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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
TonusOH

KIMSILVIO: What happens if no one is left at the end?
Hmmm. What if he is so desperate to spite us that he is encouraging his patrons to leave, just so that no one will win the pool?
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
TonusOH

Looks like 20 or more, again. The consistency of the drop each month is amazing.
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Who the JW's governing body USED to be! 😂😂😂😂
by BoogerMan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
w50 1/1 pp.

10-11 par.

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

Same here. We understood that the governing body was the faithful and discreet slave and all of that, but "the society" was the catch-all phrase. Everyone knew what was meant when someone said that "the society says this/that."
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Jehovah's witness cannot perform marriages in Norway
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
https://cne.news/article/3409-norwegian-court-maintains-jehovah-s-witnesses-ban-on-sealing-marriage .
TonusOH

If I am not mistaken, the subsidies were upwards of $2 million per year. A pretty significant outlay for a relatively small religious denomination. If that number is correct, I can see why they'd be upset at losing their registration. I wonder if it is legal for them to funnel that money back to the HQ in the USA? Two million buys a lot of booze.
11530
It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
TonusOH

And now I keep hearing Yakhov Smirnoff saying "In Soviet Russia, penis masters you!"
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Joanie the Jehovah (sic) Witness Stripper
by Mum in
1. social
2. humour
on youtube, type "joanie the jehovah witness stripper" in the search bar.

several versions of the song will appear.

it's hilarious, and, apparently, based on a real life jw who was a neighbor of the song's writer..
TonusOH

ExB: They obviously got disfellowshipped but then they were posing with the revelation book showing it’s ‘grand climax at hand’
Now that made me LoL.
'Is the whore of Babylon riding on the beast, or is the beast riding the whore of Babylon?'
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Anthony Morris the III has been FOUND
by Terry in
1. jw
2. 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.
TonusOH

I won't harass the guy, it isn't something that would even cross my mind.
But I think that a good idea would be for anyone whose lives were affected adversely by WTS policies and practices to write him a polite and heartfelt letter, letting him know of their suffering.
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Conscience Issues
by NotFormer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
thought inspired by my post on tattoos: within the watchtower organisation, how many "conscience issues" actually are?

are people who actually do exercise their consciences in grey areas painting a target on their backs for the more hard-line dubs?

are they quietly avoided because " bad associations spoil useful habits"?
TonusOH

I don't think alcohol is a conscience matter. I think they're pretty clear on the guidance: it's okay to drink alcohol. It's not okay to get drunk.
Now, smoking is a firm no, as far as I understand.
I thought that there was a time when some of the blood issues were left to the individual's conscience? Not full blood transfusions, but fractions, like for hemophiliacs?
In CoC, Ray Franz mentioned the issues they had with trying to regulate intimacy for married couples. It became such a mess that they finally just relegated it to a conscience matter.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
TonusOH

EasyPrompt: But me making fun of them and imitating their tactics isn't the way to fix it.
But it can be useful, as a way of holding up a mirror to a bully. Especially one who self-righteously insists that he is not a bully, only and always a victim.
Mockery isn't the primary focus of the topic, but the man invites it. See, he hasn't fallen, not in the way that you might intend to convey. If left alone, he would pick up the pieces and rebuild his channel and website using the exact same tactics that he did before. He may have suffered for being mean and abusive to others, but he hasn't learned from it. And he may never learn from it.
Left alone, he might have ruined Kim's life, the way he has ruined other lives and so many of the things he has touched. If an endless topic helps bring him low enough that he can't do that anymore, then a bit (or a bunch, *winks at Toblerone5*) of added mockery at his expense is not something to worry much about. IMO, of course.
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Jehovah's witness cannot perform marriages in Norway
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
https://cne.news/article/3409-norwegian-court-maintains-jehovah-s-witnesses-ban-on-sealing-marriage .
TonusOH

Can they still have the ceremony? In the USA, you can get married without a ceremony, just by signing legal documents. The ceremony can be just that, a bit of pomp and circumstance to celebrate the union. They could even exchange vows, though those wouldn't be legally binding. Couldn't they do all of that, even now?