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Posts by Alfred
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117Exclusive interview with a prosecutor, Steven Unthank, February 21, 2012
by AndersonsInfo ininterview with a prosecutor .
background: on july 26, 2011, the entire worldwide religious and corporate hierarchy of jehovahs witnesses was charged in the magistrates court of victoria, australia, with 35 serious criminal breaches of the states mandatory child protection laws (working with children act 2005).
among the legal entities charged were the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania and the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.
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Exclusive interview with a prosecutor, Steven Unthank, February 21, 2012
by AndersonsInfo ininterview with a prosecutor .
background: on july 26, 2011, the entire worldwide religious and corporate hierarchy of jehovahs witnesses was charged in the magistrates court of victoria, australia, with 35 serious criminal breaches of the states mandatory child protection laws (working with children act 2005).
among the legal entities charged were the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania and the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.
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Alfred
Steven Unthank... if you're reading this, please reconsider... you're about to put yourself in a position that could cause major damage to an extremely important case...
In case you are unaware, it has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Rick Fearon has absolutely no interest in verifying his sources of information before presenting things on his call... he is only interested in having people DIAL IN to his conference call (only he knows why)...
I know this is NOT Rick's call per say... but this particular call will be viewed as "guilty by association"...
Can you at least wait until the court proceedings are done and over with?... remember... there's a lot at stake here if you don't choose your words correctly.
Frankly, it is highly irresponsible of these people to invite you to an interview at this stage... I have to wonder if they're genuinely interested in this case or are trying to re-establish lost credibility...
At least give this some thought...
Thanks
Alfred
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i am a regular pioneer in my cong reading crisis of conscience.here goes...
by MsGrowingGirl20 ini'm on page 90 right now...the info is definitely new and gives me a totally diff view as to how i used to think of faithful and discreet slave.
i was thoroughly disgusted with the way the brothers handled the oral sex and leadership problem and the insight on the scriptures book...... still have alot of questions though.
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Alfred
Growing Girl.... realizing that non-JWs are not "evil" or "bad association" will be one of the best things you'll get from your awakening (IMHO)... I remember the feeling I got from knowing that I was finally free to make friends with people from all walks of life... and it was fantastic!!!
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The Reason -- for pushing more and more work onto JWs
by Marvin Shilmer inwhy the unrelenting pressure for more and more organized religious activity?
today i uploaded a new article to my blog exploring the reason why watchtower promotes more and more of its work onto the community of jehovahs witnesses.
it turns out that in 1943 nathan knorr had a thing or two to say about why this constant push for more, more, more.
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Alfred
when you're extremely busy, you really have no time to verify if people are telling you the truth...
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Most JWs Lack Bible Knowledge - How Can They Teach What they know not
by Band on the Run inbeing a jw exposed me to many bible stories.
when i am with any group of people today, except seminary students, i know far more stories and obscure ones, too.
after i left, i went on a tour of the cathedral in ny.
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Alfred
I find that many JWs have simply memorized an entire repertoire of texts that have been repeated continuously over the years (along with their corresponding twisted interpretations). But very few have taken the time to actually analyze what they read...
This reminds me of when I had to memorize the periodic table in chemistry class... Oh I memorized it alright... and people around me were amazed at how much I knew about chemistry... The truth was: I knew nothing about chemistry... I was merely able to regurgitate the periodic table and few tid-bits about chemistry here and there... but I knew nothing about chemistry at all...
Likewise today, some people are amazed at how many texts JWs are able regurgitate on demand... but the fact is that most JWs know nothing about the Bible itself...
just my opinion from my own personal observations...
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Draconian Rules for Attending "Special Convention"
by BluesBrother inbritish dubs are invited to attend a special convention next summer in dublin , irish republic.
o k, this kind of trip has been done many times before.
however i have never seen such a crude and rigid set of rules that would apply to their own people going on a trip, at their own expense of course.
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Alfred
Have they ever had these so-called "Special Conventions" where the need ($$$) is great (like Haiti, Ethiopia or Zimbabwe)???
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Why Did Ray Franz Still Go On Field Service?
by BroMac inin his book he says he still went out on field service.. why would he do that?
i'm finding it so hard to go out, i only take my bible.. .
bromac.
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Alfred
3 possible reasons come to mind
- he was hoping that things would change eventually
- he needed a clean exit strategy... quitting cold turkey was not the right way to do that
- he was still programmed (it takes sometimes several years to deprogram
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Alfred
is it just me?... I don't see the post...
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The Purpose Of The Circuit Assembly, Is To Show How Much More We Can Do, or How Little We Do?
by Bubblegum Apotheosis inwhy is it, the c.a.s are not upbuiling, and the whole bible is replaced with, "how to do more for jehovah!
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the "two day assemblies" are no.
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Alfred
designs... very fitting metophor.... on the other hand, the cookie monster does tend to drop the entire cookie on the floor as he crazily munches away... the WT would never drop one red cent!
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The Purpose Of The Circuit Assembly, Is To Show How Much More We Can Do, or How Little We Do?
by Bubblegum Apotheosis inwhy is it, the c.a.s are not upbuiling, and the whole bible is replaced with, "how to do more for jehovah!
" talks.
the "two day assemblies" are no.
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Alfred
The last few CA's I attended, JWs looked less happy and there were a lot less hugs and kisses... it just seemed as if everyone was simply going through the motions or wondering if Armageddon was indeed "just around the corner" or not...