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.
jwdaughter: It has changed our world
Yes, in large ways
Speed is the digital god and the faster information travels, the more currency it generates...and the shallower our information becomes
I don't mind waiting
For detailed, accurate reporting. It is worth it
i've heard some weird stories coming from jws about the paranormal.
i know about the warnings about items that come from unbelievers -- those don't interest me as much.
what i am interested in are actual experiences in stories of the paranormal you've heard or experienced yourself.
Yup, Vidiot. Sleep paralysis was one of the first out of the chute *you lazy bum*
Huh. My son has sleep paralysis and has since he was little. Probably still does. He also sleepwalks
And I sleepwalk. It makes for some interesting lucid dreaming experiences
We both have something wired not quite right with that part of our brains. Sleeping can be quite the adventure at times
i'm looking for this brochure mentioned in god's kingdom book.
i've heard it's only for gubernamental authorities.
otherwise someone would have it in pdf format?
Wifi, I also have an article that was published in a German newspaper about this organization's efforts in Haiti (Aidafrique)
...sending it to you to make available
as i said last night the smell of pus from an infection is recognized by all puppies without their being exposed to the smell previously, this is shown because all puppies react the same way to this smell, which is to lick the infected pus laden wound.. this demonstrates that smells are carried on dna in some way.
any thoughts on how?.
"Race memory" is an artficial construct without scientific merit
i'm looking for this brochure mentioned in god's kingdom book.
i've heard it's only for gubernamental authorities.
otherwise someone would have it in pdf format?
Is this what you are looking for?
Mission to Africa - 1997 brochure
*clicking link will start automatic download of pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/12/jehovahs-witnesses-under-pressure-over-handling-of-sexual-abuse-claims.
cofty: I'm genuinely puzzled by their legal tactics in this case. It seems perfectly designed to maximise damage.
What on earth are they hoping to achieve? Now they have seriously annoyed the CC who have the power to hurt them. Why did they not welcome them and give them complete cooperation?
Is it just arrogance or is it possible that they know they are sitting on a problem of such proportions that it will destroy them?
Me too. Puzzled
So much of this doesn't make sense
I will add questions:
Do they have the backing of entities who have a mutual interest in keeping child abuse secret and enclosed within the power of an institution? Are there larger interests being served? How deep do the pockets go and why?
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."].
vidiot: Pssh.
The WTS is "charitable" the way Bill and Ted were "guitarists".
Well, yeah. We know that
Now the rest of the world can find out too
The 'charitable' work of the WTS has only been undertaken because it was required activity to qualify for tax breaks
The WTS has done all sorts of contortions and misrepresented themselves on tax returns in order to fall under the third sector umbrella.
For example, in Canada, the individual congregations' tax returns list an elder as "Fund Raising Chairman" (a few years back...not sure how they file now). That is quite the transformation from being a "Shepherd of the Flock", an elder ...in charge of spiritual welfare...only. And, the fund raising activities fell under "Pamphlet Campaigns"...you know, like canvassing towns to invite people to the Memorial. All the JW 'religious' activities were re-labelled in order to qualify for filing as a 'charity'
I only wish that their entire tax filings were made transparent. They should be - it is the public who gave them their tax breaks. It is time they are held accountable
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.
darspilver: Why has the Guardian only reported it today?
...ummm...good journalism takes time, manpower and the stories generated by that commitment bow to precedent?
Sorry, darspilver...your personal concerns about the WTS do not sit at the center of the universe
You sound like you have been spoiled by the speed of the digital world. Good journalism still requires human beings to make it function and relies on solid research (time)
anyone else also hold this view or understand it at least, or do you feel the need to argue that both can in no way coexist?.
vidqun: Well, I will also make a prediction. They will not find life on Mars or anywhere else in the solar system (except earth) because life, in any form, cannot be kick started by itself, not in a million years.
So.
Let's see if I have this right
You propose that some undefinable intelligence exists
That intelligence made the planet earth
On this tiny, tiny, little speck of dust in the universe, that intelligence stuck a 'man'
And there is no other life in this great big universe that the intelligence made
Huh
The universe sounds sort like the foreskin argument - just don't need it
anyone else also hold this view or understand it at least, or do you feel the need to argue that both can in no way coexist?.
JamesBrown: Hopefully, this earth is a stopping point or training ground on life's journey
I sort of think there is some basis for the hypothesis that this planet is the universe's insane asylum. It will sometimes cross my mind when I delve into threads like these
But, then, I have always had a morbid fascination with madness and insanity
As far as the evolution vs creationism so-called 'debate'...watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6arhd4Kq1cI
