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  Brother Bradford's comment at the April 29 ,2017 Watchtower Study

  by NCC-1701 in

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  hope this works .

  was listening to this on youtube today.

  check out brother bradford's comment about the picture of the governing body at about the 1:11:38 mark.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk_jnua-ua0.

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  freddo

  Isn't the gap in the centre for Snow White?
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  One of the Dukes has stepped down......

  by AFRIKANMAN in

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  ......from public life !

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  the duke of edinburgh, who is 95, will no longer carry out public engagements from the autumn of this year, buckingham palace has announced.. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/04/buckingham-palace-summons-entire-royal-household-emergency-meeting/?wt.mc_id=tmgoff_fb_tmg.

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  I think the guy is hilarious.
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  Strange stalking from JW's...Please help

  by Toshibabadu in

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  i just recently stopped attending.

  i keep getting messages, emails, texts and voice mails asking if i'm ok. they all say the exact same thing.

  it's creepy and a bit scary.

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  freddo

  Every so often, among the "how to stand by a cart" and "look at Warwick/Chelmsford" items they will get items about "return to Jehovah" and stuff.

  There was one last month and an inactive friend of mine had a couple of "miss you" and "how are you" texts.

  He just replied that he was doing well and planning on going to college. Funnily enough no more texts.

  As Sir82 says - they want to know which side of the fence you are on to work out whether to "associate" with you or "shun" you.
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  Soon will be no choice but to invade North Korea.

  by Witness 007 in

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  there is no way in hell that these brainwashed fools will cease making nukes.

  their doctrines are based on "death to america"..."never surrender" they are much more messed up then iran!

  war will be the final solution..

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  freddo

  I'm with Cofty.

  I mean, who's gonna tell Bad Hair Kim that he is wrong about anything and that NK cannot beat any other nation in a war?

  Anyone who doesn't clap like a sea-lion when Fat Boy Kim looks at them gets a chemical facemask or gets taken out and shot.
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  The Catholic Register: Russian Catholic official criticizes court ban on Jehovah's Witnesses

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.catholicregister.org/home/international/item/25028-russian-catholic-official-criticizes-court-ban-on-jehovah-s-witnesses.

  russian catholic official criticizes court ban on jehovah's witnesses.

  by jonathan luxmoore, catholic news service.

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  freddo

  Don't forget also - last week in the UK - on the BBC's "flagship" Radio 4 programme "Thought for the Day" they had a Church of England Pastor - Giles Fraser - defending them over the court ban too!
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  March 1, 2017 BOE Re: Update on Local Design/Construction Arrangement

  by wifibandit in

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  march 1, 2017 to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory re: update on local design/construction arrangement.

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  freddo

  5.34 (Attractive brunette sister) " ... a lot of paperwork involved with building a kingdom hall ... "

  5.38 Brother: "The majority of the construction moving forward will be renovations ..."

  (bold italics mine)

  So ... not new build then. Where would I have got that idea from ...
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  March 1, 2017 BOE Re: Update on Local Design/Construction Arrangement

  by wifibandit in

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  march 1, 2017 to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory re: update on local design/construction arrangement.

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  "Meet the "LDC Family""

  Yeh. Until they reach their early 50's and get booted outside where the weeping and the gnashing of their teeth will be?
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  Has China Already Become the Equal of the USA - superseding the Knorr/Franz March of World Powers?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  i would personally say, this was going to happen, but not quite yet.

  but then i noticed this recently published story in the south china morning post (a newspaper once owned by rupert murdoch, but now owned by jack ma, one of china's richest men).. quote:.

  how china has become america’s equal, as showcased at a harvard forumauthor: robert delaneyon the campus of harvard business school this past weekend there was little doubt among corporate leaders and investors gathered for an annual conference that china had arrived as an equal to the united states.keynote speeches, panel discussions and a business pitch competition at the 20th annual harvard china forum convened under the theme “sharing the road ahead” in english.. and, i got to thinking about donald trump's reversal of all the things he said he was going to do to china in his campaign speeches, and the reality now that he acts as president of the usa.

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  While the USA has about 10 massive carriers and is able to project its power worldwide and China (and Russia - although it's land mass allows it to project throughout the Northern Hemisphere) has approximately one carrier then as Bobcat says - it is a regional superpower.

  Having said that - Nuclear missile carrying submarines make China (like other nations with same) able to project beyond its region if it all went nuts.
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  If an elder decides he wants to report child molestation to police.

  by poopie in

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  can he be sued for violating clergy pertinent privilege by the person that confesses to him?.

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  Also - just an opinion - "Richard Oliver's" postings while being portrayed as the voice of legal accuracy and reason seem unfailingly supportive of whatever Watchtower do by way of "child protection."

  Why would anyone feel impelled to support such behaviour so frequently and so often I cannot comprehend.

  But that's just me "Richard", eh?
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  If an elder decides he wants to report child molestation to police.

  by poopie in

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  can he be sued for violating clergy pertinent privilege by the person that confesses to him?.

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  I did this when I was an elder in the UK.

  I reasoned that it was a "moral" - as in I just had to do it, not look at me taking the moral high ground - decision and let the chips fall where they may. The branch sent a lackey CO to sniff around and I looked him in the eye and told him I believed the matter was sub judice and had nothing to say. He pushed and I told him that if he pursued it then I would report him and whoever sent him to the police for hampering a police investigation. They backed off. I remained an elder.

  Imagine a Child Molester sues me for going to the Police ...

  1. Does the law in the UK view a JW elder as being legally bound not to disclose?

  2. If it did, if I was charged and a court decided so, what would my penalty be?

  Exactly - what Judge is going to lock me up or impose a fine for that in this day and age.

  3. Imagine it is a civil case - and the perpetrator sues me. What damages will he be awarded?

  Exactly.

  IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO WENT TO THE POLICE?