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There is a new letter to elders about Child Abuse
by ttdtt in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
anyone see that there is a long letter on how to handle child abuse?.
wizzstick

Therefore, if the body of elders believes that one who has engaged in child sexual abuse decades ago may now qualify for minor privileges, such as carrying or adjusting microphones, operating audio/video equipment, or assisting with accounts, literature, magazines, or territories, they should assign two elders to call the Service Department. The as-signed elders should call the Service Department before any congregation privileges are extended.
This is a first isn't it? Putting a suggested time period of 'decades'?
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CoC Promotion BUS at the gate of District Convention in Seoul, Korea
by intropist in
1. jw
2. friends
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our korean brothers are very shy.

they reacted as the above ^^;;.
wizzstick

I can't read Korean, but if this video is a CoC video then it's brilliant:
Video link
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Charity Commission
by Peony in
1. jw
2. friends
could someone give me the email address of the contact from the charity commission.....i can't find it anywhere....my husband who is not on this forum but is an ex elder would like to contact him.

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thanks 😃.
wizzstick

Contact details are in the first post in this thread:
Latest UPDATE UK Charity Commission investigation
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Is confrontational "New Atheism" undermining the cause of atheism?
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
interesting debate between lawrence krauss and greg epstein.. watch the debate on al-jazeera.. what do you think?.

eden.
wizzstick

I was really surprised the hear of the hate crime, murder of three Muslim girls, by an atheist.
Looking at the below link, it can't see any evidence his atheism was the reason for shooting these girls.
Chapel Hill shooting
According to the police report
On February 10, the Chapel Hill Police Department said their investigation indicates that the crime was motivated by an ongoing neighbor dispute over parkingAlso
Also:
According to his current wife Karen (who has also announced that she is divorcing him), he did not commit the shooting due to religious bias, but because of a longstanding parking dispute, and that he had problems with several other neighbors.
Atheism doesn't have 'doctrines' from old books that suggest killing 'non-believers'.
Unlike certain religions.
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Noah's ark once again. I hate beating a dead horse, but.
by James Mixon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the altitude problem.

mt.

everest today is 29042 feet high and i know some will say it.
wizzstick

May be we cant find any wood there, because it was used in the fires
The wood was under water for the best part of a year.
Would it even burn?
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Noah's ark once again. I hate beating a dead horse, but.
by James Mixon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the altitude problem.

mt.

everest today is 29042 feet high and i know some will say it.
wizzstick

ever since the writing of this fable
Huh?
So it's not true then?
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Animals not meant to eat meat
by Carl in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jw don't believe in evolution .

how come animals teeth are designed to chew meat?

sharks for instance have razor sharp pointy teeth these are not to eat vegetation .
wizzstick

How come animals teeth are designed to chew meat?
Well quite! One JW theory is that God changed the animals post flood.
Two problems with that.
Dinosaurs like the T-Rex clearly ate meat. So God apparently felt it was ok for animals to kill in pre-flood times.
But if you go with Old Hippies idea that they only ate dead animals (see my point above) then you have the problem that a loving creator thought that the best solution for the care of animals post Eden was to divide them into the hunter and the hunted. Despite the fear and suffering that results in the hunted (see nature programs of lions chasing gazelles who are clearly terrified.)
God is love. Really?
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Animals not meant to eat meat
by Carl in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jw don't believe in evolution .

how come animals teeth are designed to chew meat?

sharks for instance have razor sharp pointy teeth these are not to eat vegetation .
wizzstick

For eating dead animals?
How would it distinguish between a sleeping animal and a dead animal?
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Hello Everyone
by Mozzie in
1. jw
2. friends
hoping this is the right section..... my story so far,,,.

hello everyone, i have been reading a lot on what most jws would say apostate websites, but i have been asking myself, how much of this s true and considering a lot of these are run by ex jw elders, bethalites and one who was with the gb at one stage, overseers and the like.

i was an unbaptized publisher many years ago but never got to the point of baptism as i fell into sin, that pretty much ended my attending meetings again.
wizzstick

If you want to wallow in self-pity, he's your man.
Wow - so if Mozzie reads Ehrman's books he must want to wallow in self-pity?
Nice.
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Hello Everyone
by Mozzie in
1. jw
2. friends
hoping this is the right section..... my story so far,,,.

hello everyone, i have been reading a lot on what most jws would say apostate websites, but i have been asking myself, how much of this s true and considering a lot of these are run by ex jw elders, bethalites and one who was with the gb at one stage, overseers and the like.

i was an unbaptized publisher many years ago but never got to the point of baptism as i fell into sin, that pretty much ended my attending meetings again.
wizzstick

I truly feel sorry for you.
You've spent years worrying about the JW's and God. I would encourage you to read more on the Bible. If that is not the word of God then, really, why worry anymore?
Try and get hold of Bart D. Ehrman's books, Misquoting Jesus and Jesus, Interrupted.
Then try Dan Barker's Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists.
They will really help you.