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  More bad news for the Organisation in Australia

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  it appears the the commonwealth government is bringing in a national compensation scheme for victims of institutional child sexual abuse with individuals able to claim up to $150,000 each.

  it's clear that the australian government will not be able to fund this program without serious money from the offending churches.

  so it's bad news for the organization today.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-04/government-announces-redress-for-abuse-victims/7996092.

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  Quote from the Herald Sun newspaper Nov5 2016

  "From early 2018,up to 65000 survivors of institutional child abuse could be eligible for payments and counselling as part of the National scheme,which will run for for the next 10 years "

  "The opt- in program will be managed by the Commonwealth but funded by churches,charities,and state governments which voluntarily join the scheme."

  " The federal Government will not be able to force organisations and states to sign up to the redress scheme"

  The article goes on to point out that the Northen Territory,and the Australian Capital Territory along with South Australia have not/will not sign up to the scheme, and Western Australia`s position remains unclear.

  So dont jump the gun my friends , their is still a long way to go.
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  "The G.B. is neither inspired nor infallible"

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that admission in the feb.17 ,study edition of the watchtower , " who is leading gods people today ?

  " "the governing body is neither inspired, nor infallible, therefore it (they/we) can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction .".

  have the many jehovahs witnesses past and present who have lost their lives by refusing blood transfusions due to the prohibition on blood tranfusions by jehovahs witnesses really got the sense of this statement ?.

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  If its not to painful to speak about this Heaven i,we , would love to know more about the situations you found yourself in with your dad and your cousin , and how this panned out.
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  Will Jehovah`s Witnesses join with other religions in Compensation Payouts ?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  justice mcclellen asked g.jackson about compensation for victims of child abuse , and mcclellan suggested it be by a consortium of groups , presumably religious and secular in nature as a pool to dispense approppiate compensation to all of the victims involved .. g.jackson hesitated and said they would have to look at the details of that proposal , before committing to it.. jehovah`s witnesses consider themselves as the only true religion and ,all others as false religion .. they take pains to separate themselves from from any association with other religions , not even being included in newspaper notices about church services.they want to keep themselves separate and distinct from false religion as they see them.. so how do you think they will handle this suggestion / requirement ?

  will they join in aligning themselves with "babylon the great" in compensation .?.

  didn`t they align themselves with another religion in the u.s.a. some years ago , that had to do with the w.t.

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  Jehovahs witnesses refuse to advertise their Congregation meetings in newspapers either national or local regional newspapers along with Christendoms Religions because they view them as Apostate/ False religions who they will have no fellowship with.

  Will Jehovahs Witnesses join with other religions in compensation payouts ? I dont think so .

  With the new directive from the Australian Govt. It will be interesting how the GB responds
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  With up to 70% of young ones leaving what's the future of the jw's?

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  they wlll always have new people coming in but the majority of the congro's are getting older particularly the inner city ones were it is expensive to live.

  they are struggling to get men to be elders and m.s's and this can only get worse as very few young ones stay around.

  karter..

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  We are seeing the decline Phizzy , but I doubt you or I will see the the demise of this organization in our lifetime.

  Wishful thinking on our part I`m afraid.

  When I was still in 30 years ago it was evident that young ones were not taking the organization seriously nor were they reaching out for spiritual priveledges in the congregations .

  They were then leading double lives ,going to clubs ,drinking ,enjoying what the world had to offer,and these were sons and daughters of Elders , they were doing what normal young people do who are finding out who they are as they go from childhood into puberty and into their teenage years .

  The old guys of the GB have no idea how the young people think and reason either then or now.

  And I think thats great , because the more they allienate themselves from the youth of today the less they will have tomorrow.
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  Did anyone vote yet?

  by NewYork44M in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i voted today in nyc.

  a well organized process.

  very busy and most of the people voting were african american.

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  Hey , I think the world would be a far better place if it only had ex JW`s in it , of course , everybody else would have to be exterminated .
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  At the mouth of 2-3 witnesses a matter is established .Gods word the bible proves a generation is 50 years +, or - 5 years

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah`s witnesses make a big deal about the 2 or 3 witnesses in judicial decisions yet they ignore that evidence when it suits them.. firstly :.

  regarding the length of a generation matthew ch.1:17 gives a strong clue ,their are 3 lots of 14 generations mentioned which equal 42 generations from the time of abraham to jesus .. watchtower publications give abrahams birth as 2018 bc......they also give jesus birth as of 2 bc a period of 2016 years .

  2016 yrs.

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  For newbies to consider
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  Will Jehovah`s Witnesses join with other religions in Compensation Payouts ?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  justice mcclellen asked g.jackson about compensation for victims of child abuse , and mcclellan suggested it be by a consortium of groups , presumably religious and secular in nature as a pool to dispense approppiate compensation to all of the victims involved .. g.jackson hesitated and said they would have to look at the details of that proposal , before committing to it.. jehovah`s witnesses consider themselves as the only true religion and ,all others as false religion .. they take pains to separate themselves from from any association with other religions , not even being included in newspaper notices about church services.they want to keep themselves separate and distinct from false religion as they see them.. so how do you think they will handle this suggestion / requirement ?

  will they join in aligning themselves with "babylon the great" in compensation .?.

  didn`t they align themselves with another religion in the u.s.a. some years ago , that had to do with the w.t.

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  Bump
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  More bad news for the Organisation in Australia

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  it appears the the commonwealth government is bringing in a national compensation scheme for victims of institutional child sexual abuse with individuals able to claim up to $150,000 each.

  it's clear that the australian government will not be able to fund this program without serious money from the offending churches.

  so it's bad news for the organization today.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-04/government-announces-redress-for-abuse-victims/7996092.

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  "The days of the Catholic Church investigating itself are over ,and this should be the same for all institutions."

  A response from the Roman Catholic Church , agreeing with the Governments decision .

  I wonder what the Jehovahs Witness response will be.( we know they hate parting with money )
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  Intelligent design thought.

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok god designed this planet and then most everything on it intelligently yet 97% of the water on the earth is un drinkable.

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  99.99% ( give or take a % or two) of Every living thing on this planet lives by devouring some other living thing.

  Is that by intelligent design ?
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  Another Subliminal Image? On the JW Website

  by The Searcher in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this image appears on the current main web page - as you scroll the "witnessing" photos.. weird "facial" image at the guy's right shoulder.. .

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  Splash you need glasses , thats a gal not a guy , obviously a double exposure , yes ?

  Also she`s a Superhero judging by the speed she used to get behind the guy as the photo was being taken

  Then again she might be an Angel , do Angels wear glasses ? Fallen Angels ?