The book has always been about how to deal with transgression. I recall my father's copy before it was re-written, was also about how to punish transgressors. It has never been about Shepherding and never will be.
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Secret Elders Book? Bwahahaha!
by NotFormer ini remember a couple of decades ago when the internet was relatively young and the wt was at war with it, that they were battling to keep the pay attention book secret, commencing legal action against anyone who published it online (and of course, trying to out anyone who leaked it).
i think it was a norwegian skeptics organisation who had it available for download and dared the wt lawyers to come after them.. so i guess the new shepherd the flock book came out to try and put the genie back in the bottle and reassert some air of mystery and secrecy back into the equation.. so i typed jehovah's witnesses secret elder book into google.
colour me gobsmacked!
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Can the org's finances be viewed?
by BoogerMan indoes 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?.
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Thanks Barbara!!
i recall that it was lower than the spectacular estimates floated by many. If they used KHs as collateral for loans, it may be much now.
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Armageddon is just beginning
by TheEndIsNear indo you want to know what is really behind the fake coronavirus pandemic, so-called vaccines and the war in ukraine?
to understand current events, you must first learn the history.
the world's biggest secret is that there have been tremendous global disasters in the past that decimated populations and caused the collapse of empires.
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GT - that sounds like a case of prophetic diarrhea. Please chronicle it carefully. Who knows - you may be at the epicenter of the expulsion of all that is bad.
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Jeffrey Jackson: Too much excitement got in the way for the ''false dates''
by RULES & REGULATIONS inannual meeting 2019—talks and 2020 year textthe governing body members are nothing but a bunch of weasels.
here is a talk by jeffrey jackson on how the governing body ''the slave class'' has remained spiritually awake over 100 years and alerted its members.. he looks back on the ''faithful and discreet slaves'' false dates over the 100 years: '' but at times, we look back over 100 years, and there were times they got excited about a certain year or time, and the end didn't come at that time.''.
he makes the comparison between the ''slave class ( who disappointed others when the end didn't come ) to a barking watchdog ( who in his enthusiasm barks at nothing in the middle of the night and wakes up the owner).
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The dates they pulled out of the air are their reason for existing!!
WTC is a charlatan - they can spin it all they want but it won’t change what they are.
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Watchdog reports on investigation into Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://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 indoes 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?.
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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 inhow 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 inwell, 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 inw50 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 innote: 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