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  Judicial Committees and the 'Two Witnesses' Rule

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm not and never have been, etc.. i was not even aware jcs existed until a couple of months ago - but now i understand a lot more from the postings i have read (and i find some them tragic).. two thoughts struck me as an outsider.. the first is to agree with the advice/suggestions given by many posters that submission to the jc process is a voluntary thing.

  in the real world any court or tribunal can only act or consider issues if it has 'competent jurisdiction', laid down by law.

  a jc only has 'competent jurisdiction' over a jw if the jw consents to that jurisdiction.

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  To Put My Questions In Context

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am, as you will see, a very junior member of this forum.

  i have so far explained my interest in jws in my earlier posts, and i have asked what must seem to many here some very naieve questions about jw beliefs and practices.

  when i raised questions about the young children of my jw neighbours, a post or two implied that i may be a strange old man for taking an interest in children.

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  New Avatar

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've changed my avatar, 'cos after a few comments on here about me being an 'old man' i realised that some people thought my old one was a pic of me.

  it wasn't (honest) it ws a scan of a postcard.

  i'm not that old (50).. so now, i'll use a pic of the car instead.

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  I Can't Do Any More - Can You?

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when i first posted here, i explained that it was because although i am not, never have been, never will, be a jw, i have (earthly, as an atheist) loving concern for my jw neighbours/friends.. just recently, i found out that the mom is pregnant.

  she is not young, has a 6 year old, and a 2 year old who is like a firecracker!.

  i have offered to do basic things like take/collect the 6 year old to and from school, take the kids for walks on beach, etc.

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  "Bible Study" Books

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

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  can anyone please tell me which wt 'bible study' book is currently used in the uk for potential converts?

  and where i can find a scan of or extracts from it?.

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  "Privileges"

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yet another question (two actually), i'm afraid (but i am learning from all this, honestly!)..

  i've seen the term 'privileges' on here many times, and i think i now understand that it means 'being allowed to carry out tasks in the congregation' - which includes walking round with the microphone, operating the pa system, etc.

  in the services.

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  Please don't take offence at this ...

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm not a jw, never have been, and in no danger of becoming one.. having read several of the wt mags and publications (and many more extracts on this and other sites) they come across to me as being very patronising in tone and full of pseudo-scholarship, misquoted (or unnamed) sources, references taken out of context, mis-translations, etc.

  i'm aware of jw 'teaching' on the subject of higher education for its members (i.e.

  not a good or necessary thing) so i can understand why many jws raised in it may not challenge the publications.

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  Is the WTBTS a Bully?

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am not, and never have been, a jw.

  i spent my career (30 years) fighting bullies.

  is wtbts and its subsidiaries (not talking about individual jws here) a bullying organisation?.

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  Do Individual JWs Pay For The Publications They Distribute?

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  excuse my ignorance, and i've read on boards about the us not selling/inviting contributions issue, but do individuals jws in effect pay for the publications they give out?

  if so, is that only for their magazines or for hardback books as well?

  how is this organised, please?.

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  Advice for non-JW please

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  having visited this site on many occasions, and having been recommended to it, i am confident that it is a source of good advice from people who know about these things.

  i would be grateful for any advice you can offer me.. i have been an atheist for 20+ years, but before that was a non-conformist protestant with degrees of belief varying from acceptance to enthusiasm.

  my atheism resulted from research because of my (continuing) interest in the effects of religion.

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