Posts by Londo111

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Is this year's AGM being streamed to KH and Assembly Halls?

by hardtobeme in

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last year it was a big thing in our congo.

this year i haven't heard it at all.

is it being streamed this year?.

Vermont Sisters Sue Jehovah's Witnesses For Child Sex Abuse

by Watchtower-Free in

http://digital.vpr.net/post/vermont-sisters-sue-jehovahs-witnesses-child-sex-abuse.

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New songs coming

by kneehighmiah in

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heard from an inside source that there are 3 new songs coming to the songbook.

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On the back cover of the songbook, embedded in the picture is an aroused member of the male body. I really didn’t believe it, thought the images might’ve been faked online, so I dug up my old bookbag and found the songbook…and sure enough. I showed the cover to non-JWs and it was unmistakable to them as well.

I’m not in the ‘subliminal art’ crowd, but somebody in the art department had to have done this intentionally. I’m not sure if it was a disgruntled Bethelite, or perhaps someone’s commentary on the quality of the music, but newer versions of the songbook have been corrected.

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Wales - ITV Report: JWs sex abuse victims call for organisation to be held accountable

by AndersonsInfo in

itv report (wales).

29 september 2014 at 6:00am.

jehovahs witness sex abuse victims call for organisation to be held accountable.

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New songs coming

by kneehighmiah in

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friends

heard from an inside source that there are 3 new songs coming to the songbook.

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Londo111

Maybe they want everyone to tradein their songbooks...because of the graphic artwork on the backcover...

This might be a good excuse without bringing attention to it.

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Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users

by Londo111 in

from an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.

it seems that the wts legal dept.

has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.

Londo111

It might well be gossip that grew in the telling with a kernal of truth.

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Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users

by Londo111 in

from an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.

it seems that the wts legal dept.

has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.

Londo111

Another snippet of an email:

The way it was explained to me is that they have broken it down to congregation. Each cong. has about 100 publishers. So the elders would only be looking for their members. Not full blown disfellowshipped apostates. If FB demands only real names then it wouldn't take more than 30 minutes to go through fB once a week, with the incentive that you can count your time, so that eliminates door to door work, and see if any names from his cong. is posting. If so that person is dealt like they dealt with Ricky. Remember all this does not go to the society anymore. Disfellowshipping is done only with CO approval. So it is actually very easy. Now multiple this throughout the country. It's actually very smart and efficient..The goal is to put fear in jws that are awake or are having doubts to not go to FB. They are trying to avert a mass exodus. So there is nothing illegal about this. and they are not concerned with those already disfellowshipped. They just want to keep the blinders on to those still inside.

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Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users

by Londo111 in

from an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.

it seems that the wts legal dept.

has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.

Londo111

You could be right.

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Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users

by Londo111 in

from an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.

it seems that the wts legal dept.

has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.

Londo111

A followup email I received. I’ve edited out parts that could be identifying.

They were telling me that Facebook and YouTube have had a major impact negatively on the society. He said the friends don’t realize this and they want to keep it quiet so as not to raise curiosity and cause many of the rank and file to start investigating what the commotion is all about. It is hurting them more than any lawsuit...

...He said Facebook is being used now by many jws. This has introduce them to YouTube. The society could not keep the majority from using it with all the warnings, so they realized it was just a matter of time when the jws making use of Facebook would wonder off to some apostate site just out of curiosity.

Also the society is now using circuit overseers to disseminate “important secretive” information to the body of elders instead of official letter writing. The society is recognizing that there are too many apostate elders who will leak information over the internet.

So they are restricting certain secretive information so it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. They are also encouraging elders to regularly visit Facebook sites and YouTube sites and calling it shepherding calls and can even count some time as field service. Not sure up to how many hours will count for field service. But it was mention that one elder assigned can count up to one hour a week. And they can rotate elders every CO Visit. Publishers have no idea this is happening...

...Evidently the new CO arrangement was made with that purpose in mind. More control of information. So this is something that has been in the works for a long time. It was something that had been planned a couple of years ago. They for saw it.

The society knew that the internet boom would cause them trouble so they had been taking counter measures to keep secrets of organization history locked away.

The Jw.org, the CO arrangement, prepping jws to view jw.org as the source of new light, and some new light that will be coming out, is no coincidence. It has been in the works for some time.

BTW the society does have a group of brothers that surf FB and YouTube daily. That is their job. It is usually die hard elders who have been in Bethel for a long time. This negative information is taken into account to determine what kinds of articles and information in conventions and assemblies will be considered...

...So the WTS is not stagnant and doing nothing. They are fighting hard and smart and using their power to sway other corporations like Facebook and YouTube to squelch truthful information. So I would imagine that at some point in the future Facebook will announce that everyone has to use their correct identity. This will frighten any jw from visiting FB or YouTube and it will expose jws who are posting negative comments, which will alert the elders in the congregations throughout the U.S.so they can start disfellowshipping.

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Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users

by Londo111 in

from an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.

it seems that the wts legal dept.

has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.

Londo111

Raymond: alas, no. I've no hard evidence, nor can I verify any of this.

This comes from an email from a ‘source’, who talked with folks he knew in Patterson. So this is definitely secondhand information. Of course, even Bethel is rife with rumors and gossip, as is the JW world in general.

I do know the creator of Facebook, Zuckerburg, came out against being anonymous on Facebook. Of course, a billionaire who has everything likely cannot relate as to why people would have a need to screen their identity.