20 years ago there was some change at the jw bastion.
some windows were opened when the internet became availble.
jolene chu and james pelechia did historical research for watchtower and published about it.
James Pelechia was the dubs public spokesman for a time and then disappeared from view suddenly. Don't know what happened. I have always wondered who he made mad.
Ran across him a few times when on dub projects, always seemed like a nice guy. He was a CO then.
will they be making a lot of their gb helpers full fledge gb?
i think as they continue to loose money and members and contributions dry up, that many might be thinking how to get out of this financial mess with some sort of golden parachute, and hand over the reigns to their helpers.. i'm sure with all this bad that is happening to the corporation they would welcome an early retirement with a nice comfy nest egg away from all this bad publicity away from the public eye.
why do they want to keep fighting a losing battle give over their power for a nice comfy retirement.
As I understand it none of the ecclesiastical group known as the GB are members of any Watchtower, Watch Tower, or JW corporation. Hence they can claim innocence as to the operation of the "Business" of the org.
here's a few little gems from the latest watchtower.. 5 many today think that to be truly free, they must be able to do anything and everything they want to do, regardless of the consequences.. this statement is just ridiculous, any normal functioning individual understands the necessity for restrictions, for their own protection and justice as well as for others.
it's a very childish statement with no substantiation and written only to create a perception in jw minds of how worldly people are selfish to the point of being reckless and unrestrained.
they liken adam and eve's sinning which resulted in disaster as being like a pilot not following their designated flight path and make this commenthowever, if the pilot chose to disregard that guidance and fly any route he desired, the result could be disastrous.. this is a very bad analogy because when adam and eve sinned, they had already been forewarned of their disaster to follow.
Of course everything they say these days has to weave in something about donating money. But I would be at a loss to explain what they do with the money.
the christian congregation of jehovah’s witnesses of namibia has asserted its right to be exempt as an "employer" for purposes of payment to those who work on its behalf, nor are they responsible (they claim) for filing any social security documents as to wages, hours worked, withholding, etc.in 2014, the congregation asked to be de-registered as such.____it didn't go so well.____on the 16 june 2014, authorities replied to the jw's request by confirming that the appellant is considered an employer in terms of the ss act and consequently should be registered with the employees’ compensation fund established by the employees’ compensation act, 1941, as well as having the order register its members with the maternity, sick leave and death benefit established by the ss act___a ping-pong protest and response commenced with multiple requests for clarification by the dubs and protestations and requests for appeal, etc.____authorities decided this matter was best handled by visiting the premises and investigating for themselves what goes on.____after the "visit" by authorities, nothing was offered by the dubs to change any minds.___the jw's continued to whine and protest and appeal, etc.____the authorities examined the congregation's appeal and made the following evaluation:== in the respondent’s listed grounds of opposition, it noted that the appeal filed by the appellant is not proper as it failed to complete the form 11 as contemplated in rule 17(2)(a) of the rules of this court==___jw's protested and appealed the appeal response which didn't appeal to them.___arguments continued until the following finding was released:the labour amendment act stipulates that:18 ‘for the purposes of this act or any other employment law, until the contrary is proved, an individual who works for or renders services to any other person, is presumed to be an employee of that other person, regardless of the form of the contract or the designation of the individual, if any one or more of the following factors is present:(list of factors attached)____blah-blah-blah-blahfinally:the ss act does not provide for de-registration of employers.
accordingly, logic follows that once an employer has been registered under this act, the obligations created in terms of this act ceases to exist only where the employer (who is a natural person) dies or becomes insolvent or is sequestrated or is liquidated or wound up (where an employer is a juristic person).
employees may be ‘de-registered’ under that employer in the event they die or their services have been terminated._______cut to the chase:accordingly, the appellant cannot pick and choose which laws should apply to them and which not.
One of the same reasons those moneysuckers started the "Order" and vow of poverty in the US. They wanted to avoid paying Social Security taxes for Bethellites and others.
It makes me angry every time I hear about this stuff. I don't understand why dubs don't see all this subterfuge.
i've been to the kingdom ministry school (for elders) recently and can report that it is mostly the usual mix of cliches and platitudes.
several letters where basically just read through one line at a time.
one point early on though almost made me laugh out loud.
I feel left out. Never have I had scantily clad maiden ads appear on the side or anywhere else.
i originally posted this on the reddit exjw subreddit on 7 feb 2017. i think it's worth revisiting.
http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/35255519-75/land-management-division-recommends-approval-of-gimpl-hill-subdivision.html.csp.
in 2008, they borrowed $1.87 million from the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, the legal arm of the jehovah’s witnesses group, to start the project.
I've seen this somewhere before but don't remember where. Maybe here somewhere, but my searching failed me.
It is quite curious.
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yeah, he's a weird kid.
but at least he's studious..
are you sure he wasn't calling to the toilet god Ralph?
november 13, 2017 to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory re: making the best use of our kingdom halls.
Sounds like damage control. Are they perhaps planning some other changes before then that need to be explained (defended)?
this was posted on the christian century magazine yesterday.
don't know how these folks could be dubs and go to another church without getting caught by some busybody in dubland,.
https://www.christiancentury.org/article/first-person/why-my-church-stopped-decking-halls.
Darkspilver you are correct. I took the mention of them in the same paragraph as dubs to include them as such. Couldn't imagine a couple of dubs going there unless they were such in name only.
this was posted on the christian century magazine yesterday.
don't know how these folks could be dubs and go to another church without getting caught by some busybody in dubland,.
https://www.christiancentury.org/article/first-person/why-my-church-stopped-decking-halls.
Darkspilver I guess they claim to be Witnesses still if I read the article correctly. At least that's what the author called them. You know the JW congo where they live will go after them sooner or later. Can't have Witnesses attending some other church meeting can we now?
