Posts by ScenicViewer

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Lawsuit against the Watchtower for child abuse issue accepted in Quebec(Canada)

by yalbmert99 in

hi everyone, i got the news that the lawsuit against the watchtower for the child abuse issue has been accepted in quebec(canada).

that means it can proceed further.

it is a first victory.

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Why was there only one witness to the abuse?

Because child molesters are typically very cautious, sometimes even grooming their victims over a long period of time. Do you really think that such a person will molest a child in front a second witness? (The child victim is one witness, but his/her word isn't good enough for JWs.)

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OK, I know this forum isn't exactly friends with JWSurvey, BUT...

by Vidiot in

...this, imo, is just too good to pass up:.

https://jwsurvey.org/news/watch-tower-sues-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-for-contempt-of-court-demands-daily-fine.

this bit especially made me laugh:.

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I really enjoy the Kevin McFree videos, but I had no idea they were such a thorn in Watchtower's side.

GO KEVIN!

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Does anyone know how many kh's are/Have been sold?

by purrpurr in

jw
friends

are we at least able to estimate?

and where are the funds from these sales going?

the official line is of course that it's to build halls in africa etcbut i don't believe it .

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This is what the speaker said regarding the properties that were to be sold...

The real estate sales around the world have been accelerated to the extent possible. We have close to 3,000 properties scattered around the globe that need to be sold, many of them smaller properties of limited value, but in total they represent a substantial amount of future income from the sale of those properties. That’s especially true of the remaining properties here in Brooklyn … These sales will contribute to helping us to transition from our current position to the revised operating budget that the Governing Body is working towards.

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Ministers are called for consultation regarding Jehovah’s Witness revelations

by Not_Culty in

https://avoidjw.org/en/news/ministers-are-called-for-consultation-regarding-jehovahs-witness-revelations/.

the jehovah’s witnesses branch office in holbæk does not want to be interviewed, but states that in some cases they go to the authorities.. the recognized religious community of jehovah’s witnesses has an internal set of rules where religious leaders can judge on everything from smoking to killing.. this is according to a secret manual for the elders – religious leaders of jehovah’s witnesses – that tv 2 has in its possession.. precisely that fact is a testament that this is a parallel legal community, one of denmark’s leading experts in religious law believes.. and now the social democrats are calling the responsible ministers for consultation:.

– for us, it is subordinate to what god you believe in.

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From the linked article...

Exclusion – or disfellowshipping, as Jehovah’s Witnesses themselves refer to it – must be seen as an expression of love, according to the organization’s own magazine “Watchtower”:
– Family members can show their love for the congregation and for the wrongdoer by respecting the disfellowshipping arrangement, it says.
This is precisely what Lisbet Christoffersen finds problematic because she believes it is at odds with the individual’s religious freedom.
– Not only for the religious community, but also for the family and all members, one vanishes into thin air. You become non-existent. It is not recognizing the individual’s religious freedom, she says.
(Bold added)

While the Watchtower organization insists on religious freedom for itself, it denies the same religious freedom to it's own followers. One can be disfellowshipped and shunned for simply disagreeing with a concept or an interpretation. Of course JWs will say that df'ing is the "loving" thing to do, per their Organizations controlling guidance.

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Has Anyone ever turned down to be on the Governing Body?

by Iamallcool in

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friends

just wondering.

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It is said that A.H. MacMillan was in line to be the Society's president after Judge Rutherford's passing, but he declined - what is the proper term - the nomination? There was no G.B. per se in those days, even though the Organization today hints that there was, but the Presidency was the most powerful position in the Organization.

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2019 Elders Manual and a Whole Lot More!

by Atlantis in

single zipped folderhttps://we.tl/t-uiqj87wimd.

2019-02-02-musical preludeshttps://we.tl/t-zyfpnodizd.

s-21-e congregation's publisher record (2018-12).pdfhttps://we.tl/t-i9qamx3s0q.

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On another thread Sir82 said,

Don't worry, before sunset there will be about a thousand sites with copies available for download.

Amazing. Available for all to download on the very day of it's release!

I'm thinking that to get this scanned, every page, and posted, someone had to have had it in their possession long enough to do the work ahead of time. It's as if the leakers are one step ahead of the Organization!

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Child Sexual Abuse: The Organization Oozes Self-Congratulations over Non-JWs Tireless Work

by steve2 in

wow - the may watchtower study edition is out.

who could have anticipated entire watchtower study articles devoted to child sexual abuse?

an appreciative shout out to all the people who worked tirelessly over so very many, many years to call the organization to account over its defiantly self-serving policies and practices on responding top allegations of child sexual abuse.

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I presume these are the pictures of a 'mature sister' sitting in...

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Jehovah's Witnesses Called At My Door

by Roger Kirkpatrick in

last saturday morning, i answered a knock at my door to see a man standing next to a young boy who handed me a pamphlet posing the question, "how do you view the bible?

would you say it is (1) a book of human wisdom?

(2) a book of myths and legends?

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Great information, but unlikely scenario. (Wasanelder Once)
I had the same feeling. It sure seemed smooth, very smooth...
1. the OP remembering exactly where to turn in the KIngdom Interlinear Translation (p 23).
2. remembering the name of the Catholic monk who devised the pronunciation of 'Jehovah' and the year he did it (Raymundus Martinti in 1270)
3. knowing instantly which scriptures to turn to (Eph 4:4, Luke 1:19, Rev 7:15)
4. having the presence of mind to work Bob Dylan and The Beatles into an illustration.

Most of us would have to have pre-studied carefully or used detailed notes to present this. Oh well, maybe the OP has a photographic memory that is called into action when there is an unexpected knock on the door.

It actually reminded me of some of the experiences presented by Watchtower in the publications, which are often just to much to take literally, even though they are much less detailed than this.

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