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  WT loses appeal in UK!!!!!!!

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the wt lost its appeals regarding the charity commission inquiry.

  here is the ruling:.

  http://www.charity.tribunals.gov.uk/documents/decisions/watch-tower-ruling-03mar15.pdf.

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  Half banana

  Sorry to be a party pooper but Private Eye satirises matters and scandals which are common knowledge. I regret to say that I'm not so sure that what we find important is on everyone else's radar as yet.
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  To all anointed wannabe losers, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, OR ELSE!!!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  once again the beloved and loving governing body are demonstrating their utmost disdain for the rank and file members of the jehovah church.

  let us review this interesting trend, starting with some facts!

  yay, facts!!!

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  Half banana

  I loved their former, rather avuncular pie-in-the-sky vision that the tiny remnant of the anointed would usher in the great crowd of lesser mortals through the trauma of Armageddon into the ‘cleansed earth’. This smells of Freddie Franz’s blissful idealism. The concept of being anointed, apart from their self appointment to heaven, has become an accusation and challenge to their role as divine appointees. The heavenly hope is now reduced to nothing more than a pain in their butt.

  The passage of time shows every teaching of the Watchtower org to be a meaningless fantasy.
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  WT loses appeal in UK!!!!!!!

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the wt lost its appeals regarding the charity commission inquiry.

  here is the ruling:.

  http://www.charity.tribunals.gov.uk/documents/decisions/watch-tower-ruling-03mar15.pdf.

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  Half banana

  For JW leaders to get a "grip on reality" would mean the dismantling of the WTBTS...

  They have lamely played their usual delaying tactics but disregarded the human care of the victims within their own ranks. They deserve to be exposed for the heartless narcissists that they are.
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  WT loses appeal in UK!!!!!!!

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the wt lost its appeals regarding the charity commission inquiry.

  here is the ruling:.

  http://www.charity.tribunals.gov.uk/documents/decisions/watch-tower-ruling-03mar15.pdf.

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  Half banana

  @88JM, Ok let's say loss of tax concessions are a big nail in their coffin! I do hope so.
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  WT loses appeal in UK!!!!!!!

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the wt lost its appeals regarding the charity commission inquiry.

  here is the ruling:.

  http://www.charity.tribunals.gov.uk/documents/decisions/watch-tower-ruling-03mar15.pdf.

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  Half banana

  Surely the Watchtower is the worlds most uncharitable charity?

  As I understand, they sent a letter a month or two back to the congs in South London at least, saying that in future all new KH developments will not be tax exempt... Perhaps they had anticipated losing this case and to keep the Charity Commission from nosing into their affairs they would rather forgo the tax benefits, which has already been mentioned by 88JM and will probably only affect the small gift aid donations boost.

  Nevertheless any legal pressure to reduce the effectiveness of this disreputable organisation is a nail in their coffin.
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  What is the basis for authority for the governing body?

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a word to jehovahs witnesses: what is the basis for the authority the seven members of the governing body can claim in controlling the lives of eight million followers?

  the organisation they represent has never got one useful piece of information correct in one hundred and thirty five years... so why should they be believed?.

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  Half banana

  It seems we are unanimous that the GB has NO AUTHORITY to demand anything of their members.

  There is no evidence whatsoever that God has singled them out for special attention or given them “charge over all his belongings” (as if God exists at all).

  So the recommendation is that all JWs pack your bags and stop going to the meetings and listening to or reading the UNAUTHORISED garbage which they spew out. If God were backing the WTBTS he would make sure their predictions were fulfilled without the perpetual and farcical “new light” adjustments. They have never got ANYTHING right and never will. They are a danger to family life and the innocent children who have the misfortune to be brought up in their ranks. They stifle the human spirit and only hold out the alluring hope of life in paradise which is neither theirs to offer nor will ever come true.

  All in all; the JW org is a disaster.
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  The Days if Noah - Is this the new unofficial generation?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  edit - "the days of noah" damn!.

  long story short - i need to go to bed!

  i was in edinburgh today with my wife (football, coffee, walks, food, cinema) and i always try to take 10 minutes to have a chat with the jws on the trolley in the "big city".. i challenged an older guy who turned out to be an pioneer about the generation.

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  Half banana

  Just had a further thought: 2034 gives about enough time for the present bunch of deluded narcissists at Watchtower HQ to live out their lives basking in the adulation, comfort and wealth as enjoyed by all US ‘televangelists’.

  After the "Great disappointment of 2034" to have to sustain the cult beyond that date will then be the poisoned chalice which the next generation of GB members will inherit. It's like a game for each generation played by the incumbents to see how well they can carry it off and still remain in power.
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  More Child Abuse Issues in today's Sunday Times

  by snugglebunny in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  there's several letters from readers published today.

  there's also mention of another abuse - shunning.

  i can't locate the letters on the sunday times website, can someone else have a go?

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  Half banana

  I bought the Sunday Times especially to see the comments and they are clearly on the side of the ex JW community exposing the sadness within the old religion.

  I especially liked Nick French’s comment connecting the twin evils of Jehovah's Witnesses, who was both abused by a JW and also shunned. What caring treatment JWs deliver! No doubt the abuser will be reinstated to be able to abuse again.
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  What is the basis for authority for the governing body?

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a word to jehovahs witnesses: what is the basis for the authority the seven members of the governing body can claim in controlling the lives of eight million followers?

  the organisation they represent has never got one useful piece of information correct in one hundred and thirty five years... so why should they be believed?.

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  Half banana

  Agreed Snugglebunny, it’s their in-house myth which doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

  It still leaves the question unanswered from the perspective of a new convert, “Why on earth should I listen to these people?”

  Perhaps in future they won’t look for new converts ...just play the hedge funds.
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  The Days if Noah - Is this the new unofficial generation?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  edit - "the days of noah" damn!.

  long story short - i need to go to bed!

  i was in edinburgh today with my wife (football, coffee, walks, food, cinema) and i always try to take 10 minutes to have a chat with the jws on the trolley in the "big city".. i challenged an older guy who turned out to be an pioneer about the generation.

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  Half banana

  "They need something to hold on to." This gets to the root of things!

  It looks like the SS Watchtower is cruising along with gaping holes in its hull. The seven captains and the crew are all out to lunch but it is the passengers who are trying to find a solution to stop the ship from sinking.

  From my contacts inside the KH I have gleaned that these ideas have been circulating for a while. It won’t be long before the management pick up on it and encourage the passengers to keep up the work of patching up the nasty holes in their prison ship, because they have no idea how to mend it.

  Watchtower beliefs are assumptions built upon assumptions. What JWs will not consider is that there was no flood or Noah in the first place even though Jesus believed it (so why believe anything Jesus is supposed to have said?) The parallel of “Noah’s days” was promoted to cheer up the early Christian cultists to believe that like them there were few who preached, with little response. The idea of “120 years” was not the point of the story. It cannot be a parallel to the days of the original failed hope of the early church let alone any subsequent echo of it as JWs claim they are today. It makes an assumption that 1914 has Biblical significance, it assumes that prophecy actually works...it never does (even with the most excruciating contortion of meanings). Bible prophecy is never unambiguous, it has never been useful to anybody except the leaders of doomsday cults.

  But come on, this is a typical JW piece of insanity. The idea of 120 years from 1914 gives the sheeple hope that the JW org is not wrong. It does not help them individually apart from keeping them attached to their life-line; the paradise hope... for they must know from experience that they will all be disappointed again in 2034 as well.