And the text for the Memorial 2015 shall be Matthew 27:51. Could you all turn your Bibles to that verse and follow along with me:
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
saw an interesting short documentary about a woman who was a born covenant-breaker (which is baha'i for disfellowshipped) because she is the great-granddaughter of baha'ullah whose grandfather disagreed with the leadership, as well as the command that no baha'is should live in israel unless they are working for the universal house of justice (their bethel).
i also read somewhere that shunning in many amish communities has been watered down to having to eat outside at weddings and other communal events.
the more comparisons are drawn between jehovah's witnesses and so called false religions, the less they can claim to be the only true religion.
The Ba'hai's are apostates themselves. They are viewed as apostates of Islam.
They have interesting history and teachings. The Ba'hai's are very different than the JWs, yet, at the same time, they have developed into an organizational hierarchy that is uncomfortably similar to the WTS. They have recently established a 'governing body' that is in charge of all things Ba'hai.
Notably, the Ba'hai's have a very different view than the JWs towards education. They promote higher education and also hold all of the creative arts in high regard.
Slave: Lastly, two dudes are looking back at the destruction - no dub will EVER do that in fear of Big J maybe mistaking them for Lot's wife and turning them into salt.
Of course. How did I miss that? Silly me.
this has been brought up before, but i am going to ask it again....just how many lawyers does the watchtower have?
how many have they sent to law school?
and, why do they need so many lawyers?
I would suggest they have Lawyers/legal Dept. in almost every country they operate in .
Glen Howe & Associates in Ontario, represent most of the Watchtower concerns in Canada. At least, I think they still do. Glen Howe died a few years back but, I imagine there would be no need to change firms.
of these, over 2,000 were admitted to concentration camps.
1,000 died in prison and concentration camps.
another 1,000 of jehovah's witnesses died in prisons and concentration camps.".
Which source is that O.C.? Kristen John-Stucke ?
Sorry, Terry - I missed that one.
From Between Resistance and Martyrdom: Jehovah's Witnesses in the Third Reich by Detlef Garbe. Page 449.
And I missed part of the quote - it should read "...avoid written records or signatures..."
of these, over 2,000 were admitted to concentration camps.
1,000 died in prison and concentration camps.
another 1,000 of jehovah's witnesses died in prisons and concentration camps.".
ScenicViewer:
If more than half recanted, that's a pretty big chunk of Witneses and a victory for Hitler, while Watchtower insists that virtually all remained unbroken.
According to Kristen John-Stucke (Persecution and Resistance of Jehovah's Witnesses During the Nazi Regime, Hans Hesse 2001), about 50 percent of the BibleStudents/JWs who were sent to prison signed the letter to recant before they were released and only about 10 percent signed them once they reached the camps.
John-Stucke points out that it was not advantageous to the BS/JW prisoners to sign the letters once they reached the camps because it was, in effect, potentially signing their own death warrants because the men who signed would be sent to the front to fight and rarely returned. Not signing the recant and staying in the camps was the safest and best way for the BS/JWs to survive the war.
By the end of the war, it was not required that the BS/JWs sign a declaration - they were released on a handshake. This provision was put in place by Himmler for the many, many JW prisoners who were placed in privileged positions both within, and outside, of the camps in positions of trust for the Nazis.
Himmler's proposal to release the BS/Jws on just a handshake:
"In all these cases where prisoners are partially free and have been assigned to such work, we want to avoid written records and make such agreements with just a handshake".
i thought it would be important to clearly point in the recent talk by governing body member stephan lett, that he did in fact deliberately lie concerning what he described as lies and false information by apostates, concerning the organization being permissive toward people in the organization who had been involved in pedophilia.
the truth of the matter is thats exactly what the organization has been doing and perhaps for a long time.
the recent candace conti law suit where she was awarded 28 million dollars was levied against the wts for its irresponsible behavior by the elders who gave no notification of the accused jonathan kendrick that he had been charged with pedophilia and spent months in jail for his actions .
Not only are lies told often by most people, it is also difficult to tell when someone is lying to you. I read a stat somewhere (can't find it right now...sorry) that claims that we, as humans, on average, are only able to tell 53% of the time when someone is lying to us.
So, combine someone who lies a lot with people who already cannot spot a lie very well and you have a good recipe for what maintains cult-thought and action.
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for your peace of mind, i have provided answers to some commonly asked questions:.
Question from a Reader:
Is the bread in the sandwiches made from Miracle Wheat?
i just read about this on the ex-jw subreddit.
link to the video (10m06s).. skip to 7:35 where he says: "another way we can contribute to the oneness - rejecting false stories that are designed to separate us from jehovah's organization.
as an example, think about the apostate-driven lies and 'dishonesties' that jehovah's organization is permissive toward pedophiles.
When someone is guilty as hell about something and they don't know how to get out of it, their best defense is a good offense. In this case, it is their only defense.
