Spinks is saying Jehovah's Witnesses have absolute authority for the law. Did he forget the Scripture "Obey God as ruler rather than men."
Oh no, here it comes. Love how he refers to how good they were by refusing to obey the Nazis. Well what about when the RC recommend having a female on a judicial committee. Or not needing two witnesses.
is this rc triggering any painful memories for anyone else?
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for me, it's stirring up all the emotions of what it felt like dealing with assholes like this.
I am attending in person, and am a lot more stressed than I expected. Seeing some of the people I worked with at bethel, and listening to the obnoxious, authoritarian elders is bringing back bad memories of the constant fear and guilt that I felt under their strong thumbs.
How can O'Brien (Australian Branch) assist, and not Jackson (Governing Body), as suggested by the legal team? "The local branch has significant flexibility in adapting ..."
So what they are suggesting is that there will not be a global fix, just small changes to fit in with each country.
McClellan made a very important point that since the elders have established the facts of a crime, and determined it to be true, it ceases to be an accusation and there becomes an obligation to report the crime to the state.
The process of JWs to establish the crime is different than most religions, and increases their obligations.
I would like to use that quote word for word from the transcript, as it is an important distinction.
