just had to share this, tonight we had a heated conversation about the religion.
she said everything they teach is 100% true and any mistakes are cleaned up and corrected, that the payouts for the child abuse is not an issue even if its taken from donations.
because, she believe 100% the org knows what its doing.
I see something good here:
She said everything they teach is 100% true
I was once convinced like that too. I had the idea in my mind that the Bible is infallible, because it said so. So in the end when I found out it was not, it was all clear to me. One failed prophecy, one contradiction, one time Jehovah did not follow his own principles and the book proves to be just an ordinary one.
And the same with the org.
So if she is that convinced, she might just need a little spark of light one day.
https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium.magazine-before-herzl-there-was-pastor-russell-a-neglected-chapter-of-zionism-1.6409303.
the article mentions an interesting letter from russel to the barons rothschild and hirsch.
it was published in the 1891 watchtower and proposed that they would buy government land in palestine to allow the jews to return to "their" land.. https://www.scribd.com/document/47208675/1891-zion-s-watch-tower-and-herald-of-christ-s-presence (article on page 169) .
The article mentions an interesting letter from Russel to the barons Rothschild and Hirsch. It was published in the 1891 Watchtower and proposed that they would buy government land in Palestine to allow the Jews to return to "their" land.
https://www.scribd.com/document/47208675/1891-Zion-s-Watch-Tower-and-Herald-of-Christ-s-Presence (article on page 169)
when you visit the site it says jehovahs-witness big and bold.
a pimo might be browsing the site and a jw might come up behind him unexpectedly and notice he's visiting a site about jws other than jw.org, which can lead to the pimo reported for viewing apostate information.. to help remedy this risk, i was thinking about the possibility of having a button that activates an undercover mode where the title of the site is not prominently displayed so it's not easily apparent to an accidental eavesdropper that it's an apostate website.
also, the color-scheme and graphics can be different so that it doesn't look like the regular site.
Well, I am in that situation too. I would be happy to have such a provision. Maybe an extra url. And a less obvious look. My life would change more than I like in case my wife finds out about this site.
if everything is supposed to be about the lives of children, how can they hypocritically fight to take babies and kill them?
what about the children and their quality of life?.
Well, I see the same problem in JW's. They are all about love and caring for the children. However they believe in a book that justifies the killing of millions, including little (unborn) children (Read for example Numbers chapter 31)
are "inactive" publishers being asked to sign it, or is it only for "active" ones?.
i haven't been troubled by any of the local jw stasi about it.
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If you do not sign, they will not be allowed to document a disfellowshipping, will they?
Yes, I notice that the jw.org logo has almost replaced both the tetragrammaton and the watchtower logos now.
i think gb loesch has made some pretty bold statements that could be put in quotes with his picture attached could be a real killer!.
believe and obey only the faithful slave, don't believe any negative comment about us in the press believe only us.. google: child molestation watchtower bible and tract society, klick on wikki.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jehovah%27s_witnesses%27_handling_of_child_sex_abuse.
Cannot there be a billboard on the road to the Warwick site? How cool would that be... Or just a couple doing cart un-witnessing on the other site of the road at the entrance. Just standing there would be enough...
i think gb loesch has made some pretty bold statements that could be put in quotes with his picture attached could be a real killer!.
believe and obey only the faithful slave, don't believe any negative comment about us in the press believe only us.. google: child molestation watchtower bible and tract society, klick on wikki.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jehovah%27s_witnesses%27_handling_of_child_sex_abuse.
I am not good at making memes, but I would like to see questions on a billboard like:
Do you belong to the 1914 generation? (picture of F.W. Franz)
Are you free to leave your religion - or will your loved ones shun you?
request for personal data erasure under gdpr refused on clause which says religious organisations can keep records.
the following is in their privacy policy:.
upon receipt of your written request, after you provide sufficient evidence of your identity and enough information to permit us to identify your personal data, the applicable data controller will fairly consider granting the request by balancing the interests of the individual in gaining access to data or correcting or deleting data against the legitimate interests of the organization, including whether granting the request would endanger the organization’s right to religious freedom and practice.
So Damascus, you got a written reply from them? You are not under European law, are you? Otherwise they have a big problem in court, I guess.
at https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/8j8fj9/what_legal_requirements_have_forced_the/excircuitoverseer started an excellent thread on areas watchtower has changed due to legal pressure.
this has promoted me to gather the information into an article.
there is a number of points that i would like to expand on, and need assistance in finding information.. the article is at https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/blog/changes-due-to-legal-pressure.php.
The Bulgarian case forced them to quit disfellowshipping due to bloodtransfusions - it changed into disassociation. I
