It sounds like something interesting is in the pipeline via Barbara Anderson , I hope it`s another nail in the coffin for the WTB&TS /Jehovah`s Witness Publishing & Real Estate Empire.
smiddy
my contacts are assisting in this effort but the more people the better!.
.. information needed in assisting barbara anderson with arc... barbara needed a boe for arc and i have already sent it to her so that problem is solved.
however we are in need of the following information:.
It sounds like something interesting is in the pipeline via Barbara Anderson , I hope it`s another nail in the coffin for the WTB&TS /Jehovah`s Witness Publishing & Real Estate Empire.
smiddy
I luv the sense of humour found here .
smiddy
this is good news.
the wt have lost in their attempt to stop the uk charity commission's inquiry into their affairs.
however, the wt is still digging in their heels about turning documents over to the charity commission.https://www.gov.uk/government/news/court-of-appeal-gives-judgment-in-court-case-by-jehovahs-witness-charityjudgment handed down by court of appeal in legal challenge to charity commission inquiry opened in 2014.today, the court of appeal handed down its judgment regarding the commission’s statutory inquiry, opened in 2014, into the watch tower bible and tract society of britain (the leading jehovah’s witness charity in the uk).
Well we can only hope for Justice , can`t we ? The trouble is secular authorities seem very reluctant to prosecute religious institutions , no matter how questionable their practices are .
We can only hope things / attitudes have changed .
smiddy
ok, i've had some wine, but i'm curious.
objectively speaking, but for the religion, did you have enough in common with your spouse to have met and married as non believers?
I was going with my girlfriend for about a year when I was contacted with the "truth" and convinced her it was the "truth" a year later we were married in a K.H.
33 years later we both left the religion .
And just recently we celebrated our 55th wedding anniversary .
smiddy
so there is this young brother probably 14 or 15 and the elders are already grooming him to do more for jehobadahhh.
most of the elders in this kh are old like 60+ and sometimes there are not enough brothers to do the mics or sound so you will see a 70 year old elder forced into action.
almost comical to see a brother who thinks instagram is an email service try to operate the sound system and projector as he plays the wrong song or brings the screen down during a prayer.
I think it is commendable that macy has apologized for her comment on him being a pedo.
However my wife thinks women`s intuition is spot on
I`m not wholly convinced .
macy I have to question why you would ever want to get reinstated ? to get closer to family members who so easily discard you ? because you no longer believe what they want you to believe ? How shallow they are , if that is the case .Who needs family like that , your better off without them ,if that is the case.
If you do jump through the hoops and navigate the maze of B.S. to get reinstated , I give you six months at the most before you dump them again , and this time for good.
All the best to you girl ? and take care .
smiddy
i hope i added this topic so everyone could read & comment.
i was just thinking, since this arc thing, does anyone here know any one in australia, that knows about the arc or how it's affecting the jw's there.
i used to go to a site that had a really nice person who is a jw, he never argued or debated, never sent back hateful comments, & he lives in australia.
tor1500
Don`t expect anything to happen soon my friend as J.W.`s are only part of the ARC investigation into Institutions of Child Sexual Abuse .
The final report is not due out until December of next year I believe .
I think their were seventy plus recommendations the ARC put to the J.W.`s and they have all been challenged
That`s about it as far as I know how it stands at the moment.
How it`s affecting the average J.W. ? Apart from the few who have obviously woken up to TTATT because of the screening of the ARC ,the majority , as jwfacts suggests ,just brush it off as an Apostate conspiracy to defame the true religion , and simply dismiss it.
We Aussies would like it all to come to a head as soon as possible , however its going to take time, and we just have to be patient.
Their is also an enquiry taking place in the U.K. that should prove very interesting .
smiddy
having watched the prodigal son returns movie produced by the organization and a recent mini-clip of a brother in london who is shown jogging and doing normal everyday things while wanting to "reach out" it occurred to me that the organization is trying to normalize their bizarre lifestyle and beliefs for the benefit of non-witnesses.. what do i mean by normalization?
they try to make the witnesses look like just another christian denomination who are reasonable while their members live and enjoy normal lives that appear to be within the mainstream.. they do this by not mentioning anything to do with higher education, armageddon or the urgency of the end of the world nor is their discussion or mention of the blood issue.
these are things mentioned often at kingdom halls and in study articles.. watching the prodigal son returns, the family appears to live a normal life, going to meetings and studying.
So Jehovah`s Witnesses are trying to project themselves as just another normal Christian Religion ?
Another mainstream Religion ? I don`t think so .
It wouldn`t wash., They do not want to be classed in with the other 45,000 Christian Religions in the world today.Most of which all claim to be "The Truth " apart from any other group .
Nitty -Gritty
You are right these movies are not for the general public , they are for J.W`s and interested persons only.
" In America you can take classes on line in your own time at home , especially for Certificate `s."
So the J.W. response is , why put your Christian life in jeparday by going to higher education`s institutions when you can get it on-line.in your own home.
smiddy
tomorrow is march 14 (3.14), so its known as pi day, to honour the all-important constant.. incidentally, the bible has been criticized by mathematicians because the scriptures give a very poor value of pi.. the scripture is based on 1kings 7: 23 and reads as follows:.
"and he proceeded to make the molten sea ten cubits from its one brim to its other brim, circular all around; and its height was five cubits, and it took a line of thirty cubits to circle all around it".
now that shape is actually mathematically impossible to construct, because if the diameter is 10 cubits, the circumference would have to be 31.4159 cubits.
Thank you prologos
Even I can see that now, You learn something everyday here , what an amazing site.
smiddy
tomorrow is march 14 (3.14), so its known as pi day, to honour the all-important constant.. incidentally, the bible has been criticized by mathematicians because the scriptures give a very poor value of pi.. the scripture is based on 1kings 7: 23 and reads as follows:.
"and he proceeded to make the molten sea ten cubits from its one brim to its other brim, circular all around; and its height was five cubits, and it took a line of thirty cubits to circle all around it".
now that shape is actually mathematically impossible to construct, because if the diameter is 10 cubits, the circumference would have to be 31.4159 cubits.
Fisherman
Have you not heard of Angus meat pie ? Curried Pie , or even a scollop Pie ? Your living on the wrong side of the world .However a Kangaroo Pie is Sacreligious.
Now please inform this ignoramus ,about the impossible shape mathematically speaking .
"The diameter is 10 cubits ,the circumference would have to be 31.4159 cubits (circumference =pi x diameter )" ?
Some of us are unlettered and ordinary, and OLD , you know , I would like to have this explained to me in laymans terms if possible
By the way it is the 14th here where I am
smiddy