Posts by ThomasMore

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Watchdog reports on investigation into Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/watchdog-reports-on-investigation-into-watch-tower-bible-and-tract-society-of-britain.

press release.

watchdog reports on investigation into watch tower bible and tract society of britain.

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Good take on it Jman - I thought the same.

Obfuscate and run the clock out. They have gone through generations of bureaucratis so it is working for them.

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Can the org's finances be viewed?

by BoogerMan in

does anyone know where to view the wtbts of new york and pennsylvania's financial records?.

i mean, they are registered charities aren't they, so surely their income/expenditures must be open to scrutiny?.

ThomasMore

An attorney who successfully negotiated many settlements against them said that in discovery, they could bankrupt in less than 3 years. That was a year ago.

They had all KHs appraised a couple of years ago. Why? To sell them or use as collateral. Collateral sounds more like the answer since an appraisal on property is only good for a short time.

They have lots of corporations, but many are used for doing things without exposing them to public scrutiny. A former CO who identified himself as having been in Legal, was recorded saying WT was still in the UN as an NGO. An innocuous corporation would be helpful to keep that from getting out, and they have many.

if the govt cracked down on the practice of bogus corporations, it would stop a lot of nefarious activity.

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Got my convention invitation

by Anony Mous in

how things have changed, apparently they totally forgot i am an "evil apostate" two good looking ladies came to my door, my wife opened the door.. handed my wife the tract and said they are simply inviting people in the area, nothing further, not even a bible or other literature in their hand.. the invitation is small, like the size that a small 3-fold tract used to be.

i remember the last invitation was at least a proper sheet of paper.

and thin, you can see right through it.

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Reports like this just keep coming in! If it was from one area only, you better believe the Branch would arrange for a zone visit to whip the region back into shape. Heads would roll by god!!!!!!!

But it is everywhere and WTC seems helpless to to do anything about it.

Yet, I still read comments on Reddit about WTC being strong. It is beyond belief to me that anyone still thinks WTC can recover!!!

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Anthony Morris III demoted to Great Crowd!

by Vanderhoven7 in

well, that is my prediction for 2024 anyway!

hey, if watchtower can speculate..... https://youtu.be/dn8askhhwkw.

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Fish is right. Only the GB are F&DS. But he retains his anointed status. I will leave the 8x10 glossy framed photo beside the bed for now.

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Who the JW's governing body USED to be! 😂😂😂😂

by BoogerMan in

w50 1/1 pp.

10-11 par.

2 - the watch tower bible & tract society, the governing body of jehovah’s witnesses,... .

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"They have spent the last 23 years clawing back all control."

Well put ST G!

It practically broke Knorr.

F Franz was against it. R Franz was for it.

It was a power struggle of the sandlot variety and it took decades to award control to the few GBers. Wrestling the F&D title from non-GB was a walk in the park compared to the politics of Bethel.

I recall a very weird Blite once telling me that he longed for the days of the strong Bethel President. (He was referring to Knorr)

I said it was the worst arrangement conceivable (oooops!). He gave me a look that would make Hitler afraid. But the chariot was on my side (at the time at least). Now the GB are gods and I would be DF'd for speaking out against them.

So maybe it wasn't the THE WORST arrangement ever.

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Anthony Morris the III has been FOUND

by Terry in

jw
friends

note: photos can be found on the blue envelope channelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nakezkhqbmtony and susan morris are living in lumberton, north carolina.

a real estate document on the robeson county website is filed:.

the religious order of jehovah's witnesses has provided a "life estate" for them.they can live in this townhouse until they are deceased or choose to move away and in either case the ownership becomes entirely the property of jehovah's witnesses.

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Ewart Chitty

Leo Greenlees

Raymond Franz

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Jehovah's Witnesses and Tattoos

by NotFormer in

i was wondering about the jw attitude towards getting tattoos.. redditors suggest that the only jws who have them would have got them before they were baptised.. jw.org gives a meally-mouthed "true christians wouldn't" response.. but no-one (that i've seen so far) answers the question i'm actually asking: is getting a tattoo after being baptised a disfellowshipping offence?.

if not disfellowshipable, how would a typical jw congregation treat someone who got a tattoo after baptism?

would they really treat it like it is a conscience issue?.

ThomasMore

I know of a sister who was dealt with judicially over a tattoo only a few years ago. It is as serious as the local BOE decides that they want it to be.

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Anthony Morris the III has been FOUND

by Terry in

jw
friends

note: photos can be found on the blue envelope channelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nakezkhqbmtony and susan morris are living in lumberton, north carolina.

a real estate document on the robeson county website is filed:.

the religious order of jehovah's witnesses has provided a "life estate" for them.they can live in this townhouse until they are deceased or choose to move away and in either case the ownership becomes entirely the property of jehovah's witnesses.

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What's behind Door #2?

My guess is Mrs Morris, speaking out anonymously for victims of domestic violence. Just a guess...

This story continues to get clearer than at the first. I recall some saying he was "relieved" of the burden of his office due to health reasons. Now it is clear that was not the case as they feverishly purge the scent of his cologne from everything he came in contact with while at the Warwick Ritz.

WTC security nearby? No - it would have been less expensive to put him in a gated community.

Will he do interviews or book signings? Not likely. WTC NDA's are tight - very tight. Otherwise, the many victims who settled out of court would have dropped a dime on WTC. They have not because they know they would face a breach of contract suit - which they would lose.

In my humble opinion, I see Tony as a near-broken man who never thought of himself as anything but an insider - until now. His poor wife - well let's just say that she lost the most, similar to Job's wife.

A dangling thread is the whereabouts of the local cong. I suspect that he will not reappear in public at a meeting but I could be wrong. Humility is as they say, "Learned".

It is tempting to send him a weekly bottle of Macallums to hasten his demise, but that is beneath a decent person - and I believe everyone on this forum is decent. I cannot bring myself to humiliate him further. As gutter trash, (did I just contradict myself?) he will receive little encouragement from anyone, be held in derision by everyone, be assisted by no one, and be abjectly hated by more than one.

I still think his name will surface in an upcoming PA CSA hearing, but that's the 'connect the dots' side of me - no evidence yet other than a lot of timely coincidences.

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'church elders are told to report any allegations of child sexual abuse to the authorities immediately'

by was a new boy in

'the spokesperson also said that church elders are told to report any allegations of child sexual abuse to the authorities immediately, even if there is only one complainant.'.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/rebekah-vardy-sexually-abused-child-jehovahs-witnesses/.

is this true?

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Truthlover - "They are currently at the forefront of CSA"

You are right - THEY ARE NUMBER ONE!!

If only that was a good thing...

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The G.B. are now going to be EQUAL with Christ in heaven!!!!

by BoogerMan in

they are not just going to be "joint kings and priests," oh no, because the latest washtowel is sneakily implying that they will be "joint kings and high priests.

october 2023 study watchtower p. 28, par.

13 - "after jesus was resurrected, he entered the most holy of the spiritual temple, where all the anointed eventually join him.".

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My impression is that they ALREADY feel that they are equal to Jesus. Why wait until they get to heaven (they are not going to heaven) when they can control his assets now?