@pimitopomo This is purely a real estate corporation. The key question is: If the end of the world is near, why focus on the real estate acquisition spree?
@Larchwood20 This is truly a real estate company hiding behind the religious cover. I wouldn't be surprised if they sell it later when the value appreciate.
@Larchwood20 Watchtower could get 100+ MILLION kroner claiming "minority rights violations."
HYPOCRISY.
They demand protection as a religious minority while DESTROYING the rights of ExJWs also a minority. You can't claim minority rights while violating the minority rights of those who leave.
@Larchwood20 This is important piece of irefutable truth. Please make sure to forward it to Liv Inger Gjone Gabrielsen, the lead attorney who has represented the state throughout the lower court proceedings and into the Supreme Court phase. She may use it in closing argument Monday.
@Larchwood20 The organization baptizes children, some as young as 12 years old before they can legally sign a contract, vote, or understand lifelong consequences. Then if they later change their minds, they face shunning. That's not autonomy. That's a binding contract made by a child.
@Larchwood20 'Respect for personal autonomy'? Let's test that claim. What happens when a JW child decides they don't want to be a Witness anymore? Do they keep their family? Their friends? Or do they lose everything? π§΅
@Larchwood20 Parents maintain a loving bond even when a child chooses not to become a Witness'. This directly contradicts their own literature. We know the Watchtower has explicitly instructed parents to limit contact with children who leave, even unbaptized ones who 'age out' of the religion
@Larchwood20 And let's talk about 'children who go under the radar.' These are kids living double lives because they know that openly questioning or leaving will result in losing their families. That's not safety, that's fear. They've created an environment where honesty is punished.
@Larchwood20 If JWs truly respected personal autonomy and decision-making, a person could leave without consequences. But they don't allow that. They punish departure with social death. They call shunning 'loving discipline.' They rebrand coercion as 'choice.' That's manipulation, not respect
@Larchwood20 Children decide for themselves whether to join' then why are they shunned, marked, and cut off from family if they choose NOT to? That's not autonomy. That's coercion with a smile. You don't respect choice. You punish it. Ask any ex-JW kid who lost their entire family.
@Larchwood20 Watchtower to Bethel volunteers under 60: 'Your future is uncertain.' Translation: we got your best years, now leave before you become a burden. No severance, no job skills, no savings just 'trust Jehovah.' They kept the 60+ for optics. Discarded everyone else. Pure calculation.
@Larchwood20 This is worse than standard corporate downsizing. They're essentially saying: 'We got your best years. Now leave before you become a burden.' They're dumping people who could give them 20-30 more prime years while keeping those who'll need the most care. It's purely calculated.
@Larchwood20 After decades of free labor at Bethel, Watchtower tells volunteers under 60: 'Permanent assignments are uncertain.' Only those 60+ stay. Everyone else in their prime? Disposable. No compensation, no transition help, just 'cultivate devotion.' Used and they're done with you.
@Larchwood20 JWs claims Santa makes kids doubt God. It taught 1914, 1925, 1975, βthis generation,β deleted and called it βnew light.β If fairy tales cause disbelief, what does decades of failed prophecies do? Santa retires once. JWs just changes the script and gaslights the audience. π π
@pimitopomo JWs will knock on any door of atheist, Muslim, any but flee from ex-members like we're toxic. Why? They can only handle conversations they control. The real danger to them isn't apostasy, it's exposure. Someone who knows their contradictions from inside? They can't defend that.