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  Jehovah's Witnesses did not protect children from abuse, inquiry finds.

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/28/jehovahs-witnesses-did-not-protect-children-from-abuse-inquiry-finds.

  im printing this off and spending my next sunday morning doing some door to door work posting this article through all the letter boxes of the street my local kh is on.. it's shocking that none of the r&f know about this.

  i have a feeling that the 2 witness rule will be revised in 2017 and made to look like it was jehovah's proper time.

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  darkspilver

  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/28/jehovahs-witnesses-did-not-protect-children-from-abuse-inquiry-finds

  Im printing this off and spending my next Sunday morning doing some door to door work posting this article through all the letter boxes of the street my local KH is on.

  It's shortly after lunchtime on Tuesday in London, UK
  

  And what have the quinoa eating, middle-class leftists of Camden, Islington and Shoreditch been reading over lunch? <j/k>
  

  The Guardian Newspaper, Tuesday 29 November 2016 - and the front page features a picture-lead headline: "‘Have your cake and eat it’ – is this the Tory Brexit plan?" The second headline is: "Abuse coach in hospital as police widen investigation" (there's a relatively recent and ongoing story about sexual abuse in English youth football)

  The story about the Australian Royal Commission does NOT appear to feature ANYWHERE in today's 42-page print edition (74-pages if you include the Sports and G2 inserts).

  Must say, I am surprised - would have thought that the Guardian at least would have printed something in their newspaper, oh well - maybe they're holding back in order to run a longer and in-depth account of the ARC / JW proceedings like The Washington Post?? But who knows??
  

  BUT what is certain is what Hecce warned us about last week when a major article exposing the JW's was printed in Spain....
  

  The elders are receiving electronically instructions from the COs to go out and buy from the stands all the copies of this newspaper edition.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5178541199065088/_post/4795923232194560
  
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  Washington Post is carrying the story: Australian Jehovah’s Witnesses protected over a thousand members accused of child abuse, report says

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/28/australian-jehovahs-witnesses-protected-over-a-thousand-members-accused-of-child-abuse-report-says/.

  over the course of about six decades, more than 1,000 members of the jehovah’s witnesses were accused of sexually abusing australian children, according to a new report.

  victims were ordered to keep quiet.

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  It's shortly after 7.15am on Tuesday morning in Washington DC, US
  

  And what are the citizens of Washington DC waking up to? What are they reading in their newspaper over breakfast? or on their commute to work?....

  The Washington Post Newspaper, Tuesday 29 November 2016 - and the front page headline features two picture-lead stories - firstly "Dutifully mourning Castro - The loyal, and the obliged, honor patriarch of Cuba’s ‘Revolution’" - and the second feature headline is "11 hurt in Ohio State attack; campus police kill assailant."

  The story about the Australian Royal Commission does NOT appear to feature ANYWHERE in today's 58-page print edition.

  BUT - and we'll know how big a 'but' that is this weekend..... The Washington Post has a weekly 'Religion' feature each Saturday - so maybe they're holding back in order to compile a more in-depth article / exposé for this coming Saturday, 3 December 2016?.....
  
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  Washington Post is carrying the story: Australian Jehovah’s Witnesses protected over a thousand members accused of child abuse, report says

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/28/australian-jehovahs-witnesses-protected-over-a-thousand-members-accused-of-child-abuse-report-says/.

  over the course of about six decades, more than 1,000 members of the jehovah’s witnesses were accused of sexually abusing australian children, according to a new report.

  victims were ordered to keep quiet.

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  Hi smiddy
  

  how is the Washington Post Newspaper regarded in mainstream america?
  

  Is it widely distributed ,read by many americans across the country ?

  Have you heard of the Watergate Scandal? You know, Richard Nixon and all that stuff. Maybe you've seen the film? All The President's Men? But, yeah, that was like over 40 years ago. Today The Washington Post is now owned by Jeff 'amazon . com' Bezos.
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  AUS: The Daily Telegraph (Print): Jehovah‘s fail young

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  it's now just past 8.15am on tuesday morning in sydney, australia.

  the daily telegraph (sydney) newspaper, tuesday 29 november 2016 - and the front page headline screams: ""splash & burn - cash meant for hero volunteers goes up in smoke.".

  on page 11, in the middle of the far left-hand side column (ie next to the middle fold), and on a page some what dominated by an almost full page article title "scurvy ahoy!

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  darkspilver

  It's now just past 8.15am on Tuesday morning in Sydney, Australia

  The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) Newspaper, Tuesday 29 November 2016 - and the front page headline screams: ""Splash & Burn - Cash meant for hero volunteers goes up in smoke."

  On page 11, in the middle of the far left-hand side column (ie next to the middle fold), and on a page some what dominated by an almost full page article title "Scurvy Ahoy!" (which is flagged up on the front page BTW) and illustrated by a rather dominating picture/painting of the Commander of the First Fllet Captain Arthur Philip is the following headline and article:
  

  Jehovah‘s fail young

  Children are not adequately protected from the risk of sexual abuse in the Jehovah’s Witnesses, a royal commission has found.

  The organisation relies on outdated policies and practices, including a 2000-year-old two-witness rule, and its weak internal sanctions leave perpetrators at large, the child abuse royal commission said.

  The commission found the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ general practice was to not report child sex abuse allegations, a serious failure to provide for the safety and protection of children.

  The commission said the organisation relied on outdated policies and practices that were, by and large, wholly inappropriate and unsuitable in child sex abuse cases.

  The above print article does not seem to appear online on their website which instead is running the following, more in-depth and longer article:
  

  Jehovah's Witnesses children at risk: RC

  http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/children-not-protected-by-jehovahs-rc/news-story/5e84e2d542419856e8e2cf3c6a2843a0
  
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  AUS: The Australian Newspaper (Print): Jehovah’s Witnesses ‘fail on abuse’

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  it's now just past 7.30am on tuesday morning in sydney, australia.

  and what are australians are waking up to?

  what are they reading in their newspaper over breakfast?

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  darkspilver

  It's now just past 7.30am on Tuesday morning in Sydney, Australia
  

  And what are Australians are waking up to? What are they reading in their newspaper over breakfast? or on their commute to work?....

  The Australian Newspaper, Tuesday 29 November 2016 - and the front page headline screams: "Unions run riot to kill deal."
  

  Somewhat buried and squashed down right at the bottom and on the right-hand side of page seven is the rather small headline:

  Jehovah’s Witnesses ‘fail on abuse’

  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/in-depth/royal-commission/jehovahs-witnesses-fail-on-abuse-says-royal-commission/news-story/b293e74e577719244fa72333f5fedff1?nk=dfe79657c9e6c875e2ca1b97782acd07-1480361888

  The print article seems to be the same as the online version linked to above.

  For context, in the print newspaper, the above article appears next to another, that is headlined Court accepts sex crimes happened but accused walks
  
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  Kingdom Hall Maintenance arrangements under LDC

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thank you to the /r/exjw member /u/redditing_again who passed them to me.

  all the upvotes are yours.. videos:.

  youtube playlist:  /qadmz3wei7y?list=plmkktgkk000rhf5jbv6zgqq7xi6y6d3ho .

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  Thanks wifi
  

  I had a problem working out how to construct the right link for the youtube playlist, kept getting an error - I ended up with the following construction following the youtube . com bit
  

  watch?v=Qadmz3wEi7Y&list=PLmkKtgKk000rhf5jBv6zGqQ7xI6y6d3hO
  
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  FYI: "Leah Remini's Anti-Scientology Documentary on A&E is scorching." Airs Tuesday the 29th, etc.

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  leah remini’s anti-scientology doc: former celeb wrangler admits how tom cruise was “surrounded” and isolated.

  http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/11/23/leah-reminis-anti-scientology-doc-former-celeb-wrangler-admits-how-tom-cruise-was-surrounded-and-isolated.

  "leah remini’s anti-scientology documentary on a&e is scorching.

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  Also remember that Scientology goes out to attract 'celebrities.'

  Then when said celebrities get disillusioned with Scientology and speak out, they are more likely to attract media attention by the very reason of who they are.

  Scientology even has what they call 'Celebrity Centres.'
  

  http://www.scientology.cc (yes, note the 'cc' ending!)

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Centres
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  Was pyramidology a distraction to hide Russell's true source?

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  russell was big in to the pyramid at giza but i'm trying to understand his line of thinking?

  in the early 1840s and author by the name of john aquila brown wrote a book called the even-tide.

  in his book he lays out the times of the end and his ideas on the book of daniel.

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  Hey Crazyguy

  In the early 1840s and author by the name of John Aquila Brown wrote a book called the Even-Tide.

  If you haven't already seen it, you might be interested in the following from a few years ago
  

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/186940/john-aquila-brown-pdf
  
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  FYI: "Leah Remini's Anti-Scientology Documentary on A&E is scorching." Airs Tuesday the 29th, etc.

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  leah remini’s anti-scientology doc: former celeb wrangler admits how tom cruise was “surrounded” and isolated.

  http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/11/23/leah-reminis-anti-scientology-doc-former-celeb-wrangler-admits-how-tom-cruise-was-surrounded-and-isolated.

  "leah remini’s anti-scientology documentary on a&e is scorching.

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  FYI, the official eight-episode docuseries' webpage:
  

  http://www.aetv.com/shows/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath

  The Church of Scientology have issued a statement that E! have published:

  http://www.eonline.com/news/806766/leah-remini-and-the-church-of-scientology-are-at-war-again

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOpur_YepYk
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  Valparaíso, Chile! (jw.org front page)

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the second in an occasional series....... following on from wollongong.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5753386743889920/wollongong-new-south-wales-australia.

  here's valparaíso!.

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  Hi sparrowdown

  I can hear the art direction now " yeah, totally pimp up the colours and make it look busier with extra car and foot traffic but sshh let's pretend the big-ass church isn't there." lol.

  Actually I wonder how old the photograph is that WT has used considering the photo from Taichung, Taiwan they are currently using on the front page of the JW website, shown below, is using an old out-of-date tract / leaflet - I think they were replaced in 2013?
  

  
  

  Google street view lets you go back and view older versions - the picture in Valparaíso, Chile that WT is using looks much more like the the Street View image from January 2012:

  
  

  Admitedly the tarpaulin on the left looks a different color? But at least something is there. Likewise with the partial cover of the balcony in the middle. But the key item would seem to be the road sign on the right hand side, which doesn't appear in the latest Street View.
  

  WT on JW website:
  

  
  

  Most recent Street View from July 2015: