Posts by Mad Sweeney

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[Day 6 - 4/8]The Royal Commissions investigation of child sexual abuse within Jehovah’s Witnesses. + VIDEO

by C0ntr013r in

unfortunately, part 1 will not be available until later, but i thought i give you the other parts anyway .

day six of the proceedings:.

part 2 has been uploaded and part 3,4 and (5?

Mad Sweeney

So there is a short #1 coming and also a #5?

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I sent this to Angus Stewart this morning (Easter Standard Time)

by Viviane in

i just sent this email to angus stewart:.

i hope this email finds you well.

i would like to say thank you for your work on the royal commission, particularly in your handling of the jehovah's witnesses elders and experts during questioning.

Mad Sweeney

I'm no Angus Stewart but I do drink scotch, I am in the USA, AND unlike Mr. Stewart I'm single/available.

Just saying.

Also, I'm three years younger than he is.

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Governing Body member is in Australia right now!

by Anonymous1 in

sorry i have to remain completely anonymous about this but you will see why.

i have first hand knowledge that geoffrey jackson of the governing body is staying with his parents in toowoomba, queensland for the next few weeks.

he has already been in australia for a couple of weeks.

Mad Sweeney

Indian Larry, they're all on Barbara Anderson's youtube channel as quickly as she can get them posted. :)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvrp6E1AymHbf7yUeuKKXw

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Anyone know anything about Monty Baker

by Mad Sweeney in

he is the exjw on the witness list of the royal commission.anybody know him?is he awake?

is he active in the apostate world or has he become a normal guy?

Mad Sweeney

He is the exJW on the Witness list of the Royal Commission.
Anybody know him?
Is he awake? Is he active in the apostate world or has he become a normal guy?

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Letters to Congregations and Elders

by Mad Sweeney in

several years ago i was given a link to a pdf download of a compilation file that included all letters from the borg to elders and congregations from - i think - 1980 through 2011. does anybody have an updated version, or can point me to a source for letters from 2012 to the present?

i would prefer a single document but even a site that has them all one by one would be ok. thanks!

Mad Sweeney

Thank you!

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Letters to Congregations and Elders

by Mad Sweeney in

several years ago i was given a link to a pdf download of a compilation file that included all letters from the borg to elders and congregations from - i think - 1980 through 2011. does anybody have an updated version, or can point me to a source for letters from 2012 to the present?

i would prefer a single document but even a site that has them all one by one would be ok. thanks!

Mad Sweeney

Several years ago I was given a link to a pdf download of a compilation file that included ALL letters from the Borg to elders and congregations from - I think - 1980 through 2011.

Does anybody have an updated version, or can point me to a source for letters from 2012 to the present? I would prefer a single document but even a site that has them all one by one would be ok. Thanks!

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Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

by LAWHFol in

i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

Mad Sweeney

Most of the sharper atheists I know don't "believe in" anything. There are things we have relatively strong certainty about and things we are unsure about. The things with strong certainty are things we are said to "know" and the things we're unsure about are things we are happy to admit we "don't know."

When things are imagined, we view them as not literally existing. When people imagine a thing and then pose the hypothesis that that thing exists in the tangible world it is not incumbent upon others to either believe or prove the thing doesn't exist. Nor is it inappropriate for others to assert, "No, that thing doesn't exist."

This doesn't pose a problem or a conflict because we allow things we "don't know" and have previously asserted don't exist to become things we "know" are real when evidence comes along to build certainty in it. As for god/gods/God/ghosts/souls/sasquatch/chupacabra/sharknados/etc. we're simply waiting for evidence and in the meantime we can appropriately say, "No, those things do not exist."

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Is the Holy Spirit directing this testimony?

by Mad Sweeney in

if anybody can advise how to get the vid to show here, i'll edit this post.

thanks.apologies for the inconsistent sound levels.. https://youtu.be/nok514dqlti.

Mad Sweeney

One more try to embed this thing.

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After Watching Dr. Monica, I Thought It Appropriate To Bring Out This Gem Again.

by Magwitch in

to all bodies of elders.

re: spiral binding of shepherding textbook.

dear brothers :.

Mad Sweeney

Now the entire book is part of public record and can be freely downloaded from the Royal Commission's site.

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After Watching Dr. Monica, I Thought It Appropriate To Bring Out This Gem Again.

by Magwitch in

to all bodies of elders.

re: spiral binding of shepherding textbook.

dear brothers :.

Mad Sweeney

It's significant that she's worldly, a Catholic, and a woman. If she was a JW she wouldn't be allowed to even touch the book to put a spiral binding on it, not even with the elder present. Is this a misogynistic cult or what?