we haven't been to a meeting or jw event in several years.
we have been following the rc closely.
it is fascinating!
Totally agree SSC.
I think whether they are willing to admit it or not, most R&F witnesses would not want to know if the JW religion was not the truth and there was something seriously wrong with it. That presents a big problem. No matter what goes wrong their are those (and I believe it is a lot of them) that will stick it out, and choose comforting ignorance over uncomfortable truth.
we haven't been to a meeting or jw event in several years.
we have been following the rc closely.
it is fascinating!
I think it is important and here is why.
The Internet probably does more than word of mouth to wake up sleepers. In private they may begin to explore their religion secretly. The ARC is exposing a lot of unpleasant details. Just remember, its putting more facts onto the internet that can jolt people in private willing to search.
i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.
i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.
"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.
The only thing that I think got its ass handed to it was Theism, and the OP.
The debating is just good old fashioned fun that goes nowhere
the rothschild family will not allow the aussies to take any significant action against their religious wing (mormons, jws, adventists, etc.).
the worst outcome for the borg will be a relatively small fine and a deadline to change their rules.
that is all..
I hear cow mutilations are on the rise DJS
my understanding (very limited and maybe flawed) is that this commission has no teeth.
if thats true why would the org care?
send a few lawyers, go through the motions but in the end.... its a dog parking on a porch.
Well they might be opening doors for others. Dismantling the society smoke screen and revealing procedure and docs and lies better than anyone yet.
I think if nothing direct comes of it. It's giving loads of info and precedent
we haven't been to a meeting or jw event in several years.
we have been following the rc closely.
it is fascinating!
all jws on the stand have stuck to the same line that they have no problem with cooperating with mandatory reporting when state law requires it.. if the law does not require it then bible principles absolutely prevent them from taking away rights of the victim to report abuse to the police or not.. we have already heard from a jw rep a couple of days ago who proudly asserted that when the law conflicts with bible principle they will always obey the bible and quoted acts 5:29 "we must obey god rather than men".. please join the dots!.
i took a look at the jehovah's witnesses wikipedia page for the first time and i couldn't help but notice it was worded very closely to how jw's publications are.
the good stuff seems to be very positive while the negative items seem to be very downplayed.
the talk of persecution is enough to get your average jw wet.
But I am lazy
