Posts by TTATTelder

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I saw a trolley (cart to you cousins in the U.S.A.)

by punkofnice in

yes.. peterborough city center u.k. ''what does the bible really teach'' displayed on it.. a family of 3 i know were sitting on the bench just behind it.

i'm not going to say anything derogatory about them as they are nice folks even if they have to shun me now i bear no malice.. as predicted not a single person was paying any attention as they walked by.

i noticed some other canvassers (non religious), were actively approaching people and handing out leaflets.. on the market i saw the jw charity stall and again not a single soul was interested or even near it.. i'm glad this 'urgent never to be repeated work(tm)' is being vigorously carried out by god's chosen people.

TTATTelder

Blondie,

The instructions are to not approach people until they approach the cart and even then subtly. I think it is part of the arrangement they have with these locations - not to disturb anyone.

Its all quite silly really.

-TE

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We love to be dazzled by the bullshit: The Magic of the Watch Tower Society

by Terry in

there is an implicit pact between the magician and the audience.. .

i should now like to discuss this pact and use the bond between performer and audience as the premise of something else i will reveal at the end.. .

shall we continue?.

TTATTelder

A salient fact is . . .

when you expose a false teaching or counterfeit claim to a true believer you have told them "how the trick is done."

You temporarily take the fun out of believing it. - Terry

Good Stuff. That is absolutely true. It's like telling a kid there's no Santa Claus.

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I like the whole OP comparison. Sad that a person's worldview would be based on such simplicity. But people don't want to think. They just want to believe and shake hands with Brother Bob.

-TE

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Breaking News :Charity Commission takes Wathtower to Tribunal in Britain

by raymond frantz in

breaking news :charity commission takes watchtower to charity tribunal in britain.

two weeks ago we run an article about the abuse case in moston manchester congregation .it would seem that the coverage from the main local newspaper manchester evening news and two national newspapers has alarmed the charity commission the official regulator for charities in england and wales and now for the first time !

they opened an official investigation on both charities ,the local one ,moston congragation and the central one jehovah's witnesses of britain indicating that in their eyes these two are connected and liable for any misconduct .this is the time for a concentrated campaign from all of us to inform the charity commission why the watchtower should not be a called a charity .the article above has a link for the charity commission complaint page .follow it!.

TTATTelder

Of course the simple thing for the Org to do is tell BoE's to report pedophilia accusations straight to the police, and deal with the accused - if necessary - after the police/court have done their job. - Searcher

Since they are not doing the simple thing, doesn't that in itself tell us how prevalent the problem is in the congregations?

The only reason to not do this is for PR reasons. They wouldn't worry about the PR unless it was a widespread problem.

So they choose what's best for "appearances" instead of what's best for the children - instead of doing the right thing. Obviously they are not confident in their God's blessing if they just do the right thing. They are not leaving things in Jehovah's hands.

They put their faith in lawyers instead of their supposed God Jehovah.

2 Tim 3:5 NNWT - " having an appearance of godliness but proving false to its power, and from these turn away."

-TE

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Who Will the Circuit Overseers "Report" to Now???

by RubaDub in

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i still do not understand the new structure at this point.. there has to be something between thousands of co's and the gb.

i know there were zone overseers that the do's reported to.. i have spoken to a couple of elders i can talk to frankly and they both said they have no idea.. rub a dub.

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TTATTelder

While the CO will have more perceived power and thus be treated differently and may even throw his weight around more because of the new crown, I actually think it's not much different than it has been for several years.

Here is what I mean. For probably the past 10 years or more, decisions about appointments have been 100% by what the CO decided in the congregations I have attended. This has been the case even on occasions where the entire body wanted to appoint a man. The CO said no. He didn't get appointed.

There are always exceptions to the rule, but 99% of the time this is the case all over from what I have heard.

In other words the branch has been rubber stamping the appointments for years.

DO's have just been basically on tour putting on circuit assemblies. CO's rarely had interaction with them.

-TE

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I want to know. Don't you?

by Old Goat in

some of you are probably a bit tired of me promoting these history books, but im doing it again.

1. nelson barbour: the millenniums forgotten prophet.

de vienne is not.

TTATTelder

I bought the Nelson Barbour book. Looking forward to digging in to it soon. Thx.

-TE

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FAITH is another word for OPINION

by Terry in

i strive to understand things by standing in a different spot and looking again.

i like to recontextualize things everybody seems to accept automatically and comfortably.. why?

to be able to see it for the first time, again.. .

TTATTelder

As a side point, where I am from in my corner of the U.S, when people say "So and so is a man of faith or a women of faith" they typically are saying that he or she is a religious person with morals or ethics. It is their way of saying that the person is a good/decent individual.

Personally I think saying "So and so is a person of true character or ethics" would carry more weight.

In many circles religious people are assumed to be more ethical because the person supposedly answers to a prescribed moral code.

We on this forum typically know that a person can be far more ethical as a non-religious person, but that is not necessarily the norm.

I think people assume (especially religious people) that if they dont know what your "moral code" is then you either must not have one (heathen) or have one that is inferior. This is ignorance at its best of course, but there are a lot of ignorant people out there.

Interesting post Terry.

I get what you're saying about "Person of Opinion" in actuality meaning more than "Person of Faith" because at least opinions are real. When I read "Person of Opinion", though, I hear "Opinionated" and my feeble little brain can't get past it. LOL. Oh well maybe I'm just tired. Night Night.

-TE

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UNDERSTANDING money and the history of the Watch Tower

by Terry in

today the watch tower corp. is changing a long-standing policy in regard to donations which had been in place a long, long time.. to understand the original policies (about money) and the changed (new policy) we have to take a peek into the past.. .

i don't want to bog you down in history.

you can research on your own using google.. here are salient facts.. _________________________________________________.

TTATTelder

I have seen the pictures of the new digs for the WT and they do seem flashy to me. - nonjwspouse

I haven't seen any pics yet, but with the new luxury-property purchase in Wales recently, I can believe it.

They will probably not be able to resist throwing their billions around in the coming years, especially with the constant reduction of expenses.

-TE

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UNDERSTANDING money and the history of the Watch Tower

by Terry in

today the watch tower corp. is changing a long-standing policy in regard to donations which had been in place a long, long time.. to understand the original policies (about money) and the changed (new policy) we have to take a peek into the past.. .

i don't want to bog you down in history.

you can research on your own using google.. here are salient facts.. _________________________________________________.

TTATTelder

Thanks Terry.

I never knew Rutherford was Russell's lawyer. I guess I missed that along the way.

This organization has been "big business" from the start.

They have done a pretty good job of not getting too flashy with it (besides Rutherford's mansion and cars), but it is always a focus. The GB like the security of sitting atop billions today, and so do all the other high ranking staffers.

-TE

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