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  Watch Tower appeal unfavourable judgement in Otuo v Morley and Watch Tower

  by Adwoa Kromo in

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  sir david eady sitting as emeritus high court judge, quite likely in court 13 of the high court in the queens bench division at 10:30am tomorrow will hear an appeal against the decision of master leslie refusing to strike out a claim from mr otuo against an elder, j morley of the wimbledon congregation in england.

  watch tower seeks to assert that the repetition of the allegation of fraud by the said elder at a meeting to hear the reinstatement application of the claimant in the presence of three other elders can not amount to publication sufficient to found a claim in slander.

  further, the occasion should attract qualified privilege and as such even if the words were defamatory of otuo, the defendants should be protected in law by the privilege in so as far they acted in good faith.

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  oppostate

  I'd be interested in links to read more about this case.
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  language

  by brandnew in

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  ok so, im wondering if this site and many others can be translated into othe languages, cuz alotta spanish do not know ttatt.

  and im concerned.

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  oppostate

  There's a very active ex-JW forum in Spanish at:

  http://www.extj.com/forum.php

  Quite often they've shared info there before any other JW forum.
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  No no No No NO! Jehovah's Witnesses are NOT COOL NOW!

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  they obviously know it.. in the last few years, a more modern, hip, and cool image for their brand has been foisted on the public at large.. jw.org.

  (sidebar: a group of us witnesses, when i was a teen, were sternly lectured by a circuit servant about how wrong it was to refer to ourselves as jw's.want to know why?

  he said, "reducing jehovah's name to mere letters of an alphabet is blasphemy!

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  When Rutherford first announced the name change there had been banners with big capital JW letters all over the convention grounds, Bible Students had little clue what this stood for and were asking each other.

  Then during the program Rutherford divulged their name was changing to Jehovah's Witnesses, so now everyone knew what JW stood for.
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  Pioneers inviting to regional convention

  by InquiryMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  interestingly, jws in norway actually do invite people to attend convention in stockholm, even from the city of bod, some 1176 km away (driving distance 14 h 30 m away).. .

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  oppostate

  I can't say I ever saw a pioneer with a biker leather jacket going in service! Interesting place Norway!
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  Anonymous email arrived in my inbox! Advice needed please...

  by Anon_SA1 in

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  hey guys!

  i am not a jw, never been one, but linked to a born in jw via family.

  last week i received an email from an anonymous person.

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  oppostate

  Was there a message along with the attachment? Some of us in my congregation also got a message, over a year ago, similar to what you're describing with CofC attached to it.

  The elders were all over this and it was the talk of the car-groups for a few weeks last year.

  It was almost like if you didn't get one you kinda felt bad and knew you weren't in somebody's contact list who shared a message with a hundred JW buddies email addresses in the To: field and you weren't included.
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  No shorts or printed T-shirts when making ready the stadium before the RC

  by Powermetal4ever in

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  just heard the stupidest thing ever on this weeks service meeting: it was regarding the volunteers for cleaning the stadium before rc.

  they are not allowed to wear shorts or printed t-shirts .but hey its summer!

  its gonna be warm!

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  Well, all I can say is that this Spanish congregation's sisters can be quite distracting in anything they wear.
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  Has Gerrit Loesch of the Governing Body been in any more monthly broadcast since he refused to honor a court subpoena?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  2. scandals

  just wondering?

  he denied being in subjection to the the watchtower corporation so are they still using him in their regular monthly broadcast.

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  @Viva la Vida

  You can still sue the WT, and if you win, the cost of whatever damages they incur will be passed on to the congregations of R&F.

  What the lawyers seem to be counselling the GB to do is to word their statements for the courts so that they are shielded from personal exposure to lawsuits.

  @_Morpheus

  I'm sure though that if the Pope issued some weirdo bull and this elicited lawsuits from disgruntled ex-Catholics who were harmed as a result, the Pope would be included by name in the lawsuit. I'm also sure that the Roman Catholic religion has non-profit corporations that do the hierarchy's bidding.

  How would this be different from the GB and the WT corp?

  
  
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  The Puzzle of Leaving Brooklyn

  by berrygerry in

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  as brooklyn is undergoing a major renaissance, i could never understand why wts sold at far less than the optimum real estate peak.. thank you seth meyers for clarity.. http://observer.com/2015/06//.

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  One more example of myopic mismanagement of the Lord's belongings, it seems to me.
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  Has Gerrit Loesch of the Governing Body been in any more monthly broadcast since he refused to honor a court subpoena?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just wondering?

  he denied being in subjection to the the watchtower corporation so are they still using him in their regular monthly broadcast.

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  oppostate

  He is actually NOT responsible for wt policies. Hes responsible for the religious policies

  Exactly, he is responsible because he votes on official policies (of the religion) which affect the lives of millions of followers.

  He may not be the one responsible for day to day corporate dealings. But he is indeed responsible for teachings that are printed in the religion's publications.

  If he voted to do away with the shunning practices, with the prohibition on blood transfusions, with the two witness rule on sexual abuse cases, etc. etc. etc. these policies would no longer be part of the religion and would prevent the suffering of thousands.

  He is therefore responsible as are the rest of the Gobbering Body members.
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  Tsongas Center Lowell MA, Sunday Session of the Regional Convention 2015

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we're breaking up the regional convention event by going each of the days to a different weekend session.. the tsongas center lowell ma was a bit hard to find, we got lost and got there after the first song and prayer (just in time for the first talk)!

  we ran into so many from our home congregation who aren't even assigned to this rc!.

  i think it's quite common for publishers now to break up the convention weekend and attend at times when their congregation isn't assigned.. some families (3) were attending this particular convention so as to meet up with family members who are in another part of the region.

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  If you still attend, have you noticed more and more people breaking up the Regional Convention event by going each of the days to a different weekend session?

  It does help to get through the ordeal. Because for some, attending three straight days is a grueling task.

  Those who are near enough to the Convention site seem to prefer spreading out the Convention program over different weekends--especially so if they are elderly or suffer some health problems.

  From my own observations, I see this practice becoming more and more common.