hey all,.
have you seen the new video on http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/living-bible-principles/adult-survivor-child-abuse-video/ ?.
isn't this too much of a coincidence?
It's even an Australian video. Filmed in Sydney by the look of it.
What an 'up yours' to victims of the Judicial Committee process, using a woman who was abused before she became a JW (according to what she said), thus smokescreening what is being exposed at the Royal Commission at hearings in Sydney.
in the photodrama of creation there's a picture of the solar system.. there are 12 solar orbiting objects.
(also a 13th orbit which seems to be a comet, probably halley).
does anyone know where russell got this from?.
Russell loved anything celestial. And most of it seems to have been half made up.
The comet (?) is doing well to get between Mercury and the Sun.
in the photodrama of creation there's a picture of the solar system.. there are 12 solar orbiting objects.
(also a 13th orbit which seems to be a comet, probably halley).
does anyone know where russell got this from?.
The extras seem to be this side of Jupiter and Saturn.
Maybe it's Russell's Teapot?
Or the Asteroid Belt?
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
Jackson has a curious accent. It's basicly Australian, but he almost sounds South African sometimes. A little bit of Schwarzenegger sometimes. I suppose the Pacific Islands, India and New York have have been mixed up in there somehow.
i'm still trying to catch up on the rc broadcast posted to youtube, and i haven't been able to keep up with everything discussed here about it.
however, there have been a few points that i wish i could submit.
repeatedly it has been stated that unless there is a confession, jcs can only act on testimony if it is corroborated by two or more witnesses to the wrongdoing.
i'm still trying to catch up on the rc broadcast posted to youtube, and i haven't been able to keep up with everything discussed here about it.
however, there have been a few points that i wish i could submit.
repeatedly it has been stated that unless there is a confession, jcs can only act on testimony if it is corroborated by two or more witnesses to the wrongdoing.
Quite right, Billy. I'm sure you'll make a very strong point taking all factors into account.
i'm still trying to catch up on the rc broadcast posted to youtube, and i haven't been able to keep up with everything discussed here about it.
however, there have been a few points that i wish i could submit.
repeatedly it has been stated that unless there is a confession, jcs can only act on testimony if it is corroborated by two or more witnesses to the wrongdoing.
But this seems to be about the standard for determining the freedom to remarry, not the standard for finding guilt of porneia / adultery at a JC to allow disfellowshiping.
So, I'm not sure how relevant it actually is to the RC given it's the latter JC standard that is at question.
(Although it may demonstrate some flexibility with the scriptures).
pray for brother jackson of the governing body!.
in todays news from australia it appears that, despite his previous declination to appear when invited, justice mcclellan from the australian royal commission on child sex abuse will officially summon brother geoffrey jackson to the stand after all.. ..... the commission was due to conclude its hearings into the jehovahs witnesses on wednesday but justice mcclellan said he will now call geoffrey jackson, a senior member of the churchs governing body in new york who is currently in australia, to appear next week.. .
source.
'Natural person' just means a human as opposed to a company since companies are bound by the law too.
Citizenship is pretty much irrelevant. It's where a person is that determines what law they're under. So if a U.S. Citizen GB member was in Australia, it'd be the same deal as for (I assume) Australian citizen Jackson. It's the fact of a GB member being within the jurisdiction of the RC more so than him being Australian.
pray for brother jackson of the governing body!.
in todays news from australia it appears that, despite his previous declination to appear when invited, justice mcclellan from the australian royal commission on child sex abuse will officially summon brother geoffrey jackson to the stand after all.. ..... the commission was due to conclude its hearings into the jehovahs witnesses on wednesday but justice mcclellan said he will now call geoffrey jackson, a senior member of the churchs governing body in new york who is currently in australia, to appear next week.. .
source.
Only time will tell.
It's a calculation for all the parties to make, including the RC.
But thems are the rules.
pray for brother jackson of the governing body!.
in todays news from australia it appears that, despite his previous declination to appear when invited, justice mcclellan from the australian royal commission on child sex abuse will officially summon brother geoffrey jackson to the stand after all.. ..... the commission was due to conclude its hearings into the jehovahs witnesses on wednesday but justice mcclellan said he will now call geoffrey jackson, a senior member of the churchs governing body in new york who is currently in australia, to appear next week.. .
source.
Surely he'll comply with a summons rather than commit an offence, whatever the penalty. It's a matter of him finding a legal way to get out of it, if he can.
For one thing, I assume he is on a visa of some sort to live in the US. The US takes a dim view on giving visas to foreigners with criminal convictions. He might find himself in exile!
