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2016-2-6-BOE!

by Atlantis in

2016-2-6-boe.http://postimg.org/image/a8fiajar9/..petra!

Listener

Thanks Petra, it is a great, direct link to the letter.

The first video feature is in relation to their self promotion at a large nautical event in Amsterdam, August 2015. Apparently it took 600 volunteers to distribute 6200 books and leaflets. I guess most people were focused on the event.

From the official website of SAIL Amsterdam are listed their objectives, great to see the Witnesses supporting them in their endeavours.

Within SAIL Event Partners, the SAIL Amsterdam Foundation is dedicated to achieving the following objectives:

Promoting the city and Port of Amsterdam, the North Sea Canal Area and the municipalities within the SAIL Area.
Fostering interest in classic sailing ships, round and flat bottoms, training ships and the like.
Inspiring enthusiasm in younger audiences in regards to sailing at sea and inland, and also in Dutch seafaring and its history.

(Commentary attached to the following photo)

Public witnessing at the SAIL nautical event in Amsterdam. 28 different cart locations from 8:00-20:00. More than 6200 books and brochures placed in 7 days. Photo shared by @demas.93 by jw_witnesses

http://www.jw-archive.org/post/127554008665/public-witnessing-at-the-sail-nautical-event-in#sthash.GmPSn1ei.dpuf

Public witnessing at the SAIL nautical event in Amsterdam. 28 different cart locations from 8:00-20:00. More than 6200 books and brochures placed in 7 days. Photo shared by @demas.93 by jw_witnesses

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Court denies summary judgement for Laurel Jehovah's Witnesses congregation

by OrphanCrow in

court denies summary judgement for laurel jehovah's witnesses congregation.

a motion for summary judgement is denied in a case against the laurel congregation of jehovah's witnesses and some individuals over child abuse reporting issues.a lawyer for the congregation maintained that elders were exempted from reporting requirements under a state law because of clergy privilege and confidentiality.the case resulted from allegations that elders did not report an unlawful sexual relationship between a woman and a 14-year-old boy, both of whom were members of the jehovah's witnesses congregation.. download the court opinion here.

http://courts.delaware.gov/opinions/download.aspx?id=235880.

Listener

They disfellowship a large amount of people after confession on the basis that they are not repentant, therefore it can only be concluded that these people were not interested in seeking spiritual guidance in the first instance which is why clergy privelage is given in the first place.

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New Apostasy Trial on YouTube

by Listener in

a guy by the name of son of thunder has just uploaded his apostasy trial.

it is really impressive and this guy knows his stuff.

he is very engaging and a pleasure to listen to.

Listener

Son of Thunder delayed the trial by a week so he could get a spy camera.

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According to YouTube Egyptian bethel closing and special pioneer's

by Crazyguy in

according to you tubers mike and kim and son of thunder, egyptian branch closing.

son of thunder is saying he has relatives that we're running bethel in egypt for years and they have been let go reassigned as special pioneers yet according to him this job no longer pays a wage.

he also states that 5000 total bethelites world wide are being let go.

Listener

Is the organisation becoming over reliant on the internet and producing as many translations as they can in spreading the good news? Closing down branch's like Egypt, when they have already been able to establish an underground operation without much Government interference might be a bad move for them.

They will need a really good support network and I thought that was what the Branch's were all about as well as being 'organized'.

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New Apostasy Trial on YouTube

by Listener in

a guy by the name of son of thunder has just uploaded his apostasy trial.

it is really impressive and this guy knows his stuff.

he is very engaging and a pleasure to listen to.

Listener

A guy by the name of Son of Thunder has just uploaded his apostasy trial. It is really impressive and this guy knows his stuff. He is very engaging and a pleasure to listen to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34xtDSX_kRc&feature=em-subs_digest

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Infant baptism in the JW religion, why is it harmful to young ones

by oppostate in

baptism for young jw's is not the same as that practiced by other denominations, and it carries a lot of potential for harm.

getting baptized as a young person in association with the jw organization is harmful to young ones who as they are maturing, wish to exit from the clutches of this captive religion.. when you see young ones, such as the one in the photo below, get baptized, doesn't your heart just sink, knowing the jw religion has caught another victim in its web of deception and abuse?.

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Listener

There is an article on JW org about puberty, which would generally be considered to be anywhere from the ages of 10 to 16 (but from the years of 8 according to the WTBTS. These are some of the points they acknowledge -

The hormonal surge that causes the physical changes of puberty can take a toll on your emotions. You might even experience powerful mood swings.....
While going through puberty, many young people also feel extremely self-conscious, as if they were being watched and judged by everyone....
What you can do -
Try to adopt a positive view. Really, puberty is a physical and emotional makeover that you need.....
The bottom line: Puberty presents its challenges. It also affords you a wonderful opportunity to grow—not just physically but also mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.—1 Samuel 2:26.

Even through this tumultuous time the GB consider it appropriate for children to make a public declaration.

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What were Satan and his demons "doing" up in heaven, before being "cast down" in 1914?

by Dunedain in

i was just thinking about how the wts has been spouting off for years that satan and his demons were cast down to the vicinity of the earth in 1914, but really, when you think about it, what was the difference before 1914 or after 1914?.

its not like satan and his demons did not have access to the earth.

satan and his demons always were messing with earth.

Listener

The Lord's prayer, spoken in the first century by Jesus, is an acknowledgement that God's will had already been completed in heaven. How is it that Satan and his demons were still able to reside or even move between heaven and earth up until 1914 if this was the case?

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Stephen Lett at our assembly today

by StarTrekAngel in

he delivered the most cultic piece of propaganda i've ever seen in an assembly.

wife typed up the whole thing.

i will be posting when i get a chance.

Listener

Zeb - My feeble understanding of Eve and her birth matters is this. That the term for pain as used in reference to birth is different to the term used for pain in an injury or assault. ie. Eve would give birth in pain as distress as she knew she had stuffed up and all her offspring were now cursed to age and die. But of course the wt is ever hung up on people suffering so they go for the 'pain'.

Thank you for this understanding, it's far from being feeble. He had already told them that they would die if they ate from the forbidden tree, would he then inflict additional discipline after the fact?

Genesis 3:16
o the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you."17Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life.…

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Where are they now?

by Sabin in

geoffrey jackson.

terrence o'brien.

vincent toole.

Listener

Aude Sapere - the public was advised in the submission from the RC as follows

Toole said that although he understood what was put to him, the Jehovah’s Witness organisation has not reported child sexual abuse on the understanding that only the mandatory reporting laws applied.741 Mr Toole confirmed that the organisation’s understanding was also his understanding.742
417 It is implicit in Mr Toole’s confession to a ‘wake‐up call’ that prior to being called to give evidence before the Royal Commission he did not advise elders from New South Wales of their obligations under the concealment laws. It follows that where elders in NSW formed the view that child sexual abuse had occurred they were obliged under sanction of the criminal law to report those cases to the police.
418 Mr Toole should accordingly be referred to the Law Society of New South Wales for possible investigation.

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Where are they now?

by Sabin in

geoffrey jackson.

terrence o'brien.

vincent toole.

Listener

Vincent Toole is still registered in New South Wales as a Principle of a law practice, details can be found on the website of the Law Society of NSW. His email address is also provided if you want to ask him what his status is.

From experience (with the CPA Society - Accountants) they are very protective of their members probably because they are the ones registered with them and they are the ones that pay fees to them.