but how??????
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https://www.christianpost.com/news/serena-williams-mom-encouraged-her-with-scripture-after-emotional-struggles-with-motherhood-213273/.
Wild_Thing: what is the basis for your assumption that her quotes are from 2002?
Because Hisclarkness can read?
The link in the OP that references the quote/s goes to this page:
http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=11699
The date at the top of that interview very very clearly says "July 6, 2002".
okay i've been reading this one lately and so far it's even funnier to me than kyria's book, maybe because it comes from the male viewpoint.
this book is not to be missed!
buy it now.
JimmyPage: Okay, finished reading it. Would make a great movie
it has been sickening to read the most recently leaked documents by faithleaks.
it makes me so angry because so many of us have experienced first hand the horrible policies of the watchtower on abuse.
i feel like these documents are finally the smoking gun we have all been hoping to expose the watchtower, and so far, the only mainstream news that i have seen pick it up is newsweek.. what will it take for the mainstream media pick this up and give it the attention it deserves?
jwundubbed: Any statistics not provided by the JW is helpful
You mean non-Catholics turn up at Catholic churchs and count the attendance??
I'd presume even many of the apparently 'independent' statistics have their roots in the Catholics own provided numbers.
I understood that Pew Research is independent, and they've covered the JWs fairly comprehensively in a number of breakdowns including by age, ethnicity, education, family income etc etc
But the problem is how members are counted - is it purely by turning up for a service? or just saying they believe in it?
it has been sickening to read the most recently leaked documents by faithleaks.
it makes me so angry because so many of us have experienced first hand the horrible policies of the watchtower on abuse.
i feel like these documents are finally the smoking gun we have all been hoping to expose the watchtower, and so far, the only mainstream news that i have seen pick it up is newsweek.. what will it take for the mainstream media pick this up and give it the attention it deserves?
jwundubbed: Unable to find statistics on the JW religion that don't come from the JW.
Does this count??
Pew Research: A Closer Look at Jehovah's Witnesses Living in the US
it has been sickening to read the most recently leaked documents by faithleaks.
it makes me so angry because so many of us have experienced first hand the horrible policies of the watchtower on abuse.
i feel like these documents are finally the smoking gun we have all been hoping to expose the watchtower, and so far, the only mainstream news that i have seen pick it up is newsweek.. what will it take for the mainstream media pick this up and give it the attention it deserves?
JeffT: The question reporters ask is not "is this an important story?" It's "will this story attract viewers/readers?" In the case of JW's the answers to those questions are "maybe" and "not many."
That's why people have to follow the links to those stories and articles!
I posted a link to the Newsweek article on reddit which has got 2,300 views (as I posted the thread, I can see the number) - many more people will have followed the link to Newsweek from other places too - and it all adds up.
Then there's the example of these two 'end-of-year' popular articles:
this is the circuit assembly hall i attended since childhood.
if you're a jw and you grew up in liverpool, lancashire or manchester then this is the hall you attended.
when i was little i remember the decor inside being red and cream coloured.
Here's a youtube video slideshow about the Manchester Assembly Hall
well, here we go.
hang on & grab some popcorn:.
https://gizmodo.com/new-whistleblower-site-faithleaks-releases-confidential-1821799936/amp.
https://gizmodo.com/new-whistleblower-site-faithleaks-releases-confidential-1821799936.
faithleaks releases documents surrounding sexual abuse investigation in jehovah's witness congregation.
faithleaks releases 33 letters and internal documents detailing an internal investigation of alleged sexual abuse within a congregation of jehovah’s witnesses.the documents, spanning from 1999 to 2012, detail accusations from three accusers and present communications between local leaders of jehovah’s witnesses and various legal entities that represent the church that are commonly referred to collectively as “watch tower”.. .
in 1999 accusations were made against a member of the jehovah's witness church.
FaithLeaks releases 33 letters and internal documents detailing an internal investigation of alleged sexual abuse within a congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The documents, spanning from 1999 to 2012, detail accusations from three accusers and present communications between local leaders of Jehovah’s Witnesses and various legal entities that represent the Church that are commonly referred to collectively as “Watch Tower”.
In 1999 accusations were made against a member of the Jehovah's Witness church. The accusations were made by one of his daughters to the leaders of the Palmer Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Brimfield Massachusetts.
The following files document the various correspondences that took place within the Jehovah’s Witness organization as this case unfolded and was investigated by church leaders.
The Documents span several years and they detail the accounts of the original accuser, another daughter, and a female not related to the accused that later came forward.
The documents are listed in chronological order. All names have been redacted and color coded.
made a visit to warwick recently.
i’ll try to get some pics posted..
St George of England: I wonder how many at the meeting will look at the Interlinear?
More than they would've a couple of years ago?
It's on the JW app so you can compare the verses side-by-side.
