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Do any of the current Governing Body have academic qualifications?

by usualusername1 in

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do any of the current governing body have academic qualifications?.

thanks.

paul.

Listener

Jp1692 The August 2015 Watchtower includes Jackson's background, written by him. He does his best at trying to make himself look good. He says he left school at the age of 15 (with a certificate). At that time, in Australia, 15 was the youngest age you were allowed to leave School. You were considered a Highschool 'dropout'. A lot of boys did it but often went on to do apprenticeships.

Jackson also brags about the fact that he got several academic awards at high school. At his level of education it's hilarious to see him boasting about it.

He got baptized at 13.

I can see why he thinks he's anointed, delusions of grandeur.

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Updates on the workload of Bethelites

by usualusername1 in

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have the bethelites started cooking and doing their own washing yet?

how are they coping?.

paul.

Listener

To charge for fruit in the first place is petty. If they were paid a proper wage it would be different.

It amazes me that they need someone to collect the money in the first place, can't they be trusted enough to have an honor system? It often works in the workplace.

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Help! Mike & Kim videos all being deleted by Youtube

by mrmagic in

due to watchtower flagging the mike & kim videos on youtube for copyright, youtube is giving them 6 days before they are shutting down their entire youtube channel.

can you help with a mass downloading program and then reuploading them on a mirror ?

would hate to lose all those good videos!

Listener

It proves that all their writings and words are just from men otherwise it couldn't be copyrighted.

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Russell Family Tree

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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unfortunately i had to zoom out to put all of the family tree in one picture.russell had 2 full brothers, 2 full sisters, and a half-sister.

it's interesting that margaret went on to be a jw (i.e.

stayed with the watchtower organization), whereas mabel, his half-sister, went on to stay with the bible students.it would be very interesting to find the descendants of both margaret and mabel... wondering how many still are bible students / jw's.... .

Listener

That's an interesting link that. It looks like the Watchtower an masthead were influenced by his families gravesite grounds, therefore giving honour to the dead. The plot thickens so to speak.

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Australia: Successful Liability Case against the Watchtower

by Listener in

there's some fantastic news on jwvictims.org regarding a liability case filed against the watchtower in australia.

according to the reporter, alexandra james, the civil case was mediated on last month and therefore there will be no court proceedings to report on.

the reporter understands that there is no gag orders but it is currently under confidentiality privileges.also reported was the fact that the case had run for 18 months and involved a western australian abuse survivor.

Listener

There's some fantastic news on JWVictims.org regarding a liability case filed against the Watchtower in Australia.

According to the reporter, Alexandra James, the civil case was mediated on last month and therefore there will be no court proceedings to report on. The reporter understands that there is no gag orders but it is currently under confidentiality privileges.

Also reported was the fact that the case had run for 18 months and involved a Western Australian abuse survivor. It is understood the criminal was an Elder in her Congregation and has since died.

The reporter states that the Watchtower was found to have failed in their duty of care.

The survivor still suffers physcologically from this abuse and was able to be an excellent witness for her case.

https://jwvictims.org/2017/09/06/breaking-news-from-australia-is-this-the-first-successful-liability-case-for-child-sex-abuse-filed-against-the-watchtower/amp/

This is wonderful news and a victory for the survivor and I hope that this will help to heal her a little more.

Also I can't express how thankful I am to the survivor who has chosen a most difficult road to take over the last 18 months so that the Watchtower is being forced to account for it's negligence and as an encouragement to other victims that a little justice can be found and speaking out does make a difference.

I would also like to thank those that have personally given their support to the survivor and been there to help her work through this.

The report made mention that the Watchtower dealt with this case sensitively but made no policy changes due to it. This is to be expected knowing that there would be a number of 'worldly' witnesses to this case. However, if the Watchtower was truly God's channel and they claim to follow Christs lead then there should have been no need for the survivor to go through a formal legal process, they would have tried to provide some sort of compensation and apology before this.

This is one huge step forward for Watchtower victims and particularly those living in Australia. Thank you again.

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Seeking Riches That Are True

by NJ501 in

your thoughts on today's watchtower?.

can you explain?.

how can material possessions be used to strengthen our friendship with god?

Listener

It could be said that the GB is like the Evil slave, beating it's servants and getting drunk in it's focus on money.

JC and Appeal of Anthony Roberts

by Listener in

anthony roberts had stopped attending meetings for three years he continued to have the occasional contact with a couple of jws.

in 1999 an elder from his congregation decided he wanted anthony out and arranged for a shepherding visit with another elder, this led to a jc.anthony roberts recorded the jcs and transcribed them, they can be found on his blog.

i am unaware if anthony has made the actual recordings available.the hearings went on for hours and there was very little doctrinal discussion.

Listener

Anthony Roberts had stopped attending meetings for three years he continued to have the occasional contact with a couple of JWs. In 1999 an Elder from his congregation decided he wanted Anthony out and arranged for a Shepherding visit with another Elder, this led to a JC.

Anthony Roberts recorded the JCs and transcribed them, they can be found on his blog. I am unaware if Anthony has made the actual recordings available.

The hearings went on for hours and there was very little doctrinal discussion. Anthony took a both a legalistic view to the hearings and argued about many aspects of fairness in the procedure, it makes for fascinating reading.

https://witnessaid.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/the-three-stooges-watchtower-judicial.html

He also has a Youtube channel which can be accessed through his blog.

He's Scottish and both his wit and humor are great.

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Seeking Riches That Are True

by NJ501 in

your thoughts on today's watchtower?.

can you explain?.

how can material possessions be used to strengthen our friendship with god?

Listener

Waton, somebodies got to pay for their movies, books, magazines, plane rides and resorts etc., who do you suggest is doing that? Don't tell me the GB have all got well paying part time jobs.

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Seeking Riches That Are True

by NJ501 in

your thoughts on today's watchtower?.

can you explain?.

how can material possessions be used to strengthen our friendship with god?

Listener

Of course, it's right there in parable of the FDS. They've been appointed to feed the domestics and the domestics are required to pay for their meals.

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Pedophile on The Governing Body

by new boy in

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the bottom line there is zero tolerance for any homosexual activity in jehovah’s holy organization.

so all known gays had been kicked out and disfellowshipped before i got to bethel and gays got kicked and disfellowshipped and disgraced when i was there.

sorry, i guess i meant most homosexuals were kicked out in disgrace.

Listener

I think Ray Franz was being very careful in what he wrote so that everything was 100% accurate. If even one thing could be proven wrong then it would bring into question everything he wrote. To this day, I have not seen one thing that he wrote as being proven wrong.