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Montana News
by AuntBee in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/montana/articles/2020-01-08/court-reverses-35m-verdict-against-jehovahs-witnesses.
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Question: Does the plaintiff have the option of appealing back, to a higher court? If so, is there any reason to think it would be worth pursuing?
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Police and Fire Department Officials in Guatemala Benefit From Bible-Based Workshops
by TheFadingAlbatros in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/guatemala/police-and-fire-department-officials-in-guatemala-benefit-from-bible-based-workshops/.

i am surprised that a government authority is calling on a religious organization to give their police and fire department officials instructions to behave in a better way with the guatemalan population.

the organization of jehovah's witnesses is well known to separate families (shunning) and have in the past protected numerous pedophiles within their organization ( maybe they are still doing it now somewhere in secret, who knows ?
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I wonder if other religious organaztions are also invited to make presentations to the same police and fire officials. Something tells me that JWs are not the only ones doing this.
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November 2019 Watchtower Study....Exaggeration at its finest
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower—study edition | november 2019. lessons we can learn from the book of leviticus.

16 satan and his world have done much to make the work of that faithful slave challenging, even impossible, to carry out from a human standpoint.

despite two world wars, relentless persecution, global economic crises, and unjust treatment, the faithful and discreet slave has continued to provide spiritual food for christ’s followers on earth.
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The good news truly is being preached “in all the inhabited earth.” (Matt. 24:14) Without a doubt, Jehovah is guiding and generously blessing his organization today.
No, the good news is NOT being preached in ALL the inhabited earth. There are billions of people that have never heard of a Jehovah's Witness. India and China are two major countries where JWs have hardly scratched the surface of preaching to the entire population.
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ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES VIDEO
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
atlantis posted: 2019--16 leaked videos!.

here is my review after watching the ''roles and responsibilities video''.

the video begins with ''congregation members willingly contribute their money to ''jehovah'' to advance kingdom interests.''.
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''Congregation members willingly contribute their money to ''JEHOVAH'' to advance Kingdom interests.''
It's sad how the Watchtower organization has made itself a substitute for God.
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Creepy display
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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i dunno about you, but if i walked up to this display at an expo i'd be a little creeped out..
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What airline is this?
Funny. They do look like flight attendants, don't they? The men and the women each wearing the same uniforms.
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Interesting news - Supreme court throws out case against Watchtower.
by pleaseresearch in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so my mum sent me this link, i need to speak to her about how she feels about this.

maybe she didn't even read it.

but the website looks to pro jw.
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Jehovah is misspelled several times on that page, including in the web address, and written with a lower case j - 'jahovah.' And whoever wrote it used everyone's favorite mispronunciation of the religion's name, 'Jehovah Witnesses.'
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Watchtower’s Certiorari Plea
by Jerome56 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/19-40.html.

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Agreed, they'll never "release" it...
...but that doesn't mean it won't come out some day soon.
This is the Information Age, after all.
I believe that is dead on. The best chance of having the child molester database revealed is if someone leaks it. So much other information has been leaked over the past several years, it gives hope that it could happen. This is what I'm hoping for.
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Watchtower’s Certiorari Plea
by Jerome56 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/19-40.html.

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Thanks Vidiot for the info.
One of the biggest criticisms that Watchtower has had against the Catholic Church, re the pedophile priest issue, is that the priests are not removed as priests but are simply reassigned. If the Jaracz issue is ever proven it would be a huge black eye on Watchtower because it not only reassigned Jaracz, but appointed him to the highest position in the Watchtower organization, the Governing Body.
Not that most JWs would ever be aware of it, since the information they get is so heavily controlled by Watchtower, but some would. The dollar amount of court judgments would would likely go up as well.
I tend to agree with an above comment that Watchtower will never release that database, even when court ordered. They would rather reach settlements with plantiffs. Even if they have to pay high settlement amounts it's better than if the database was known to have Jaracz or other high ranking Watchtower officials' names on it - that would be even more devastating to the Organization on a few levels.
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Watchtower’s Certiorari Plea
by Jerome56 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/19-40.html.

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There have been strong rumors for years that Ted Jaracz was removed from his position in the Australian Branch for sexually molesting a child. Years later a woman, in a protest outside one of the Society's properties, accused him of molesting her years prior. She later died and the matter went nowhere.
After being dismissed from the Australian Branch Jaracz later became a Governing Body member.
The rumors persist but there is still no hard proof. The suspicion is that his name may be on the data base of child molester information that the Organization has compiled.
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READ: Watchtower's SCOTUS petition
by Corney in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
on june 25, 2019 watchtower ny filed petition for a writ of certiorari in the u.s. supreme court.

the society asks to reconsider a $4 million judgment against it in a california child abuse case.

docket: https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/19-40.html .
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Thank you for the update Corney. It's an important one!