https://www.gov.uk/government/news/watchdog-reports-on-investigation-into-watch-tower-bible-and-tract-society-of-britain.
press release.
watchdog reports on investigation into watch tower bible and tract society of britain.
It seems I'm not the only one who doesn't see the significance of this Charity Commission report.
Other than providing a pretty uninteresting chronicle of Watchtower's so-called "charities,"it seems to me that it does nothing, unlike the Australian and Norwegian investigations.
i remember a couple of decades ago when the internet was relatively young and the wt was at war with it, that they were battling to keep the pay attention book secret, commencing legal action against anyone who published it online (and of course, trying to out anyone who leaked it).
i think it was a norwegian skeptics organisation who had it available for download and dared the wt lawyers to come after them.. so i guess the new shepherd the flock book came out to try and put the genie back in the bottle and reassert some air of mystery and secrecy back into the equation.. so i typed jehovah's witnesses secret elder book into google.
colour me gobsmacked!
This tickles me in a very satisfying way.
at what point does a jehovah’s witness cease to be a jehovah’s witness?
what if a witness doesn't believe some of the official teachings of the governing body but remains silent on these subjects to avoid being disfellowshipped?
is he or she an apostate to the faith?
Q.: At what point, does one become apostate to the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses?
A.: When cognition begins.
https://cne.news/article/3409-norwegian-court-maintains-jehovah-s-witnesses-ban-on-sealing-marriage .
Anticipating New Light on shacking up!
It was good enuff for judge Rutherford, it should be good enough for ALL of Jehovah's Faithful Servants!
i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.
apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.
his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..
having being recuited a year ago today, i thought the uadna 'logo' would be a fitting peice of wallpaper for my desktop, but am unable to find one of good quality, or proper size.
nathan natas?.
aloha.
i just wonder about this topic as it is now 109 years since that date and what was expected to take place has never happened ..
The Unification Church, (full name: Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity) aka "Moonies" teaches a unique Christian theology.
Name any religion that advertises that they are NOT the true religion.
Only the Church of the SubGenius rejects absolute truth and embraces contradictions and paradoxes, which PROVES it is ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
i had a luncheon yesterday with and aunt and cousin.
the only reason i went, and endured it, was because my father who can’t drive wanted to see them.
as i sat there eating the lunch at the restaurant, i couldn’t help think how totally oblivious they are to what’s going on, in an ever expanding organisation of the happiest people on earth.
It is understandable. JWs have to push their fantasies in order to qualify for their PERSONAL salvation. We "apostates" are not compelled to torment others to be happy in the eternal NOW.
i had a luncheon yesterday with and aunt and cousin.
the only reason i went, and endured it, was because my father who can’t drive wanted to see them.
as i sat there eating the lunch at the restaurant, i couldn’t help think how totally oblivious they are to what’s going on, in an ever expanding organisation of the happiest people on earth.
I agree with you. There is no virtue in convincing a person on their deathbed that their dreams of ressurection and paradise are irrational fantasies.
I'm in my mid-70s. I have two PIMI (fleshly) brothers who are also in their 70s. I see no point in convincing them that for the past HALF CENTURY they have been fools.
