the britain branch has called a confidential meeting tonight with a controversial announcement.
the message is of such import that it was transmitted by word of mouth only, nothing in writing, ears only.
a decision made by the governing body of jehovah's witnesses and transmitted orally down the chain of command, a decision proving the leadership of this spirit lead body.. the gdpr laws in the uk have been interpreted by wt lawyers so that all record keeping relating to the public has been banned, telephone witnessing and letter writing also, forbidden.. now in a show of supreme bravado the publishers are to be informed that if they wish to, if they dare, they may write to people at their own risk.. bear in mind, nothing is in writing.
After 911, the WTBTS communicated with DO's, they communicated with CO's, and they communicated with Presiding Overseers of a new message/presentation with scriptures that we should share with the public. It was spun as this will be how Jehovah communicates with us as we get deeper into the time of the end.
Interestingly, our Bird Brain PO didn't get the message correct, (duh) and we found out about it months later. Face Palm. If it had been Harmaggeddon we would have died.
bewildering background.
even among the greatest religious thinkers and moral philosophers of civilizations around the world for 1000’s of years slavery was not considered a moral issue.. only one civilization developed a “moral revulsion” against it very late in its history:western civilization.. abraham lincoln said:if slavery is not considered wrong; nothing can be considered as wrong.. but why did not even the leading moralists among other nations and civilizations reject slavery at all?.
there is no evidence that slavery came under attack in any other part of the world before the 18th century.
Slavery still exists today in the world and is called "Human Trafficking".
the july 2020 announcements mentions that baptism can be held in an “inflatable pool” as long as it touches the ground.
the pool must not be “on a terrace, flat roof, balcony, etc.”.
has anyone ever noticed that as a requirement?.
Most likely this has something to do with the Yoga practice of "grounding". "Grounding connects us to the present moment. It pulls us into our physical experience of right now, and in the process, creates a sense of ease in the mind and stability in the body. Grounding creates calm, destroys stress, and reminds us of who we are by diverting our attention from thinking and making us feel at home in our own bodies... (love that!)."
Yea, right?
my me mother and i do not see eye to eye to say the least.
my childhood was fraught with her abusive behavior.
alas.she is old now and though i have not spoken to her in a year she called the other day and wanted to see me.
Simonsez, I can empathize with your situation. When Dad died I had a brother and his wife take over complete control of Mom's finances. Along with launching a character assassination on myself so that Mom wouldn't trust me at all. It's been 20 years since dad passed and brother nor his wife have worked a day in that entire time, I guess managing mom's money requires so much time. Even before I stopped attending meetings if I called mom she would hang up on me. A family counselor advised me, from her 42 years of experience, that she has never seen any son or daughter in my situation ever restore the relationship prior to the character assassination. The counselor also recommended my trying to restore the relationship for my benefit after mom has passed, basically, so I wouldn't have regrets that I didn't do enough when she died. She mentioned that this was a common behavior with a more loved son or daughter when that parent died. I tried for a number of years and mom (figuratively) completely slammed the door on me every time. I'm fine with it now, I just leave the whole family alone and live my quiet and peaceful life. The toxicity of JW families is no different than the rest of the world. I found that my personality I can't understand why someone would not like me. I felt I needed to purge myself from the toxic environment for my benefit and my families.
during tonight's meeting the brother seemed to read out something along the lines of "you may be helping a poor sister who you think may be struggling, but in turn that sister may be getting financial assistance from the government.
it is always best to stick to jehovah's arrangement in these matters so that help can get to those who most need it, including the worldwide work".
i think it may have been an article about social media platforms initially and how they should be avoided and then this was mentioned.
What's it any of their damn business? Just another 50 shades of Hate.
there is apparently an interview being circulated among jw.
me and my pimi wife got it several times.
its from some kind of tv station in us.
The newsman asked one question and the Uber Elder rambles on for three days. A highly suspected "staged" interview complete with video clips showing how fun and happyfying going the conventions are. Sorry, I couldn't watch the whole thing, gag me with a spoon.
https://www.law360.com/tax-authority/articles/1292663/ny-tribunal-rejects-fuel-tax-refund-for-religious-group.
ny tribunal rejects fuel tax refund for religious group.
by abraham gross
I suppose in this situation WT purchased the green "on road" taxed diesel fuel and were applying for a refund based that they had used it for off road purposes. Totally legitimate. The New York tax for on road fuel is .076 per dollar or 7.6%. Basically, WT has claimed they had spent close to a $1,000,000 on diesel fuel that should not have been taxed. Just saying, at $3.50 a gallon they are claiming they used 286,000 gallons of diesel fuel building Tuxedo, NY". I would be skeptical also as the tax court was and deny a refund. I don't see that as a realistic number. Especially since they used numerous outside "worldly" contractors who purchased their own fuel and charged WT on a lump sum price.
P.S. Note to the WatchTower Tax Lords. On your next project, have a truck dedicated for and only used for refueling off road machinery and purchase the fuel upfront for off-road-use. Oh, that truck is going to cost about $175,000. Shoot, WT, somebody has to pay the man, and your not big enough not to. BTW, Many companies that I have worked for just pay the fuel tax and pass it on to the customer because they don't want to get bogged down in paperwork. Oh, that's right, WT doesn't pay anything for their slave labor other than food and shelter.
fear of being shunned.
do you have any stories?.
Good Question! Yomama. Anna M, I will agree with you on shunning backfiring. Individuals that continue to feed on the crap of the organization dishes out become afraid of even approaching someone who has left, no, they can't even wave at a distance. I recently had a conversation with another "inactive" for 25 years friend and we were talking about the Crickets we hear from family members, even family members that are not going to meetings. It is like in their imagination we are more powerful than ever. I don't have a problem with this, because, quite humbly, "I AM"!
there's yet another talk to add to the list of talks written specifically for damage control against "apostates".
the speaker says, "some who were once part of the christian congregation attempt to mislead us", that they tell "false accusations" & "lies".
to combat this, he says that you should "protect your ears from damaging noise by not listening to it", comparing it to wearing "noise canceling headphones".
Let's take time to put aside our worldly troubles and enjoy this week's meeting". Then the next hour was spent discussing .......worldly troubles! (StudyOver)
I used to be very "negatively" vocal about "Public" Talk outlines highlighting all the negative aspects of governments, the world, etc. for 40 minutes, then have 5 minutes that God's Kingdom will make it all good. I wanted to cut my wrists when someone stuck with the outline. Talks were so depressing. If the writers for the public talks had ever engaged in a formal scholastic debate they would have lost.
In the 1980's they still had conventions that were 1/2 Thursday (I think) then through the weekend. You take off work, get your family all dressed to be at the convention site by 12:00, finally settle in some seats and for four to five hours back to back talks on the subject: Listen, listen, listen, notes, notes, notes, listen, listen, listen, notes, notes, notes. I was not a happy Hot and Damp camper in Houston Texas at the Astro Dome in the summer time.
paragraph 8 dealing with who is the anglo-american power -- they note different images- feet of clay, 7 headed beast which has a 8th head arise, and so on.
the last image is of the "false prophet- indicating this is another aspect of the anglo american image quoting revelation 19:20 and saying the wild beast and the false prophet are one in the same -(i see the as separate entities) -- a/a dual world power.
which will be destroyed... .
Beth, I've been wondering the same thing. When the dramatic news of the day is old what is their new paradigm? The old "This is what we have been waiting for" is over for the 300th time.
