a pair of young blokes came to my door @ 10am (ish) today (wednesday, if that matters).
i opened the door a crack to : hi!
just asking a question: do you think that the world is getting better or worse?*".
To their completely worn out opening question:
"Do you think the world is getting better or worse?"
I would have responded:
"Well things aren't perfect, but the world is way better than it was 100 years ago. There's a lot more access to food, health care is better, we have internet, 401k savings are better than ever, unemployment worldwide is a lot lower. So, YES, the world IS much better."
i was thinking about the male children ( even unbaptized ) being placed ahead of the sisters.
; and i thought the jw were raising a bunch of misogynist.
would these kids not feel more important than their mothers let alone other women.
"Sister Jane, thank you so much for doing a great job with the audio-visual equipment, but Jehovah has recently reminded the Governing Body that female Regular Pioneers are inferior to unbaptized little boys who place at least one magazine per month. So we're removing your privileges from you and giving these to your 9-year-old son Caleb. As his mother, you can object. But you would do wise to humbly follow the direction that Jehovah has provided."
in 2009, a new company, traded on the new york stock exchange was initiated.. watchtower inc. wtwr.
corporate headquarters.
100 henry streetbrooklyn, new york 11201united states.
So the Watchtower and JW-ORG are owned and controlled by Orthodox Jews?
(just trying to connect the dots)
as an educated guess, the august 2024 watchtower may be delayed because 2 complicated subjects need to be discussed in this issue which haven't yet been approved to be included in the revised shepherding textbook.
perhaps the revised shepherding textbook must be finalised before this watchtower is released publicly.. the 2 subjects may be as follows:.
how to shepherd and appoint brothers based on the removal of the hour requirements, getting to know the brothers instead (does this mean prioritising appointing men who have auxiliary pioneered during the co visit and campaigns or men who are regular pioneers?).
During the CO's visit, the thickness of the envelope is directly proportional to the chances of the MS becoming an elder. It's also directly proportional to the chances of an elder getting an assembly part. Everyone knows that.
i tried selling pre paid legal for about two yers.
hardly made a sale.
none of my friends gave a crap about it.
Herbal Life
AMWAY
Jehovah's Witnesses
Mary Kay
Scientology
(call these what you want... MLM, cult, pyramid scheme, whatever.)
They all manipulate vulnerable and/or desperate people using very similar coercive techniques.
there is an item this week all about yang ones leaving school.. the two brothers go to a career advisor seminar.
one brother thinks it’s good to work hard full time while you are young and tries to encourage his friend to as well.. his friend (who is the good jw trust the gb no matter what they say)) he wants a part time job.. the video shows him dreaming about investing his money on his phone and the chart goes up, he drives a nice car and seems to be doing well financially.. then he reads the scripture in proverbs and next you see that investment chart go down in the red and he is so pleased he just got a low paid part time job.. this infuriates me.
how many of us are now struggling because we were told to get menial part time jobs and we were told the end would have been here by now.. i will never tell a young person to listen to the gb advice on this.
Does anyone have this video?
you read my title correctly.. i was wondering if some of us could get together to create a website linking each town and city in the uk to every news report of a jw sex offender, as well as additional anecdotes from abuse victims of criminals who never made it to the papers.. this project would be a massive undertaking and would require much time and effort, of which i'm willing to either lead or be a part of, ensuring transparency and avoiding our exposure if we are pimo.
such a website would be an invaluable tool and would complement silentlambs very well.
any thoughts?.
Silent Lambs still exists?
there was on older white-haired circuit overseer in houston around 1989 or 1990. last name started with a w i think.... not sure though.
even the most brain-dead robotic elders told me he was offensive.
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We had an arrogant circuit overseer in the late 90s (forgot his name) who loudly scolded the 9 year old son of a ministerial servant just for sitting on the hood of his car for a few seconds during field service. The poor kid started crying while the CO angrily wiped down the hood where the kid sat. I thought 'what a major materialistic douche bag'.
on february 22, 2023, anthony morris iii was officially removed from the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
a few months later it was revealed that the watchtower bought him a house in lumberton, north carolina.. however, and correct me if i am wrong, since leaving the gb nobody has reported seeing tony attending jw meetings or participating in field service.
in fact nobody has reported seeing him anywhere, not even at a local liquor store.
FragrantAddendum
That YouTube video has awesome soundtracks. Thank for sharing.
how many of the millions of jws know it’s not true but stay anyway?.
my guess is most jws know it’s not true on a subconscious level to an extent but they don’t want to think about it too much and would never ever voice it out loud.. but this is probably true with all religions around the world?.
Having any doubts or engaging in any form of critical analysis (versus simply accepting the delusional teachings of 9 narcissistic dudes in Warwick) is equal to "straying from Jerhover". This is drilled so hard into the heads of the rank-and-file, that they instinctively start to drown out the "Voice of Strangers" whenever "these ones" start talking.
