Posts by sparrowdown

i only know what's happening nowadays from the experiences i read here or the internet in general.. anyway, on to the topic: i started attending meetings at the age of 7. as a kid, the only thing i looked forward to at the assemblies (circuit/district) was walking around veteran's stadium (philadelphia district convention) during intermission, hanging with friends, looking at girls (as i got a little older) and trying to have enough tickets to get pizza!.

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Never went to another assembly after waking up. They were traumatic enough while I was still in JW lala land, no way could I face them completely awake. My ears would bleed and my head would explode. Sorry about the visual, but seriously if I went to an assembly now it would get ugly.

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Harry Holt - JW elder sexually assaulted 8 girls over 4 decades

by OrphanCrow in

church elder who sexually abused vulnerable children was invited to speak at first victim’s wedding.

a church elder who sexually abused vulnerable children was invited to speak at his first victim’s wedding, a court heard.. a court was told harry holt, 71, now of rutland street, nelson, went on to attack seven more girls as young as nine after the jehovah’s witnesses failed to report him to police.when the matter was raised, a local beat officer advised parents to ‘just keep your children away from him’, the court heard.. holt is facing a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of attacks against eight girls in scotland dating back over 40 years.. .

full article at link..

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"...faces expulsion from the congregation" = we set them free with a clean (police) record so they can join another religion and molest their children.

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Does anyone think Jehovah is protecting the org. despite all the talk about THE ARC ?

by tor1500 in

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friends

i've been thinking this for a while.

even before the arc scandal.

it seems no matter what, the org.

sparrowdown

The New York Seven are just useful dupes. The real decision makers are pulling the strings from a safe distance.

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Next steps for the Austrailian Royal Commission

by Coded Logic in

since the watchtowers' lawyers have (a) failed to make any recommendations to the arc that would bring the watchtower up to date with "best practices and procedures" (b) have failed to submit a proposal for victim restitution (c) have failed to secure funding for a redress scheme and (d) have completely dismissed all the arcs' findings - what's the royal commission's next course of action?.

i see two possibilities:.

) negotiate a settlement with the watchtower.

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Beth - agreed, the loyalists are becoming smaller in number, bigger on the crazy.

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Good NYT article on gravitational waves discovery

by done4good in

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friends

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/science/ligo-gravitational-waves-black-holes-einstein.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=homepage&clicksource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&wt.nav=top-news&_r=0.

probably the biggest find since the higgs.. d4g.

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Saintbertholdt - Id prefer the voice of the Big Giant Head from 3rd rock from the sun, to explain it to me. Lol.

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A Separate Identity: Organizational Identity Among Readers of Zion’s Watch ... By B. W. Schulz

by Terry in

enter:.

https://books.google.com/books.

a separate identity: organizational identity among readers of zion’s watch .

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Vidiot - hey don't knock it. It works for the Aluminati and Dr Evil and all the Bond villians and Nth Korea......

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Does anyone think Jehovah is protecting the org. despite all the talk about THE ARC ?

by tor1500 in

jw
friends

i've been thinking this for a while.

even before the arc scandal.

it seems no matter what, the org.

sparrowdown

MMAU - Just wondering, (and I know I am going to regret asking) sooo if you don't discard your religion because of problems at what point, pray tell, would you consider a problem with your religion to be a deal breaker? Cyanide flavoured Koolaid??

The WT has been pointing the finger at the RCC for decades and telling people to "get out of her" because of the very sins it itself is committing.

God doesn't promise to protect the asses of false religion and yes that includes WT, he warns people to wake up and get the hell out.

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Next steps for the Austrailian Royal Commission

by Coded Logic in

since the watchtowers' lawyers have (a) failed to make any recommendations to the arc that would bring the watchtower up to date with "best practices and procedures" (b) have failed to submit a proposal for victim restitution (c) have failed to secure funding for a redress scheme and (d) have completely dismissed all the arcs' findings - what's the royal commission's next course of action?.

i see two possibilities:.

) negotiate a settlement with the watchtower.

sparrowdown

Ha! Good one, Outlaw.

Legal whack-a-mole- exactement!