I can say this, in the NT it gives several examples where the Jews of the time Jesus was said to have lived, found ways around the laws of their bible. The WTS has spent so much time defining what is right and what is wrong, despite that the NT supposedly was inspired by god who should have been capable of making himself clearly understood. Thus, the WTS has built up what is actually a Talmud of additional instructions in addition to their bible. Yes, it is said by Jews and Christians alike, that it is a sin to add to the bible or Torah. But they can add to their Talmud, that is add, take away, and give new explanations.
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by HiddenPimo ini think that the big issue here is the double standard based on the location of the family members - if they are 'immediate' meaning they live at home in the same dwelling under the same roof then it's ok but if you are like me and living on your own, your family will absolutely avoid contact with you as that is the real jw policy..the old canada court trial and recent swedish news are totally out of context and the jw attorneys are complete tools and filthy liars....
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Los Angeles Times: California braces for deluge of child-sex-assault lawsuits under new law
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-20/california-child-sex-assault-lawsuits-new-law.
san diego — matt smyth’s secret was revealed in his senior year of high school with a knock on the front door of his family’s fallbrook, calif., home.. two plainclothes sheriff’s detectives were investigating reports that smyth’s former assistant scoutmaster — the one who’d driven kids to boy scout meetings, chaperoned camp-outs and hosted fishing outings on his bucolic property — had molested several boys.. to the shock of his parents, smyth shared that he’d been a victim, too.
but the bombshell stayed close to home for decades.
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blondie
The RCC (Roman Catholic Church) was quite successful hiding their child sexual abuse situation. But in 1988 this foundation of the SNAP organization began. You might remember the movie out not so long ago, Spotlight, that showed how the newspaper in Boston took on the Catholic Church with the help of this organization. Besides the tireless efforts by Barbara and Joe Anderson and those that work with them, this can tell how Catholics and ex-Catholics worked together to publicize and take legal steps to make the RCC accountable. The hard work of SNAP has helped to open the doors for other religions to publicize and take legal steps regarding their religious organizations.
https://www.snapnetwork.org/about
History of SNAP
SNAP all began with one person. Barbara Blaine founded SNAP in 1988 after years of pain, depression and shame. She was abused as an 8th grade child by a Toledo, Ohio priest who taught in the catholic school she attended. Years later, her pleas for help from Toledo’s bishop fell on deaf ears. Barbara realized that survivors of clergy abuse could help each other and, by mid 1988, she had built a network of about two dozen victims. By early 1989 several survivors had struck up friendships, held regular telephone conversations and exchanged letters. In 1991, the very first SNAP Meeting was held at the Holiday Inn, Chicago.
At a subsequent meeting in San Francisco in 1992, Barbara met David Clohessy, a survivor who was abused by a priest in Jefferson City Missouri. David had repressed the memory of his abuse for years before becoming a quintessential member of SNAP and a lifelong colleague and friend to Barbara. SNAP was already a growing and well-established organization when Barbara and David began to notice specific patterns in the way church officials had responded when abuse was disclosed to them. Rarely, if ever, did a church official admit to knowing of other survivors. They made empty promises such as a written apology or no longer permitting a predator to work in ministry. So, in November 1992, SNAP members travelled to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington D.C. At first, bishops refused to see them. Finally, only three agreed to meet with SNAP members and to listen to their stories. The bishops said they would take what they learned “under consideration.” The following spring, in New Orleans, not a single bishop came to one of SNAP’s designated listening sessions. The media, however, did. In November 1993, SNAP leaders from several cities travelled to Chicago to hold the organizations first ever national press conference. When, in 2002, the Boston Globe ran 850 stories about pedophile priests, the sheer numbers of victims coming forward to SNAP asking for support was overwhelming. SNAP took on a small staff to help manage the constant influx of requests and, in 2003, SNAP opened its national office in Chicago.
Today SNAP is the largest, oldest and most active self-help group for clergy sex abuse victims, whether assaulted by ministers, priests, nuns or rabbis. SNAP is a confidential, safe place for wounded men and women to be heard, supported and healed. SNAP works tirelessly to achieve two goals: to heal the wounded and to protect the vulnerable. The organization has more than 25,000 members and support groups meet in over 60 cities across the U.S. and the world.
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blondie
Thanks, Anna Marina.
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KURD is the word - and the word is KURD
by Terry inkurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.
once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.
(gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.
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blondie
Thanks, Terry. It is hard for many people in the US to keep on US history let alone history in the rest of the world.
Yes, when the European started divesting themselves of their foreign colonies (does Ireland count?), the Europeans decided where to draw the boundaries without any concern about the people who lived in those colonies, putting boundaries that separated one part of a tribe from the other part. Or melding 2 or more tribes that had been at war with each other for over a 100 years or more.
The Europeans decided the boundaries based on economic factors.
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U.S. Ex-Madera Police dispatcher Martin Ramos gets 270 days in jail for sex crimes with 17-year-old
by eyeuse2badub inu.s. ex-madera police dispatcher martin ramos gets 270 days in jail for sex crimes with 17-year-old.
he was an elder or an ms in the madera california congregation!.
just saying!.
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blondie
No problem, it is one of the few skills I have in my technology tool box.
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Impeach the GB
by lastmanstanding inlet’s get a congress going and impeach the governing bastards..
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blondie
nowwhat?
As a person who sometimes misses the joke, I think these statements are said in humor.
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False oath in Russia
by neat blue dog ini'll be the first to say that the russian government is pretty terrible and overreaching in its', power but that's not what this is about.
in a recent hearing, a witness for the jws said this under oath:.
one thing makes jehovah’s witnesses unique: they do not rely on strict rules or the authority of any particular leader, instead, they try to help adherents develop a bible-trained conscience so that each individual can personally and voluntarily make decisions guided by the bible.. i'm sorry but that is just not true.
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blondie
exjwlemming
25 minutes ago"It is not a lie, if you believe it."- George Costanza.
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Impeach the GB
by lastmanstanding inlet’s get a congress going and impeach the governing bastards..
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blondie
RubaDub,
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too avenge ..?
by zeb ini read this recently in a stoics daily guide.. "the best way to avenge yourself is not be like that.
" written by marcus aurelius..
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blondie
I can think of too many active jws that turned up with VD, were active alcoholics or drug users (even drug sellers at the KH), single with children to raise, miserable and angry, in prison, scarred and maimed, embezzlers, child abusers, wife abusers, etc.
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JWB 5th Anniversary GB host lineup
by neat blue dog inthe recent article on the 5th anniversary of jw broadcasting includes a helpful graphic showing our hosts:.
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blondie
I was thinking about my long history with the WTS, 64 years. In that time, there have been many members of the GB that have come and gone. I think a few on here are about my age or older might remember some of these men. It seems that it is current trend for new GB members to be mostly from the US.
I looked up the past and current members of the GB and I found this about their place of origin, all white men claiming to be anointed by the time they were appointed to the GB.
Barber-Canada
Barr-Scotland
Barry-New Zealand
Gangas-New Ephesus, Turkey
G. Jackson-Australia
K Klein-Germany
Losch-Austria
Poetzinger-Germany
Fekel-Austria Hungary
Sullivan-Canada
Greenlees-Canada
Chitty-England
Splane-Canada?
In my research I found that the WTS says they started talking about the "governing body" in 1944.
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1971923?q=governing+body+1944&p=par
The official magazine of Jehovah’s Christian witnesses is The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom. In the year 1944 the Watchtower magazine began to speak about the governing body of the Christian congregation
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1990204?q=governing+body+1944&p=par
Looking back in this “time of the end,” we are not surprised that the members of the Governing Body were at first closely identified with the editorial staff of the Watch Tower Society. (Daniel 12:4) The article “The Theocratic Alignment Today,” published in The Watchtower of November 1, 1944, said: “Reasonably, those who were entrusted with the publication of the revealed Bible truths were looked to as the Lord’s chosen governingbody to guide all those who desired to worship God in spirit and in truth and to serve him unitedly in spreading these revealed truths to other hungering and thirsting ones.”