i’m still a good christian.
i still believe the bible.. i don’t like the wt society, but some of the people, as individuals are good.
there are many nasty jws also.. i have concerns about current events and how close the end actually is.
Hi AnotherJohn, and welcome.
I am pretty sure we have at least a few religious people here. Leaving the JWs doesn't mean leaving religion or God, although that's a good reason to leave. And as exJWs, we have a number of things we can discuss without worrying about whether God exists or not.
Enjoy your stay!
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Lloyd is notorious for creating an illusion that they are hurting for money and needing everything to be crowdfunded.
I'm wondering if he will create a crowdfunding page for the litigation at some point. My guess is that he will.
I'm of the same mind as Simon on this- I think Evans sees this whole scenario playing out a certain way, and he is taking a very big risk as a result. Presumably, he'll see the litigation through, then at the end he'll claim some kind of victory or vindication. It's not about collecting from anyone. He probably hopes to have a judgment to wave around, but I think he'll also claim a win as long as there are no formal replies made in court.
But that's more than just an empty victory. His detractors and critics will declare open season on him. Having spent money to file several ultimately useless lawsuits, he won't want to do that again. What are his options then? Ask his followers to fight for him? How many of them will even be left at that point? His take-no-prisoners, with-me-or-against-me act will see him burning one bridge after another, until there's nothing left but scorched earth. Then what?
theres a couple of threads re: 1914 on the board right now and it got me thinking.. the jw doctrine of the 1914 generation is a key doctrine , yet it is probably the number one reason most have left over the decades.. 1975- within one generation.. 1995 - new understanding of the word generation.. 2010- overlapping generation first mentioned- some anointed survive armageddon.. 2015- infamous overlapping generations chart featuring david splane.. its obvious the org is changing the goalposts and constantly trying to squeeze as much time as they can before they have to abandon this altogether.
or will they come up with something new?.
does anyone else think this ever changing doctrine is responsible for the biggest loss of members?.
I remember reading about that, maybe in Crisis of Conscience. I think 1925 had a huge effect on any future predictions. Because they rely on out-of-time urgency, they never stopped predicting the end of the world. But they tried to use language that wasn't as clear and definite as Rutherford had repeatedly used regarding 1925.
Of course, they still slipped up from time-to-time. Most of the times they hinted at a date, they would occasionally use language that was all too clear. Unless they think that "the next few years" refers to more than 80 years.
ivy hill congregation of jehovah's witnesses is currently suing the pa department of human services.
it requests "a declaration that its elders are entitled to" clergy privilege, or, in the alternative,.
to the extent that the clergyman privilege is determined to exclude its elders on the basis that they are "members of [a] religious organization[] in which members other than the leader thereof are deemed clergymen or ministers," the court declare the statute to be unconstitutional.
Why don’t legislators repeal the federal laws and make mandatory reporting easy.
If I am not mistaken, current law does not forbid them from coming forward with such information. But it does not compel them to break the confidentiality of the confessional, either. It is up to the clergy in question, whether they decide to contact authorities if they are given information regarding a crime or illegal activity.
Edit: Or, I may be wrong about that, seeing Corney's post above mine.
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This is then augmented at the server-side using artificial intelligent guesswork to re-create your image.
I'm just glad it caught my good side!
Edit: 256 pages! We're about to become a 16-bit topic!
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I see his patreon supporters falling, but why in the world is his twitter following growing? Because we all like watching cartoons?
Because we like watching train wrecks.
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but there's some damaged individuals on there
Now there is a take that aged rather poorly.
i don't have the link but i am trying to post this, this is from a previous post on jwn.
watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc. dear brothers:.. we received your letter of december 17 in which you inquire about handling a situation involving a brother who has been guilty of serious violation of the law in the past.. you explained that you received information indicating that this brother ?committed several murders and crimes before his baptism.
you ask if law obligates some action on our part.
Anyone else hearing the same thing?
Yes. I am also hearing this:
WT: You say you killed several people in cold blood? Well, that's between you and god.
WT: You say you slept with your boyfriend? We'll need a full accounting of the entire experience, with no details spared. Someone hand me a notepad and a moist towel, please.
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And by "come off social media" he meant that he would continue to feverishly seek out and respond to every mention of him on the internet. Suddenly, his inability to differentiate between words like "regular" and "persistent" becomes clear.
i don't have the link but i am trying to post this, this is from a previous post on jwn.
watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc. dear brothers:.. we received your letter of december 17 in which you inquire about handling a situation involving a brother who has been guilty of serious violation of the law in the past.. you explained that you received information indicating that this brother ?committed several murders and crimes before his baptism.
you ask if law obligates some action on our part.
What he does about paying his debt to Society is largely up to him and his conscience. Since he is apparently a fugitive from the law, he obviously would not qualify for any extra privileges of service in the congregation.
That's pretty insane. I get the part about confidentiality, but they should have pointed out that it is more of a technicality than anything else. They have taught that Jehovah wanted "mercy, not sacrifices" and that Jesus gave examples of times when people violated divine law and God allowed it, because sometimes there was a greater good to be served and following the law mindlessly was not what God intended.
Yet, here they are, saying that a fugitive multiple-murderer's own judgment should be relied upon to settle the matter, and until then make sure he doesn't handle a microphone or lead a prayer. That would be bad!
