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Day 1 - Fessler vs. Watchtower – Opening Statements and Motions in Jehovah’s Witness Child Abuse Trial

by AndersonsInfo in

news bulletin: fessler versus watchtower – opening statements and motions in jehovah’s witness child abuse trial – day 1. .

posted on february 12, 2017. city hall, philadelphia, pennsylvania.

on a cold philadelphia morning the 7th of february, 2017, stephanie fessler walked into the court of common pleas of pennsylvania, first judicial district, civil trial division.

smiddy

My understanding when I was a JW was that we didnt have a clergy / laity class .I dont think that has ever changed ?

On the other hand every baptised JW is recognised by the organization as a minister of religion regardless of how young they may be .( A 10 year old baptised child is a minister of religion ? )

In a court case in latrobe valley/Morwell Vic.Aust. they claimed JW`s were not employees of the WTB&TS they were only volunteers ,so the organisation had no responsability for their actions.

Yet when it suits them in a court of law they claim Clergy penitent privilege...How does that work ?

JW`s speak out of both sides of their mouth , they speak with a forked tongue.

Its rationalised as being a tactic of Theocratic Warfare dont let your "enemys" know the truth.

Its justifiable lying to authorities who are regarded as being in the power of the wicked one Satan the Devil .

using the scriptures 2Cor.4:4 ....1Joh.5:19

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Welcome !

by Simon in

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welcome to the newest jehovah's witness discussion forum on the net.. please register so that you can post to the forum and turn this into a welcoming place for other brothers and sisters online

When you started this site brother Simon as a pro. Johvah did the GB have a direction then not to start such sites ? were you even a little bit rebellious even then ? How about sister Ang ? was she complicit in this innocent rebellion also ? LOL

Their is a worldwide group of ex JW`s that can thank the Spahgetti Monster that you did anyway.

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Fires! "Catastrophic fire conditions" in New south Wales, Australia

by zeb in

"catastrophic" is the highest level of fire danger and is current in most of nsw.

temperatures in the high 40's ( c )are being recorded.. some fires have broken out already.

please keep the fire fighters and these country folk in minds and prayers.. the city of sydney may face power outs as the electrical system cant keep up with the demand for power.

smiddy

Whenever I see fires like this whether they be in Australia California Or Spain or anywhere else on the earth apart from the human loss that can and does occur which does distress me as much as anyone else I am also appalled by the loss of wildlife that must be taken in these fires it must be enormous .

If I could i would now have provided the photo of the fireman giving a Koala a drink of water out of a bottle.

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I would like to rant about how I get really upset when I get some weak invitation back to the cult.

by schnell in

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my mother wanted me to know that the co gave a talk that kinda-sorta reprimanded an elder in her hall.

he is not the reason i left at all, and this does not address anything to do with me or our family.. my mother-in-law sent me texts which i ignored and now she has sent a picture to my wife on facebook just for me, and it's a prodigal son meme that says, "you see the signs, come back it's not too late".. yeah, it's not too late to accept a global flood in 2370 bce, or that man was created in 4026 bce from a golem spell, or that an us-and-them cult mentality is at all healthy or loving, or that religion is going to be banned by the un, or that i should expect anyone else at the door to accept these stupid ideas in the information age.. what am i supposed to say?

i usually just ignore them, but before i do that, i see that shit and i storm into this weird internalized rage where i start writing a response and deleting it.

smiddy

Thats what every Jehovahs Witness should do at the end of a Watchtower Study

Stand up and say " I`m as mad as hell and I cant take this shit anymore " then walk out and never go back again.

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New to site...let me intro myself

by LarryCope in

first, i've been out of the organization for 20 years this very year!

i was baptized in 1979 and attended one of the lancaster ohio congregations.

realizing i was gay, i left and after being in the columbus gay community for 6 months, decided bar hopping and cruising was not my cup o' tea.i decided to return in late '90 and was reinstated in '91.

smiddy

Welcome larry stick around this is an informative sometimes very funny forum

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Fires! "Catastrophic fire conditions" in New south Wales, Australia

by zeb in

"catastrophic" is the highest level of fire danger and is current in most of nsw.

temperatures in the high 40's ( c )are being recorded.. some fires have broken out already.

please keep the fire fighters and these country folk in minds and prayers.. the city of sydney may face power outs as the electrical system cant keep up with the demand for power.

smiddy

And its rather cold windy and has been wet earlier today here in East Gippsland Victoria the southern part of Australia. Its hard to imagine that it can be so hot in another part of OZ

Only yesterday it was well into the 30`s deg.C , as they say in Vic,you can have 4 seasons in one day.

Lets hope we dont have another disaster with the fires like last time.

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The Fundamental difference between Islam and Christianity

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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ever since i came out of the witnesses, i've become very political.. i've heard lots of arguments back and forth for many things.. in the u.s. there is the argument that it is "racist" to want to deny entry to muslims.

while there is freedom of religion, there is also the very valid concern of maintaining democracy and a justice system that is based on modern values.we as exjw's constantly quote the pew center for statistics on jw's such as: they are last place in the us for members of a religion that go to university, and second-last for poverty levels of members of a religion.

we accept those statistics and mention them as proof of how damaging the jw's are.now, let's use the same center for some very scary statistics on islam:http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/22/muslims-and-islam-key-findings-in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world/.

smiddy

Diogenesister i`m an Aussie born and bred and I have to agree with Yesu Cristo Bwana Wangu

"you will indeed not hear Muslims talking about wanting Sharia implemented." Taqyia is a term used that allows Muslims to lie when it benefits them "

I have seen videos inside Mosques here in Australia where the Imam asks the packed congregants if they disagree with Sharia law and their was not one person who disagreed with it.

And these were portrayed as moderate Muslims.

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VIDEO: Queensland - Durack Kingdom Hall - 30th Anniversary

by darkspilver in

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this newly released original 1987 archival footage - with voice-over narration, commentary and interviews with those involved - takes an in depth look at both the history of the durack kingdom hall and the construction of the current kingdom hall that culminated over two weekends in january 1987.. the original kingdom hall in durack dates back to 1960 - but as the jws continued to experience growth in australia - increasing by some 280% over the following 25 years, it was felt that a new, larger, kingdom hall was now needed.. the new kingdom hall was built in january 1987, but rather than simply pull-down the original kingdom hall, they decided to incorporate it within the new kingdom hall and have a somewhat large auditorium.. another interesting feature of this kingdom hall is the tiered seating used for the back few rows (for example see part 3 around 12:35 and part 4 around 10:50).

(see also the thread from last december - video queensland strathpine kh 30th anniversary ).

durack kingdom hall, 20 freeman road, durack, brisbane, qld 4077google map: https://goo.gl/maps/yhyubk4rvt92streetview: https://goo.gl/maps/lkmgvbmlk2d2.

smiddy

I looked through them just to see if I recognised anybody i knew and found only one Marcus Osbourne.

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A serious question for any who believe in any God of any religion who think God is interested in humans.

by smiddy in

the world health organization states that in the year 2015 ,5.9 million children died under the age of 5 years of age.. in 2010 the death rate for children under the age of 5 years of age was 7.6 million.

thats over 13 million in just 2 years .

i dont think you need to be a rocket scientist to conclude that since mankind has been on the earth for however long you want to believe and i`m just going on a conservative estimate of 6000 years by the above figures i quoted their would be billions of children under 5 yearsof age that would have died.

smiddy

anointed 1 you may have answered opusdei1972 and OUTLAW to your satisfaction however you have failed to address the OP question whether God is concerned about the deaths of Billions of children under 5 years of age and he does nothing .

You want to put the blame on Nations and Governments for the deaths of Billions of children since Adam .

Romans 13 clearly shows Jehovah God placed the Governments in their relative positions that their is no authority except by God.And anybody who wants to go against that authority has to answer to GOD.

So isnt that actually saying God /Jehovah is the God of this system of things ? That he is resposible for whoever rules over the nations ?

So the buck stops their with GOD Jehovah / Yahweh whatever you want to call him.

He is responsible for doing nothing to alleviate the plight of deaths among Billions of children under 5 years of age since humans were on earth.

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Infinity versus nothing

by Fisherman in

some people like to believe in something others believe in nothing; so in what location did the substance that expanded into the time/space universe exist before the big bang?

where did the energy that caused the big band come from?

how did the substance that became the big bang change from being inert and sterile and come to life to having the properties and drive that it does?

smiddy

Sometimes I emit gas sometimes spontaneous other times without my consent much to the annoyance of my wife however before I was born I didnt emit Gas

Isnt the known Universe made up of a lot of gas ? I`m just doing my bit.