what is a cult and what is a religion?
its open to debate.
who has the authority to say for certain what is a cult and what is a religion?
Here is how you know it's a cult....
Tell the elders that you have lost faith that there is a god and they will give you spiritual encouragement, read scriptures and pray with you in an attempt to strengthen your faith.
Now go tell the exact same men that you don't believe the GB are being led or used by god and you will get a completely different reaction. Not a good one.
Believing the GB speaks for god is more important than believing in god itself in this cult.
none of my jehovah's witness relatives called to tell me or my family.
just found out this morning.
"downsizing" has reached special pioneers.. this is the template mexico is using to get rid of many of its special pioneers.
see how cold and unloving is the language they use.
a translation attempt is as follows:.
Are they really letting the ones go that are 50 and older?
So religions are not required to follow age discrimination laws as other corporations are required?
well when they first started the warwitch project, only the cream of the crop were allowed to go.
they read a letter this week in my area, inviting all brothers in good standing, to go to a special meeting for anyone with building experience.
they must be desperate, to allow the low life plain everyday sheeple's to volunteer!.
I can see the GB members discussing the purchase of this land.....
GB member: "Well we do have this issue of contaminated land however we have done that ourselves."
GB member Lett: "Well I really like the idea of living on a road called 'Kings Drive'. How appropriate, this must be a sign from Jehovah.... let's buy it!"
other GB members: "Yes this is surly a sign from Jehovah, after all, we will be kings with Jesus! So it's unanimous, we will buy!"
I hope they all get the cancer of J.F. Rutherford at their Kings compound!
october 4, 2015. to all congregations.
re: new provisions announced atannual meeting.
dear brothers:.
In addition to saving money, they have run out of original ideas.
They no longer have crazy cult propaganda writers on the GB. Russel, Rutherford, Fred Franz, Ray Franz were all prolific generators of cult content that could pass through GB committee with ease.
Those days are over! Today's GB have no original ideas.... everyone under them are probably to fearful to bring forward new ideas because they are all yes men. The GB were yes men until recently.
are the governing body of the wt wickedly smart with extremely high iq or are they leaders of the wt because they were at the right place at the right time.
(in other words, pure luck )-think lottery.
ive seen them talk in jwtv and you can never convince anyone in the whole world that these guys are in the same category as someone smart or cunning like jim simons who founded renaissance technologies or bill gates.
For most of the WT history someone on the GB had a very active roll in producing content. Russel, Rutherford, Fred Franz, Ray Franz were all prolific writers of propaganda content.
I am not aware of any GB members today who are as actively involved in producing content and a primary reason for the recycled food and dumb down content IMO.
For this reason I say they are dumber then previous members.
For what they lack in writing ability and producing new spiritual content, they more than make up for in shrewedness.
are the governing body of the wt wickedly smart with extremely high iq or are they leaders of the wt because they were at the right place at the right time.
(in other words, pure luck )-think lottery.
ive seen them talk in jwtv and you can never convince anyone in the whole world that these guys are in the same category as someone smart or cunning like jim simons who founded renaissance technologies or bill gates.
absolutely nothing.... has anyone dared ask what they need this place for?
think about a few things.
in bethels hay day, there was a shit ton of literature being printed, they even need a giant factory with elevators a truck could fit in.
War-wick, What is it good for?
The GB need a lake that they can drain with a push of the button, so they can prove to their followers that they have Jehovah's backing. .... like Moses did with parting the Red Sea.
i only bring this to the board, because a friend of mine once said he felt sorry for the footballers who made so much money.
that comment stayed with me, and over the years,the more i thought about that comment the more i agreed with him.. i admit the g.b destroy people's life's and are the sublimation of all that's good in people's life.
there only excuse is a fantazy asylum they claim to believe in.
I do not feel sorry for them at all.
A cult that is lead by a group of men who claim to speak for god and all must obey.... well that takes a conspiracy among those men, so they know what they are doing and deserve no pity.
since the move, it has been so enjoyable to not have jw's breathing down our necks asking why we didn't make the meeting, or having to pretend to be "spiritual" in front of family all the time.. 90% of my week is virtually stress free.
then, my mom calls or texts wanting to talk to her grandkids.
every dang call, she asks about the new congregation, if we went to the meeting, etc.. why can't i tell her to fk off?
You are no coward. However, you should do your best to get the children out of the middle of the questioning.
