Posts by Festus

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Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

by WingCommander in

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this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

this is not a joke.

anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

Festus

Yes Notsurewheretogo that "view" was changed 2013.

“Who Really Is the Faithful and Discreet Slave?” — Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY (jw.org)

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Can the World Cup Really Unite People? - What Does the Bible Say?

by Festus in

seriously....this is an article on jw.borg.. really?

football - or soccer - and bible?.

these guys have really lost the plot.. i can promise you that bible does not say a flying flaming about world cup.. however, as much as people want them to, these events cannot provide lasting unity.

Festus

Seriously....this is an article on JW.borg.

Really? Football - or soccer - and BIBLE?

These guys have really lost the plot.

I can promise you that Bible does not say a flying flaming about World Cup.

However, as much as people want them to, these events cannot provide lasting unity. Instead, they often showcase the divisive attitudes and actions that the Bible said would mark the time period called “the last days.”

What about jdubs? How divisive are they?

And last days! I can't believe they baked last days into this!

Can the World Cup Really Unite People?—What Does the Bible Say? (jw.org)

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Pioneer couple sense of entitlement

by nowwhat? in

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!

Hah, reminds me of my cousin! She and her husband were pioneering (stillare). Husband's brother had a part time janitor job - few hours per week not really paying any salary but he got quite nice apartmen for free or at least very very cheap. He worked full time somwhere else.

And what was my cousin's reaction? "He should give it to us - after all we are pioneering", oh dear...

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Norway: Society hires a Law Firm

by Festus in

maybe society's own lawyers are so bad that they need to hire top notch lawyer's.. funny i thought jehoober would not need any help.. anyway here are the links.

media.

jehovas vitner mistet statsstøtten – vil saksøke staten – vårt land (vl.no).

Festus

I sure hope Jurgen Pederson gets his day in court and gets to declare 'This is Unconstitutional!' with some emphatic gestures.

Oh, that would REALLY make the day wouldn't it?

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Norway: Society hires a Law Firm

by Festus in

maybe society's own lawyers are so bad that they need to hire top notch lawyer's.. funny i thought jehoober would not need any help.. anyway here are the links.

media.

jehovas vitner mistet statsstøtten – vil saksøke staten – vårt land (vl.no).

Festus

FFGhost: Lord works in mysterious ways....

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Norway: Society hires a Law Firm

by Festus in

maybe society's own lawyers are so bad that they need to hire top notch lawyer's.. funny i thought jehoober would not need any help.. anyway here are the links.

media.

jehovas vitner mistet statsstøtten – vil saksøke staten – vårt land (vl.no).

Festus

Well. Maybe society's own lawyers are so bad that they need to hire top notch lawyer's.

Funny I thought Jehoober would not need any help.

Anyway here are the links

Media

Jehovas vitner mistet statsstøtten – vil saksøke Staten – Vårt Land (vl.no)

Law Firm

Home - Advokatfirmaet Glittertind

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Tony & JW made it to Norweigian media - even a pic of "dat broadcast"

by Festus in

well well am3 made it to norweigian media with hsi rant about religouse persecution.. hereis the link.. share your thoughts.. ble nektet statstøtte: jehovas vitner vurderer juridiske skritt – vårt land (vl.no) .

Festus

Well well AM3 made it to Norweigian media with hsi rant about religouse persecution.

Hereis the link.

Share your thoughts.

Ble nektet statstøtte: Jehovas vitner vurderer juridiske skritt – Vårt Land (vl.no)

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JWs near of losing their status a religious organization in Norway

by Festus in

last spring norweigian state refused to give public contribution to jws (religious organisations can apply that in norway and previously wtbs has been granted that).

the decision was caused because of practise of disfellowshpiping.. now there is a new twist.. 25.10.2022 authorites in norway send a letter to wtbs and told them that they have four weeks to fix that practise.

if they don't do that they will loose their status as a religiouse organisation.. intrestingly jws did not "understand" what authorites meant by that and requested more time.. how can they not understand?

Festus

Last spring Norweigian state refused to give public contribution to JWs (religious organisations can apply that in Norway and previously WTBS has been granted that). The decision was caused because of practise of disfellowshpiping.

Now there is a new twist.

25.10.2022 authorites in Norway send a letter to WTBS and told them that they have four weeks to fix that practise.

If they don't do that they will loose their status as a religiouse organisation.

Intrestingly JWs did not "understand" what authorites meant by that and requested more time.

How can they not understand? The monentary contribution was denied crystal clearly because of shunning policy...

In their letter to authorities they refer - rather ironically - to ECHR (The European Convention on Human Rights). Well, they themselves do not give their own members any rights what so ever what it comes to religiouse freedom.

JWs are also puzzled about the fact that some action now is taken considering that they have had their status for decades...well shunning people might not be the greatest of reasons to bragg to...

Here is a link to Norweigian newspaper that wrote about the case (google translator works pretty well):

Statsforvalteren har sendt Jehovas vitner varsel om tap av registrering som trossamfunn – Vårt Land (vl.no)

Here is another link to another activist "johanneksenpoika" aka "son of John" in Finland (neighbourgh country) who also comments the case. Societys letter (in English alsol) can be found from his site:

Johanneksen pojan kotisivut - Tietoa Vartiotorniseurasta ja Jehovan todistajista (johanneksenpoika.fi)

PLEASE READ THIS AS WELL: about this Finnish activst (bitoff topic)

My understanding is that he is the person who approached the local data ombudsman in Finland at 2012 what it comes to "field service notes". What happened is that "the case" went throug all legal levels in Finland and finally end up at EU court. EU court was not favorable for witness.

So grass root can - and wil - pay off.

Link (google translate) :

Jehovan todistajat rikkovat henkilötietolakia tekemällä muistiinpanoja ovenavaajista kysymättä heiltä lupaa (johanneksenpoika.fi)

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