mark writes.
"if a person accepts a blood transfusion, the jehovah’s witness elders are required to “investigate” to see if the person is sorry for “cowardly” saving their life.
if the person doesnt beg and grovel to the elders for allowing the doctor to save their life (or that of their child) then the elders can take this as a sign that he/she has disassociated from the congregation - and tell the congregation to start shunning them.. if someone willingly takes blood, perhaps because of being under extreme pressure, the committee should obtain the facts and determine the individual’s attitude.
Eventually I see all issues being a matter of “disassociation” vs disfellowshipping. The policy of DF/shunning is becoming a big problem in many places even resulting in the loss of WTS/JW’s status as a “religion” and loss of State funding.
More and more often they are not getting away with saying one thing in a public statement but doing the opposite behind the scenes. Even the lawyers are learning their tricks and exposing them.
so last night me and hubby got round to watching love actually for the first time .
seemingly everyone says that it's a must see christmas film , people watch it numerous times .
sorry to say l was underwhelmed and won't bother watching it again.
We watched Love Actually last night (it won out over Christmas Vacation). Years since we’ve seen it. I’d still rate it “above average” Hugh Grant seems like a guy that would be great to go grab a beer with.
Re: recent new flicks— I’d recommend “Elvis”.
There must be very little talent remaining in Hollywood.
this youtube video about the dangers of the watchtower and jehovah’s witnesses is less than a year old and already approaching 5 million views...approximately 21 thousand visits a day!.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gdwhdj7plwo.
This is an excellent production! I should be eye-opening for anyone curious about the JWs. I don't know of any professional production of similar nature in the US media.
It's difficult to understand how there could be any increase in the Borg these days. It makes me seriously question the numbers as they report them.
my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsdg9qtjzzi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uudu66e_vw.
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
so there's this middle age pioneer couple.
he works part time and the wife doesn't work at all.
their daughter is getting married and even though it is known they go on multiple vacations a year, they expect the grooms parents to pay for 100% of the wedding!
The former Bethelite now pioneer MS in our Congregation referred to is as GLEANING.
Leviticus 23:22 ~ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the Lord your God.’”
YES! That makes it scriptural for them to mooch off of others.
so, just posted on jw.borg:.
as of march 2023, the hour requirement for pioneers, which was suspended during the pandemic, will once again be enforced.. elders will review the activity of all pioneers in june 2023. if it appears that any do not have a “practical schedule” (aren’t getting at least close to 70 hours per month”), elders are to “kindly and frankly discuss their circumstances”.. what’s that sound that seems like a torpedo plane diving on its target?
that’s the sound of the number of regular pioneers in complete free fall .
That requires about a 10% change in pioneer hours.
Prior to Covid, pioneer hours were 90% imaginary.
During Covid, pioneers hours were 100% imaginary.
After Covid, pioneers hours will again be 90% imaginary.
No one will even notice any difference.
many on here are ex jw....they have left the jws because of coming to find out the many false indoctrinations.
one of the things learned as a jw is that there isn't anything true about xmas being the birth of jesus.
( matt chapter 2 tells a whole different narrative about the baby jesus than what is portrayed by the christian churches) they learn the ways that are celebrated are pagan practices jesus told the samaritan woman that god wanted to be worshipped in spirit and it truth.
First of all, we do not practice Christmas even though we've left WT/JWs behind. We just don't need it.
I think former JWs that choose to celebrate Christmas don't give a rat's ass about "spirit & truth" of the foundations of the holiday. Christmas is no longer a "religious" holiday as it has been hijacked by secular society including non-Christian cultures. Only a very small percentage of celebrants are "glorifying the baby Jesus". No, the vast majority are enjoying time with family & friends. They are reaching out to friends with small gifts or even just a note/card to stay in touch and reconfirm their friendship. It's just too late to "put Christ back into Christmas".
if you haven't noticed kevin mcfree is posting again.
re-uploading some of the stuff he had to take down.. also, here is an article by a brother telling the gb exactly what he thinks of how they treated kevin.. https://governingbody.net/i-am-speaking-to-you-the-governing-body-to-move-you-to-shame.
It is absolutely amazing to me that WTS spends so much time and money -- OK, the lawyers are probably free, so then we'll just say so much time -- on pursuing BS like this. They were clearly just trying to squash the "vermin" (as they saw McFree). They wanted to make an example to put other anonymous "advocates" on notice. Truly it is a David & Goliath issue. They count on the fact that they can bankrupt an average person via the expensive cost of litigation. Fortunately Kevin got legal assistance from a non-profit legal group and...........David won again.
Congrats! Kevin!
the wt engages in history revisionism when insisting the world changed overnight in 1914. in fact the european power struggles that came to a head were centuries old.
millions of lives had been lost in the wars of the 19th century, with the world a powder keg the years prior to the assassination of franz ferdinand in june 1914 which is often said, albeit rather arbitrarily, as the start of the war that escalated over the next 4 years into the great war.
take a look at these two pages and ask if the wt's interpretation of history seems accurate to you.
I tried to read through this, but frankly, I've already wasted years on that 1914 bullshite and I just can't do it any more.
i have been out for a long time now and have kept busy.
but tonight my jw mom asked me what is happening in norway.
so i researched and wow!
