darkspilver
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New Publication (2014) "God Kingdom Rules" -- When Is It Studied At The Kingdom Hall?
by Littleleslie ini just wanted to know, when do the jws begin to study the 2014 publication called: "god's kingdom rule" at the local kingdom halls?
(i heard it was going to be sometime in the month of september of 2016, this month.).
ll.
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Hove KH sell off
by Damascus inanyone know when this sell off of the brighton and hove kh was put on the market and where will the cong go to?.
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darkspilver
There has been some re-jigging in the Brighton area over the last few years, it seems that:
- Brighton Elm Grove became Brighton North
- Brighton East became Brighton South
- Brighton Hove became Brighton West
- Brighton Patcham and Brighton Central were both disbanded.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-43503600.html
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Hove KH sell off
by Damascus inanyone know when this sell off of the brighton and hove kh was put on the market and where will the cong go to?.
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darkspilver
The five congregations in Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England, meet in two Kingdom Halls, one on the west side, and the other on the north east side of the town centre.
https://goo.gl/maps/4gZy6ecGRbF2
Kingdom Hall, 37 Reynolds Road, HOVE BN3 5RJ
- Portslade: Tuesday 7.20pm and Sunday 1.00pm
Brighton West: Thursday 7.20pm and Sunday 10.00am
Kingdom Hall, 180 Warren Road, Woodingdean, BRIGHTON BN2 6DD
- Brighton North: Tuesday, 7.15pm and Sunday, 1.00pm
- Brighton South: Wednesday 7.15pm and Sunday 10.00am
Brighton Woodingdean: Thursday, 7.15pm and Sunday 4.00pm
The disused Kingdom Hall which is currently for sale is located between the two above Halls and closer to the town centre on the corner of York Avenue and Windlesham Avenue. -
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Phillip Di Biase
by darkspilver inmeet the gay hume city council candidate who quit the jehovah’s witness community.
australia victoria's hume city council candidate phillip di biase, 19, grew up in a “highly controlled” jehovah’s witness community, but turned his back on the religion after he came out at 16. now his life is devoted to helping homeless youths.. http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/victoria-news/meet-gay-hume-city-council-candidate-quit-jehovahs-witness-community/152367.
https://twitter.com/phillipdibias.
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darkspilver
Hi steve2!
Don't quite know what to make of your comment asking whether he is on grindr, but would you make such a comment if he were straight? Probably not.
Would the newspaper headline have said: "Meet the str8 Hume City Council candidate who quit the Jehovah’s Witness community"? Probably not.
But seriously, it was a light-hearted comment - it's in a LGBTI publication, the third word in the headline is 'gay' and part of the story is specifically regarding his being gay.
I wish him well, his twitter count may be low now, but he's got seven weeks to campaign.....
I linked to the election results from last time to show that actually 4,000 is doable - and acually it's done through proportional representation too, so the second and third etc preference votes are important, and it seems that the number of council members returned in the ward increased from 2 to 3 at the last election. The downside is that all three current members are 'long-term' nominees, so depends if all three are standing again - nominations close on 20 September....
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Phillip Di Biase
by darkspilver inmeet the gay hume city council candidate who quit the jehovah’s witness community.
australia victoria's hume city council candidate phillip di biase, 19, grew up in a “highly controlled” jehovah’s witness community, but turned his back on the religion after he came out at 16. now his life is devoted to helping homeless youths.. http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/victoria-news/meet-gay-hume-city-council-candidate-quit-jehovahs-witness-community/152367.
https://twitter.com/phillipdibias.
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darkspilver
Hi steve2
All power to this inspiring young man!
Er yeah, but is he on grindr?
Also, he only has 11 followers so far on twitter :(
These were the results from the last 2012 elections:
https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/humeresult2012.html
Looks like he's gonna need about 4,000 votes out of an electorate of around 32,000
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"Marking"
by confused inplease can anyone help me to find any information from society's literature on the subject of marking.
i wasn't aware it was still practiced.
i would like to know how it is explained as being in any way scriptural.
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darkspilver
Hi polish clarinet!
I have been marked for marrying a non-believer (catholic), had a beautiful discourse.
Yes, that would have been a marking talk
The following week-end, some proclaimers refused to go with me in the field. So the elder told to the 15 proclaimers of the group : I think it would be better brother Polish Clarinet went from door to door alone!
Oh dear, as the QfR above states it's the withdrawal from social interaction - still, if you'd been regular in field, I'd have thought they'd have pre-arranged somebody to work with you, at least on the first weekend.
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"back in the day people didn't know not to abuse kids"- a jw explanation for their abuse scandal
by purrpurr ina few weeks back i showed the guardian article about the borg refusing to cooperate with the charity commission into child abuse to a fellow jw.
their response was quite amazing.
they told me that in the 50s-80s people didn't know about child abuse, didn't know it was wrong and no one really believed children when they claimed they had been abused - even worldly people.. they said that alot of the time children lie about being abused or therapists plant false memories in their heads and that apostates lie about being abused to undermine our faith.. about the borg not cooperating with the commission they said that it was probably because they wanted to protect the identities of jw's who had been abused.
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darkspilver
HI LoveUniHateExams
Just to help you understand, darkspilver, 'paedophile information exchange' (PIE) was a disgusting group of dubious legality which tried to make adult-on-child sex legal. It was particularly active in the 60s and 70s. Several PIE members were jailed for child sex offences.
yes definately agreeing with you - the point is though that an organisation/group like that actually existed as openingly as it did during the time it did - and, although viewed by the majority, quite rightly so, as being abhorrent, it's activities were being reported in a relatively hands-off factual way by the mainstream press at the time.
And then there's the 1981 Time magazine article "Cradle-to-Grave Intimacy" that was referenced in the Awake! article earlier in this thead.
Nowadays, thankfully, people are much more knowledgeable
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"back in the day people didn't know not to abuse kids"- a jw explanation for their abuse scandal
by purrpurr ina few weeks back i showed the guardian article about the borg refusing to cooperate with the charity commission into child abuse to a fellow jw.
their response was quite amazing.
they told me that in the 50s-80s people didn't know about child abuse, didn't know it was wrong and no one really believed children when they claimed they had been abused - even worldly people.. they said that alot of the time children lie about being abused or therapists plant false memories in their heads and that apostates lie about being abused to undermine our faith.. about the borg not cooperating with the commission they said that it was probably because they wanted to protect the identities of jw's who had been abused.
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darkspilver
For the last 100 years, British people knew the age of consent was 16.
well, yes, and no - wrong, just yes.
sorry, what I meant was that I was agreeing with you in principle, but was highlighting the technical aspect that the homosexual age of consent was only lowered to 16 to match that for hetrosexuals 16 years ago - ie: "For the last 100 years, British people knew the age of consent was 16 or higher."
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"back in the day people didn't know not to abuse kids"- a jw explanation for their abuse scandal
by purrpurr ina few weeks back i showed the guardian article about the borg refusing to cooperate with the charity commission into child abuse to a fellow jw.
their response was quite amazing.
they told me that in the 50s-80s people didn't know about child abuse, didn't know it was wrong and no one really believed children when they claimed they had been abused - even worldly people.. they said that alot of the time children lie about being abused or therapists plant false memories in their heads and that apostates lie about being abused to undermine our faith.. about the borg not cooperating with the commission they said that it was probably because they wanted to protect the identities of jw's who had been abused.
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darkspilver
For the last 100 years, British people knew the age of consent was 16.
well, yes, and no
Age of consent in UK
- In 1275, the first age of consent was set in England, at age 12
- In 1875 it was raised to 13
In 1885 it was raised to 16
Male homosexual consent
- Decriminalised in 1967
- In 1967, the first age of consent was set, at age 21
- In 1994 it was lowered to 18
In 2000 it was lowered to 16
The Wikipedia page below has an interesting reference from 1972 regarding the Quakers desire for a lower age of consent of 14
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"back in the day people didn't know not to abuse kids"- a jw explanation for their abuse scandal
by purrpurr ina few weeks back i showed the guardian article about the borg refusing to cooperate with the charity commission into child abuse to a fellow jw.
their response was quite amazing.
they told me that in the 50s-80s people didn't know about child abuse, didn't know it was wrong and no one really believed children when they claimed they had been abused - even worldly people.. they said that alot of the time children lie about being abused or therapists plant false memories in their heads and that apostates lie about being abused to undermine our faith.. about the borg not cooperating with the commission they said that it was probably because they wanted to protect the identities of jw's who had been abused.
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darkspilver
The OP refers to an article in The Guardian, a liberal British newspaper.
For some background, here's an article from the same newspaper, from 41 years ago....
The Guardian - Tuesday 26 August 1975 - Page 5
Child-lovers win fight for role in Gay Lib
Mr Keith Hose, a paedophile - one who is sexually attracted to children - persuaded tha conference of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE) yesterday to censure its conference committee for relegating paedophilia to a minor role in the conference business.
Mr Hose told the conference, which ended in Sheffield last night, that he himself had enjoyed "a deep relationship" with two boys aged 11 when he was a sixth-former at school. He is a member of the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), which is campaigning for the legal and social accepttance of paedophilia. A PIE leaflet states: "We want to dispel the myths connected with paedophilia, and show that most paedophiles desire gentle, loving, and mutually pleasurable relationships. We believe it is inhumane to children to outlaw their sexuality and we support moves to lower the age of consent."
The successful resolution proposed by Mr Hose pointed out that paedophilia was an important subject because "There are many gay paedophiles, in and out of CHE, yet their needs and feelings are ignored in frequent attempts to dissociate them from the gay movement."
[article contnues, see below]
For background regarding age of consents etc in the UK see - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_Britain
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/26/lobbying-paedophile-campaign-revealed-hewitt
