police raid a kingdom hall in norway of jehovah's witnesses and question elders.jehovah's witnesses want to cooperate with the police and explain why they have an arc of alleged crimes.
they claim that their elders are priests and must maintain confidentiality ... however ... the watchtower headquarters does not ask elders to refer to themselves as priests, that would be a disfellowshipping offense.
and they do not ask their elders to maintain confidentiality ... they must give the information to high ranking officials within the watchtower hierarchy.
The elders were interagated about the alleged crime , probably with a representative and the with the whole thing being recorded and will be allowed to provide evidence unlike when they interagate anyone in a judicial meeting.
Confidentiality , the whole body of elders etc will be made aware of any confidential meeting you have with the elders.
i'm doing a little background research for a novel.
what is the craziest thing you heard a witness say was demonized, and what did they do about it?.
My gran visited us and we went to the seaside and my gran liked to get her palm read by gypsy rose at the seaside attractions ,so she went in and we waited outside being good Jws ,gran was wearing a cape/poncho at the time she had her palm read ,she then gifted the cape/poncho to my mum and then bad things started happening in the house ( my gran could start a argument in a empty house so would cause trouble between my mum and dad) so they blamed it on the cape ,dad took it outside to burn it and it wouldn't burn because it was demon possessed (not because it probably had a flame retardant coating) so he dug a deep hole and buried it and everything was all ok.
once again, watchtower doesn't want to respect our human rights.
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/jehovahs-witnesses-challenge-constitutionality-of-b-c-privacy-law.
WT needs to learn that human rights apply both ways , not just when there rights are abused eg Russia .
They will also not like the fact that their disregard for the human rights of their members and ex members are being aired in the public eye.
so, in the uk, during the early stages of covid there was a groundswell of appreciation for the nhs for their front-line sacrifice.
this was crystallised into a regular clapping/whistling/noise making session every thursday at 8pm.. "harmless" you would have thought, "a gesture of appreciation", "what could possibly be wrong with joining in on that innocent activity?".
well, the co during his recent rounds had a different view.
I applaud those who cared for my father in the last few weeks of his life (who was led to believe that he would never grow old in this system).
I also applaud those who cared for my sister who lost her two year battle with cancer a few weeks ago.
I also applaud those who cared for my mother who also passed away a few weeks ago of a broken heart at the lost of her husband and daughter.
What a heartless, thoughtless word's spoken by this co for those who suffered and are suffering and are being cared by these selfless caring people,these are special people deserve all the gratitude and recognition for what they do.
when i was a witness i knew what my beliefs were and could defend my views, even if it really was wrong.
i understood jw doctrines .
i could define what the faithful and discreet slave was.
Any thinking Jws have left or are on here or are pimo .
The rest just listen obey and are blessed (that would make a good kingdom song) that's why the hateful eight can change beliefs as an when it suits them and the sheep's just accept it with out question because they are being manipulated and controlled by talks and the printed page as to what they have to believe without question.
this article on the latest gallup survey:.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-losing-religion-effects-long-093028404.html.
in 1937, 73% of americans would be affiliated with some organized religion; that number remained steady until 1999: (70%); the 21st century brought about a major shift: 50% in 2018; 47% in the latest survey.. children who grew up in households without organized religion are less likely to affiliate to some form of organized religion.. it's not only a generational difference; the growth in those who express no religious preference is also on the rise in generation x (those born between mid 1960's and early 1980's).
Same in the UK , people saying they are non religious.
i love r&b music, funk and soul, even some disco.
i’ve been listening to retro soul radio out of london lately and the music is without commercial interruptions 24 hours a day.
mostly 70s and 80s music.. i love everything from elvis presley to tom jones too.
Prog rock pink Floyd , genesis (Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett) deep purple , Rory Gallagher ,John Martin ,Bob Dylan , the band , little feat.
Lately listening to a lot of the grateful dead , widespread panic ,gov't mule .
so are individual witnesses being told to prepare bread and have wine on hand for the zoom memorial?
are they saying it’s “vital” or is it just a “suggestion?” .
This time last year my father was in hospital (not covid) and a sister who works in the hospital smuggled the wine and bread in , so he could celebrate the memorial on zoom while in the hospital (veiwed himself as part of the great crowd) so didn't need to have them but it was important to him.
here is a memorial-worthy song...at least in my books.
got any other suggestions?.
https://youtu.be/5fa58v6lrto.
Knocking on heaven's door. Bob Dylan.
Won't be fooled again The who
It's only make believe Conway Twitty
big news from israel, some previously undiscovered dead sea scrolls have been found with portions of the ot in greek.
it says the name of god is included in hebrew letters within the greek text.. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/world/middleeast/dead-sea-scrolls.html.
"the new fragments contain verses from zechariah 8:16-17, including part of the name of god written in ancient hebrew, and verses from nahum 1:5-6, both from the biblical book of the twelve minor prophets.".
They also found a 6000 year old mummified skeleton of a child ,and a 10,500 year old basket kept in tact , preserved because of hot ,arid environment.(why could god not have preserved the original copy of these scrolls if so important to mankind so as to stop any confusion about the meaning)
My JW family have mentioned about yhwh being found in these scrolls , but fail to accept the other things that were found preserved which are in conflict with their beliefs,are excited about a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a word in these scrolls.
