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  Protest for Mandatory Reporting?

  by Luther bertrand in

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  on another thread, i have been having a discussion about protests in connection with watchtower policy.

  one of the biggest and more re-occuring rebuttals to protesting at kingdom halls and assemblies is that it does two things: 1. it re-enforces the apostate "mentally diseased" narrative heaped on the xjw community by the gb 2. it causes people to withdraw and get closer to the borg.. what if we as a group took the protest to city halls and government authorities to raise awareness of the need for mandatory reporting laws, rather than protesting @jw events?

  hell even geoffry jackson, when he gave his testimony at the arc, agreed that it would be "helpful".

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  Justice McClelland pointed out at the ARC that regardless of mandatory reporting of Child Sexual Abuse , if a person was aware of such abuse/ a crime , , he/she was obligated to report such abuse to the police or Child Protection Authorities ,it was their responsibility , Duty of Care. Accessory to a crime .

  Jehovah`s Witnesses have tried to excuse themselves claiming Clergy Penitent , however the official doctrine of the religion is they have no Clergy / Laity distinction , so why under oath in a court of law do they make this claim ?

  1006 cases of Child Sexual Abuse was handled by congregations over a period of 26 years , their are 3 Elders that handled each of these cases in their judicial Committees , that amounts to possibly 3018 grown men/Elders with not one of them reporting these allegations to the police. That is more than one a month for every month of every year for the past 26 years and no Elders reported this crime to the police.

  And to this date not one Elder has been charged with a crime in Australia in breach of this law.

  Why is that ? Why hasn`t their been any charges laid against those who failed to inform the police when clearly the law required them to do so ? regardless of mandatory reporting of an offence committed against a minor ?

  These are the facts that need to be got out to the media , Newspaper , TV , Talk Back Radio , or whatever

  smiddy
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  DA letter sent... It was weird!

  by Mandrake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well i was telling you days ago that i wrote my da letter... i decided to deliver it myself to the elders.

  it'a been about a year i didn't show up nor talk to the majority of old friends.

  one of my best friends (who's is 2-3 years older than me, i'm 25) is now an elder... some times i don't understand him, he's an engineer from a prestigious university (the most prestigious universities here in chile, are 2, the one from where he got his degree and the one i'm attending)... he even red crisis of conscience and has doubts... but still endured inside.. my congo were based in our historic city downtown, so our territory was small... i parked my car near the hall and walked near for a while while the meeting was over.

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  Mandrake , that was a very good read , no need to apologise for your english spelling .

  You are young and have a lifetime ahead of you free from a cult, good for you

  I wish you all success in your Dentistry profession

  Take care , from an Aussie

  smiddy
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  Interlinear bible removed from the JW app?

  by nmthinker in

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  2. beliefs

  my iphone doesn't have the interlinear bible anymore, the one with the greek and translated english together.

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  did they remove it?

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  The big thing with the "Interlinear " to me was the absence of the Tetragrammaton in it .

  So no way should the name Jehovah be included in the New Testament.

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  Obey the Superior Authorities God says / God says Satan is controlling the Superior Authorities.?

  by smiddy in

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  2. beliefs

  romans 13 : 1-4 clearly states that the superior authorities are an arrangement from god , defy them and you are working against the arrangement of god at your own peril.. christians are to be obedient to the superior authorities ,"for their is no authority except by god , the existing authorities stand placed in their relative positions by god .therefore he who opposes the authority has taken a stand against the arrangement of god ".

  matt.

  4 :8-10 shows that all the kingdoms and governments are under satan`s control , jesus never disputed that claim .

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  Romans 13 : 1-4 Clearly states that the Superior Authorities are an arrangement from GOD , defy them and you are working against the arrangement of GOD at your own peril.

  Christians are to be obedient to the Superior Authorities ,"for their is no authority except by GOD , the existing authorities stand placed in their relative positions by GOD .Therefore he who opposes the authority has taken a stand against the arrangement of GOD "

  Matt. 4 :8-10 Shows that all the kingdoms and Governments are under Satan`s control , Jesus never disputed that claim . 1 John 5 : 19 says that" the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one".

  2Cor.4 :4 names Satan as" the God of this system of things"....John 12 :31 ..."the ruler of this world will be cast out".

  Is it just me ? or is their something drastically wrong here.?

  On the one hand GOD /Jehovah is responsible for the superior authorities , and woe & behold if you go against it .

  On the other hand , it is Satan the Devil who is in charge of the superior authorities being the ruler of the world , having charge over all the Kingdoms of the world , and not denied by Jesus.

  I look forward to my learned friends as to what you make of this post with your comments.

  smiddy
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  You must not say Gee, Gee wiz, or Golly

  by Truth and Justice in

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  2. friends

  before i start my subject post, i like to extend a warm welcome to all the new members that have joined the site.

  i just can't keep up with all the new names.

  nice to see all of you here.. i haven't posted anything in a while because of work, scheduling and everything else, but i do have some interesting thoughts that i would like to share with all of you in the coming months.

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  Every time I hear that word Shazam , I expect Captain Marvel to appear , he never does , just like Jesus.

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  QUICK! Questions to ask MARK SANDERSON!!!!!!!

  by TeenageInsider in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  quickly!!.

  mark sanderson at a regional assembly.. i will find him and ask him questings.. please quickly leave questions you want me to ask.. i will record and post updates!!!!.

  hurry..

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  teenageInsider , it sounds like the horse has bolted , its over and done .Had I seen this topic earlier I would have asked :

  Since Jehovah`s Witnesses are on record declaring they have no Clergy Class , why do they under oath in a Court of Law claim Clergy Penitent Privleledge ?

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  My cat died suddenly!

  by Fisherman in

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  2. friends

  i did not realize that they were symptoms that something was wrong with my cat -but i did notice that my cat was breathing a little differently for a period of about a few days.

  i also noticed prior and after to that, that on occasion, my cat would cry at the litter box, but that was a very seldom event.. anyway, about a week ago i noticed the symptom that my very loved cat was breathing heavy.

  so i called a taxi and i was going to rush him to emergency room for cats.

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  I`m sorry Fisherman and feel your loss , I had a toy poodle and a cat , both for about 16 years that co-existed together before they passed , I have never known sorrow like that and hope I never have to experience it again .

  My thoughts are with you.

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  GB bites off more than they can chew!

  by biblexaminer in

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  2. scandals

  the gb bit off more than they can chew.

  they promised that the nwt revised would be available in so many languages by now, and they have failed miserably.. english stands alone.

  as a result, they are in damage control mode.

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  Once again a" True Bible Student" has caught out the W.T. in their deceitfulness .

  Have they no shame ?

  Well done biblexaminer .

  smiddy
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  The possible extinction of cults

  by Sugar Shane in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here's a link to an interesting article on the apparent demise of cults.

  i can remember being accosted by various culty groups back in the '70s, while walking through the airport in lax.

  this article ties the dwindling number of cults in western culture, to a shift towards secularism.

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  Their will always be cults of one sort or another it`s in human nature ,There is always somebody who puts someone else on a pedestal . whether its a human or a mythological deity .

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  Why I think the J.W. Religion will be around for a long time yet.

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on the one hand , if their is a disaster , a natural occurrence such as an earthquake , tsunami , tornadoes etc, the witness armageddon barometer kicks in .many fence sitters , relatives etc.

  flock to the nearest k.h.

  for a time.. on the other hand ,.

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  Well I cant argue against that , I was one of them .
  

  smiddy