Topics Started by Marvin Shilmer

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Reduce the size of your family!
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. jw
2. friends
the watchtower organization resists the idea that its workforce is comprised of employees.

instead it promotes the idea that these individuals comprise a family.

yet recently there is a directive that smacks a totalitarian tendency.
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Ages, Generations... Different island same Sh_t
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. jw
2. friends
today i added a new article to my blog.

it includes a not-yogi berra quote in memory of a beloved man.

oh, and it includes a two image depiction of how watchtower has but hasn't changed.
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Theocratic War Strategy and Watchtower lawyer Vincent Toole...
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
remember brother toole's testimony to the royal commission that he was unaware of watchtower theocratic war doctrine, and that he didn't know what it means?

.

well wait until you read the letter i just posted on my blog: theocratic war strategy in action?
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Saw the invisible, but didn't see ourselves
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. jw
2. friends
the recent chart-thumping nonsense from governing body member david splane inspired a new article on my blog.

it highlights the level of "spiritual discernment" demonstrated by these men, and those who follow them.

saw the invisible, but didn't see ourselves .
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Jackson on Deuteronomy 22 and "two witnesses"
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. jw
2. friends
in his testimony before the royal commission geoffrey jackson said he did not have the answer to the question posed to him regarding deuteronomy 22:25-27 and was unable to ask jesus at this time.

two things stand out to me about this piece of jackson's testimony.

1. he said he could not ask jesus.
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Do you believe Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body is the "faithful slave"?
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
this question is known to be posed by jws to other jws as an acid test of loyalty.

i'm not the first to notice what i'm about to point out and comment accordingly, but today i felt compelled to add a short article on my blog highlighting the new language that governing body member geoffrey jackson supplies as a response.

a person who honestly hesitates to respond with a robust "yes!
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ONE pedophile and TWO victims per Congregation
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
"sadly, though, most [pedophiles] go unpunished by authorities today.

in australia, for example, it has been estimated that only 10 percent of offenders are prosecuted, and few are convicted.

other lands have had a similar record.
Child Molestation Reporting Levels ... Chart
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
today i added a new article to my blog.

it contains a chart graphing the level of reporting to watchtower of sexual abuse of children.

my article is title child molestation reporting levels .
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Branch Manual 2015
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
apparently the backroom arguments have been heard and decided.

the royal commission finally uploaded a redacted version of the 2015 branch manual.

watchtower lawyers were looking to have as much redacted from this manual as possible.
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Royal Commission... Monty Baker?
by Marvin Shilmer in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i see a former elder by the name of monty baker on the royal commission's witness list.

transcripts show a lawyer representing monty baker during the hearings, but so far i see no transcript where monty baker has testified before the commission.

am i missing something?