Posts by darkspilver

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Third Sector Article: Supreme Court tells Jehovah's Witness charity it cannot stop inquiry

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/supreme-court-tells-jehovahs-witness-charity-cannot-stop-inquiry/governance/article/1405567.

[about third sector for those not in the uk:.

"third sector is the uk’s leading publication for everyone who needs to know what’s going on in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector."].

darkspilver

I think that means that if you want to operate as if you are a charity then you must register with the CC. There is no obligation for a church to operate as a charity. They could become a non-charitable club and lose the benefits of charitable status.

I understand the law changed a few years ago - when suddenly each congregation became its own charity.

The public remit would be the public meetings they hold and the public ministry they conduct.

I think one of the things is having a public sign showing meeting times on the place of worship - I believe that may be an issue for the (Exclusive) Plymouth Brethren

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Third Sector Article: Supreme Court tells Jehovah's Witness charity it cannot stop inquiry

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/supreme-court-tells-jehovahs-witness-charity-cannot-stop-inquiry/governance/article/1405567.

[about third sector for those not in the uk:.

"third sector is the uk’s leading publication for everyone who needs to know what’s going on in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector."].

darkspilver

The WTS is "charitable" the way Bill and Ted were "guitarists".

As they are a 'church' - it would seem to be a legal requirement? They MUST be registered as a charity?

https://fiec.org.uk/what-we-do/strand-blog/do-you-need-to-register-with-the-charity-commission

"In England and Wales, a charity is any institution that is established wholly for charitable purposes. Most independent churches fall within this definition. Therefore, they need to register with the Charity Commission unless they are excepted from registration."

https://www.stewardship.org.uk/downloads/briefingnotes/BN%202015-1%20Why%20all%20churches%20should%20be%20registered%20as%20charities.pdf

Many churches incorrectly believe that, because they are a church or a place of worship, they do not need to be registered. This is not the case. There is no blanket exemption from registration. Some, but not many, churches in England and Wales do not currently have to register. But these exceptions are now very limited and are subject to expected future changes in the law and to the changing individual circumstances of the church.

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Should JWs be watching the the Olympics?

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

from the awake 8 november 1994, page 26. the olympic religious mix.

the olympic games are rooted in greek religion.

they were born as a religious festival to honor zeus, supreme among the greek gods.

darkspilver

From the Awake 8 November 1994, page 26

The Olympic Religious Mix
The Olympic Games are rooted in Greek religion. They were born as a religious festival to honor Zeus, supreme among the Greek gods. Various features of the modern Games have an aura of religiousness: solemn rituals for the Olympic flag, the “sacred” flame, and the Olympic oath. The nearly 100-year-old Greek hymn sung at the opening of the Games was translated into Norwegian for the opening ceremony in Lillehammer. This Olympic hymn has strong religious overtones. It is understood to be a hymn to Zeus. The lyric includes the following statements: “Immortal spirit of antiquity,/Father of the true, beautiful and good,/Descend, appear, shed over us thy light/ . . . Give life and animation to those noble games!/ . . . All nations throng to adore thee,/Oh immortal spirit of antiquity!”
The Norwegian Lutheran Church, through its own Olympic Committee, arranged for an extensive music and religious program. All major church organizations were represented in a large interfaith project. The official Olympic chaplain and an international and ecumenical clergy team were available in the Olympic Village at Lillehammer

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5962523979284480/how-much-do-olympics-athletes-earn-when-they-bring-home-medal?page=2#/6075546312114176

Link to image below

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Latest UPDATE UK Charity Commission investigation

by darkspilver in

latest update from 18 july 2016. good afternoon,.

i am writing to give you a quick update about our ongoing statutory inquiries into safeguarding and charities linked to jehovah’s witnesses.. as you may know, one of our inquiries is into watch tower bible and tract society of britain.

we opened this inquiry in 2014. watch tower then initiated what turned out to be protracted litigation against us.

darkspilver

...ummm...good journalism takes time, manpower and the stories generated by that commitment bow to precedent?

yes

ah, er, ummm .... and money

https://contribute.theguardian.com/

anyone? yes? no? will do?

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System error

by Nathan Natas in

if i go to my profile page and click on "see topics posted on," .

the system returns .

"bad request the browser (or proxy) sent a request that this server could not understand.

darkspilver

Just tried that and it works all OK for me

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Notifications

by Downtowner in

is there a setting that can send me e-mail or even a text message letting me know i have a new pm from someone, or perhaps someone commented on a post i wrote?

i get so busy in life and have several messaging apps to keep up with and sometimes it's weeks or even months before i remember to check my pm's here.. thanks,.

downtowner.

darkspilver

Unfortunately I believe not sir,

And unfortunately, unlike Grindr, there isn't a 'paid for' 'version that allows for that either.

Oops, don't wanna give Simon any ideas

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Third Sector Article: Supreme Court tells Jehovah's Witness charity it cannot stop inquiry

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/supreme-court-tells-jehovahs-witness-charity-cannot-stop-inquiry/governance/article/1405567.

[about third sector for those not in the uk:.

"third sector is the uk’s leading publication for everyone who needs to know what’s going on in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector."].

darkspilver

No worries, point taken

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Third Sector Article: Supreme Court tells Jehovah's Witness charity it cannot stop inquiry

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/supreme-court-tells-jehovahs-witness-charity-cannot-stop-inquiry/governance/article/1405567.

[about third sector for those not in the uk:.

"third sector is the uk’s leading publication for everyone who needs to know what’s going on in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector."].

darkspilver

It's called context

In this case i presume it refers to this from last month:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4816615531085824/latest-update-uk-charity-commission-investigation

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Latest UPDATE UK Charity Commission investigation

by darkspilver in

latest update from 18 july 2016. good afternoon,.

i am writing to give you a quick update about our ongoing statutory inquiries into safeguarding and charities linked to jehovah’s witnesses.. as you may know, one of our inquiries is into watch tower bible and tract society of britain.

we opened this inquiry in 2014. watch tower then initiated what turned out to be protracted litigation against us.

darkspilver

Latest UPDATE from 18 July 2016

Good afternoon,
I am writing to give you a quick update about our ongoing statutory inquiries into safeguarding and charities linked to Jehovah’s Witnesses.
As you may know, one of our inquiries is into Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain. We opened this inquiry in 2014. Watch Tower then initiated what turned out to be protracted litigation against us. We have robustly defended our position. We were right to open the inquiry. We have won our case in every court that has heard the matter, most recently in the Court of Appeal. Watch Tower then decided to try to appeal to the Supreme Court. I am pleased to tell you that I have learned today that the Supreme Court has rejected their application. This means that there are no more domestic routes of appeal open to Watch Tower. We are therefore going to be doing what we have been doing since 2014, which is continuing with our inquiries.
A huge thank you to those of you who have met with me, Nick and Chris over the past few months to share your stories with us in person; and thank you also to everyone who has emailed or who has spoken to us on the phone. There is more work to do but the court ruling is an important milestone.
Please let me know if you would no longer like to receive these occasional updates.
Take care,
Jonathan.
Jonathan Sanders
Senior Investigator
t: 0300 065 2075 | e: [email protected] | w: www.gov.uk/charity-commission

Sounds like this is what is only now being reported in The Guardian - and I suppose Third Sector picked it up from the Guardian today?

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5296748482265088/article-respected-uk-newspaper-guardian-mishandling-sexual-abuse

Why has the Guardian only reported it today?

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Third Sector Article: Supreme Court tells Jehovah's Witness charity it cannot stop inquiry

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/supreme-court-tells-jehovahs-witness-charity-cannot-stop-inquiry/governance/article/1405567.

[about third sector for those not in the uk:.

"third sector is the uk’s leading publication for everyone who needs to know what’s going on in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector."].

darkspilver

Hey AndersonsInfo!

This is basically the same as the Guardian article that's already been posted about nine hours ago? yeah?

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5481514754113536/borg-fighting-tooth-nail-turn-over-sex-abuse-records-press-taking-note

Perhaps you could have pointed out any addition information the article you posted contained to those already posted - I would have found that helpful and informative

The problem is nowadays, if you do a related post and split the threads all up into small ones, they'll lose their 'hotness' factor so in reality, rather than benefiting the topic of discussion, you're doing the topic a disservice

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5092387227435008/hottest-topics-new-sort-rank-option