Monday, May 11th - Shamelessness

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Reject irreverent false stories.—1 Tim. 4:7.

If you hear negative stories regarding the organization or the brothers who are taking the lead, remember how God’s enemies treated Jesus and the first-century disciples. Today, Jehovah’s people are being persecuted and maligned exactly as the Bible foretold. (Matt. 5:11, 12) False stories will not mislead us if we recognize their source and take immediate action. What action should we take? Reject false stories. The apostle Paul gave clear instructions on what to do if we are exposed to false stories. He told Timothy to “command certain ones not to . . . pay attention to false stories” and to “reject irreverent false stories.” (1 Tim. 1:3, 4) We reject false stories because we recognize the source of the information. We hold to the “wholesome words” of truth.—2 Tim. 1:13. w24.04 11 ¶16; 13 ¶17
The men running the Watchtower are shameless. They would have naive JWs believe that every bad report is a lie made up by the Devil. It is they who are the liars and the promoters of falsehood. They know that thousands of children have been sexually molested and raped. They know that the Watchtower maintains a database that has the names of over 20,000 known sexual predators. These are not false stories. They are real predators who prey on innocent victims and were protected from prosecution by the Watchtower's policies. The men running the Watchtower know they have paid out millions in out-of-court settlements. And they want you to believe that reports of these secret payouts are false stories. The victims are real people who have been damaged for life, people who unwisely trusted men in the organization to do the right thing. Although the Governing Body has routinely brushed off complaints of child abuse with empty platitudes, foremost being "wait on Jehovah," when the wait is over, it is they who will have to answer for their many lying deceptions and haughtiness. It shouldn't be too much longer before Jehovah sets this world on fire and forces the apostates out of their sanctuary. That is where the weeping and gnashing of their teeth will be.
 




 
It is they who are the liars and the promoters of falsehood.
As you consistently point out, their goal is to protect their brand. Truth is of little consequence.

Initially, as most of you know, we emailed over 50 letters to members of our congregation, circuit overseers and to our JW family and friends mostly in the southeast which exposed many of the falsities of WT. The information contained in the letter was extensive addressing many subjects.....UN affiliation, Covid, CSA, 1914, GB appointment, etc. They were emailed simultaneously.

It wasn't long before we received a phone call from an elder in our congregation (I had resigned a couple of months earlier). With total shock, the elder asked, "Jerry, did you guys send out that letter"? Of course, we said yes, we did.

Bottom line, their offer was that if we just quit talking about "it", everything will end here. No inquisitive questioning. The same old line.....we trust the Governing Body, over and over. No regard for truth. Just shut-up. No committee meetings, nothing, all is good. However, in no uncertain terms, we told them "NO", we won't stop and asked them if they were going to stop preaching.

And the WT's latest venture speaks to this concerted effort to stifle negative information on the organization from getting out to the public. Now, they require an actual acceptance of their terms in order to access JW Library which shows their aversion to truth. Accepting their terms means one cannot copy and paste anything from WT publications onto the internet. Yet, they are a Bible publishing company that supposedly prides themselves in heralding their message worldwide. Now, they want to "stifle" their message. :unsure: The reason is they know that the internet is exposing their hypocrisy. And they have an arsenal of lawyers which, at a minimum, can threaten lawsuits against offenders of their policy. And the average "Joe" doesn't have the resources to defend themselves.
 
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And the WT's latest venture speaks to this concerted effort to stifle negative information on the organization from getting out to the public. Now, they require an actual acceptance of their terms in order to access JW Library which shows their aversion to truth. Accepting their terms means one cannot copy and paste anything from WT publications onto the internet. Yet, they are a Bible publishing company that supposedly prides themselves in heralding their message worldwide. Now, they want to "stifle" their message. :unsure: The reason is they know that the internet is exposing their hypocrisy. And they have an arsenal of lawyers which, at a minimum, can threaten lawsuits against offenders of their policy. And the average "Joe" doesn't have the resources to defend themselves.
I have not clicked on the ACCEPT button on my phone or iPad yet. I am still thinking it over. On the one hand, I would welcome a good fight with their lawyers. On the other hand, I would definitely be outgunned.

In case anyone forgets, a brother in Slovakia bought billboard space across the country to advertise the Slovak e-watchman site. The first time, he merely put up two billboards at bus stops across the street from the branch office in Bratislava. The Watchtower had the city take down the entire billboard structures on the grounds that they were an eyesore. That is when the brother went nuclear, setting up over 100 signs across the country. The Watchtower went nuts. They tried to strong-arm the signage company to disclose the brother's name. They refused. They tried to have a government agency that regulates billboards take them down on the basis that images of a thermonuclear mushroom cloud were causing people anxiety. The hypocrisy is staggering. This is the same publishing company that has routinely published images of people being swallowed alive into the ground with the angels slaughtering the masses.

We just have to be prepared and know that there is no lie they won't tell. They truly are shameless.

 
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They tried to have a government agency that regulates billboards take them down on the basis that images of a thermonuclear mushroom cloud were causing people anxiety. The hypocrisy is staggering. This is the same publishing company that has routinely published images of people being swallowed alive into the ground with the angels slaughtering the masses.

We understand that the organization plans to make the (Jesus)* videos on this year's convention available for preview before the convention. Parents are now encouraged to preview the videos so they can decide if they want their children to see them.

No doubt a legal decision/ protection. Make the parents responsible for the decision (as it should be). They must have an arsenal of lawyers.

Our questions is, are families going to walk out when videos are shown at the convention this year? Can't wait to see how that works out.

No doubt, the brother in Slovakia faced many challenges but, at the same time, he had to take pride in his accomplishment and, truth be known, he was probably silently gloating, just a bit, anyhow.:giggle:

*Update: Neglected to specify Jesus videos initially.
 
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I have not clicked on the ACCEPT button on my phone or iPad yet. I am still thinking it over. On the one hand, I would welcome a good fight with their lawyers. On the other hand, I would definitely be outgunned.

In case anyone forgets, a brother in Slovakia bought billboard space across the country to advertise the Slovak e-watchman site. The first time, he merely put up two billboards at bus stops across the street from the branch office in Bratislava. The Watchtower had the city take down the entire billboard structures on the grounds that they were an eyesore. That is when the brother went nuclear, setting up over 100 signs across the country. The Watchtower went nuts. They tried to strong-arm the signage company to disclose the brother's name. They refused. They tried to have a government agency that regulates billboards take them down on the basis that images of a thermonuclear mushroom cloud were causing people anxiety. The hypocrisy is staggering. This is the same publishing company that has routinely published images of people being swallowed alive into the ground with the angels slaughtering the masses.

We just have to be prepared and know that there is no lie they won't tell. They truly are shameless.

Did Watchtower win? Did the brother remove all the billboards?
 
I can't believe WT is making people push an accept button to get on JW.ORG.
I never accepted their terms for the JW.org website and I can still go on the website but I cannot use the Library App any longer. I always DECLINE to accept their terms and now, even though I can go on their website, it doesn’t work correctly and I have a more difficult time use the copy, cut and paste and search features. But I can still go on their website. And, i’ve just learned to use the various other websites on the internet that have various bible translations and commentary.
 
We understand that the organization plans to make the videos on this years convention available for preview before the convention. Parents are now encouraged to preview the videos so they can decide if they want their children to see them.

No doubt a legal decision/ protection. Make the parents responsible for the decision (as it should be). They must have an arsenal of lawyers.

Our questions is, are families going to walk out when videos are shown at the convention this year? Can't wait to see how that works out.

No doubt, the brother in Slovakia faced many challenges but, at the same time, he had to take pride in his accomplishment and, truth be known, he was probably silently gloating, just a bit, anyhow.:giggle:
I think it's just the next 2 or 3 Jesus episodes that have been put up on the website before the conversation, as far as I'm aware anyway.. I think it's because there's an exorcism in it or something 🤔 anyway, the brothers and sisters kids (in general) will be watching waaay worse things than the convention videos, before, during and after, on their mobiles, tablets and TV's. It's no more than a token gesture..
 
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What the WT did in Slovakia was akin to book burning. They cannot counter my message, so they took it upon themselves to try and prevent people from being exposed to the message. They succeeded with the two billboards across the street from the branch, which, as I recall, were going to be up much longer than the others that were on a short-term contract.
 
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I have not clicked on the ACCEPT button on my phone or iPad yet. I am still thinking it over. On the one hand, I would welcome a good fight with their lawyers. On the other hand, I would definitely be outgunned.

In case anyone forgets, a brother in Slovakia bought billboard space across the country to advertise the Slovak e-watchman site. The first time, he merely put up two billboards at bus stops across the street from the branch office in Bratislava. The Watchtower had the city take down the entire billboard structures on the grounds that they were an eyesore. That is when the brother went nuclear, setting up over 100 signs across the country. The Watchtower went nuts. They tried to strong-arm the signage company to disclose the brother's name. They refused. They tried to have a government agency that regulates billboards take them down on the basis that images of a thermonuclear mushroom cloud were causing people anxiety. The hypocrisy is staggering. This is the same publishing company that has routinely published images of people being swallowed alive into the ground with the angels slaughtering the masses.

We just have to be prepared and know that there is no lie they won't tell. They truly are shameless.

You would think that they would defend the faith by countering it with their own evidence. Things sure have changed...
 
I have not clicked on the ACCEPT button on my phone or iPad yet. I am still thinking it over. On the one hand, I would welcome a good fight with their lawyers. On the other hand, I would definitely be outgunned.

In case anyone forgets, a brother in Slovakia bought billboard space across the country to advertise the Slovak e-watchman site. The first time, he merely put up two billboards at bus stops across the street from the branch office in Bratislava. The Watchtower had the city take down the entire billboard structures on the grounds that they were an eyesore. That is when the brother went nuclear, setting up over 100 signs across the country. The Watchtower went nuts. They tried to strong-arm the signage company to disclose the brother's name. They refused. They tried to have a government agency that regulates billboards take them down on the basis that images of a thermonuclear mushroom cloud were causing people anxiety. The hypocrisy is staggering. This is the same publishing company that has routinely published images of people being swallowed alive into the ground with the angels slaughtering the masses.

We just have to be prepared and know that there is no lie they won't tell. They truly are shameless.

If I may: if things are drawing to a close then is not the bible prophesy also growing more visible? Ultimately the preaching of the Word is the command above and beyond exposing the evils of watchtower. The machinations of men are well known. It is the Word that is hidden and the wrongs of the watchtower have no hold over that. They are but dust. It is not their evil that drives people to search for the truth. The Word alone has that power and those seeking it will find it.

The gb condemn themselves and ultimately it is Jehovah whom will expose them for what they are. “Vengeance is mine sayeth Jehovah! I will repay.” I suppose it is a matter of discernment for those called upon to give the final witness how far they go but I will happily press the “Accept” button for watchtower so that you can retain your position of neutrality for as long as possible, and will endeavour to send you what you wish. I’m sure others will join in. We should support you and share the load. We are not barnacles floating along on the hull for the ride. We are required to assist.
 
If I may: if things are drawing to a close then is not the bible prophesy also growing more visible? Ultimately the preaching of the Word is the command above and beyond exposing the evils of watchtower. The machinations of men are well known. It is the Word that is hidden and the wrongs of the watchtower have no hold over that. They are but dust. It is not their evil that drives people to search for the truth. The Word alone has that power and those seeking it will find it.

The gb condemn themselves and ultimately it is Jehovah whom will expose them for what they are. “Vengeance is mine sayeth Jehovah! I will repay.” I suppose it is a matter of discernment for those called upon to give the final witness how far they go but I will happily press the “Accept” button for watchtower so that you can retain your position of neutrality for as long as possible, and will endeavour to send you what you wish. I’m sure others will join in. We should support you and share the load. We are not barnacles floating along on the hull for the ride. We are required to assist.
I've already accepted 😇
 
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