Petraglyph

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  This is just sad. Texas muslim ninth grader arrested for bringing clock to school

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is how you force good talent to be used for bad things.

  specially considering his young age.. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dallas-county/headlines/20150915-irving-ninth-grader-arrested-after-taking-homemade-clock-to-school.ece.

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  Petraglyph

  I think it will all end well...

  President Obama ‏@POTUS 2h2 hours ago

  Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.

  https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656
  
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  Door Knocking Is So Last Century

  by Petraglyph in

  1. social
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  wouldn't you just love to see... :).

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfjbt7vt0jm.

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  Petraglyph

  Wouldn't you just love to see... :)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFjbt7vT0JM
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  Pope Francis - Tax Churches That Don’t Help the Needy

  by Petraglyph in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  an interesting perspective from watchtower's nemesis:.

  pope francis calls for ending tax-exempt status of churches that dont help the needy.

  pope warns religious orders: take in refugees, or pay property taxes.

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  Petraglyph

  An interesting perspective from Watchtower's nemesis:

  Pope Francis Calls for Ending Tax-Exempt Status of Churches That Don’t Help the Needy

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  Pope warns religious orders: Take in refugees, or pay property taxes

  A few gulps in their throats at Bethel? ;)
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  Royal Commission National Redress Scheme. Average of $65,000 per victim, not including psychological fees and admin costs.

  by Lemonp in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the royal commission published it's redress report today.

  it is a 668 page document, but it is very interesting.

  all the recommendations they make are in harmony with what all other institutions will accept.

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  Petraglyph

  And on page 45:

  Recommendation

  69. A redress scheme should take the following steps to improve transparency and accountability:

  <snip>

  e. The scheme should publish data, at least annually, about:

  i. the number of applications received

  ii. the institutions to which the applications relate

  iii. the periods of alleged abuse

  iv. the number of applications determined

  v. the outcome of applications

  vi. the mean, median and spread of payments offered

  vii. the mean, median and spread of time taken to determine the application

  viii. the number and outcome of applications for review

  So the adverse publicity is not going to go away any time soon!
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  Royal Commission National Redress Scheme. Average of $65,000 per victim, not including psychological fees and admin costs.

  by Lemonp in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the royal commission published it's redress report today.

  it is a 668 page document, but it is very interesting.

  all the recommendations they make are in harmony with what all other institutions will accept.

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  Petraglyph

  From the Executive Summary, page 41:

  Standard of proof

  We are satisfied that the standard of proof for a redress scheme should be lower than the common law standard of proof. In all of the circumstances, we are satisfied that ‘reasonable likelihood’ should be the standard of proof adopted for the redress scheme. Although in many cases it may make little difference whether the standard is plausibility or reasonable likelihood, we consider that reasonable likelihood can be applied as a higher standard than plausibility.

  
  Recommendation

  57. ‘Reasonable likelihood’ should be the standard of proof for determining applications for redress.
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  Royal Commission National Redress Scheme. Average of $65,000 per victim, not including psychological fees and admin costs.

  by Lemonp in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the royal commission published it's redress report today.

  it is a 668 page document, but it is very interesting.

  all the recommendations they make are in harmony with what all other institutions will accept.

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  Petraglyph

  1,006 was the number of cases.

  The number of victims was at least 1,857.

  $65,000 x 1,857 = $120,705,000

  
  
  
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  Frederick W. Franz and September 5, 1975

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/128775480828/frederick-w-franz-and-september-5-1975#disqus_thread

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  Petraglyph

  Thank you :)

  So a current JW perceives a talk by a member of the governing body to be apostate lies!? :D
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  Frederick W. Franz and September 5, 1975

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/128775480828/frederick-w-franz-and-september-5-1975#disqus_thread

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  Petraglyph

  Ah ok, I opened the link in another browser and I could see a few FB comments. It seems I have to add the FB comments plugin if I want to see more and this is against my anti-FB tracking policy ;)
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  Frederick W. Franz and September 5, 1975

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.jw-archive.org/post/128775480828/frederick-w-franz-and-september-5-1975#disqus_thread

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  StarTrekAngel

  The screams of "apostate lies" have already started pouring in to the post.

  Am I missing something? I see only 6 comments on that thread.

  
  
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  WTB&TS has invested $40,000,000 in November 2007 in a Hedge fund located in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven

  by sammy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  wtb&ts has invested $40,000,000 in november 2007 in a hedge fund located in the cayman islands, a tax haven.

  the document is from the official website : securities and exchange commission:.

  http://www.sec.gov/archives/edgar/vprr/07/9999999997-07-048801 .

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  Petraglyph

  Hmm, good find. I wonder how it's performing.