here's an excerpt from the recent lawsuit deborah hines v. watchtower bible and tract society of new york et al (paragraphs 158-180), one of 29 known cases brought against the org pursuant to the ny child victims act.
what should be kept in mind is that gerrit lösch apparently worked in europe (the austrian branch and eastern europe) at the time when the abuse was allegedly reported to him (not a gb member then).. plaintiff was raised a member of the jehovah’s witnesses.
she primarily attended meetings at various congregations in arizona.
Well, they settled. Big surprise eh? When in doubt use the financial clout, What a cynical use of "dedicated funds" .
I by the way, have no problem believing this. The rules ae the rules until it suits the bigger picture, then all sorts of arrangements are made.
I knew Jack Barr and his wife Mildred long before they were whisked away to GB stardom. He was a gentle old man unsuited to making a fuss. I can see him handling the problem just as described. Sad but true.
i can remember the original turquoise coloured evolution book produced by the organisation and the numerous public talks around it.
mind-blowing to a gullible youngster growing up in a jw family.. the flood of noah's day when thousands of tons of suspended water fell from the atmosphere and on hitting the cold poles instantly plunged the woolly mammoths into a deep freeze, to the extent that the last mouthful of grass was still there in the mouth in mid-chomp.
you can quickly see why a kid with a fertile imagination was transfixed by those apparently up-to-date scientific discoveries as presented by the wt org!.
No need to shout.
will they start appointing "teen-agers"?
who knows, nothing is shocking when it comes to the tower.
paragraph 1 says: "teens or even "younger" for responsibilities in the congregation.. 2022-december-s-147-announcements and reminders.. click the image to enlarge.. page 1--https://postimg.cc/hhh8c3sd page-2--https://postimg.cc/pnzpzfjh if this keeps up they will be asking babies in diapers to give the instruction talks.
What's an instruction talk? It's been a while hasn't it Gramps? Thanks once again. Perhaps a large Glenmorangie whilst you contemplate all the ghastly Thursday meetings you have managed to swerve.
being born-in and raised as one of jehovah's witnesses i remember a common theme or phrases used by the watchtower in its theory of why things are the way they are -.
jehovah created humans.
jehovah created humans as free moral agents.
You are all being too complicated about this. WT simply teaches that you do exactly what god (WT) tells you to do using your free will or he (we as resurrected anointed ones) will kill you.
Simples.
2022-10-s-147-announcements and reminders.
2022-10-04-mandatory reporting training.
2022-10-04-questions and answers concerning the online course for mandatory reporting.. .
Summary of the instructions from WT. "Say what you like but don't look at us gov" Nothing to do with us, you are on your own.
The outcry has been overwhelming, the market responses unambiguous, the inevitable u-turn has been announced. We lumber on.
i recently went through and extracted all the subtitles for every video on the platform.
i've compiled them here on a searchable page.. https://comingoutamycage.github.io/jw_lib_analytics/vodsearch.html.
also, here are he most commmon scriptures within videos:.
Well done. Its great to have all this on tap.
how is the territory done in your congregation now we are back to door to door?.
there has been now directions from the top.
there are basically two options .
How is the territory done in your congregation now we are back to door to door?
With very little enthusiasm or effort.
Gosh Stan, are we twins? That's the event that got TVs into the population. Edmund Hilary climbed Everest at about the same time.
i am still on my holiday around the uk and currently am in the midlands if anyone is around i’d love to catch up - hope you are all well xx.
Where in the Midlands are you? Without being too specific.
