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New Pioneer School Service Book

by battman in

good morning to all,

i have a copy of the new pssb on word.doc.

has this been posted by anyone else?

IT Support

Battman,

Security Warning

May I urgently suggest you don't send out any more copies until you've checked that the Word document doesn't contain any personal information that might identify you, or whoever created the file?

Many people don't realise that Microsoft Word (from memory, all versions) -- without warning or asking permission -- embeds personally identifiable information in documents you create. Open the document in Word, then select File | Properties, and check each of the tabs...

You can remove this personal information by:

saving as a text file (File | Save As, then select Save as type: Plain text), but you will lose all formatting;
saving a 'clean' version of the file by selecting File | Remove Hidden Data (but can we trust Microsoft to remove everything?);
(my favourite): use one of the free PDF file creation utilities (e.g. PrimoPDF) to create a PDF file of your document (just make sure the PDF software doesn't embed your personal details!).

Hope this helps.

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Napa Valley, CA Child Abuse Court Case Victories

by AndersonsInfo in

napa wt child abuse case.

two important court decisions, which came out of napa valley, ca, are now available for us to post on jwd.

these significant rulings overturn objections regularly made by the watchtower in recent lawsuits and may serve as a precedent for future lawsuits.

IT Support

bttt

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Napa Valley, CA Child Abuse Court Case Victories

by AndersonsInfo in

napa wt child abuse case.

two important court decisions, which came out of napa valley, ca, are now available for us to post on jwd.

these significant rulings overturn objections regularly made by the watchtower in recent lawsuits and may serve as a precedent for future lawsuits.

IT Support

These are the court decisions Barbara referred to above (you can either download the individual pages, or, if you click on the document title, a pdf file of the whole document):

1. Ruling on Motion to Quash Service of Summons (Oct 5 2005)

Page 1: http://www.hostimage.org/img/3852080.jpg

Page 2: http://www.hostimage.org/img/724185.jpg

Page 3: http://www.hostimage.org/img/1463547.jpg

Page 4: http://www.hostimage.org/img/98686913.jpg

Page 5: http://www.hostimage.org/img/8297929.jpg

2. Ruling on Motion to Compel Production of Documents (Sep 29 2005)

Page 1: http://www.hostimage.org/img/613071874.jpg

Page 2: http://www.hostimage.org/img/88541.jpg

Page 3: http://www.hostimage.org/img/214685.jpg

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Bethel Downsizing - Management Discussions

by core in

jw
friends

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the spin on downsizing is apparently "go out into the field" yet when the gb initially considered this it must have been presented as a practical problem - too much surplus hr capacity/ too expensive to maintain - or whatever and yet they turned it into a positive matter by stressing the return to the field - all those in such discussions are clearly able to deceive themselves as much as they try and deceive the "flock" - what do you think - did a discussion on a practical problem have to have a positive outcome and how did they twist their minds so as to sell it as such - for years they begged people to stay in bethel service (make it your home for life) and now they cast them out into the world with the thin veneer of "speedin g up the preaching work .. etc".

all those at the top must have been involved in turning this huge embarrasment (jehovah will provide etc) into a positive spin - they should try out for a marketing award "downsizing - the only way to grow!

IT Support

What-A-Coincidence,

the society purchased a million dollar program called SAP that handled the management of stock and inventory and EVERYTHING else that got rid of programmers and stupid WT built software.

I'm told that while the software cost a million, it was more than that again for the cost of all the consultants involved in setting it up and configuring it.

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May 28--Four years since Dateline's JW sex abuse program aired. Results?

by AndersonsInfo in

sunday, may 28, 2006, is the fourth anniversary from when a threshold was crossed into uncharted waters.

on may 28, 2002, the u.s. television news program, dateline, publicized to millions of viewers the facts about watchtower's deceitful child abuse policies which protect pedophiles who target and molest jws' vulnerable children.

subsequently, this subject caught the interest of media throughout the world who, through careful investigation, substantiated the allegations made on dateline.

IT Support

freetosee,

Thank you for your interesting reply.

Incidentally, the link to 'Berlin Online' points to an article in German. I don't speak German and tried running the article through a number of web translation engines, each of which was spectacularly, if uniquely, unsuccessful. :)

I don't suppose anyone has the skills and time to translate the article?

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May 28--Four years since Dateline's JW sex abuse program aired. Results?

by AndersonsInfo in

sunday, may 28, 2006, is the fourth anniversary from when a threshold was crossed into uncharted waters.

on may 28, 2002, the u.s. television news program, dateline, publicized to millions of viewers the facts about watchtower's deceitful child abuse policies which protect pedophiles who target and molest jws' vulnerable children.

subsequently, this subject caught the interest of media throughout the world who, through careful investigation, substantiated the allegations made on dateline.

IT Support

freetosee,

First, welcome to JWD.

You wrote:

I am happy to say that here in Germany this problem has been recognized by authorities.

and:

I can surly witness the snowball effect it had here in Germany.

I've not been here much lately, so perhaps it's been mentioned and I've just missed it, but d o you have any more specific information on how the authorities picked up on this problem, what they have done, and what has been the ('snowball') effect?

Thanks also Barbara, for your costly personal sacrifices to protect the children.

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From Gilead School: Two missionarys sent to USA and Canada

by truthseeker in

jw
friends

at the meeting this week, when discussing the marvellous increase that jehovah is blessing us with, a brother who had .

attended the gilead graduation said that two missionaries had been assigned to countries where you would least imagine they would be sent.. one is going to serve in north america, the other in canada.. .

another brother, a bethelite, said that there are too many workers there, so the society is stressing great emphasis on the field activity and many.

IT Support

Have you noticed nobody ever 'fails' at the Gilead 'school,' but if some flunk the course, they are sent back to their 'home' territory. It is hoped they will cause minimal damage if they return to where they came from.

It doesn't happen very often, of course, because of the heavy pre-admission screening that goes on (have you seen the multiple forms that applicants have to complete before being accepted?). But then, the Firm is investing real money in these guys and gals, unlike, say, appointing elders, which only needs a rubber stamp and some holy spirit™...

So, it's probably worth checking if the guy sent to North America is a US citizen, and if the guy sent to Canada is a Canadian citizen. If so, their credentials are likely to be highly dubious!

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www.bloedkwestie.info

by effe in

we've just opened a new website in holland on the blood issue.

it's located at http://www.bloedkwestie.info

currently it's in dutch and english (just click on the english flag) and it's being translated in spanish too.

IT Support

Hi Effe,

I've added a link to your English index page, at http://www.jwtruth.com/articles/Links.aspx .

Our 'Link to us' page is at http://www.jwtruth.com/articles/LinkToUs.aspx .

All the best for your site!

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WTS Letter to Congregations re. HLC

by doinmypart in

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the christian congregation of jw sent a letter to all congregations regarding hospital liaison committees.

this letter will be read the week of january 30, 2006. i can email a pdf of the letter to someone willing to post it here.

IT Support

belbab,

Thank you for your insightful comments on these letters.

Thanks also fro your 'wise' quotes. Here's one more:

Wisely, Christian youth seeks such spiritual stature [as a "mature minor"] early in life. (page 4, point 9.)

It's yet another attempt by the GB to brainwash JW toddlers to turn themselves into 'bloodless martyrs.'

(By the way, they are not from the 1995 letter but from the 2006 one!)

It's also interesting why WT Legal wants the elders to destroy the 1995 letter. I read through it again, and wondered whether it might have anything to do with the second last sentence of the letter:

Aiding others to maintain integrity brings true joy.

On first glance, it seems innocuous enough. But it's actually suggesting that abstaining from blood is a matter of Christian integrity. And we all know what happens to 'true Christians'™ who don't maintain their integrity. It's the big JC for them.

So, perhaps the GB are wanting to slowly introduce the idea that accepting blood is no longer a judicial offence, so one day in the distant future, when accused by these nasty apostates that they disfellowship or disassociate Witnesses for accepting blood, they can retort, "We've never said that for years and years and years."

Just a thought...

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ALL SCRIPTURE 'INSPIRED' BY GOD......

by Mary in

jw
friends

this doesn't make alot of sense to me, because the word "inspire" can have alot of different meanings, as i've copied from the merriam-webster online dictionary below.

while i definitely believe in god, i think that #5 is probably closer to the truth.

if i write a book or a song and say i was inspired by elvis, that doesn't mean that elvis wrote it or even approved it-----it simply means that i wrote it with him in mind.

IT Support

Mary,

How does Jehovah go from being a vengeful, warrior in the OT, to being a far more benevolant God in the NT?

Because a belief in any 'god' is a primeval, superstitious viral infection that persists among weak-minded humans despite all the evidence to the contrary?

Am I correct in understanding that you're proposing the premise that Rook takes such exception to, namely:

that the Bible is a sort of age-long story of man's effort to find God

rather than 'Divine Revelation' imparted to man? If so, I fully agree.

z,

I just read the book and I was in awe . . . Great book if you don’t have it get it.

I wholeheartedly agree. No 'loyal' JW would read it though, as it would devastate their faith. For all others, it's un-put-down-able.

Rook,

The Bible is thus reduced to the level of other books, and is made to appear, not a Divine book, but rather a human book, pretending to be Divine.

Absolutely true. I couldn't have put it better myself.

if we will assume that the Bible is just what it appears to be, and study it's books to know their contents, we will find there a Unity of Thought indicating that One Mind inspired the writing and compilation of the whole series of books; that it bears on it's face the stamp of it's Author; that it is in a unique and distinctive sense THE WORD OF GOD.

I've read and studied the Bible for over forty years and come to the conclusion there's no 'Unity of Thought,' there's no 'One Mind' and, regretfully, there's probably not even a god, any god. I respect, of course, your right to your own opinion.

Welcome to JWD, by the way!