https://youtu.be/uvdmjpmgxk8?si=qdvgimktegx4fepm.
the watchtower's nightmares have just began in france.
on april the 9th the french senate passed a new "anti-cult" law that will basically strengthen the hands of miviludes, the french agency, the official anti-cult agency that is cracking down on dangerous cults.
The U.S. guvmint is always looking for low-hanging fruit, and so are other countries that need money. JWs look like a money machine with an Easy Button - they always deliver. Psychologists proclaim that high control religions are ruining lives - the Easy Button on WTC begins to glow brightly.
Watchtower is clueless when it comes to ending the provocative behavior that results in fines, levies and lawsuits. They can't help but trip over their own feet..
the governing body are proud to announce... can you finish off the line for them - the more outrageous the better,, .
The U.S. Branch has taken advantage of Caesar's laws to prevent the evil slave from robbing donated funds by declaring Chapter 11.
i’ve noticed a pattern where things don’t go the way i expect them to go and/or whenever i realise there is a trend and, i mentally adjust for the idea that the trend will continue, the trend stops in its tracks.
so on that basis, and given many people, including myself, and active jws, have been asking ‘what changes will the governing body make next?’ perhaps the (disappointing) answer is: ‘nothing much for a while to come’.
maybe they’ve made the changes they want for now, and will wait a while and see how it’s received.
During my time at the Bible House, WTC occasionally revisited the 5 year plan but I never heard any mention of a 10 year plan. If it existed, it was vague and lacked specifics. Most Fortune 50’s have 5 year plans but they tweak them constantly since business landscapes change rapidly.
I don’t actually believe WTC has a 10 year plan. Most of the decision makers don’t have a 10 day plan.
i’ve noticed a pattern where things don’t go the way i expect them to go and/or whenever i realise there is a trend and, i mentally adjust for the idea that the trend will continue, the trend stops in its tracks.
so on that basis, and given many people, including myself, and active jws, have been asking ‘what changes will the governing body make next?’ perhaps the (disappointing) answer is: ‘nothing much for a while to come’.
maybe they’ve made the changes they want for now, and will wait a while and see how it’s received.
Vidiot - my source was very disturbed that God was not coming to their rescue. He/her/them saw money as an indication of divine favor. It perplexed him/her/them to see it disappearing so rapidly.
LHG - I hit dislike by accident with my gorilla thumbs. Sorry!
the new study article 28 watchtower that has just been published on jw.org is about apostate lies and introduces new concepts in their effort to compat apostasy in the congregations.
so despite the loosening of their recent disfellowshipping rules their fight against apostates is still raging hard.
according to the foreword of this article, they will concentrate on :.
I once heard some heavies at the Bible House say that listing the “lies” of apostates would be to propagate them. I disagreed since it only made publishers curious as to what these “apostate lies” were.
Of course listing the proof that they were indeed lies would take several hundred bound volumes of gobbledygook, spin, BS and misrepresentations - and printing is SOOOOO expensive.
as your family considers its disaster preparedness plan, please ensure that the secretary has up-to-date contact information for you and your emergency contact.
also, we have re- peatedly seen good results when brothers and sisters are prepared with go bags and are ready to obey direction when they face various kinds of disasters.
please be sure you have a go bag, and review its contents at least once a year.
Hoser - I also would NEVER rely on elders for that kind of practical advice. Most are 100% clueless 90% of the time.
https://youtu.be/uvdmjpmgxk8?si=qdvgimktegx4fepm.
the watchtower's nightmares have just began in france.
on april the 9th the french senate passed a new "anti-cult" law that will basically strengthen the hands of miviludes, the french agency, the official anti-cult agency that is cracking down on dangerous cults.
Some years ago, France was forced to restore what it took from Watchtower and I assume that they did. WTC did not crow about the win - they probably knew that France would be back later - now they are.
JWs never see these losses as indication of a systemic problem within their religion, so they don’t reform, they only become compliant- begrudgingly.
The good ole days of winning cases seems to be ancient history.
looks like things are heating up in the czech republic over the horrifying practice of shunning children that ask the "wrong" questions.
kids now days have access to all of the watchtower's lies, manipulations, unnecessary deaths, flip flops, rejection of jesus as mediator etc, etc.
i predict this issue of shunning children will continue to threaten free government money that the wt receives.
DOC - and here I am exposing them now:
I am shunned by family and former (false) friends. Even DF'd people don't want to speak to me. Even their pets refuse to let me scratch behind their ears.
There - I have disputed their softer approach to shunning.
us sole dissenting "veto" vote on un council to prevent palestinian un membership!!!.
the obvious wickedness of usa .
on world wide display!.
Perhaps I was under the misimpression that the UN Charter accepts only member nations who are actually sovereign nations. During the Clinton administration, Yasser Arafat rejected statehood for Palaestine, so they remained an occupied territiory of Israel. There are probably exceptions... Can anyone tell me the details of how they almost were voted in as a member nation when they are not a nation?
Korea stated adding that its vote today “does not constitute bilateral recognition of Palestine as a State”.
Maybe my old neighborhood should apply to become a member nation. Most member nations don't pay their fair share of dues so we would not that to concern us. Someone else could pay our dues - or not. There must be some benefits - right? Free coffee?
I recall that WTC really chafed that the Vatican was a sovereign nation. All they could become was an NGO. Life is so unfair!!!!
link to article .
a westmoreland man was recently charged with sexually assaulting and molesting a young girl by a statewide grand jury that has been investigating sex abuse among elders in jehovah’s witness congregations across pennsylvania for years.. ronald w. mangone, 69, who was a member of the jehovah’s witness congregation in new kensington, allegedly abused the girl beginning at the age of 6 from 1991 to 1994, according to a police complaint filed april 2.. a second girl also was allegedly sexually abused by the suspect in the late 1980s, but law enforcement agents say they were unable to charge him because the statute of limitations had expired.. mr. mangone now faces three felony charges and five misdemeanor charges for sexually assaulting and endangering a minor.
he is the latest suspect in a wide-ranging investigation that has so far led to the arrests of at least 14 others from jehovah’s witness congregations on similar charges since 2022.. “what's going on in pennsylvania has much much broader implications,” said mark o’donnell, a longtime advocate for sexual assault victims in the congregations and a witness who has appeared before the grand jury.. the sweeping investigation in pennsylvania, launched by the attorney general’s office in 2019, is the first to target jehovah’s witness groups in what has been described by some law enforcement agents as a longstanding problem within the religious organization... “it’s groundbreaking,” mr. o’donnell said.
I also expect to hear one GB eventually but so far it has been dragging. Other states need to get on board and start prosecuting JWs for CSA. If they think it could anger people, they should know that most people will cheer them on.
