, including the pope, the archbishop of canterbury, the president elect of the methodist church, the moderator of the presbyterian church in new zealand and the head of each individual presbyterian support organisation, the general of the salvation army, the overseeing shepherd of gloriavale, and the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses.'.

  https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/govt-takes-blame-will-apologise-to-children-abused-and-tortured-in-state-care/ar-bb1qwoyt?ocid=bingnewsverp.

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  DesirousOfChange

  They will try some doublespeak just as did Geoffery Jackson when asked about the GB being the sole channel used by God.

  "That would seem to be presumptuous."

  True. And arrogant too.

  But complete bullshit. Both his answer, and the claim of it being so.
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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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  DesirousOfChange

  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

  1. jw
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  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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  DesirousOfChange

  

  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!