i was musing on how many small churches there are.
a single congregation made of moderate income people.
often the pastor has a job on the side.
“Where once the Watchtower was based in the largest city in the US and welcomed all visitors, now you must get permission to enter the gates of Wallkill like you would the Vatican Guard.”
That’s not true is it though, you just rock up and they give you a tour, have you had trouble getting into Warwick?
i don't understand it.
we have a president who is typically considered a model for what young people want to be when they grow up.
yet, when trump talks, the tv networks keep bleeping out so many of his words, even on fox news.. why?
Probably because he is a twat
i just got back from field service.
i haven’t been out in a few months so now we don’t keep any written records and we don’t know which houses are do not calls.
i also noticed i was the only one with a book bag.
@solomon keeping a record of do not calls is allowed still
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/jehovahs-witnesses-leaders-ordered-pay-17661919.
jehovah's witnesses leaders ordered to pay rape victim £62,000 damages.
the woman was raped by a fellow jehovah's witness after going door-to-door evangelising near cardiff, glamorgan, 30 years ago, mr justice chamberlain heard.
@vidiot it’s also about the fact that the case against them is flawed, courts can’t establish a precedent for mandatory reporting , the WBTS LEGALLY have done nothing wrong here, until legislation changes then they are within the law , and not even child protection charities agree that mandatory reporting is a good idea as it creates so much ‘noise’ and false reporting that real cases get missed
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/jehovahs-witnesses-leaders-ordered-pay-17661919.
jehovah's witnesses leaders ordered to pay rape victim £62,000 damages.
the woman was raped by a fellow jehovah's witness after going door-to-door evangelising near cardiff, glamorgan, 30 years ago, mr justice chamberlain heard.
This will go to appeal and the WBTS will win. The concept of vicarious liability for a rape won’t be upheld. There remains no mandatory reporting requirement in the UK (apart from certain jobs), only legislation will change this, not the courts.
it not only reflects, but it would verify that wt statistics are true and accurate.
herein, are my reasons why.. lds general conference, which is the equivalent of the jw memorial, has an attendance of around 20 million ( that's people, who physically turn up).
however, the people choosing this online option is the unknown in this equation.. lets now look at 2 different scenarios for lds general conference to see how this compares to the jws: .
there will be an update/change in the od book coming soon.
i have it on good word that this change in the od book has already been pushed out & notified to the “higher ups”.
newwww light!.
No you don’t..
they come uninvited to your door step and try to discuss bible/wt doctrines with you, and many times or on occasion you do so.. you may even exchange first names with each other , and that is fine if you are happy with that but do you know where they live ?.
but they have an advantage over you .they know your name and where you live .!.
you may know there first name but you don`t know where they live .that is the advantage they have over you.. does it really matter ?
”In one congregation, because a bro hadn't sign the form saying they could have his data, they wouldn't use his name or surname. So what he did some part on the platform, he was introduced as Brother Blank.”
why do people post this sort of nonsense???
the montana case enters the home stretch.
the state supreme court will hear oral arguments tomorrow, 13 september, at the northern hotel in billings during the state bar of montana’s annual meeting (announcement 1, announcement 2).
an introduction to the argument will begin at 9:30 a.m., with the argument starting at 10 a.m. (4 p.m. utc, 9 a.m. sf time, 12 a.m. ny time, 5 p.m. london time, 2 a.m. saturday sydney time).
JC323 is not an apologist, just is simply describing the legal position.
very few countries have a compulsory requirement to disclose - and that us usually only for certain professions (e.g social worker or teacher)
even in the US where certain states have something that looks like a requirement , federal law is superior, and it’s not a requirement
countries often look at mandatory reporting but rarely go down that road
i have worked at chelmsford .
everybody seems so happy, but i couldn’t help wondering why all these volunteers give up their time and money, working for free for the future bethelites to live in such luxury .
all all the volunteers working there now will be kicked out on the street next year, with the lucky few laughing at the poor suckers who irked for free making this new bethel so amazing .
There aren’t 1000+ volunteers living on site , and theee aren’t helicopters flying everywhere, and the food and drink isn’t lavish and whine (sorry wine) isn’t overflowing , and I HAVE lived and worked in bethel for three years , and go to Chelmsford .... sheesh
