this is a rumor i heard back in november, it comes to me third or fourth-hand.
feel free to poke holes.
i have many doubts about this myself.
I wasn't the source of this, nor can I confirm any of it...I'm more taking it with a grain of salt and seeing what happens. The similarities of style between Watchtower, Scientology, the LDS do make me wonder.
Even though maybe not doctrinal stuff, I do think there may be some truth to it as far as outside consultants for Watchtower business/administrative issues. For some of this video stuff they do, I do wonder if they may have outsourced some of the work.
my experience in the kingdom hall was that racial discrimination and profiling was not typically practiced....that i know of.
i was in a diverse city with every type of skin color and nationality imaginable.. i’m wondering if the witnesses have changed due to the current affairs exposed by the media everyday.
are there discrimination issues in jw land??
This probably should be best answered by a JW of color.
But then again, if one looks up at the makeup of the Governing Body, one token black person, no Asians, no Hispanics, and compare that to the demographics of the rank and file, that should speak for itself.
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They words it in such a way to make it seem that beard's are okay and there are no repercussions for having one. But in reality, what they mean is entirely the opposite. It takes experience in understanding their gist.
It's truly a masterclass of passive aggressiveness.
this time we get to see a new shot of the interior of the gb's board room.
this is where the magic happens lol.. .
here's a picture of a british couple.
What other table should kings sit at?
Which is likely their own viewpoint.
an eyebrow raiser to be sure.
i can understand the clergyman being so baptist that he'd still use the name jehovah since it was popular in english and german churches for a long time during and after the reformation, but 607?.
see ¶ 6 under the heading "the historicity of the book of daniel".
Needless to say this person has no credibility.
i went on line looking for old jw songs and some of them were pretty good and some were just awful!.
did you ever like any of those songs?
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I really liked the Victory Song. And a handful of others.
But even when I was mentally in, I thought most of the music was sub-par. And then the new songbook came out...and it was even worse! And now they've an even newer one...it's just all unlistenable.
from 2012 thru 2016, congregations in georgia and alabama collected funds to build a new assembly hall in south atlanta.
to date, 3.5 million dollars was collected and 75 acres was purchased.
the branch decided that this assembly hall was not needed.
It is jawdropping.
In the old days, if JWs needed a Kingdom Hall or Assembly Hall, they saved up, then banded together and built it. Now with centralized control of Kingdom Hall properties, this is impossible.
This is outright theft. Of course, I'm sure Watchtower has legal tricks up its sleeve to get away with it.
from one of our informants inside the watchtower.
(same person whosent us videos from the legal dept., accounting dept., pioneer school,and so forth.
) atlantis told him that he is walking on a razors edge,to be extremely careful.his email message:1. watch tower has no right to demand you to sign a consent form.
A million thanks to the informant for all their work!
I wish the laws in the US were such that I could take advantage of finding what data they have on me and removing it. I should have the right to revoke consent.
Of course, any claims that there would be no penalties, Watchtower always finds a loophole. I suspect there will be penalties, but in court, they can minimize this with the usual smoke and mirrors.
hey, i would like to share my experience, it is kind of long but i really appreciate whoever reads.
last year i was a devout pioneer sister.
well, i am naturally an imperfect 20 year old women.
I’m surprised that dating as a JW did not wake me up. It involved a whole bunch of drama.
The organization has written and unwritten rules on dating, chaperones, group dates, never riding in the car alone, and so forth. Technically, breaking these doesn’t trigger a judicial committee and sometimes some young JWs seem to skirt these rules entirely.
But the culture of JWs is such that makes dating very difficult. Not only the elders, but the whole community seems to be involved in the process. Some matches seem approved and fast tracked. Otherwise, dating is an uphill battle.
In Dubtown, there are eyes and ears everywhere and even if you play by the rules, your activities will be noted, talked about and questioned at every turn.
hi.. recently i've been researching jehovah's witnesses and their beliefs and found out that they don't believe in blood transfusions.
so, i've asked one of my friends who is a jw as to what is the reason for this, and so far, they had always directed me to a bible verse that is in their bible.. clearly, i wasn't getting anywhere and so far, it's pretty much frustrating to even make my friend give me reasonable reason.
when i was getting somewhere, even a smidgen, they would answer with a question.
In the JW mindset, the Bible is God’s word, and therefore the ultimate proof and trumps all other forms of evidence, no matter how concrete.
In truth, their basis for reality is the Watchtower interpretation of a few dozen verse which are nearly always presented out of context. There is no true exegesis. If the Bible itself contradicts Watchtower interpretation, their interpretation always wins.
Interpretation of the Bible is decided by the Governing Body. It takes a two thirds majority to change any teaching. If a JW disagrees they can find themselves in a secret backroom trial called a judicial committee, and they could be disfellowshipped for apostasy or “sowing divisions” and find themselves shunned by their family and friends.
JWs have absolute trust in the Governing Body and their representatives.
Even though they are not infallible, the mythos is they are “spirit directed”. Even if they get some things wrong occasionally, they’ve are viewed with the best of intentions. And besides God and Jesus chose them. If God and Jesus trust me…so should we!
