http://www.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-sexual-abuse-children-beliefs-rules.html.
The best overall introduction to the issue yet. Thanks for the post. It's difficult to choose the best line, but this one will do:
"the religion's leaders do everything in their power to avoid having to offer a full and public accounting of the depth of the problems that are festering below the surface. Hints of their scope only emerge in court battles and secret files that are leaked online."
There's nothing like getting to the heart of the matter.
i have noticed some posters (with frustration) asking for information regarding the nwt in various language editions.
here is a list of some of the nwt revised language editions published so far:.
albanian; arabic; armenian; chinese traditional 2017; danish 2017; dutch-netherlands 2017; estonian; haitian creole; italian 2017; korean 2014; modern greek 2017; norwegian 2017; portuguese 2015; romanian; russian; swahili 2017; swedish 2017; ukrainian; vietnamese.. not yet published: .
Great post and comments—thanks. There is much to consider here.
i actually had a neighbor ask me that the other day (she knows i'm an "ex" jw) and i didn't really know the answer.
i know there's a bit of cart witnessing going on (small town) and a lot of driving around to return visits.. but are they actually doing territory, not-at-homes, all of that?
the neighbor said that eight years ago, when she bought her house, the jws were by "all the time".
I recently moved to a secure building, so they do not come by, but before that I lived outside a small town and we were visited D2D 2-3 times a year. The last time was a middle-aged sister alone (so I figure a pioneer) who gave me a tract, invited me to the KH, did not have a Bible out, and held a tablet in her hand the whole time. Clearly she was not trying to get into a conversation.
"go, my people, enter your inner rooms, and shut your doors behind you.hide yourself for a brief moment until the wrath has passed by.
"(isaiah 26:20).
one of the questions that seem to trouble the governing body of the jehovah's witnesses in recent year is this: what will jehovah's witnesses be doing during the destruction of babylon the great?
Thanks, blondie. So is the online study Bible finished now?
i have watched tons of youtube videos of our exjdub friends approaching and talking to the jdub manikins at their carts as they give a great witness to the world by sipping their hot lattes, updating their social media, chit chatting to each other, and the most important thing of getting their time in, counting their hours.. when the jw's see someone approach with a camera they do several things, they will turn their backs on the person, or look at the person with a frown and act like the person isn't even there.
the witlesses refuse to answer simple, clear, and precise questions.
when i was an elder i loved to get into discussions and debates with trinitarians, priest, clergymen and those who were born again.
Someone posted a pic on this forum of a group "witnessing" at one of those carts, and it had them all deeply engrossed on their cellphones, paying no attention to anything or anyone else. I tried to find it by a search but came up empty. It was one of those pictures that says a thousand words. Anybody know the key words to find it on the search engine?
my mom has gone into assisted living and i've discovered a treasure trove of old wt publications, 2 interlinear bibles for example.
is anyone interested in these?
i live in seattle..
I dropped a line to one member who's a used book dealer. Maybe he'll contact you.
a thread began some 10 years ago when our friend atlantis made a pdf available of jws modern history book.
yes, that book is available on my 2015 library cd but only certain chapters.
naturally, wt eliminated certain entire chapters and you can only guess why.
Atlantis, thanks yet again. Having the electronic version allows one to do far more than having just the hardback does (especially searches).
from 2012 thru 2016, congregations in georgia and alabama collected funds to build a new assembly hall in south atlanta.
to date, 3.5 million dollars was collected and 75 acres was purchased.
the branch decided that this assembly hall was not needed.
Morph: it was Indiana and Ohio.
my name is alex bogdanov.
i am the author of if only.
it was published a month ago.
Well, if you haven't met with the judicial committee yet, you may well do so soon by posting what you have here and giving your real name! This is all they'll need:
But I fully disagree with the Governing body.
They may just announce that you've disassociated yourself by your actions. They like to do that. Or perhaps they're afraid of legal action so they'll formally "mark" you. What they are really afraid of is that you'll continue "to discuss with brothers and sisters touchy subjects."
As to them admitting that they were wrong about something, what have you been smoking?
i've just been watching theleaked videos that fay dehr has provided, they really scared me and i can't understand how legally they can justify keeping contact det ails for people who refuse to sign their new data form?
surely the law states that they must destroy the data if the person refuses to sign?.
also i'd like to look at their data form and the terms and conditions (the small print) that comes with it, where can i find this?.
Likely a bit foolish since their keeping data against someone's wishes could serve as fodder for more lawsuits down the line, but then one thing the GB has shown about themselves: they don't usually give heavy consideration to Prov. 22:3.
BTW, leaked letters/memoranda show that this policy is NOT just for the EU. That list provided by Atlantis shows the policy is for many countries in Asia, Africa, South and Central America. Conspicuous by their absence in the list, however, are the USA and Canada.
