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  Governing Body member Jackson's amended statement to the Australia investigation dated 9-2-2015

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  2. child-abuse

  statement of geoffrey jackson to royal commission of australia regarding child sexual abuse.

  published september 2nd.

  http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=9d0ca1dc-1bd6-41c4-9cfc-b1d616d1cc65&type=exhibit&filename=stat.0670.001.0001&fileextension=pdf.

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  LostGeneration - it can mean both as its literal meaning is 'to save'. But the sense of the verse implies a physical sickness, or else why mention sin as a possibility too, as you say. The Greek word is sosei, and is used also for Christ healing people of illness. Contextually, you have to be reading James with tinted glasses to take the meaning as not being similar to eg Matthew 9 (NWT version), have bolded where the same word is used.

  Then Jesus got up and, with his disciples, followed him.20 And look! a woman suffering for 12 years from a flow of blood+ approached from behind and touched the fringe of his outer garment,+ 21 for she kept saying to herself: “If I only touch his outer garment, I will get well.” 22 Jesus turned around and, noticing her, said: “Take courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well.”+ And from that hour the woman was made well
  
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  New Geoffrey Jackson statement on Royal Commission's webpage!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by Viva la Vida in

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  2. friends

  check his signature... it looks kind of childish/feminine (at least in my part of the world)... is this a grown man's signature for you?.

  http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=9d0ca1dc-1bd6-41c4-9cfc-b1d616d1cc65&type=exhibit&filename=stat.0670.001.0001&fileextension=pdf.

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  Mephis

  How do you read Deuteronomy 22, and still think two witnesses is meant because it involves the death penalty? vs 13 - 19 talk about stoning a woman to death if a bit of cloth can't be found to prove she was a virgin. They really aren't the brightest on even their own specialist subject.
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  Jesus was historical, and inspired too!

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jesus said something that only our generation could provide an avalanche of proof.

  he said: it is easier for a camel to get through a needles eye than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of god.

  (mathew 19:24).

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  Mephis

  The gulf in wealth inequality in some countries is as bad as it's been since, well, the 1920s and before. Which generation do you mean? The never-ending one since 1914? The generation of 1874? It's absence of records pre-C19th which really hinders anything but educated guesswork prior to then. But I'd suggest a slave in the Roman Empire, a serf in the Middles Ages etc etc. would wonder why Jesus forgot about them if this can only apply in the year 2015.

  I'd be a little more convinced if Jesus had predicted climate change as a result of industrialisation. But he forgot that part in his 'signs'. He'd have saved far the lives of far more people if he'd remebered to mention bacteria and viruses to someone too.
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  Is the Koran (or, parts of it) older than Muhammad?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  2. current

  islamic tradition rests on a foundation of the (claimed) writings of muhammad, that we know as the koran (or, quran).

  so in that view believers see him restoring the original monotheistic faith of all the prophets ( of the west asian tradition).. its important to know that muhammad was born in mecca (in arabia) somewhere around 570 ce.

  his parents died when he was young, and he was given into the care of his uncle abu talib.

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  Mephis

  If the manuscript were a century earlier at the very latest, sure, that would start the search for some answers. But the date ranges mesh well with traditional Islamic dating, so there's not really a conflict here. I suspect some poor academic has been asked a question, answered it honestly, and the story has taken off. If the early end of the date range is correct, yes, interesting questions. But the tests weren't saying that one has to take the earlier dates as being more likely than the later.

  Not really proof of anything, although the ideas on the origins of Islam and its writings are interesting in themselves.
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  Hebrew Was The First Language

  by Bloody Hotdogs! in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  according to the newest watchtower:.

  jehovah communicated with adam in the garden of eden, using human language.

  god likely did so in an ancient form of hebrew.

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  Mephis

  Well they all had Hebrew names so case proven, m'lud.

  I just don't.. no.. 6,000 years ago this happened you say?
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  Price for Child Abuse

  by vinman in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  how much money do you think the watchtower will have to dish out for this scandal in australia?

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  They won't get the option to decide whether or not they will be providing redress, but they will no doubt fight every step of the way on who should receive any from them.

  If one takes 1750 survivors (roughly the number given by the WT's own records) who could potentially seek redress, multiply that by the average $Aus 64,000 (one of the commission's suggested figures for weighting redress), you get $Aus 112m (52m pound sterling / $US 80m). That would likely be spread over 5 years or so.

  I think the survivors who've found the strength to take their cases to court in the past probably have it right - the WBTS won't take child safeguarding seriously until they make the financial calculation and realise things can no longer go on as they have been. Still not sure I can wrap my head around just how pig ignorant the GB are.
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  Was this crazy crap going on in your hall as well?

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. beliefs

  so any way i wonder if this kinda of activity is the norm in halls?

  my wife has my youngest boy calling an older couple in the hall grampa and grandma, my oldest daughter called another older brother grandpa, and the ms that is studying with my two oldest boys on the down low (like i don't know), he's calling g them his boys.

  what the he'll?

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  Mephis

  Same as Mickey mouse for me growing up. Uncles and aunties.
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  New Watchtower Corporation Formed !!!

  by xjwsrock in

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  2. beliefs

  to all congregations in the united states branch territory .

  re: jw congregation support .

  dear brothers: .

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  Mephis

  Interesting. Quick scan of history shows it's been around since 2004. Didn't know they had their own consultancy corp. either (JWCS LLC).
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  JW's Approach To Bible Interpretaion

  by JW_Rogue in

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  2. beliefs

  it will come as no surprise to many here that the jw approach to interpreting the bible is greatly flawed.

  the reason that it is so flawed is that before anything is examined there are already some false assumptions that are made.

  jws believe the following about the bible without evidence:.

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  They approach any piece of writing in the same way as Calvin solves a crossword. They always have the right answer and so everything supports that, no matter what it actually says.

  
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  ex-jw-uk

  by bigmac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

  i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

  i've already found several by reading older posts..

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  Mephis

  In Manchester currently.