foolish is the man who neverreads a newspaper; even morefoolish is the man who believeswhat he reads just becauseit is in the newspaper .august von schlozer,german historianand publicist (1735-1809).
i came across this articke in the october 15th wt.
page 30.
Even if a report is true, it does not necessarily mean that it should be spread.There maybe times when it would be neither right nor loving to distribute true accounts to others. (Matt.7:12) For example, it is neither loving nor up-building to spread gossip, even though the information may be true. (2 Thess. 3:11; 1 Tim. 5:13)
Classic Jehovah's Witnesses Mentality for damage control. Blame the messenger! for accurate truthful information, you are a "busy body". LOL
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime/2015/08/01/royal-commission-examines-jehovah-witnesses-cover/14383512002194 .
royal commission examines jehovah witnesses cover-up.
newsaug 1, 2015. martin mckenzie-murray the jehovahs witnesses fiercely literal reading of the bible has distanced them from the law and politics, but the royal commission into child sexual abuse is ending that..
Applause.......MARTIN MCKENZIE-MURRAY, Applause........Applause........Applause.
Just Wow!!!! What a concise pointed and revealing article into Jehovah's Witnesses mentally deficient ways . Mr. Mckenzie-Murray had me running to the dictionary for several definitions of words, mostly because of his wonderful Britishness. But his use of "Gormless",....Wonderful. Solipsistic, fealty, and mendacious were other great words used.
| synonyms: | lying, untruthful, dishonest, deceitful, false, dissembling, insincere,disingenuous, hypocritical, fraudulent, double-dealing, two-faced, Janus-faced, two-timing, duplicitous, perjured; More |
"But it was the worldly people that came to BCG’s aid: “I was initially scared of the police because I had grown up being taught that everyone outside of the Jehovah’s Witness Church was to be feared."
"But we have seen them. Their piety is now an awful joke; their legacies ash. At least the victims’ stories are being contemplated by a commission showing a grace their religious families never did. The estrangement of the Jehovah’s Witnesses has encouraged abuse and compounded trauma. Elders encourage their flock to shun “worldly people” because the secular are agents of the Beast. We have seen similar situations emerge in these commissions – cultures turned mouldy by self-perpetuating secrecy."
a poster on another thread reminded me of when there was a 15 min.
break between the talk and the wt study on sundays.
the break was supposed to be to allow jw's time to drive their bible studys home from the talk.
Yes, I do. The public talk was always in the afternoon around 3:00 because having it in the morning would be like Christendom. When congregations started having Sunday meetings in the morning, some of the other congregations thought it was very radical. We used to walk down to the corner mart and get a coke with a member of the anointed.
The Watchtower Study was considered "only" for real witnesses, not bible students. That's why it was kept separate. Yes,, some would smoke during the break. LOL
this strange photo is from a pioneer school graduating class in russia.. they're hiding their faces because, supposedly they don't want to be identified as jw's and run the risk of persecution.. the picture is very telling.
this very well illustrates how the pioneer school aims to make everyone into faceless drones whose minds are copies of wt indoctrinated automatons and not really individuals.. another thing i noticed when looking at the photo is that some aren't following the instructions to obscure their faces--some peek their eyes above the illuminators textbook and one is quite clearly exposing his profile as if he was talking to his neighbor in mid-shutter instant.. third, it's in russia, and the jw's aren't too welcome there.
communist oligarchs were quite acquainted with indoctrination and brain-washing techniques, they didn't like competition.
http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-imploding-10-reasons-why-the-end-could-be-nigh.
i dont know how to hyperlink the link above,.
it's a link to an article by cedars on the possibility of the wt imploding?.
Sir Elder Newton, you do realize that the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society does not pay retirement to anyone?
back in the early 70s, right before 1975 we had about 7 or 8 thousand professed anointed.
cant remember the exact number.
but at every convention we were told that the end is close ---because---the number of anointed is getting smaller and smaller.
Well, who wants to live under the rule of the Nazi Governing Body forever. If they get to heaven, at least they might be able to bring some order and reason to the rule over the earth.
IF, AND only IF, If you still believe all that mumbo-jumbo.
i am not sure if this guy is really from bethel, or walkill, but if he is....this poor guy really tells it like it is from the heart.
he was surprised.. at the 'oh so fast, pack your bags, get your stuff outta here' layoff !.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1xh1egjcu
Yes, that is pitiful. So they worked him all day, and before dinner, they had brothers from the moving department come and escort him out to his car. That's pretty cold blooded.
Not that any job is permanent, But, this is a volunteer that has given over four years of his life away, and they couldn't let him have dinner or better yet, stay for breakfast and give him the whole day for traveling? And no going away party? Well if you don't celebrate birthdays, why would you have a going away party, like you would show some appreciation for someone giving four years of their lives to you for practically nothing.
Hate to say it, but it brings back bitter memories of my "Bethel" Service.
The only good thing that I see is that they didn't wait until he was 65 years old to throw him on the street.
the governing body not writing their own articles is on this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/370640004/gb-providing-food-helpers-write-articles?size=10&page=1.
but, something more sinister, more serious is taking place in the congregations.
the governing body have allowed very disturbing activities to take place in the kingdom halls and during the conventions.
I wanted to make another comment. I remember years ago myself and some other witnesses would play music at some witness gatherings. We got so much grief that we stopped. One brother was offended by the lyrics in "Achie Breaky Heart". " I just want to kill this man" or something like that. At the time it was a very popular song.
We didn't play too loud, we played songs that everyone could sing along with, but there was always some weak conscienced brother or sister, that would get upset. We got tired of being grilled by the elders. So we just stopped playing at the witness gatherings.
But then this is posted on the WWW? Unbelievable where this religion has gone.
the governing body not writing their own articles is on this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/370640004/gb-providing-food-helpers-write-articles?size=10&page=1.
but, something more sinister, more serious is taking place in the congregations.
the governing body have allowed very disturbing activities to take place in the kingdom halls and during the conventions.
i hope everyone is having a good saturday.
i've visited this many times in the past month or so, joined yesterday and finally got the nerve to post!
needless to say, i'm super nervous, being new to this whole experience.
Welcome MarieK to this site,
I remember how gut wrenching it was in composition of my first post here. It does take bravery. Bravery to accept that you have been conned or duped into believe the WTBTS lies. Bravery to accept that you hooked up with and believed the lies of the likes of "Bernie Madoff".
Again, WELCOME!
I'm glad that your husband is awake. That is a huge plus. When I first told my wife about my suspicions about the organization, I was concerned about her reaction. But we survived. it is a new journey. Sit back and enjoy it. I'm finally coming to accept the last fifty years.
