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  Anyone read the latest Awake (on the supernatural)?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  2. beliefs

  just read some of this latest awake on the org's webshite.. it begins by talking about the 'supernatural' - wizards, witches, vampires, etc.

  - their popularity and why they might appeal to people.

  then it goes on to state the wt belief that someone is 'behind it'.. now, i like a few horror/scary films - when i was a kid, i always actually liked being a bit scared by them, tbh.. the silence of the lambs, a nightmare on elm street (1984), the ring, the witch, the thing (1982) and a few others are all great, imo.. they are just genres and subgenres of film, that's all.

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  Doesnt Sparlock come into that catergory ?
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  OTQ 43

  by jaydee in

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  2. bible

  my scan of old theology quarterly no 43. the bible vs the evolution theory.

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b2ndok8xmmt-r0m3a0taunb3nmc/view?usp=sharing.

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  That looks very interesting ,something for me to look at later .
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  Interview with Paul Grundy On Radio Australia

  by NikL in

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  2. friends

  so this is from a couple of years ago but i happened to have found it in the podcasts from abc radio national in australia.. i thought it was an interesting interview and am passing it along in case it has not been posted here in the past.. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2015/08/21/4297526.htm.

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  Thanks for putting this up I will listen to it later ,Paul was also interviewed on TV some time ago that is also worth watching ,whether it is the same interview or not I`m not sure.

  Highly reccomended , he is very well composed and not bitter in his presentation of his experiences and family fallout of his leaving the Jehovahs Witnesses .
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  How can elders find someone.. And how long would it take?

  by Randy notmarsh in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  let's throw a hypothetical.

  let's say that a body of elders is looking for someone in a different congregation, but don't know what kh he attends, how do they go on about it?

  how long do you guys think it'll take?

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  smiddy

  Its really not that hard to find anybody you are looking for : telephone books ,Electoral roles ,to name just two in OZ

  The law in Australia is that all over the age of 18 are to register to vote even if they choose not to for a variety of reasons , so JW`s do so obeying Rom.13

  I have found old associates using the telephone book also .

  I dont know what the situation is in other countrys.
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  200,000 evacuated last night in Northern California.

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  where a few of us here on the forum live is in an emergency situation.

  the main spillway on oroville dam -- the tallest dam in the usa -- is damaged.

  the emergency spillway, never used before in the 48 years the dam has operated, is eroding.. major confusion and panic occurred when the order went out sunday, late afternoon: this is not a drill!.

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  This must be very traumatic for all the people affected by this evacuation/emergency.

  Thanks to you CoCo and flipper for the updates . It is being reported on here in OZ and our thoughts and well wishes are with all those affected .

  Its hard to imagine in this day and age that such a potential disaster can happen uprooting so many people from the comfort of their own homes.

  Take care
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  Day 5 - Fessler vs. Watchtower – Ends: Plaintiff settles in Jehovah’s Witness Child Abuse Trial

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  day 5 in court - and apparently the plaintiff stephanie fessler has decided to settle..... http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/02/jehovahs_witness_sexual_abuse.html.

  jehovah's witness sexual-abuse-coverup lawsuit settled.

  february 13, 2017 at 2:37 pm, updated february 13, 2017 at 2:44 pm.

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  I think that every time a child sexual abuse case against the Jehovahs Witnesses is settled out of court with a gag clause against speaking about the settlement agreed upon by both partys doesnt bode well for the JW`s.

  In their paying for a settlement , it is an admission of guilt / culpability .on their part.

  If they were completely innocent guilt free why wouldnt they fight tooth and nail to defend themselves.?

  Because they are not innocent guilt free .and thats why they are paying to shut the victims up.
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  JW Podcast About The Shenanigans of the Borg in Australia

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so here's a link to the latest jw podcast.

  in it they talk about how the organization is structuring things in australia to get out of paying money to victims of abuse.

  the short version, as i remember it, is that they are making each congregation its own individual charity.

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  zeb

  point taken with your pm
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  Picking up the pieces

  by longgone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just needing a listening ear, so in advance thanks for being here, no one other than ex-jw's could understand.

  they may try, but i think only a person who lived through it could know what's its really like.. i wish i could be supporting others here but i'm so broken myself i can't seem to do that yet.

  i hope that will come in time though.. for now, i'm trying to undo the damage done to my family by the wts.

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  Longgone you say your 19 year old daughter is recently married and in finacial trouble which we all know is not a good start to a marriage but hey thats youth isnt it .

  I gather you are in the states ? do they have Govt assistance programs that help young people that they can take advantage of ? Charities ? religious organizations that help people in need ? Dont let her be so proud that she cant accept help from any source that will give it

  Lots of young couples make bad choices in their early years of marriage and then become productive citizens in later life. I speak from experience here.

  Accepting help from whatever source can mean you live a happy life in the future.

  I know you want the best for your children but the bottom line is sooner or later they have to stand or fall on their own two feet. and you dont have to feel guilty about the choices they make .

  Take care.
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  Under 5 content.

  by The Rebel in

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  santa claus fact or fiction?.

  the earth was created 48,000 years ago ( the finished mystery pg 139).

  god will destroy all of the churches on earth including all its millions of members in 1918.

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  The pink book "Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained " 1950`s also pedalled the belief that a creative day was 7000 years long so after the 1000 year of Jesus Christ rule counting back Jehovah started his creative work only 49000 years ago.

  Do they still teach this now or has it gone by the wayside like most other predictions they have made.

  Of course it could be passed off as a past "truth" and not a present "truth" past "truth" being an old "truth" and not a new "truth"

  Its amazing just how many "truth`s" Jehovahs Witnesses believe in.
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  JW Podcast About The Shenanigans of the Borg in Australia

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so here's a link to the latest jw podcast.

  in it they talk about how the organization is structuring things in australia to get out of paying money to victims of abuse.

  the short version, as i remember it, is that they are making each congregation its own individual charity.

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  Thanks zeb for passing this on to the ARC they need to know about .WOW. they have no shame.

  Is it worth passing on to Law firms that have and are still fighting in court battles defending abused victims of sexual abuse ?

  Surely courts should be made aware of the tactics WT lawyers will go to to get out of paying compensation.

  Thankyou for this post dubstepped .