the watch tower society, the christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses, the faithful and discreet slave, and the governing body of jehovah's witnesses, last week issued a "special" letter to all bodies of elders in the state of victoria instructing them to immediately apply for their working with children licenses and to comply with child protection laws.
the letter includes instructions that the contents are not to be made public or shared with members of the congregation.. .
this means an investigation authorized by the governing body of jehovah's witnesses and initiated by lawyers representing the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, inc. have concluded that the victorian working with children act 2005 and the associated child protection laws do indeed apply to all elders serving in congregations throughout the state of victoria both in the public ministry and in their internal ministry, which includes the theocratic ministry school.. .
Borg attorneys aren't stupid. My guess is they have been removing known pedophiles either from their position as elders in Victoria or physically moving them out of the state (or is it province?) of Victoria prior to sending this letter to the Victorian congregations. They would never allow these background checks to go forward if they knew some pedos would turn up. (of course, there could be pedos that the Borg is unaware of)
Thanks for the update Barbara.
i recently posted an article on my blog that tapped into a comment made to me by an awake witness about the worldwide church of god.
it discussed some questions that have been on a lot minds among the awake jws and ex-jws lately.
questions adressed are:.
But Franz was a sort of savant genius even though he was a certifiable loon. Splane's just another aging Dub, captive to a concept.
facebook friend???.
i will await with anxious anticipation, the sheer volume of pm's!
anyway i'm off to eat chocolate icecream and watch a film.... peace.
There is no Watersprout on facebook.
If you want to friend me, I'm "Mad Sweeney." Tell me you're Watersprout when you send me the request.
i ran across this post on fb-.
the november 15, 2011 study version of the watchtower, has this to say in an article praising jehu's actions against the family of ahab.
"the prophet elisha sent one of the sons of the prophets to anoint jehu as king and to instruct him to kill every male of the apostate house of ahab.2 ki.
Seems to me that the best way to hurt the Borg is to publish Watchtower articles from the kool-aid edition. They come off as loony and culty enough without any of our additional commentary.
i recently posted an article on my blog that tapped into a comment made to me by an awake witness about the worldwide church of god.
it discussed some questions that have been on a lot minds among the awake jws and ex-jws lately.
questions adressed are:.
Could reform come after some critical mass is reached, or when the leadership ages and younger ones take their place?
Leadership HAS aged and younger ones HAVE taken their place. Not one GB member from Ray Franz's time is still alive. The OLDEST GB member was appointed to the body in 1994. This IS the new regime.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. . . only stupider.
just posted by vampire665 on facebook.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/jehovahs-witness-magazine_n_985479.html.
I keep posting comments wherever I find the article.
Can this be referred to local papers and tv stations?
police minister peter ryan has written a letter to mr unthank advising that jw's are now applying, in mass, for the wwc in victoria.
to little to late.
criminal charges still stand and cannot be backdated!
What do you want to bet the Borg has gone through its list of elders in Victoria and had any pedos kicked down to MS or lower status before sending this letter? Guarantee there will be no pedos discovered in these checks; that doesn't mean there aren't any in the Kingdom Halls.
after all the hoopla over the "mentally diseased" stuff, i'm making a prediction.
i expect that the borg will stop distributing the koolaid wt online, at least to where anyone can download it.
i expect that they will require the jws to create logins and passwords to access the study edition, somehow tying that that back to what congregataion you're in and maybe even an elder approving that you attend.
I think they will get more and more insular over time. It is what cults do.
I don't know if the membership/login thing will go live due to the current news cycle but I suspect it will eventually.
If there is one constant about the Borg it is that it's always changing.
yesterday went very well.
the down stairs got trimmed.
i finished in a day!
From the avatar I would guess he was Darth Fader but I really don't know.
As for mocking, ALL humor has a butt of the jokes. That's what humor IS.
yesterday went very well.
the down stairs got trimmed.
i finished in a day!
I am proud to say I don't know what any of this thread means.
