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  Jehovah's Witnesses "Handling Child Abuse Matters" flowchart

  by jwleaks in

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  2. child-abuse

  jw leaks courtesy of the australian royal commission.

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  Village Idiot

  That Royal Commission is fantastic! Thanks jwleaks, you live up to your name.
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  The audio recorder days -- remember those 1950s luggable cases?

  by FatFreek 2005 in

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  2. experiences

  i don't remember why they met at our new bedford, ma, tenement, a $5 weekly cold water flat.

  mom took home some $37 per week and dad was disabled.

  there were no food stamps, no ssi.

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  My mother had, in the 1960s, one of those spool audio recorders. It was a bit smaller than the one you show. She would tape radio shows of one of her friends.

  In the 1970s I had a big, heavy cassette recorder that I would tape convention talks with. I remember having it in my lap in a special talk (1974 - 10,000 JWs in attendance) were Frederick Franz explained how the great tribulation/Armageddon would start within months or years - not decades - of September 1975. I forget what I did with that Cassette but if I still have it it would be a jewel.

  I also remember, in the 1960s, seeing IBM computers that were the size of a huge refrigerator that used magnetic tape in spools. A modern day calculator has more capacity than one of those.

  My first calculator (Texas Instruments), in the early 1970s, cost a hundred dollars (the equivalent of several hundred dollars in today's money) and could only add, subtract, multiply, divide and do X2.

  My mother also had one of those vintage "portable" 1960s typewriters that used ink spools. I still have it.

  

  
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  GB suggested that the flock study the Apostate sites in order to defend the Truth.

  by James Mixon in

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  2. bible

  ok folks a dream i had.

  lol.

  but what would happen if the gb suggested it?

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  Village Idiot

  It's not April 1st.
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  The original announcement by Gillard of the royal commission on child abuse

  by barry in

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  Village Idiot

  Barry, your video is not showing up. It's got a message saying that "This video does not exist".
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  truthseeker100 channeling Jean Chretien:

  "A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." Just remove the h and the last e from his name and you'll get the perfect description of him.
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  Perry:

  "Yet, posters like Cofty still state from time to time that our DNA is filled mostly with junk."

  Most DNA, referred to as "junk", has been turned off and is not active in our development.
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  ...............................Let us worship the All Savory Spaghetti Monster

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  Aussie Article: The Saturday Paper - Royal commission examines Jehovah Witnesses cover-up

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime/2015/08/01/royal-commission-examines-jehovah-witnesses-cover/14383512002194 .

  royal commission examines jehovah witnesses cover-up.

  newsaug 1, 2015. martin mckenzie-murray the jehovahs witnesses fiercely literal reading of the bible has distanced them from the law and politics, but the royal commission into child sexual abuse is ending that..

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  I'd hate to repeat this on different threads to the point of spamming but let me make this suggestion on this thread. We should post links to the trial's video on the JW Facebook page. It should be prefaced with a statement saying that the JW witnesses are doing a fantastic job of defending themselves. That might encourage them to watch the video and then...

  Thank you Barbara.
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  Is It Time to regroup?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how much do you want to bet that the organization has already started preparing articles for the watchtower magazines, convention talks, circuit overseers talks and letters to bodies of elders, to refute what is happening in australia?

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  right now the most important thing for the wt to do is protect their image that they are gods visible organization.especially in the u.s. and latin american countries.

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  fastJehu:

  "The GB has only 1 chance - they have to apologize."

  They would simply give a phony apology claiming that there were a handful of bad elders who were responsible for the whole thing.
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  Justice in Historic Australian investigation says Jehovah's Witnesses child protection policies WORST

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  historic investigation of jws latest videos are on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtxakzq0ity&feature=youtu.be.

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  I mentioned it on another thread, we should be posting these links on JW Facebook threads. I'm sure they'll be deleted but some persistence would pay off.

  A post stating that the JWs are doing an excellent job in defending themselves would likely be getting some eyes.