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UK IndependentUK Commission on Child Sexual Abuse possible new, separate inquiry into JWs
by Lostandfound in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
the guardian newspaper today reports that the iccsa has received “numerous” reports relating to child sexual abuse among jehovahs witness's, and it is possible they will establish an entirely separate inquiry into these reports.

the government set up the iccsa independnt inquiry into child sexual abuse some time ago and their has been a delay in the inquiry operating as thw role of chair s established.. typo in heading, sorry .
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My Old Kingdom Hall being merged with TWO other congregations!
by pale.emperor in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
this can only be a good sign.. my old congregation in liverpool has had a lot of money in it's bank account for years.

for a long, long time (almost 8 years) they've been looking for land to build a new hall.

the one they're in now is literally falling to bits.
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KH for sale--Ryde --isle of Wight--UK
by stan livedeath in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
sheer joy.. the local kingdumb hall is up for sale.

a quick build from 1984. i went in there once--for a relative's wedding.

half a million pounds.. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-44198850.html.
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Dutch branch refuses to meet with LGBT rights organization.
by Anders Andersen in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
in the wake of the anti-gay cartoon, the coc (dutch lgbt rights organization) invited watchtower netherlands to discuss how watchtower is dealing with lgbt people in their ranks.

focus of the meeting would be on making sure lgbt jw feel safe and fully accepted.. today several newspapers are reporting that the branch declined the invitation, stating that they 'can't imagine lgbt jw feeling unsafe.

the branch won't talk to coc, but they might discuss internally with lgbt jw.'.
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Tango in the Kingdom Hall!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
2013 tango lessons in the kingdom hall in argentina after the special assembly with representatives of the watchtower society learning to tango..... ..petra
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What are the buzz words or trigger for JWs?
by UBM101 in
1. jw
2. experiences
i read steve hassan's book and he mentioned about buzz words or triggers that call out the cult personality of a victim of mind controlling cult.

when you were in, what triggered you?.
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My doubting friend came by and left the letter...
by confusedandalone in
1. jw
2. experiences
i hope that i am not eating up alot of bandwidth and annoying anyone.

however as i make my exit i want to reveal as many things as possible.

i have a friend who had doubts about the latest change and wrote a letter.
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Scandalous injustice at JC - read this!
by hamsterbait in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
http://web.archive.org/web/20011228232206/http://homepages.tesco.net/~a17/stooges.htm.

i am in the process and cannot belive the ignorance and deceit these "ministers for justice" used!.

hb.
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YOU'VE GOT TO LAUGH!!
by The Searcher in
1. watchtower
2. bible
"all of our teachings are based on the bible, not on the writings of some religious leader in the united states.

"1 thessalonians 2:13. http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/not-a-sect/.

all of the teachings (i counted 8) which have been reversed in the july 15th watchtower were based on the bible???????????.
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David Splane does not bow head when giving a prayer!
by VM44 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
this is a report in spanish conerning david splane giving a prayer at a convention.. perhaps someone can translate it better, but google translate gave the following:.

during prayer, should no longer be necessary to bow his head in a mass meeting, as was splane throughout the prayer, head up, down, left and right looking at all tiers, not hiding in the least.. so splane is looking all around at the sudience while giving a prayer?!!!.

can someone confirm that is what the spanish text says?.