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  Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!

  by LostinJapan in

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  https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

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  Oh, and sorry, but I can't remember the various female judges off the top of my head. I'm terrible with Bible stories.

  Well, there is Deborah, in Judges 4, who was a judge over all of Israel.

  Given their love of Hebre Scriptures for support of their doctrines and religious procedures, this would mean that women could be allowed to be judges.

  Also the women prophets in the Christian Greek Scriptures were allowed to tell their prophecy in the congregation and had precedence over speaking in tongues, etc. So there is clear guidance that women could take an active role in teaching God's Word in the congregation.

  Paul also talks about Phoebe who was a "diakonos" (a word in the masculine gender applying not to her being a what we would think og just a plain "servant" but a "minister" or a "deacon" today, it was a position of service and responsibility, and it was filled by a woman.

  Paul shows a lot of prejudices common to the age he lived in. This is clear in how he talks about slaves and slave owners.

  
  

  
  
  
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  Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!

  by LostinJapan in

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  2. child-abuse

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  https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

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  Jackson was wrong in saying they do not punish the wrongdoer--yeah, they can't stone people, but they do shun and this form of punishment causes psychological trauma that can lead to physical manifestations.

  New research coming out in psychological literature points to the "nocebo" effect, self fulfilling prophecy that telling someone they are no good may lead the person to actually do bad and suffer consequences, and also lead to all sorts of mental turmoil and stress.

  JW/WT doctrine and procedures regarding DA/DF'ing do cause harm and they are indeed a form of punishment, perhaps even causing a greater degree of anguish and suffering for a long period of time.

  Excommunication from the Catholic Church doesn't carry the penalty of forced shunning on the part of family and friends. And yet the WT saw this as barbaric and pagan, not for the Christian congregation.

  The WT publishes contrary ideas quite often, and followers are expected to live with this disonance of conscience and beliefs all along following and obeying every interpretation and publication by the Gobbering Body and its helpers.
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  Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!

  by LostinJapan in

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  2. child-abuse

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  The trouble to the two witness exception of a female raped in a field is negated by Pauls counsel not to accept accusation against an elder unless there are two or three witnesses.

  http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-19.htm

  "Do not listen to an accusation against an elder unless it is confirmed by two or three witnesses." (1 Tim. 5:19, NLT)
  

  But Jackson seems to say that the circumstances are yet another witness. Never heard it put that way before. But this just goes to show how their interpretation can make just about any verse mean whatever they want it to mean.
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  2007 Awake mentions Child Abuse in Australia!

  by SG098 in

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  2. child-abuse

  in the october 2007 awake!

  page 11, the b0rg had the audacity to say this concerning child sexual abuse: "sadly, though, most of such [child abuse] crimes go unpunished by authorities today.

  in australia, for example, it has been estimated that only 10 percent of offenders are prosecuted, and few are convicted.

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  Just another case of "por la boca muere el pez", their own mouth kills them. They can't help themselves. They just love to stick their proverbial foot in the bucket.

  Well, let them reap the rewards of the governments looking into their dirty laundry and exposing it to the world to see. The WT is nothing but a bunch of charlatans accusing others of the sins they themselves are trying hard to keep under wraps--white washed graves, painted white in the outside but inside are full of skeletons and decay.
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  According to Watchtower Nuns are disgusting masturbators

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  I'm sure the Order of worldwide Bethel workers has the same statistics of chronic masturbators if not even higher.
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  Can JWs be police in Australia?

  by Larrikin in

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  2. scandals

  hi everyone, i'm new here, i've been following the rc reports, and i was hoping you could help, my question is are jw allowed to be police, i heard the jws saying in one report with enthusiasm that they had jw in the policeforce.

  and would there be any conflict from the force with any of their teaching, that would be contrary to duties..

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  Yeah, I caught that too. There's no way that a JW can be a police officer. I would mean taking a non-neutral stance. You would be given six months to find another job or be disfellowshipped.
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  Preaching from door to door (music scene) Проповедь от двери к двери (музыкальная сценка)

  by oppostate in

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  2. beliefs

  an entertainment for international convention delegates.

  quite a lot of dancing going on!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq1zztq2zle.

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  An entertainment for International Convention Delegates

  Quite a lot of dancing going on!

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ1zZTq2ZLE
  

  What do you think of the singing and dancing Witness occasions we've been seeing lately?
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  Gross hypocrisy in September 15, 2015 Watchtower

  by Island Man in

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  2. beliefs

  ask any jw the question "why do jehovah's witnesses impose their views on others?

  we do not impose our views on anyone!".

  do you impose your views on others?

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  Hey, Splash, it's been an hour and there are 26 likes and numerous happy comments. You could get a job in the WT Art Dept.
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  Gross hypocrisy in September 15, 2015 Watchtower

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ask any jw the question "why do jehovah's witnesses impose their views on others?

  we do not impose our views on anyone!".

  do you impose your views on others?

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  Thanks for the pic, Splash!

  I just posted the photoshopped photo above on facebook.

  Within seconds I've got seven likes and one comment saying they love it and where is it at. I responded it's in the September 2015 Watchower issue. I didn't expect all the positive attention from loyal JW's. Wow!

  I wonder how many likes I'll get on the photo by the time they start placing the issue.
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  Bumbling idiots..... RC & JW broadcast

  by snare&racket in

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  one of the contributing factors to me leaving was the realisation we were being led by idiots.

  bethel life reinforced that, middle aged ego's trying to suck up to brooklyn.

  ray franz book was a final nail for me, because he described the same incompetence along with the same ego's.

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  The teletubby Gobbering Body videos are showing them up as a bunch of anal retentive, badly informed and menial minded tyrants, lording it over 8 million people they expect to follow their every pronouncement unblinkingly.

  The GB 1.0 knew when to keep silent, and not be seen to much. This bunch in the GB 2.0 don't know when to shut up and love the limelight. I believe they'll open up a lot of eyes and waking minds with their new mix of Mormon/Scientology/Televangelist inspired programming.