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  San Diego abuse case: stay tuned. Zalkin's motion to be considered this Friday.

  by Sugar Shane in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  zalkin proposing huge sanctions if jw leadership fails to produce documents.

  unredacted this time!

  feds need to get involved with this.

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  "Everyone should obey the law."....cha ching., true my friend ,

  however the governing body has lawyers that employ theocratic warfare to find loopholes in the law that they can exploit for their benefit , there by negating a said law.

  Is that even ethical ? for a Christian religion ? or even moral ?

  A tactic that Jehovah`s Witnesses employ .

  "Theocratic Warfare ":.....

  Definition:,

  Withholding information from one who is not entitled to know that information , such as law enforcement officers if it is not mandatory for them to have that information .

  or if opposers seek information they are not entitled to have.....Then it`s O.K. to mislead them indirectly .

  Deflecting questions while under investigation if your answer would have an adverse affect on the organization .Play dumb. { not hard to do }

  Have selective memory

  Have no memory at all of the said event..

  Play dumb again.

  smiddy
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  San Diego: Osbaldo Padron v Watchtower

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/apr/24/ticker-tough-build-jehovahs-witness-sex-abuse-case.

  tough to build jehovah's witness sex-abuse case.

  11. without documents, says plaintiff, he can’t get justice.

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  What the Pope says and what the Catholic church does can be two different things.

  What the spokesperson for Jehovah`s Witnesses says { We abhor child sexual abuse }

  and what the Jehovah`s witnesses do in practice is another matter.

  smiddy
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  San Diego: Osbaldo Padron v Watchtower

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/apr/24/ticker-tough-build-jehovahs-witness-sex-abuse-case.

  tough to build jehovah's witness sex-abuse case.

  11. without documents, says plaintiff, he can’t get justice.

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  It`s hard to understand how they can defy court orders and get away with it for so long.

  smiddy
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  To Continue the Theme of All Things Prince ... The Dirty Songs List

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  link is here.. line outapr 18, 2013. .

  "an incomplete and disorderly catalog of prince's dirty songs".

  by kelly o. .

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  Wild_Thing / KellyO

  This list should be sent to the G.B. @ WTB&TS `s HQ.and also his congregation he was attending just to remind them of his brotherly love , and his witness to the young and impressionable youth in the world..

  Just saying

  smiddy
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  Celebrities , Adulation , Lifestyle , is this for Jehovah`s Witnesses ? Isn`t it a form of Idolatory ?

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  of course this thread is inspired by princes sad death , yet i wonder how the average j.w.

  nowadays.. from what i have gleaned from the many threads about his death their seems to be a reverence about him even on pro-j.w.

  sites.. i have been out for about 25 years , yet in my time in the "truth" anything that put you on a pedestal was a no , no.. competition in any form was discouraged , sports especially.

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  Of course this thread is inspired by Princes sad death , yet i wonder how the average J.W. see`s it. nowadays.

  From what i have gleaned from the many threads about his death their seems to be a reverence about him even on pro-J.W. sites.

  I have been out for about 25 years , yet in my time in the "truth" anything that put you on a pedestal was a no , no.

  Competition in any form was discouraged , sports especially. Throughout the Congregations

  You were discouraged from engaging in anything that brought attention to you as an individual , lest you took away devotion that was only to be given to Jehovah.

  Are Jehovah`s Witnesses now becoming Idolaters of pop stars ? Sporting legends ? etc. and no disapproval from the Governing Body ?

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  I am confused,bewildered

  by bobld in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on their social media site:why do we attend large assemblies?

  god's sevants in the past,who were instructed to assemble three times a year, we.

  look forward to meeting together in large groups.soon they will be out in full force.

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  JW. logic , We are not under the law covenant , however the principles still apply as we see fit.

  In other words the G.B. can cherry pick any scripture they like apply whatever principle the like , and dictate to the rank and file it`s new light from Jehovah .

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  WT's expert on blood!

  by Joyzabel in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the january 8, 2000 awake magazine published an article "the growing demand for bloodless medicine and surgery".

  this article has been quoted extensively by jws as support for their "scientific" justification for refusing blood products.. a quote from that article that is familiar to most jws and exjws is this one:.

  “all those dealing with blood and caring for surgical patients have to consider bloodless surgery.”—dr.

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  The bottom line though , is , Jehovah`s Witnesses accept fractions of blood that is donated by worldly people under the control of Satan`s system of things.

  Blood donated by Satan`s agents , that is processed by Satan`s agents into fractions , and willingly accepted by Jehovah`s Witnesses.?

  If that`s not hypocritical , I don`t know what is.

  smiddy
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  A troubling visit with a satisfying end.

  by Bonsai in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, i've been out for 2 years now.

  just picked up and walked away from the wacky religion that tried to control every part of my life through fear and guilt.

  i've been wondering as the months go by what would happen when an elder finally showed up at my door and pressed the issue as to why i ceased all activity and then tried to reactivate me.

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  steve2 , I always thought the bulk of publishers were female EVERYWHERE .Isn`t that so ?

  smiddy
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  Jehovah's Witness Church Release Statement

  by truthseekeriam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "we are saddened to hear about the death of prince rogers nelson, who was baptized as one of jehovah’s witnesses in 2003," the church said in a statement obtained by people.

  the church said that prince "found fulfillment as a witness and in sharing his faith with others.

  http://www.people.com/article/prince-dead-jehovah-witness-release-statement.

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  Is this a first for the WT, to make such a comment on a worldly celebrity ? Have they ever done it for anybody else?

  OK , M.J. became an apostate converting to Islam before he died , and still was given a J.W. funeral at a Kingdom Hall ? Is that true ?

  I don`t think the organization ever publicly acknowledged that M.J. ever was a Jehovah`s Witness , true ?

  So if this "People" article is correct it seems a shift in policy. What`s next !

  Sports stars , movie stars , are now going to be acknowledged as J.W.`s in good standing ?

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  Hard to Remember but Back in the Ninteen Fifies...

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my writing a book about my strange life as a jw.

  i need some help.. does anyone remember when they used to get these charts out at the service meetings which had all the hours, "back calls" and bible studies on it?

  what did they call that?.

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  In the 1960`s they also had a test paper you had to fill out every month on what you had learned in that month in the Ministry school , that was marked on how many questions you got right by the school overseer.

  The chart measured how the congregation was performing against the national average if I remember correctly.

  They also had breaks between the ministry school /service meeting and also the public talk / watchtower study.

  smiddy