.....and bethelites, c.o.
etc., because they are all acting disorderly by being parasites on the backs of their fellow christians!
(according to the inspired scriptures).
"Watch out for the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. But there is nothing carefully concealed that will not be revealed, and nothing secret that will not become known. Therefore, whatever you say in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you whisper in private rooms will be preached from the housetops."
(A Wonderland Website revealing formerly concealed leaven...https://avoidjw.org/looking-glass/ 😁)
.....and bethelites, c.o.
etc., because they are all acting disorderly by being parasites on the backs of their fellow christians!
(according to the inspired scriptures).
They know what things they are doing that are wrong - that's why they hide those things. That's why they don't publish the accounts report for the headquarters. That's why you can't call the Service Department and just talk to somebody if you're rank-n-file. That's why they hide behind the legal department. THEY KNOW the things they are doing that aren't based on truth and that are wrong. THEY KNOW, but so does somebody else...
Ecclesiastes 5:8
"If you see any oppression of the poor and a violation of justice and righteousness in your district, do not be surprised about the matter. For that high official is being watched by one who is higher than he is, and there are others who are still higher than they are."
The first post on this thread quoted Second Thessalonians chapter 3. In context, Paul was talking about avoiding religious hypocrites. In chapter 2, here is what he said...
"However, brothers, concerning the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you not to be quickly shaken from your reason nor to be alarmed either by an inspired statement or by a spoken message or by a letter appearing to be from us, to the effect that the day of Jehovah is here. Let no one lead you astray in any way, because it will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness gets revealed, the son of destruction. He stands in opposition and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, publicly showing himself to be a god."
The GB/FD$/WTBT$ teaches "the day of Jehovah/Kingdom of Christ" began in 1914, and they deceptively claim "that is why the GB/FD$/WTBT$ has special authority from heaven". The GB/FD$/WTBT$ is trying to lead people astray. When WWI happened, the WTBT$ said "see! a sign!" but it wasn't the operation of Jehovah's spirit that caused them to say such a thing...
"Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I used to tell you these things? And now you know what is acting as a restraint, so that he will be revealed in his own due time. True, the mystery of this lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who is right now acting as a restraint is out of the way. Then, indeed, the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will do away with by the spirit of his mouth and bring to nothing by the manifestation of his presence. But the lawless one’s presence is by the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and wonders and every unrighteous deception for those who are perishing, as a retribution because they did not accept the love of the truth in order that they might be saved. That is why God lets a deceptive influence mislead them so that they may come to believe the lie, in order that they all may be judged because they did not believe the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness."
The GB/FD$/WTBT$ KNOWS that they are misleading others. They are taking pleasure in unrighteousness. That is why they will be judged. They are being revealed, and they will be done away with in harmony with the verses in Second Thessalonians.
"...the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will do away with by the spirit of his mouth and bring to nothing by the manifestation of his presence."
.....and bethelites, c.o.
etc., because they are all acting disorderly by being parasites on the backs of their fellow christians!
(according to the inspired scriptures).
The dictionary defines "grift" as "petty or small-scale swindling".
The GB/FD$/WTBT$ have swindled millions of people into providing free-labor for what has become a billions-of-dollars real-estate enterprise. Some people have decided to hold off on having children in order to provide more "hours" for this "work". Others cut off family relations and friends at the command of the men on the GB. Some raised children and groomed them to be sent to work at the slave headquarters at Bethel full time.
The GB/FD$/WTBT$ have covered up CSA and other abuse within the organization. They have oppressed religiously-minded people through fear and threats and intimidation, basically saying the JW equivalent to "do this or you're going to hell". They have, in essence, claimed to be gods, claimed to represent God, and lived as kings now by fleecing the flock and attacking anyone who tells the truth about their wicked deeds.
This is not "petty or small-scale swindling." This is a huge crime and an international scandal.
These men on the GB will not succeed. You can't claim to have God's backing, to claim to represent Jehovah, and do this stuff. These guys are about to become toast. Figurative Korah/Dathan/Abiram style. Seriously.
.....and bethelites, c.o.
etc., because they are all acting disorderly by being parasites on the backs of their fellow christians!
(according to the inspired scriptures).
They are horrid.
.....and bethelites, c.o.
etc., because they are all acting disorderly by being parasites on the backs of their fellow christians!
(according to the inspired scriptures).
The WTBT$ leaders and their minions know that the next part of that Second Thessalonians passage says "stop associating with him", meaning, stop associating with the WTBT$ leaders who are scamming the rank and file into become slaves for the unscriptural JWBorg pyramidology enterprise.
Hey, WTBT$, since you refuse to "let the people go" Jesus is coming, moving the government agencies to put an end to your slave labor racket and set the people free. You're about to see the WTBT$ (and all the other religious institutions) be plagued and destroyed. You've been warned so many times, but you keep making your heart hard.
Proverbs 29:1
"A man who stiffens his neck after much reproof
Will suddenly be broken beyond healing."
No more will the Pharoah/GB/hypocriticalclergy overlords dictate oppressive doctrines in order to mislead the masses...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/f-35-911-call-ve-got-pilot-house-says-got-ejected-rcna115256.
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https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230915/kane-county-property-transfers-for-july-18-to-aug-11-2023.
$260,000; 11 n edgelawn drive, aurora il; sold on aug. 4, 2023, by watchtower bible & tract socie to hector p salmeron.
the wtbts owned this land.. google maps says this address is a cardiology institute.. .
This is a fun link to peruse if you like to see Watchtower properties sold and for how much...
Scroll down to "Real Estate" section and select "Watchtower Property Sales Tracking"
(from https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/donations-money-solicitation.php)
i just read this.
the author was one of mom's friends and an ethical writer.
i recommend this:.
Ah, yes, fact checking is always a good idea. Russell had a lot to say about many topics. How accurate and reliable was he in the "facts" he published?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S2g9UjO-Bk
"without fact checking. This makes them look rather stupid, and it makes them complicit in a falsehood."
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https://x.com/mark_j_odonnell/status/1704588790730256487?s=20.
(More details on Ernie Fyans case from earlier article...)
"Though they wanted to eventually leak redacted versions of every document involving a criminal act, they decided to start with one big story: the case of a Witness man from the Palmer Congregation in Brimfield, Massachusetts, who allegedly abused his two daughters and another young girl.
The story plays out across 33 letters—69 pages in all—between the congregation and Watchtower headquarters. One of the man’s daughters said he had tied her down and molested her; the other said he had raped her repeatedly for nine years. He allegedly took one of his daughters into the woods and showed her where he would bury each of her body parts if she told. The girl who wasn’t his daughter said he raped her in his neighbor’s mobile home when she was 4.
At first, the elders took only nominal action because one of the sisters refused to accuse her father in person. In 2003, the elders finally disfellowshipped the man after he confessed to molesting one daughter. But he was reinstated a year later, partly because the daughter who had accused him of years of rape refused to answer new questions from the elders, who expressed disapproval in the letters that she and her husband had alerted civil authorities."
https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/09/01/jehovah-witness-elder-sentenced-jail-child-sexual-abuse-case/?outputtype=amp.
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(Once again, the WTBT$ shows it's more concerned with protecting its image than with protecting and comforting children...rather than apologizing for their role in harming children, they want to be honored before others...)
"A registered sex-offender became a ‘ministerial servant’ for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Springfield; he’s now in prison for assaulting child
SPRINGFIELD — A Level 3 sex offender who moved to Springfield and secured a role with the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization is now in prison.
Jay Aaron Smith, 62, was sentenced recently in Hampden Superior Court to 15 years in prison for several counts of indecent assault and battery on a child. Aaron abused a 13-year-old at his home for months in 2020 and 2021.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses deny that Smith, convicted late last month of child sexual abuse, was a church elder, the title used by the Hampden District Attorney’s Office to describe his role with the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Springfield.
But the DA’s office says it stands by its statement.
And both the office and the Springfield Police Department say the church did not report the abuse that Smith inflicted on the victim. According to a court document, a family member went to the organization seeking action regarding the abuse.
The victim reported to police that Smith told her no one would believe her if she were to tell what he’d done.
Smith was already a state-registered Level 3 sex offender, the highest category, when the abuse happened because of a rape conviction decades before in Georgia, according to the DA’s office.
A spokesperson for the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ U.S. branch in Wallkill, New York, said Smith has never been an elder, but did serve for less than a year as “ministerial servant,” an assistant to an elder.
“We are deeply saddened by these horrible events,” the religious organization said in a statement in response to questions about the case from The Republican and MassLive. “It should be noted that the allegations had nothing to do with any congregation activity.”
The church reached out to the DA’s office asking that it correct a press release about Smith it published on social media stating his leadership position, according to the office’s spokesperson, Jim Leydon.
Leydon said the office will not be issuing a correction.
“Based upon evidence collected through the course of the investigation, we are comfortable with our assertion of his place of prominence within the hall,” Leydon said.
Role of elders
In the Jehovah’s Witnesses community, elders are volunteer leaders and “spiritually mature men who take the lead in the congregation and shepherd,” according to its website.
When asked if there are background checks the church conducts to qualify someone with a criminal history to serve as an elder, the church spokesperson reiterated that Smith was not an elder, and pointed to the Bible for eligibility.
“The Bible sets forth the requirements for volunteer elders,” the spokesperson said in a statement. Several Bible passages are cited on the Jehovah’s Witnesses website under qualifications for the elder role.
A victim’s family member “attempted to find resolution within her church,” a court document in the case says.
When the congregation found out about the abuse allegation against Smith, “it promptly reported the matter to the authorities,” a Jehovah’s Witnesses spokesperson said.
However, the Springfield Police Department did not get a report from the church, according to spokesperson Ryan Walsh.
The victim and a parent reported the abuse to Springfield police in February 2021, according to a report filed in court. When authorities investigated, the church had not filed a 51A report, a report of alleged child abuse or neglect, according to the DA’s office. Clergy members are mandated reporters in Massachusetts.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses spokesperson said its policy in responding to abuse allegations is to first comply with reporting laws, and that it reported allegations against Smith to the state Department of Children and Families in February 2021. The spokesperson said the church believed that DCF reported the abuse to police.
Around the world, the Jehovah’s Witnesses have been criticized for mishandling allegations of child sexual abuse."
