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  royal commission so far

  by zeb in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  before another day goes past please, summarize the outcome in dot points of the royal commission so far.

  for me in no order;.

  that the wt considers sex crimes against children of little importance.

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  barry

  I'm not a Jehovahs witness but I get the impression the religion wants to be seen to be clean of wrongdoing and clean compared to other religions. At the same time as appearing clean they have a policy to silence anyone with skeletons in the closet
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  These Aussie girls are popular around the world for lipsing

  by barry in

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  2. friends

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmpqusqcjfg.

  what on gods earth is the world coming too.

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  barry

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVx6cXf5Liw
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  Question for those still attending...is anyone talking?

  by ToesUp in

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  2. friends

  we haven't been to a meeting or jw event in several years.

  we have been following the rc closely.

  it is fascinating!

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  barry

  nitty-gritty I'm not a JW but I believe you have the right attitude for change from what you have admitted.

  The RC shouldn't be thought of as the big boogieman. After listening to the RC it is very clear there are problems and if these problems are fixed there will be far less problems into the future. Sometimes we all suffer with the sin of pride.
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  From 1788 to 2015. How Australia has changed.

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  january 25, 1788 - .

  - the first 9 ships to carry prisoners from britain arrived at port jackson.

  nine ships carrying 759 convicts and their guards left portsmouth on may 13, 1787, and arrived at what would be the first penal colony in australia, new south wales.

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  barry

  To tell the truth most Australians if they trace their heritage back are not related to convicts but a few years ago some people that did trace back and find convict relatives were very proud.

  Unfortunately I can't be proud with no proven convicts but some had charges for poaching but fled to Australia before the court could sit. Barry
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  From 1788 to 2015. How Australia has changed.

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  january 25, 1788 - .

  - the first 9 ships to carry prisoners from britain arrived at port jackson.

  nine ships carrying 759 convicts and their guards left portsmouth on may 13, 1787, and arrived at what would be the first penal colony in australia, new south wales.

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  barry

  Convicts were sent from England to Australia after the war of independence with Britain. Before the war the convicts were sent to America by Britain
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  The cruelty of shunning now being exposed rc

  by poopie in

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  2. friends

  let justice roll forth.

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  Julie Bishop just said we should strip our cricketers citizenship because of their lack luster performance, all out in the first innings for 60. Maybe thats a bit drastic wouldn't shunning work?
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  I wonder with all this sex abuse drama if Wt would ever apologize to Bill Bowen and Barbara Anderson.

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  wt obviously must realize now the value of those that tried to enforce change on them.

  i think if it wasn't for these people doing what they did wt would be in even more drama now.

  so my question is do you ever think wt would voluntarily reinstate and publicly apologize to bill bowen and barbara anderson for all their hard work in bringing reform.

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  barry

  Bill Bowan and Barara Anderson are the heroes of the JW religion but the JW religion are way behind in seeing that. Bill and Barbara could save the JWs from financial collapse at least in Australia
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  How big a deal is the royal commission..? It seems to be not much...

  by _Morpheus in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  my understanding (very limited and maybe flawed) is that this commission has no teeth.

  if thats true why would the org care?

  send a few lawyers, go through the motions but in the end.... its a dog parking on a porch.

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  barry

  Even now survivors of sexual molestation that have had claims payed in the past are being assessed if they require further payments because of this royal commission.
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  The Australian Royal Commission will NOT do a damn thing to the WT!

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the rothschild family will not allow the aussies to take any significant action against their religious wing (mormons, jws, adventists, etc.).

  the worst outcome for the borg will be a relatively small fine and a deadline to change their rules.

  that is all..

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  barry

  The law will not change significantly but fines and compensation payments to victims will cripple the WT if they don't comply.

  The reasons for the RC is to identify problem areas so their is no excuse.
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  Won't get fooled again ...Moon Landing.

  by The Rebel in

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  2. friends

  so i was fooled by the witnesses.

  what can i learn from that?

  not to accept things at face value but to seek out opinion and different view points.. hence my question " do you believe man landed on the moon?.

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  barry

  It's true I saw them walk on the moon on the TV set when I was a kid.

  They didn't have the special effects they have today