Posts by NotFormer

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Coming soon: Governing Body Update #4

by ukpimo in

the upcoming governing body update, set to be released on friday this week, will feature a bearded samuel herd.. jwtalk website revealed the leak, so this thread will be used to speculate the content of the update and discuss the actual contents after its release..

NotFormer

As is my wont*, I did a name search in the ASIC** business names registry. This was the result:

0 results found for "beard approval"

Vidiot, my interest piqued, I then did a similar search in Canada and got this result:

0 results for “beard approval”. Please try a different term

That mighty corporation, Beard Approval Inc., Ltd., or Corp. is yet to be incorporated! (Your band will need a legal structure; even God's-only-true-religion™ has one)

* Stoopid autocorrect tried to edit this to won't 🙄

**Australian Securities and Investments Commission

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What is that?

by Achille in

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NotFormer

The whole picture has elements that look wrong. Is it AI generated?

Although the art department used to produce dumb pictures of people working in the fields of the Pair-a-dice Erf, while children frolicked with wild animals, at least they could get human and animal proportions right.

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Assembly Attendence

by Riley in

i am in western canada.

we use to have our assembly in saskatoon.

our assembly has moved to medicine hat.

NotFormer

Riley - “…the moving of assemblies might be more of a shell game to mask any decline…”

"This.

"They do the same thing with congregations."

Trying to prove that their chess pieces are still all on the board. They're not losing the numbers game at all.

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Blondie's "highlights" from the May 2024 Study WT Paragraphs 1-10

by blondie in

jw
friends

i have not read a wt for many years, but a comment on jwn prompted me to check out this one study article #19. i was stunned, they addressed many observations i have made in the "comments you will not hear" over the years.

this segment will contain comments on the section called what we do not know paragraphs 1 through 10. i will post what we do know” in another original post covering paragraphs 11 through 17”.

1) definition of "king of the south" and "king of the north.

NotFormer

"Actually the 144,000 will do the judging as their job in heaven is to be kings and priest and kings judge."

I'm getting the feeling that the GB are shuffling towards a position where the 144,000 are nothing special, and the FDS (the GB) are everything.

What they're going to do with the memorial if they do that will be interesting. I've suggested that the memorial will become an event transmitted to every Kingdom Hall, whereby the world's JWs watch the GB partake. Sort of like the high priest performing the annual sacrifice on Israel's behalf.

I feel sorry for the faithful JWs. Their leaders call them sheep, and so they are, being led wherever those leaders take them. It's a pity that those leaders are wolves.

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My guess for August WatchTower: GB claims we're in beginning stages of Great Tribulation due to World governments turning on JW's

by WingCommander in

jw
friends

the september watchtower has already been released and is being discussed over on reddit.

some highlights: .

1. more hitting the flock on total reliance and obedience to god's representatives on earth today, the f&ds (the governing body, of course).

NotFormer

"Vidiot,,but what if the Borg does not prevail in the courts??

"I mean,, they have to reinvent & rewrite their stuff again."

Perhaps they already have. The August Watchtower is being awaited with bated breath...

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Coming soon: Governing Body Update #4

by ukpimo in

the upcoming governing body update, set to be released on friday this week, will feature a bearded samuel herd.. jwtalk website revealed the leak, so this thread will be used to speculate the content of the update and discuss the actual contents after its release..

NotFormer

"Assuming they are, they do a terrible job of indoctrinating their members to worship satan."

Perhaps. But gloating over the number of children they had killed via the blood doctrine doesn't point to a group of high moral standards.

I'm not saying that they are satanists, just plain old evil.

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Blondie's "highlights" from the May 2024 Study WT Paragraphs 1-10

by blondie in

jw
friends

i have not read a wt for many years, but a comment on jwn prompted me to check out this one study article #19. i was stunned, they addressed many observations i have made in the "comments you will not hear" over the years.

this segment will contain comments on the section called what we do not know paragraphs 1 through 10. i will post what we do know” in another original post covering paragraphs 11 through 17”.

1) definition of "king of the south" and "king of the north.

NotFormer

That's major backpedaling on their part. The flood and the closing of the ark door not being prophetic types?? That's a major component of their eschatology.

What, if anything, do they actually still believe now? 🤔

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SEPTEMBER 2024 Study Watchtower - Warnings for JW's!

by BoogerMan in

what warnings are the cult giving the "sheeple?".

in the study article on page 20 - "are you heeding the warnings?

", jw's are threatened what their fate will be if they don't support the elite, "anointed" jw's, the 33 degree aka, the self-appointed gibbering body - they will be toast very soon:.

NotFormer

"That's a great laugh. You mean like the two guys I saw last week sitting by their literature carts on a stretch of sidewalk where nobody was walking?!"

I haven't seen the literature trolley in my town for a while. Not that I'm there often enough to coincide with them. Sometimes they're there. Sometimes not. The last time I saw them was two ladies set up on a table in the paved section of the main street. (Strategically placed near cafes and a bakery, I might add.) As I was glancing at them, one looked in my direction and looked a bit nervous. I think she was frightened by the thought that someone might actually come over and chat with them.

So, despair not, GB!: the trolley witnesses have got your back!

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Article: Jehovah's Witnesses lose court fight to obtain abuse inquiry report before victims

by Tahoe in

jehovah's witnesses have tried - and failed - to get an advance copy of the abuse in care inquiry's final report into their church.. the christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses australasia (ccjwa) filed an urgent claim in the high court in auckland on 21 june to obtain a copy of the final case study relating to the religious denomination in the inquiry's report, but the claim was dismissed.. it also unsuccessfully sought all relevant underlying documents supporting the case study.. in a separate case, the jehovah's witnesses also filed for leave to appeal to the supreme court after the court of appeal dismissed an earlier bid to avoid the scrutiny of the inquiry altogether.. rnz understands the ccjwa received and commented on a draft copy of the case study in may, but has yet to see a final draft.. if its high court claim had been successful, it could have led to the church receiving a copy before the government or abuse survivors had read the report.. jehovah's witnesses is the only religious group to take legal action against the commission.. it has taken similar action against public inquiries overseas, including in australia and the united kingdom.. in a statement, a jehovah's witnesses spokesperson said it had no choice but to go to court.. "we are in full agreement with the inquiry's objective to protect children but have serious concerns about the accuracy of the report regarding jehovah's witnesses.. "child protection is of utmost concern to jehovah's witnesses and we believe the people of new zealand, its decision-makers and most importantly survivors, deserve to be presented with accurate information.

we have no choice but to resort to court to address these issues.".

the inquiry is due to hand its final report to the governor-general on wednesday, wrapping up six years of work.. after that, it will be passed to internal affairs brooke van velden, who must table the report in parliament before it is made public.. that was expected to happen in the week beginning 22 july.. survivors of church abuse new zealand spokesperson and former jehovah's witnesses elder shayne mechen said former jehovah's witnesses members and survivors had been angered by the new court action.. "they are feeling angry and frustrated because it shows they [the church] don't care.".

NotFormer

"The head man at the branch was given a flat next to a K.H and demoted to now a nobody instead of being worshiped everywhere he went.... the rest were layed off to go into the wilderness after many years serving there."

Loyalty to the slave has its rewards. 🙄

You'd think that he'd be transferred to the Sydney branch and commute between Sydney and NZ. That's how a sane organisation would handle something similar.

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Article: Jehovah's Witnesses lose court fight to obtain abuse inquiry report before victims

by Tahoe in

jehovah's witnesses have tried - and failed - to get an advance copy of the abuse in care inquiry's final report into their church.. the christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses australasia (ccjwa) filed an urgent claim in the high court in auckland on 21 june to obtain a copy of the final case study relating to the religious denomination in the inquiry's report, but the claim was dismissed.. it also unsuccessfully sought all relevant underlying documents supporting the case study.. in a separate case, the jehovah's witnesses also filed for leave to appeal to the supreme court after the court of appeal dismissed an earlier bid to avoid the scrutiny of the inquiry altogether.. rnz understands the ccjwa received and commented on a draft copy of the case study in may, but has yet to see a final draft.. if its high court claim had been successful, it could have led to the church receiving a copy before the government or abuse survivors had read the report.. jehovah's witnesses is the only religious group to take legal action against the commission.. it has taken similar action against public inquiries overseas, including in australia and the united kingdom.. in a statement, a jehovah's witnesses spokesperson said it had no choice but to go to court.. "we are in full agreement with the inquiry's objective to protect children but have serious concerns about the accuracy of the report regarding jehovah's witnesses.. "child protection is of utmost concern to jehovah's witnesses and we believe the people of new zealand, its decision-makers and most importantly survivors, deserve to be presented with accurate information.

we have no choice but to resort to court to address these issues.".

the inquiry is due to hand its final report to the governor-general on wednesday, wrapping up six years of work.. after that, it will be passed to internal affairs brooke van velden, who must table the report in parliament before it is made public.. that was expected to happen in the week beginning 22 july.. survivors of church abuse new zealand spokesperson and former jehovah's witnesses elder shayne mechen said former jehovah's witnesses members and survivors had been angered by the new court action.. "they are feeling angry and frustrated because it shows they [the church] don't care.".

NotFormer

Vidiot, can you blame them? There was $52m involved! Do know any WT higher-up who wouldn't sell his own grandma for a sum like that?

Actually, that is a huge sum for a church to come up with (although they probably borrowed a lot of it). The church that bought it would have to be Hillsong sized, or something like the Catholics or the Anglicans selling one property to buy another.