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  Jehovahs witnesses named and shamed for refusing to join redress scheme in australia

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  2. child-abuse

  https://youtu.be/gdvf3t2r7bg.

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  You have to wonder whether, if there are some government restrictions put on them for not joining up, this will then be viewed as persecution!
  
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  Anyone know the org's view on the HPV vaccine?

  by careful in

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  2. beliefs

  types of cancer.i've been wondering for some time what the current gb has said about witness parents giving the green light, or red light, to having their kids vaccinated against hpv (the human papillomavirus) since it is a sexually transmitted disease.

  it causes cervical and other types of cancer.

  the recommended age for vaccination is 8-12 years old.

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  types of cancer.
  

  I've been wondering for some time what the current GB has said about Witness parents giving the green light, or red light, to having their kids vaccinated against HPV (the human papillomavirus) since it is a sexually transmitted disease. It causes cervical and other types of cancer. The recommended age for vaccination is 8-12 years old. Does anyone know?

  A practicing pediatrician who is also some kind of conservative Protestant wrote the following. He brings up the point that parents need to give consideration to their child's future marriage mate who, say, prior to conversion, may have had an active sexual history and thus pass on the virus to the uninfected mate.
  

  https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/should-christian-parents-consider-giving-their-children-the-hpv-vaccine/
  

  He does not bring up other issues such as rape by an infected perpetrator or a Christian youth, or unfaithful mate, going wayward but later returning to the fold, something that we all know happens frequently in Witnessland.

  Given these and other considerations that I'm probably not thinking of, does anyone know what the GB has dictated on this matter? Surely it must have come up by now. I searched the topic on this site before making this post. The vaccine has been discussed in a few posts, mainly going back years, but no one has stated the org's policy/view.
  
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  IICSA hearings resume next week

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (iicsa) will hold additional virtual public hearings in the child protection in religious organisations and settings investigation next week.. the timetable was released today: https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/20825/view/virtual-cpiros-timetable-week-3-10-august-2020.pdf .

  five witnesses will testify on the jw issue next monday and tuesday, 10 and 11 august:.

  - pr-a5, a victim abused by ministerial servant peter stewart;.

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  Thanks for the update, Corney. Please continue to do so!
  
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  Netherlands: sexual abuse report can stay online judge rules

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/08/jehovahs-witness-sexual-abuse-report-can-stay-online-judge-rules/.

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  Thanks for this update.
  
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  JW.org Focus on the Past - Have Always Wondered?

  by JWTom in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just curious of others thoughts.....while watching the latest round of convention videos with my pimi wife it was highlighted again in the content how much the wt org.

  has always focused on the past (in my opinion).

  many of the historical events that are highlighted as significant are from 100+ years ago in some cases.

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  Yes, SBF, a nice contrast. It goes to show how things have changed in 30 years.

  Why the change?

  The future, except for looking forward to the new order—looks bad for current JWs. Before the coronavirus the field service numbers were down, either flat or showing decreases. Outsiders are rarely converting. Congs are merging and KHs sold off. Financially things are bad and the future there looks more desperate daily. The CSA issue isn't going away and lawsuits continue. In several respects they are doctrinally adrift. Things are either stagnant or going backwards. Governments are putting pressure on the org. The GB feel they are under siege.
  

  What other choice do they have but to play up the past and recycle the old stuff in their new electronic format?
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  And this isn't a cult? Wife put on name tag for zoom assembly

  by goingthruthemotions in

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  2. experiences

  and this isn't a cult?

  just saw my wife put on her name tag for the zoom assembly.... what the what?

  i thought these things werent even live.

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  Road to nowhere:

  Maybe a necktie keeps the holy spirit from escaping

  Very funny! So how do the sisters keep it from getting away?
  
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  New Disfellowshipping Procedure

  by Anna Marina in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  disfellowship but never, ever announce it.. this new procedure is to be confirmed - anyone else come across it?.

  for this record these are jesus' actual instructions in relation to this matter:-.

  (matthew 18:15-17) 15 “moreover, if your brother commits a sin, go lay bare his fault between you and him alone.

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  Isn't this already the procedure in places where the org is deeply underground, like China? Maybe the GB is taking its "success" there as Jehovah's blessing and his telling them to extend it to non-underground countries. The Swiss, Aussie, and Dutch legal responses to the org's in-house policies may also be at work here—if the whole idea is not just rumor and has some truth behind it.
  
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  BOE Update! (as of 2020-07-31)

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  body of elder letters, announcements, and so forth will be next to "none" unless more elders decide to contact us and help out.. atlantis has lost three elders in the past two years.

  two elders were disfellowshipped, and one disassociated and walk away a month ago.. when this happens receiving confidential documents is severed.

  the last announcement we received was 2020-07-23. i was not about to send out a childish letter on "mold" in the kingdom halls.. there are people out there out of work and concerned about what they will eat tomorrow, and the watchtower is concerned with mold!.

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  Petra & Atlantis,

  This was probably inevitable, the nature of the beast. Thanks for what you did share. It has been appreciated.

  Today over at reddit a poster reported that a letter has gone out significantly increasing the amount of money each cong has to send in. They might be running out of property to sell now. Of course, they did not put that last bit in the letter.
  
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  Unbelievable Freddie Franz Admissions

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  unbelievable admissions.. freddie confesses he fell for his own propaganda.. https://youtu.be/fkjw-r9oitk.

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  V7,

  Thx for the share. It's all quite believable to me!
  
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  Where Is BLONDIE?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i might have missed this but blondie was always one of the best posters here.

  her analysis and commentary was spot on.. is everything ok with her?

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  Her last post was 7 months ago:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5635719388200960/yesterdays-watchtower-study-from-october-issue-stay-faithful-through-gt-tribulation?page=2
  

  Beside her comments on WT "study" articles, her regularly helping out with finding stuff in old WTS publications was quite nice. She often did research and shared her findings with others here, even unsolicitedly. I sure appreciated that!
  

  Plenty of past contributors here have decided to move on in their lives, past being ex-JW, and have left the forum. We all know this. Perhaps it just took her longer to do so? Or maybe some health issue has come up, like Diogs. has inferred?