Posts by berrygerry

on may 6th, 2019 watch tower attorney paul polidoro faced off against anonymous reddit user darkspilver, represented by eff, the electronic frontier foundation.. link to youtube video with audio from may 6th hearing:.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wzopjmzfco&feature=youtu.be.

polidoro, noted for his appearance in the supreme court case of watchtower versus stratton ohio, now represents watch tower of pennsylvania in their efforts to flush out the inside leak sources of documents, videos and images.. these documents and other sensitive information have been leaked to the public and reposted by dozens of individuals since 2017. watch tower is deeply concerned about the internal moles leaking this information, since much of it has been used by whistleblowers to reveal watch tower's private internal policies and procedures.. included in the leaks are publisher id and records management materials which reveal the extent of jehovah's witness data collection and management prodedures, including the destruction of documents.. jehovah's witnesses have come under intense scrutiny for their failure to report child abuse across the globe, not only in mandatory reporting states, but in every location where clergy members are not required to report.. the dangerous policies of the jehovah's witness organization have resulted in a significant movement among current and former members to expose the organization and force transparency.. current members with high-level access to watch tower documents have risked expulsion and legal recourse for their efforts.. the electronic frontier foundation's attorney alex moss represented the unidentified darkspilver redditor in defense of the motion to quash watch tower's subpoena to unmask his identity.. listen closely as both sides make their case, and the judge seeks to understand the issues involved.. freedom of speech versus alleged copyright infringement- you be the judge.

berrygerry

https://supporters.eff.org/donate/join-4

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Will Lawyers Eventually Usurp Absolute Control Over The JW Religion ?

by smiddy3 in

i have no trouble thinking this is a distinct possibility happening at some future date .more and more the g.b.members are relying on lawyers to get them out of tight spots that the g.b.

and the fact that they need lawyers to get them out of.. gradually and by stealth with making little in-roads here and there in gaining some measure of control in modifying doctrines to keep the religion one step ahead of the law ,they eventually manipulate events whereby they can take full control over the religion and oust the remaining g.b.members as apostates or whatever and take full control over the jehovah`s witness empire for themselves .. what do you think ?.

a possibility ?.

berrygerry

The lawyers 100% control this organization, financially and strategically.

The video of Anthony Morris at the liquor store in real life shows a not-rich, not-arrogant, aging man, also trapped.

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The Watchtower Tract Society doesn't print Bibles?

by Nathan Natas in

after reading a few comments here, i thought it was time for me to get a copy of "the silver sword" for my own occasional research and occult practices.

so i thought i would see if jw.org would offer a way that i could purchase a printed copy (not digital) of the new world translation.

as i browsed, it occurred to me that i might also like to have a copy of the... what was it?

berrygerry

https://www.biblio.com/book/bible-living-english/d/1041988209

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What is some good information I can anonymously give my neighbor (foreign language)?

by Tameria2001 in

eight years ago the jws were making return visits with my spanish speaking neighbor (she speaks very little english).

they were calling on her during a period in her life that things were not so good.

i already know that jws love to take opportunities like this to try to suck someone into their cult.

berrygerry

https://www.google.com/search?q=jehovah+child+abuse

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Help: project to gather statistics on JW congregation finances.

by Anders Andersen in

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many countries demand that charities publish a yearly summary of their finances.. where i live (netherlands), charities must publish these statements themselves, and jw do this at jw-anbi.nl.

(i'm quite certain almost no jw knows about that site btw.).

anyway i've been working on automatically harvesting data from all the congregation finance statements to gain more insight in how the borg is doing over time.. now it occured to me that i could do this analysis for more countries and get an even bigger picture.

berrygerry

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4812472855822336/canada-branch-financials-posted-bleeding-appears-very-real

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''Special Letter'' to be Read In Canada Week of Feb 3,2019

by Beth Sarim in

i have just been informed that there is a 'special letter' to be read at the meetings week of feb 3,2019 in canada.

anybody heard of this!!

just a heads-up!

berrygerry

Prices have been going down in Vancouver - probably better to unload now then at the end of 2019.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-real-estate-market-february-2019

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Interesting post regarding validity of CSA claims in ARC

by berrygerry in

one of the key submissions to the arc was a document wat.0021.001.0001, which is a spreadsheet summarising the 1006 case files subpoenaed from the wt's australian branch and is available on the arc website.

i had a detailed look at the data and discovered a few things that may be of interest:.

although the 1006 cases cover reports made in a 65 year period from 1950 to 2015, almost half of all cases (449) were first reported in the 10 years from 2000 to 2009 and 87% were first reported after 1990.. the two witness rule was a factor in preventing at least 125 cases from proceeding to a judicial committee.. there were 163 cases with 336 victims where the perpetrator was an elder or ms.. the total number of victims was 1,858.. from time to time on this forum i have read comments suggesting that false reports of child sexual abuse are quite common.

berrygerry

One of the key submissions to the ARC was a document WAT.0021.001.0001, which is a spreadsheet summarising the 1006 case files subpoenaed from the WT's Australian branch and is available on the ARC website. I had a detailed look at the data and discovered a few things that may be of interest:

Although the 1006 cases cover reports made in a 65 year period from 1950 to 2015, almost half of all cases (449) were first reported in the 10 years from 2000 to 2009 and 87% were first reported after 1990.

The two witness rule was a factor in preventing at least 125 cases from proceeding to a judicial committee.

There were 163 cases with 336 victims where the perpetrator was an elder or MS.

The total number of victims was 1,858.

From time to time on this forum I have read comments suggesting that false reports of child sexual abuse are quite common. All of the evidence I have seen suggests that it is uncommon. The ARC case file data contains evidence that most of the reports were reliable. There was a confession in at least 579 cases. An additional 163 cases involved multiple accusers. An additional 70 cases had sufficient evidence for the accused to be disciplined by a JW JC. An additional 16 cases showed evidence of secular court action and conviction. That means that there were good grounds for believing the accusers in at least 828 cases. Many of the remaining cases were not acted on internally due to the two witness rule. It is sobering to contemplate.