if i understand the documents correctly, the judge's decision froze all watchtower's real property ($1 billion) pending further notice.
see if that's what you understand.
what you'll read as follows is copied by me right out of the documents.. barbara.
...not transferring, conveying or changing title to any real property in its name today pending further order of court
Yes, That's exactly how I would take these words.
I'm sure Watchtower is upset about having their property tied up like that.
How inconvienient for them
AKA ,
Ranchette
good evening jwn!!...
i just upgraded my firefox but can`t cut and paste like i normally do... i need some feed back... .
can you see the picture i`m posting and mutley laughing his ass off...
I see both.
AKA .
RAnchette
i know that sounds like a strange question.
jehovah's witnesses have many procedures that are hidden from members and the public in a maze of letters and the elder's book with handwritten notes.
they have also made many statements about their alleged child abuse policy, but these statements are not the actual policy.. most businesses have actual policies for issues like sexual harassment and reporting abuse.
Yes they do have a Child abuse Policy.
It is as you mentioned written in their Elder Manual and BOE letters.
Their policy is criminal! Because of the 2 witness rule ,they hide child rape/ and protect Pedophiles!
Of course it's not because they are okay with those horrible things.
Plain and simple it's because they would rather protect their image than protect children. And they rationalize this witheir belief that Jehovah will bring justice in the end for everyone concerned.
The congregation members report to the elders .That is it.
Nothing more for them to do as far as the policy goes.
The elders and Watchtower Legal Dept take it from there and sweep it under the rug.
So unless they ever change their Policy on Child abuse there is nothing to write down officially for the Congregation or the rest of the world.
AKA,
Ranchette
lots of guys have a mechanical facination, be it cars or building things or one of a hundred other ways.
one area in particular is watches.
i have a few that i love.. a personal fav is my tissot sea star 1000. cant post a pic atm but its an awesome watch.... .
We love watches!
My husband is a woodworker so I bought this beautiful natural Sandalwood Tense watch for him last year.
The Tense website has tons of beautiful watches.
Edit:Photo posted great.
Now if I could just figure out how to get a link to be clickable!
AKA
Ranchette
http://www.jw-media.org/usa/20120620.htm .
just plain old corporate denial.
let the games begin.. .
Their deceitful spin is so disgusting!
It makes me feel nauseous for the victim and because many
the JW's will accept this forked tongued announcement as truth because of the source.
Most will not be interested in the facts because they have blind faith in the Governing Body.
The Watchtower will appeal this all the way to the Supreme Court.
They are probably secretly thinking that if they loose their first appeal it would be Jehovah's will because they could then have a chance at winning
a US Supreme Court Appeal Case!
That way they could plaster it in their literature for the next 100 years like they have their other court victories.
I hope our Justice system upholds the ruling no matter how high Watchtower appeals it.
AKA. Ranchette
i started way back over 10 years ago on the old h2o & jwd boards under the id ranchette.
i went through some huge life changes and dissappeared from all ex jw boards for years.
i since remarried and and have a good circle of friends that were never jws.
Jamie
, Friend request sent.
My name there is my real one.
We have 5 mutual friends.
...because i have done that a couple times and won $38!!!
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So many things in life are a gamble. We take risks all the time.
I see nothing wrong with a little recreational gambling of course that is my non Christian opinion.
As with anything, overindulgence can be harmful to you, your family & and friends.
Some Christians feel like I do and others think it breaks Gods laws and is a sin.
What matters is what do you think?
If deep down you believe it is really wrong then it probably might not be healthy emotionally for you to go against your core beliefs.
To avoid gambling just to avoid judgements from others is not good either.
AKA
Ranchette
Shazam , Sound Hound, Google Sky Map, Weather.com
my mom told me this as it was related to her.. a witness is suddenly carjacked!
the man tells the sister he is there to steal her car!
she begs him not to take the car as it is the one she uses to take her elderly mom to the doctors.
I was sick at my stomach till I read fade_away's experience.
Very entertaining. I feel all better now .
AKA ,
Ranchette
i don't no why, but i tend to lurk more than i do post.
sometimes i feel like i don't have anything to worth while to talk about.
lol.
Congratulations!
Your children will only miss out on something if you were to go back to the JWs or fail to fully live your life and enjoy the freedoms you now have.
There are so many exciting things you and your children will be able to do that we who were raised as JWs missed out on.
Many are social in nature and believe me, much more fun than JW social events.
As you raise your kids you will see how happy and care free they are. You will naturally know how much to share with them about your JW upbringing.
When we left the Watchtower, my daughter had just started Junior High. My son was in grade school.We raised them strict in the JW lifestyle just as we had been raised up.
My daughter was so happy. She told me she was going through the motions and just biding her time till she turned 18.
She said she was never going to be a JW. My son was still young enough he hadn't been as indoctrinated like my daughter had.
When I found out it was not the truth I apologized to them and told them. I told them I had been raised that way by my parents and believed it was the right way but now I know different and am going to make it right.
I immediately took steps to give them as normal of a life as possible from that point on. I gave them Birthdays,Christmas, almost all the Holidays. I let them choose an extracurricular activity that they wanted to do. Jessica chose band and Rex chose karate. We had fun.
All JW friends and family shunned the kids and I. I would have limited their access to supervised visits because I didn't want them trying to preach to Rex anyway.We made new friends and included them in our activities.
As far as religion goes,I decided to finish raising my kids with love, guidance, good morals and values but not to try to influence them anymore with religion.
I want them to decide if they want that in their lives.
They are strong independent young adults that I am proud of.
AKA
Ranchette
