things got a bit lively after the agm leaks in october.
there was a lot of discussion going on on this board for a few months.
now that all the leaks have been more or less confirmed as policy, and we've had lively discussions at length concerning the changes, things seem to have slowed down here.. a few suggestions have been raised as to what might be the next changes, such as women being allowed to wear slacks (in the usa, anyway), decoupling from 1914 as an anchoring date and others.. so, what changes do you think will be announced this year?.
I'm not sure how long it's been there, but Part Two of the 2023 annual meeting is available on the jw website, including the small matter of worldly people getting saved at the great tribulation ie 'last minute conversion'.
This seemed like it would be a big deal!
uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
naked butts
Here come the conspiracy theorists seeing subliminal images everywh.....
Oh wait
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-29/jehovahs-witnesses-not-reporting-all-child-sex-abuse-to-police-/103320582.
national news story in australia today.. the inquiry heard that since the 1950s, the witnesses hid more than 1,000 cases of child sexual abuse.the faith group did not report one case to police over that time.the royal commission was announced in 2012 and the final report was delivered in 2017.in the wake of the institutional failings exposed by the commission, western australia’s mandatory reporting requirements were expanded to include religious ministers in 2021.it meant that they would have to report child sexual abuse to authorities.however, despite it being post royal commission, documents show how the religious group conducted its own internal investigation.the religious leaders did not report the matter to police.
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Imaginary scene:
Prisoner 1: Hey mate, what are you in for?
Prisoner 2: I've been imprisoned for my Bible-based scriptural beliefs.
Prisoner 1: Oh no! Lads, we got another one of those JW nonces!
https://www.jwupdates.com/post/new-patterson-visitor-center-and-first-century-museum.
january 1, 2024, marked the official opening of the patterson visitor center, located at the watchtower educational center in patterson, new york, u.s.a. the feature museum of the visitors’ center is entitled “first-century bible village.” brother isaiah miller, who works in the museum department at bethel, said: “the bible village was designed to provide everyone with a realistic and educational experience.
studies show that interactive learning has a powerful effect on people of all ages.” after her tour, one visitor exclaimed: “this museum made me feel like i had been transported back to the land of ancient israel.
I wonder how prominent the donation boxes are.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-jehovahs-witness-privacy-battle-1.7079252.
One or more elders might be thinking they can go back to the Court with the cast-iron defence of,
'Your Honour, the reason we didn't produce those records after all was because we discovered that they'd been destroyed. No, we don't know who did it. I can go now, right?'
from ske graduation this past weekend.
(sent from a pimi).
from ske on zoom: .
A comparison to Sparlock was drawn elsewhere!
i've mentioned before how i've wondered how tony morris must have felt when he was sacked.
yes, i know he's a rehensible human being who got served a healthy dose of karma, or, if you like, divine judgement.
to go from having all there is to have within the world he lived in, to where he is now; that's a long fall.
NotFormer2 hours ago
What the heck did he do??
Since his departure, there have been some radical changes in doctrine and policy that I think Tony Morris would never have approved of. He was standing in the way of Jehovah's chariot and got run over, so to speak.
the latest.
stkirsch24 minutes ago.
there is no question: the leaked data shows the vaccines have killed over 13 million people worldwide.
This debunks itself, but I feel that some of the players in this game have their own agendas that this serves. How's that for a conspiracy theory?
Repeated for emphasis: This debunks itself!
did tracy chapman "sample" john mellencamp's song for her big hit, "fast car"?.
@ 47 secs.
- 55 secs.
Another example is the Hollies' 'The Air that I Breathe', a recognisable chord progression of which turned up as part of Radiohead's 'Creep', followed by Lana del Rey's 'Get Free' which contains pretty much a recognisable everything from 'Creep'. There were quite different attitudes to the accusations of plagiarism by each of the alleged copiers!
dbm writes on the question: will sodomites get a resurrection?.
i guess it depends the date that you asked this question.
here is a screenshot from a video which gives an overview of the changes (new light) on this question:.
Oh no! They took away our fantasy of revenge on the whole world, cheated us of delivering a hard-hitting judgement message, but at least we can still be dogmatic about not being dogmatic!
Brothers, let us all set a half-hourly alarm to remind us to check jw.org before making any statement about anything. Just in case...
