Posts by Gordy

a jehovah's witness has admitted sexually abusing a young boy from the age of seven.. thomas gold, 45, abused the child over a period of seven years at an address in clackmannanshire.

the abuse began with a kiss on the boy's mouth, and became more sexual as the youngster got older.. on one occasion there was "unnatural carnal connection" between them.

Gordy

"He approached elders at his church and told them and they said it was wrong and that if it continued he would have to be disfellowshipped by the church."

In other words shut up about it or we will make your life hell.
Who in the congregation will believe a "disfellowshipped" person.

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Straight from the September Watchtower. How can they print this without blushing?

by nicolaou in

the watchtower september 1, 2010 11. .

the dangers of being deceived (page 10/11).

to deceive, says one dictionary, means to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid.

Gordy

Well quotes from the September 1st and 15th Watchtower should go together they should be blushing crimson then..

THE WATCHTOWER SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 11
The Dangers of Being Deceived (page 10/11)

To deceive, says one dictionary, means “to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid.” It also implies “imposing a false idea or belief that causes ignorance, bewilderment, or helplessness.” The basic idea of the word, along with such other words as “mislead” and “delude,” is to lead someone astray by underhanded means. Surely, a person who is not aware that he or she is being kept in a state of “ignorance, bewilderment, or helplessness” by deliberate misinformation is in serious danger.

The really sad fact is that very often the person who is deceived or deluded tends to hold on to his belief in spite of strong evidence proving otherwise. Perhaps he gets so emotionally attached to his belief that he simply shuts his eyes and closes his ears to any evidence that might challenge it.

Watchtower September 15 th ,2010

This is taken word for word from the Study Article entitled: "Unity Identifies True Worship", page 13, paragraph 8:

"Similarly today, a Governing Body composed of spirit-anointed Christians contributes to the unity of the worldwide congregation. The Governing Body publishes spiritually encouraging literature in many languages. This spiritual food is based on God's Word. Thus, what is taught is not from men but from Jehovah."

Without the assistance of "the faithful and discreet slave," we would neither understand the full import of what we read in God's Word nor know how to apply it. (Matt. 24:45-47) By putting into practice the things we are learning from the Scriptures, we can secure ourselves God's blessing.

In this time of the end, Christ has committed “all his belongings”—
all the earthly interests of the Kingdom—to his “faithful and discreet slave” and
its representative Governing Body, a group of anointed Christian men.
(Matt. 24:45-47) The anointed and their other sheep companions
recognize that by following the lead of the modern-day Governing
Body, they are in fact following their Leader, Christ."

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Australians can you help this person?

by Gordy in

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friends

i received today an email from a friend who in turn where contacted by this lady in sydney, australia.. .

i post what she wrote, if any one in australia can help or know of someone or group there that can help.. .

i will let you have her email address.

Gordy

I received today an email from a friend who in turn where contacted by this lady in Sydney, Australia.

I post what she wrote, if any one in Australia can help or know of someone or group there that can help.

I will let you have her email address.

This what she sent , it will make you annoyed that again the JW are breaking up a family.

"My husband of 18 years became a Jehovah's Witness about 3 years ago and has decided to leave me and our 4 children because we are not following him
into this cult. He told me that I am not the wife he wants, he wants a Jehovah's Witness wife..
how can i get him un-brainwashed or can you put me in
contact with someone in Sydney Australia that I can talk to that has been in this
situation please

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JW Pay out - anyone recall this

by Gordy in

came across this, few years old, but not heard of it before.

http://www.cultnews.com/archives/000043.html.

lmarch 05, 2003 ::.

Gordy

Came across this, few years old, but not heard of it before

http://www.cultnews.com/archives/000043.html

lMarch 05, 2003 ::

Why did Jehovah's Witnesses pay the largest cash settlement in its history?
The largest settlement ever paid in the history of Jehovah's Witnesses occurred this past October, but no news outlet has yet reported it.
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, which is the umbrella organization over 6 million Witnesses worldwide, paid the estate of Frances Coughlin $1.55 million dollars rather than let a jury decide the wrongful death lawsuit.
Frances Coughlin's surviving family sued Jehovah's Witnesses, also known as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, in State of Connecticut Superior Court at Milford (CV-00-0072183 S).
The principle defendant was a "Bethelite," or full-time ministry worker, who drove recklessly in bad weather and killed Ms. Coughlin, a mother and grandmother, on October 8, 1998.
That Bethelite Jordon Johnson was traveling between "Bethel," which has housing for its full-time workers in Patison, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York, to a Witness Kingdom Hall he was assigned to in Derby, Connecticut.
Johnson was found guilty of vehicular manslaughter, but only served 30 days in jail and was sentenced to two years probation. Subsequently, he and Jehovah's Witnesses faced a civil suit filed by Ms. Coughlin's surviving family for damages.
Why was the Witness organization willing to pay more than $1.5 million dollars?
Apparently because a much larger issue of "agency" was at stake.
Agency is the word used to express a relationship between a principal party and its agent, through which the principal party projects its power and/or advances some purpose. And a principal party may be held liable for the actions of its agent.
Jehovah's Witnesses contended that Jordan Johnson acted on his own and was not their agent at the time he caused the fatal car wreck.
But plaintiff's counsel, Joel Faxon of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, claimed on his client's behalf that Jordan Johnson was serving as a Bethelite and agent of the organization at the time and advancing their purpose, therefore Jehovah's Witnesses was responsible for his actions.
Internal documents were obtained through the discovery process and testimony was given through depositions, which clarified and substantiated Faxon's view.
I was retained as an expert witness and consultant for this case by the plaintiff's counsel.
My role was to assist in the discovery process, provide research and generally help to form a basis for an understanding of how Jehovah's Witnesses employ, use and control Bethelites and others within their organization. Ultimately, I would have also testified as an expert in court.
That testimony would have included explaining in clear terms how the organizational dynamics, indoctrination and objectives of Jehovah's Witnesses impact individual members and more specifically full-time workers such as Bethelite Jordan Johnson.
But on the first day of trial Jehovah's Witnesses decided they didn't want a jury to decide this case and instead $1.55 million was paid to the plaintiff.
The organization that claims it is waiting for the ever-eminent "end of the world" decided to settle in a pragmatic move to protect its long-term interests and more than $1 billion dollars of accumulated assets.
Again, why would the Witnesses do this if they actually believed they had no meaningful liability?
Certainly the cost to complete the case in court would be far less than $1.55 million dollars. Why not let the jury decide?
But the seemingly shrewd Witnesses realized that there was just too much at stake and didn't want to risk a "guilty" verdict.
Currently the organization known as Jehovah's Witnesses faces a growing number of lawsuits filed by former members who feel the organization has hurt them.
The personal injuries were allegedly caused by elders and others acting in accordance with the organization's policies and doctrines, which include such matters as blood transfusions and sexual abuse.
Seemingly to protect its assets the Watchtower Society of Jehovah's Witnesses and its many Kingdom Hall congregations have in recent years created a myriad of corporate entities to apparently contain liability.
That is, each corporation is seemingly only responsible for its own specific actions and not the action of others. Again, this appears to be a rather pragmatic legal approach to protect the assets amassed by Jehovah's Witnesses over more than a century.
But what if Jehovah's Witnesses are nevertheless responsible or liable for the actions of its agents, which would include elders and others throughout its vast network of districts and Kingdom Halls?
Well, now you can see why the check was likely cut for $1.55 million in the Coughlin case.
Jehovah's Witnesses were apparently concerned about what legal precedent a jury might set that could ultimately affect other claims pending or potentially possible in the future against the organization.
Many people seem to think that Jehovah's Witnesses or the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is focused on the end of the world and a coming kingdom. At least that's the impression many have when its members come knocking at the door.
But through the Coughlin case a different view of the organization emerges, which looks more like a business protecting its worldly assets and focused on the bottom line.
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d, but not known of it before .

Latest in Field Ministry wear

by Gordy in

serena williams models the latest wear for sisters on fiels ministry.. "if this doesn't get their attention on the doors nothing will".

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daily mail 21/6/10.

Gordy

Serena Williams models the latest wear for sisters on fiels ministry.

"If this doesn't get their attention on the doors nothing will"

Daily Mail 21/6/10

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from a Yahoo e-mail group (This was in the July KM)

by booby in

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friends

this was in the july km, so i thought i would share.. the march report for the united states was outstanding!

new peaks in hours, return visits, and bible studies were reached.

there are now 698,507 persons studying with us.

Gordy

When I had a weekly "family study" that is, myself, wife and children.
I used to put in a report that we had a family study.

But the Service Overseer said I had to put a report for each individual child.
As none of them were baptised at the time.

I had 7 children, which meant that every month I reported that I had held 7 separate Bible studies,
when in reality it was only one combined.

If other families were doing the same they the number of Bible studies was a distortion.