you men, who were brothers in the congregation and you were dating sisters in the congregation, did you find that they cared more about how you made them look in the congregation than they cared about you?.
you women, who were sisters in the congregation and you were dating brothers in the congregation, were you more concerned about how he affected your status & how you were viewed in the congregation, than you cared about him?.
You men, who were brothers in the congregation and you were dating sisters in the congregation, did you find that they cared more about how you made them look in the congregation than they cared about you?
You women, who were sisters in the congregation and you were dating brothers in the congregation, were you more concerned about how he affected your status & how you were viewed in the congregation, than you cared about him?
main not maim.
picked this answer up on quora.
please add other apostate "lies" you are aware of.. "jehovah's witnesses cannot refute the facts in the so-called “ lies” against them, and when they do, they shamelessly lie and tell half-truths to defend their mind-controlling sect.. their new york based leaders tell them that anything negative said about their sect is a “ lie “ from “ mentally diseased, bitter apostates”.. jws are yet to come to terms with the fact that we are in the information age and they can no longer get away with lying to protect their organisation.. for example, one of the “ lies “ told about them is that they shun anyone who leaves the cult , including family members, including their own children.. another “ lie “ is that jws are ready to allow their children to die rather than accept a life-saving blood transfusion.. the child sex abuse coverup in the cult is also said to be a “lie “.
One of the main lies is that it is significant that the Watchtower said Jesus is not their mediator.
new information added to the "shepherd the flock elder's book" .
they have updated their policy on viewing child pornography.. from a congregation standpoint it is not viewed as child sex abuse and is something that should not be automatically handled by a judicial committee.
it states that a person viewing child pornography should be strongly counseled.
Listener, why are you quoting websites.
18 U.S.C. § 1466A (2018)
(a) In General.—Any person who, in a circumstance described in subsection (d), knowingly produces, distributes, receives, or possesses with intent to distribute, a visual depiction of any kind, or attempts or conspires to do so
(b) Additional Offenses.—Any person who, in a circumstance described in subsection (d), knowingly possesses a visual depiction of any kind
Does not say viewing. but it might be presumed that viewing would include possessing. Someone could view without doing those things mentioned above.
(e) Affirmative Defense.—It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of violating subsection (b) that the defendant—
(1) possessed less than 3 such visual depictions; and
(2) promptly and in good faith, and without retaining or allowing any person, other than a law enforcement agency, to access any such visual depiction—
(A) took reasonable steps to destroy each such visual depiction; or
(B) reported the matter to a law enforcement agency and afforded that agency access to each such visual depiction.
new information added to the "shepherd the flock elder's book" .
they have updated their policy on viewing child pornography.. from a congregation standpoint it is not viewed as child sex abuse and is something that should not be automatically handled by a judicial committee.
it states that a person viewing child pornography should be strongly counseled.
" shouldn’t the elders be calling the cops?" Viewing child porn is not illegal. Knowingly produces, distributes, receives, or possesses with intent to distribute or mails is illegal.
i was listening to the co talk to my wife’s congregation on sunday and pretty much the complete talk was justifying doctrinal and organizational changes and pretty much preparing the ‘rank and file’ for upcoming changes.
anyone on hear have any insight of what ‘new light’ is coming in the future?.
"Thev can change 607 BC to 586 which is the actual year of overthrow of Theocracy from Jerusalem, according to all reliable SOURCES INCLUDING JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA, and reach 1935 as the end of gentile period."
No, changing the destruction of Jerusalem to 586 would still keep the end of the gentile times as 1914 area.
That is how it was prior to Nelson Barbour changed it.
Vidqun was right. " in 605 BCE, Daniel and his companions would be deported" That is when the 70 years started ending in 537, give or take a few years. But that is not the issue here. The issue is when did the kings in the line of David cease being sovereign on Jehovah's throne. When that happened, that is when the gentile times started. That happened 2520 years prior to 1914 CE.
"the campaign will feature the distribution of a special edition of the watchtower magazine containing the cover series “a better world is near.”".
"more than 36 million printed copies of the magazine will be distributed in some 230 languages to communities in 240 lands around the globe.
in addition, the digital publication is available on various platforms in nearly 400 languages.".
"The campaign will feature the distribution of a special edition of The Watchtower magazine containing the cover series “A Better World Is Near.”"
"More than 36 million printed copies of the magazine
will be distributed in some 230 languages to communities in 240 lands
around the globe. In addition, the digital publication is available on
various platforms in nearly 400 languages."
But hasn't this better world been near for 20, 40, 60, 100 years? A message of hope is not what is refreshing. Fixing things is what is refreshing.
honest letter accurately stating current jw beliefs and practices.
far different from the childish handprinted letters most jws are mailing out.
https://www.jwletter.com.
Not accurate. "Jesus Christ returned invisibly in 1914"
JWs don't believe that Jesus returned in 1914 invisibly. The belief is: Jesus is a spirt and thus invisible by nature. He became king in 1914. The return is his resurrecting his disciples to him.
the watchtower—study edition | january 2022. during the great tribulation, gog of magog’s forces may try to assault us in our homes.
but we can take comfort in knowing that jesus and his angels are aware of what is happening and will defend us (see paragraph 13).
13. when gog of magog attacks, why will we appear to be vulnerable, but what reason for confidence will we have?
"Didn't the org make similar assurances of angelic protection from the Nazis in World War II?"
The protection from the Nazis came from the Allied forces, but the org says it was from Rev 12:16 " But the earth came to the woman’s help," The earth being the people.
The irony is that they say they didn't kill their brothers in Germany, but what did they do to protect their brothers in Germany?
the watchtower—study edition | january 2022. during the great tribulation, gog of magog’s forces may try to assault us in our homes.
but we can take comfort in knowing that jesus and his angels are aware of what is happening and will defend us (see paragraph 13).
13. when gog of magog attacks, why will we appear to be vulnerable, but what reason for confidence will we have?
"Jehovah’s witnesses create their own persecution"
Exactly. This Russian persecution is of their own creating. They are getting arrested for extremeism. All they have to do is stop being extremeists and the arrests will stop.
here's an excerpt from the recent lawsuit deborah hines v. watchtower bible and tract society of new york et al (paragraphs 158-180), one of 29 known cases brought against the org pursuant to the ny child victims act.
what should be kept in mind is that gerrit lösch apparently worked in europe (the austrian branch and eastern europe) at the time when the abuse was allegedly reported to him (not a gb member then).. plaintiff was raised a member of the jehovah’s witnesses.
she primarily attended meetings at various congregations in arizona.
This doesn't make sense. "From approximately 1982-1988, when PLAINTIFF was approximately 10-16 years old"
"Plaintiff was assigned to work various jobs, including, assisting with video production, working in the laundry facility, and as an elevator operator"
How can someone 10-16 years old be assigned those jobs at Bethel?
