...what's next?
The government bans WTBT$ and takes all their stuff.
so what's been going on in wt land since january 2023?.
recap and summary of events most jehovah’s witnesses are not aware of:.
1) pennsylvania attorney general statewide investigation of jehovah’s witness elders' child sex abuse cases.
...what's next?
The government bans WTBT$ and takes all their stuff.
it's an interesting thought.
if you are an ex jw, presumably dfed, and you see a current jw in good standing engaging in behaviour that would concern their elders, would you pass on that information to interested parties?
do accusations from exes and other outsiders carry any weight?
It depends.
If they (the elder body) want to disfellowship the person anyway and they're looking for a reason to get rid of them, then, yes, they (the elders) would grab it up (the testimony of an exJW) in a heartbeat.
If they don't want to disfellowship the person because the person supports the GB/FDS/elder "system", then it doesn't matter if an exJW has evidence of adultery, abuse, whatever - the elders will protect wrongdoers if it is convenient for them.
It's just like the Barabbas vs Jesus thing in the Bible. They let off the hook who they want to let off the hook. They "kill" who they want to "kill". It has nothing to do with justice or due process of law.
hypothetical: a jw murders someone and the victim's spouse (also a jw) calls the police.
the spouse and the perpetrator are the only witnesses, and the perp is admitting nothing.
could the person who calls the police be disciplined for not calling the elders first?
I don't know about the "murder" situation, but I can speak about the "domestic assault" situation.
If the spouse (a JW) calls the police for help regarding abuse by the JW mate, the elders will frown upon it.
If the state prosecutes the perp and part of his restrictions are to be out of the home for a year, the elders will penalize the victimized spouse by withholding her "privileges" in the congregation and shun her socially (even though she is not disfellowshipped).
Even if the state says the perp isn't allowed to talk to the victim while the state restrictions are in place and the perp isn't allowed in the house, the elders will insist that the perp is still "head of the house" and will attempt to "deal with the victim" only through the perp.
The elders will also give aid to the perp so he has lawyers and they will also support the perp if he cuts off or restricts finances to the victim and any of their children.
If the victimized spouse attempts to make a fresh start in another congregation, Bethel will tell the elders of that new KH to send the victim back to the original congregation "to work on her marriage" even while the state restrictions are still in place.
When the victim allows the perp back home, if he is really mad and takes vengeance for having been arrested by continuing to be verbally abusive and threatening, the elders will support him even if they have video/audio of the verbal abuse as well as witnesses. Then the elders will disfellowship the victim if she continues to ask for help. But the elders will overlook anything the perp does (alcohol abuse, adultery, smoking, swearing, etc) as long as he "bows" to the elders.
It is the same if a victim reports an abusive person in the congregation, especially a perp on the elder body. The more the victim tries to get help, the more they will be silenced, restricted, and eventually disfellowshipped if they don't stop asking for help or warning others about what is going on in the congregation.
j. arden writes.
first of all an apostate is literally just someone who left.
most jws are technically apostates from the religions they were raised in.
It's kind of ironic, since the GB/FD$ and their worshippers are the actual apostates...🙄
"Beware of Sharks" = "Beware of Apostates" = "Beware of GB/FD$"
"Then, while all the people were listening, he said to his disciples:
“Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces and front seats in the synagogues and the most prominent places at evening meals, and who devour the houses of the widows and for show make long prayers. These will receive a more severe judgment.”
Luke 20:45-47
The GB/FD$ are the ones who act like "sharks" when they smell anyone who puts truth ahead of GB/FD$ false doctrine. Then they send their cronies in for the "kill". They label the person "apostate" and then attempt to shun them to death.
Jude 12
"These are the rocks hidden below water at your love feasts while they feast with you, shepherds who feed themselves without fear"
the man spends nine minutes and sixteen seconds condemning all the behaviors that the wtbt$ is guilty of without even realizing he's doing it.. .
(as he sits in a studio in a compound build with "voluntary donations" where they are fed and clothed and cleaned and insured with "voluntary donations" and drive cars purchased with "voluntary donations" all associated with a corporation founded on a selling-literature-business and now often funded by building/restoring real estate with slave labor and then selling it to pay for some elders at bethel to live on a lake and take jets to give talks to worshipful doting masses at convention centers in various parts of the earth.).
"but know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here.
Yes, hypocrisy, just like the "we love you very much"! while at the same time dictating the shunning of hundreds of thousands and encouraging the breaking up of families...
Matthew 15:7-9
"You hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about you when he said: 'This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far removed from me. It is in vain that they keep worshipping me, for they teach commands of men as doctrines.’”
JWBorg/WTBT$/FD$ = hypocrisy at its finest worst
the man spends nine minutes and sixteen seconds condemning all the behaviors that the wtbt$ is guilty of without even realizing he's doing it.. .
(as he sits in a studio in a compound build with "voluntary donations" where they are fed and clothed and cleaned and insured with "voluntary donations" and drive cars purchased with "voluntary donations" all associated with a corporation founded on a selling-literature-business and now often funded by building/restoring real estate with slave labor and then selling it to pay for some elders at bethel to live on a lake and take jets to give talks to worshipful doting masses at convention centers in various parts of the earth.).
"but know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here.
the man spends nine minutes and sixteen seconds condemning all the behaviors that the wtbt$ is guilty of without even realizing he's doing it.. .
(as he sits in a studio in a compound build with "voluntary donations" where they are fed and clothed and cleaned and insured with "voluntary donations" and drive cars purchased with "voluntary donations" all associated with a corporation founded on a selling-literature-business and now often funded by building/restoring real estate with slave labor and then selling it to pay for some elders at bethel to live on a lake and take jets to give talks to worshipful doting masses at convention centers in various parts of the earth.).
"but know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here.
The man spends nine minutes and sixteen seconds condemning all the behaviors that the WTBT$ is guilty of without even realizing he's doing it.
🤣🤣🤣
(As he sits in a studio in a compound build with "voluntary donations" where they are fed and clothed and cleaned and insured with "voluntary donations" and drive cars purchased with "voluntary donations" all associated with a corporation founded on a selling-literature-business and now often funded by building/restoring real estate with slave labor and then selling it to pay for some elders at Bethel to live on a lake and take jets to give talks to worshipful doting masses at convention centers in various parts of the earth.)
"But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money...having an appearance of godliness but proving false to its power; and from these turn away."
🤑
this has just been posted on youtube regarding tony morris and the reason why he was removed as a gb member and 'relocated'.is tony morris a pedophile / nonce?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ahj9vxygkelet me know your thoughts down below.celtic.
Salena registered a corporation in Bokeelia, Florida in January 2023 called "Arclight Foundation Inc". She is listed as the president and there are two others listed as corporation members. The registration contact info was changed to PA in May 2023. The website for Arclight talks about rescuing victims of trafficking, but is written in a strange manner, speaking about things like having a mansion for victims to recover. The actual address of the Bokeelia residence is a trailer. The mailing address on the website appears to be at a bariatric medical office. The two phone numbers listed at the top of the weebly webpage for Arclight are actually the national trafficking hotline and the ICE number, neither of which are affiliated with the Arclight corporation. The Arclight corporation is not listed among the recommended vested organizations for assisting victims of trafficking.
It's sketchy.
In her older photos online, it looks like she had kids and a husband. At present, the kids don't seem to be around in the tiktok videos. She claimed in the KH video to care "about the children." I hope her children are okay.
https://thearclightfoundation.org/contact-us
https://etactics.com/blog/organizations-to-stop-human-trafficking
for a christian, only the moral commandments of the old testament are binding (as they cannot change), but the various liturgical, social, and other so-called casuistic laws no longer apply to them.
this includes dietary habits, such as the prohibition of pork or fat, as well as the prohibition of blood.. take a look at the following verses: mt 15:11, mk 7:15-19, acts 11:7-9, 1 tim 4:3-5.. the jehovah's witnesses say that, yes, but in the acts of the apostles (15) the consumption of blood, idol meat, and strangled animals is also prohibited, meaning the new testament still forbids it.
for catholics, the council of florence settled this issue, stating that this apostolic regulation was only a temporary measure to facilitate agreement between jews and gentiles in the early church.
"Easyprompt why are you arguing about blood fractions?
God has no law against the medical use of blood.
The only law is Gen 9:4."
Hi, @Rattigan350🙂
Eve said to the snake, "God said not to eat from the tree, no, do not touch it."
Eve only ate a fraction of the tree. How'd that go over?
God doesn't need to make a rule for every little thing under the sun. He gave a us a brain to reason on things.
There are people who smoke pot "for medical use" and there are others who smoke pot for "entertainment purposes" but at the end of the day, they are both inhaling.
"Abstain from blood."
for a christian, only the moral commandments of the old testament are binding (as they cannot change), but the various liturgical, social, and other so-called casuistic laws no longer apply to them.
this includes dietary habits, such as the prohibition of pork or fat, as well as the prohibition of blood.. take a look at the following verses: mt 15:11, mk 7:15-19, acts 11:7-9, 1 tim 4:3-5.. the jehovah's witnesses say that, yes, but in the acts of the apostles (15) the consumption of blood, idol meat, and strangled animals is also prohibited, meaning the new testament still forbids it.
for catholics, the council of florence settled this issue, stating that this apostolic regulation was only a temporary measure to facilitate agreement between jews and gentiles in the early church.
"err on the side of life"
"Choosing life" means choosing Jesus' way ahead of the way of men who teach things contrary to the Christ.
No person is able to live forever by means of medical procedures involving blood or blood fractions. Every imperfect person who has ever lived has died, even the ones who accepted blood fractions.
No person has ever been "resurrected" by means of a blood transfusion from another imperfect human. Every imperfect person who has ever died is still dead. There is no medical procedure involving blood that will bring them back.
Hebrews 10:4
"it is not possible for the blood of bulls and of goats to take sins away"
Imperfect human blood, just like the blood of animals, cannot remove sin and death.
John 14:6
"Jesus said to him: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
John 11:25
"Jesus said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life."
Only Jesus' blood, our faith in the power of that blood and obedience to Christ's direction, manifested by obeying the simple command to refrain from blood (including refraining from blood fractions), is the way to "choose life".
Acts 5:29
"In answer Peter and the other apostles said: “We must obey God as ruler rather than men.""