elderINewton

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  Aussie jw girl very sick in US funded by wordly people carity

  by sherrie11 in

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  2. beliefs

  http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/i-want-to-go-home-13yearold-phelicity-sneesbys-dying-wish-20160130-gmhky4.html.

  this article is sad.

  but what amazes me is her jw family is accepting donations or has to resort to the very worldly people they look forward to being destroyed.

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  elderINewton

  this is the girl in the February 2016 broadcast.

  Not sure if I should get angry or cry.
  
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  Reveal News: "Jehovah’s Witnesses fight law on reporting child sex abuse to police" by Trey Bundy

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  https://www.revealnews.org/blog/jehovahs-fight-law-requiring-child-sex-abuse-be-reported-to-police/.

  jehovah’s witnesses fight law on reporting child sex abuse to police.

  trey bundy, february 1, 2016 .

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  elderINewton

  I actually disagree that the elders have a legal case in that they have only been orally implied to have the privilege. The catholic church actually has evidence in paper, so evidence to prove the privilege. All elders have is being told they do, its no different than everyone else is told they are now ministers when they are baptized. So if a 13 yr old gets baptized do they get the same privilege? Its a technicality rather than dealing with the denomination specific laws. Its the witnesses that have to prove that the elders had such privilege, rather than the other way around. Ignorance is not a defense under the eyes of the law.

  Will be interesting to watch.
  
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  Cue to leave

  by Grey Goose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just reading a thread about one circuit saying the pubs must donate $10.. it got me thinking, that if it ever became policy to donate a % of ones income, that would be my cue to leave.

  or i would kick up such a stink about it i would be kicked out.

  either would be good for me.. so, is there any public policy changes which would be your cue to leave?.

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  As it says in combating mind control we all have lines. It's those lines we can't cross that wake is up.

  The problem is that the line isn't the same for everyone. So the moments to leave are different for as all.

  It's usually only after you reflect on the lines you missed
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  First Born Syndrom? -

  by elderINewton in

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  2. friends

  is it just me or does it seem like a large portion of first born children leave the "truth" or find ttatt?

  its weird for me, but of all the other people out i know (only about 20 ish) they are all first borns, and usually the wife is as well.

  just looking at this from a different lens and curious if others see the same.

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  Is it just me or does it seem like a large portion of first born children leave the "truth" or find TTATT?

  Its weird for me, but of all the other people out I know (only about 20 ish) they are all first borns, and usually the wife is as well.

  Just looking at this from a different lens and curious if others see the same.
  

  By first born, I'm implying the offspring for those not familiar with the term if there are any.
  
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  If the trolleydolly carts are a failure, what's next?

  by fulltimestudent in

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  2. friends

  they could try this:.

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  elderINewton

  I'd gladly wipe my rear with a JW.org logo tissue paper.
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  $10 per pub. Money begging session last night

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night, during our "christian life and ministry" meeting, we had a session on local needs.

  elder opened the talk with a disclaimer saying that this was a reminder (cited psalms about how david loved jehovahs reminders).

  he reminded us of how bless we are of having our own local assembly hall.

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  elderINewton

  At each assembly now the watchtower has a per publisher add on that goes back to them. I think its about 8-10/publisher. I think 8 in the US and 10 in Canada. This in turn is added onto the cost of running the assembly hall. Thus the reason the 10k days are now 20k days.

  I remember the letter read during elders meetings trying to explain this blatant gouge.
  
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  My wife made a very wordly comment the other night

  by Clambake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife who is currently on maternity leave made a comment about luck she was to leave in canada because we get 52 weeks maternity at basically 40,000 per year.

  she is not originally from canada coming from a country with basically no maternity leave.

  i told her to make sure she doesn't say anything like that at kh.

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  elderINewton

  As someone who continued to pay into the system more than I will ever get it out it pissed me off everytime, and I was happy to say so and add that we can be grateful so many went to university and higher learning so that those benefits could be paid for.

  For me I'm still shocked how many JW's are on disability but able to pioneer full time. Maybe that is just a Canadian problem, I never saw much of it in my time in Washington state.
  
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  Did you KNOW Ray and Cynthia or the legal copyright holder? Only a few maybe had limited contact.

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  i have known all of them over the last 15 years, talked at length with them, and knew what their wishes were, the copyright holder and spouse spent even more time with them socially and helping them set up their arrangements for when ray and cynthia passed.

  i don't believe that anyone else on this board or others was a confidant.

  there is no need to prove it to anyone but the copyright office which is satisfied with this.

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  elderINewton

  Still what a fascinating range of feelings and answers relative to some ex and maybe current publishers relative to the publishing of an old book.

  Not lost on me is the timing of the watchtower with its large volume of out of print literature.

  The ship has sailed on many a book.
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  Question reinstament

  by poopie in

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  2. friends

  there is a brother that was read off in three cong because he is well known in area he was announced as df now when he is reinstated so he can talk to his family will they announce in all 3 cong so all 3 can clap for him including the pharisees?

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  Rare to announce the df in more than one congregation, but the one he gets reinstatement from will be only one than announces the welcome back.
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  If you went back in time, would you be a god?

  by Simon in

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  2. entertainment

  we just finished watching outlander which is about a woman who goes back in time ~200 years from the end of wwii.

  she ends up in the scottish highlands in the middle of the jacobite uprising.

  it's a great show although the last episodes were a little graphic (they make game of thrones seem like sesame street).. but it got me thinking ... if you went back in time would you in fact be the 'god' you may imagine because of your knowledge of modern technology and the future?.

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  elderINewton

  I'd be a god, after I played the stock market and won the lotto a few times.