"I doubt the GB will end up in prison." Probably not, but huge money to pay out, but that doesn't get the attention of the WTS enough even, they just don't pay up and keep filing up and up until the reach the top, to the US Supreme Court, not yet. The WTS just lets the daily fines pile up.
Posts by blondie
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25It’s now official - The Governing Body Members are called for Legal Deposition in a Major Court Case Against Jehovah’s Witnesses!
by liam init’s now official - the governing body members are called for legal deposition in a major court case against jehovah’s witnesses!
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1ke6cgh/its_now_official_the_governing_body_members_are/.
recent court documents show that members of the jehovah’s witnesses governing body — including former member tony morris — have been officially subpoenaed to give sworn testimony regarding cases of sexual abuse in new york and how the organization dealt with (or essentially hid) them.
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It’s now official - The Governing Body Members are called for Legal Deposition in a Major Court Case Against Jehovah’s Witnesses!
by liam init’s now official - the governing body members are called for legal deposition in a major court case against jehovah’s witnesses!
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1ke6cgh/its_now_official_the_governing_body_members_are/.
recent court documents show that members of the jehovah’s witnesses governing body — including former member tony morris — have been officially subpoenaed to give sworn testimony regarding cases of sexual abuse in new york and how the organization dealt with (or essentially hid) them.
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blondie
Thanks, liam!
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Recently UK KH Up For Sale
by blondie inrecently refurbished uk kh recently refurbished up for sale, tentative 500,000 pounds!https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-jehovahs-witness-hall-conversion-040000931.html .
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blondie
Anony Mous, very little new building new KHs, focus on selling properties that were bought for pennies in comparison in the past, and now is prime real estate. Instead sell building/property and have congregations share buildings (in my area up to as many as 4). Or even, consolidate though the congregations sold out from under, have to travel far to an existing KH. The focus today is building large, large projects. Yes, there are a few KHs being built but the big push of the past has slowed down considerably. Haven't used volunteers much except jws skilled in the trades even if they have to come from farther away. The WTS has learned that holy spirit does make an unskilled jw a good carpenter or electrician. Even now the WTS does not rely on volunteers very much, but hires out construction to non-jw businesses, who do have the skills, for big projects.
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What did the WTS say the "inner rooms" to find safety
by blondie inas recently as 2025, the wts has compared the "inner rooms" to the congregation as a place of safety.
do you remember this?
notice the "weasel words" the wts uses to lay the foundation for "adjustment" or "clarification" of their statements.
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blondie
As recently as 2025, the WTS has compared the "inner rooms" to the congregation as a place of safety. Do you remember this? What did you think? Notice the "weasel words" the WTS uses to lay the foundation for "adjustment" or "clarification" of their statements. “Interior rooms” who remembers this phrase interpreted this way by the WTS?
Isaiah 26:20 RNWT “Go, my people, enter your inner rooms,
And shut your doors behind you.
Hide yourself for a brief moment
Until the wrath* has passed by.
WT 5/15/2009 p. 8
In our day, the “interior rooms” of this prophecy could be closely associated with the more than 100,000 congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world. Such congregations play an important role in our lives. They will continue to do so through “the great tribulation.” Rev. 7:14 .God’s people are commanded to go into their “interior rooms” and hide themselves “until the denunciation passes over.” It is vital that we develop and maintain a wholesome attitude toward the congregation and be firmly resolved to stay in close association with it. We can take to heart Paul’s exhortation: “Let us consider one another to incite to love and fine works, not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together, as some have the custom, but encouraging one another, and all the more so as [we] behold the day drawing near.”
WT 3/15/2013 p. 23
“That direction will come theocratically, probably by means of the congregation arrangement. Indeed, the many thousands of congregations around the world appear to be linked to the protective “interior rooms” foretold at Isaiah 26:20. Do you value the congregation meetings? Do you act promptly on the direction Jehovah provides through the congregation arrangement?
WT May 2025 p.13
Jehovah will give us both angelic protection and lifesaving instructions. How will those instructions be conveyed to us? We will have to wait and see. However, we will likely receive such instructions through our congregations. In a sense, these may be our “inner rooms,” where we will find safety. How can we prepare for what lies ahead? We must draw close to our brothers and sisters, willingly obey theocratic direction, and be convinced that Jehovah is leading our organization.
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Washington State Governor Signs Bill reporting
by blondie inthis is an update to a previous post on this: "many of those who did share their stories stood with him as he signed the bill.
sara fox was one of them.
she became aware of this bill through marino hardin, the whistleblower who’s knowledge of abuse got investigatewest’s attention for their october 2022 exposé on child sexual abuse within jehovah’s witness congregations in washington.
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blondie
This is an update to a previous post on this: "Many of those who did share their stories stood with him as he signed the bill. Sara Fox was one of them. She became aware of this bill through Marino Hardin, the whistleblower who’s knowledge of abuse got InvestigateWest’s attention for their October 2022 exposé on child sexual abuse within Jehovah’s Witness congregations in Washington. This was the article that inspired Frame to get this law in motion.
Fox and Hardin are ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Hardin sought out Fox’s support on the bill when he discovered she helped prevent child abuse in Jehovah’s Witness churches in Australia and New Zealand." https://favs.news/gov-ferguson-signs-bill-mandates-clergy-report-child-abuse-no-exemptions/
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Recently UK KH Up For Sale
by blondie inrecently refurbished uk kh recently refurbished up for sale, tentative 500,000 pounds!https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-jehovahs-witness-hall-conversion-040000931.html .
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blondie
Possible, Phizzy. Even years ago in NYC, property was too expensive to build KHs, so the WTS assigned 6 congregations to one building with 3 floors that meant meetings spread all during the week, mornings, afternoons, evenings.
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Bible Reading Schedule, Dumbed Down?
by Slidin Fast inhas any body noticed that the bible reading schedule has been reduced to one chapter per week.
does any one know if this is a policy change or something temporary?
at this rate the complete cycle will take 22 years plus..
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blondie
The WT study articles are so dumbed down, the WTS repeats the same phrases and key words in every paragraph and nothing is new. In fact I think only 4 new magazines are printed and the rest are old magazines from the past. One reason I stopped doing my reviews.
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Bible Reading Schedule, Dumbed Down?
by Slidin Fast inhas any body noticed that the bible reading schedule has been reduced to one chapter per week.
does any one know if this is a policy change or something temporary?
at this rate the complete cycle will take 22 years plus..
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blondie
I knew an ex-Bethelite, who advanced to being an ex-jw. I asked what was his "aha moment." He said he had to read the whole bible in one month to prepare for this training. He had never read the bible all the way through only the scriptures quote or cited in the publications. When he got through Genesis, that was his "aha moment." He stuck it out for about 2 months, then asked to leave because of health problems. Then he slowly eased out of the congregation. Yes, really reading the bible opened my eyes, I had so many questions after reading Genesis, I slowed down my meeting attendance and "preaching." I was so blind back then. No more.
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1975 !
by Sea Breeze inhow many of you here remember 1975?
i hope the newer generations never forget.the true believers got shamed for it.
those who were hedging their bets, fared much better.
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blondie
I agree DOC, I don't worry about the past, I'm glad I got out.
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Recently UK KH Up For Sale
by blondie inrecently refurbished uk kh recently refurbished up for sale, tentative 500,000 pounds!https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-jehovahs-witness-hall-conversion-040000931.html .
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blondie
Thank you, Phizzy. I get news items every day from Google News sometimes post one on jwn. I have my filter set to bring up articles with references about jehovah's witnesses. There is a KH near us with 4 congregations in it. Have to schedule 2 public talks/WT studies on Sunday and 2 on Saturday, and 4 weekly meetings Monday through Friday. Sold 3 KHs doing that, but then the money went to headquarters. Not like the days when KHs were built for 250 seating in our area (pre 1975). They have had to take up chairs from the back rows so the KH doesn't look so empty. Yes, they have to drive farther, but this is a city over 200,000 people. But some of those in the rural areas, have to drive 30 to 40 miles one way to get to a meeting. And now even the "book study" is combined with 3 meetings being back to back at the "mid-week" meeting. Property prices have gone up a lot during and post covid. It is almost impossible for people to find "starter" homes under $400,000. We bought our house 17 years ago, and we could sell it for $550,000 twice the cost we paid for it. My husband said if someone had said to us that we would be owning a house more that half a million dollars he would said they were crazy. Our mortgage is only half what people pay for a 2 bedroom apartment! I notice that regional conventions are being held at the nearby assembly hall, every weekend during May through September.