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  The Australian Royal Commission hearings on the JWs handling of child abuse begins here in the US later today. It will be streamed.

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  the royal commission hearing starting on monday, july 27, 2015 - australian day and date - (and it could go on until august 7th depending on how many witnesses testify) regarding jehovah's witnesses handling of child abuse is supposed to be streamed.. it could be that the hearing will only be audio not video although we were informed it will be streamed.

  we'll find out in a few hours.. i live in the central time zone of the us and right now here it is sunday, 3: 45 pm.

  in sydney, australia, it is 15 hours ahead of us.

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  breakfast of champions

  Fascinating.

  Thanks for the live stream link.
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  Did you know that President Jimmy Carter used to be a Jehovah's Witness?

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.christianpost.com/news/jimmy-carter-says-jesus-would-not-support-abortion-revealing-only-conflict-between-his-politics-and-christian-faith-141881/.

  carter said that as a young man he used to be a jehovah's witness before he was a baptist christian.. .

  "it's hard to grow up with such a foundational system and just let it go.

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  breakfast of champions

  PROLOGOS - don't quote me on this, I'm certainly not an expert. . . but it seems that Carter was involved in some kind of proselytizing work with the Southern Baptists. . . . Really, all this information does is blow a huge hole in the idea that JWs are the ONLY ONES preaching the "good news."

  I'm sure they'd be disappointed to learn they aren't.
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  Did you know that President Jimmy Carter used to be a Jehovah's Witness?

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.christianpost.com/news/jimmy-carter-says-jesus-would-not-support-abortion-revealing-only-conflict-between-his-politics-and-christian-faith-141881/.

  carter said that as a young man he used to be a jehovah's witness before he was a baptist christian.. .

  "it's hard to grow up with such a foundational system and just let it go.

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  breakfast of champions

  The above mentioned article is misquoting this NYTimes article:

  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/fashion/jimmy-carter-and-jacqueline-woodson-on-race-religion-and-rights.html

  Jacqeline Woodson is the one who was a witness and said "being a witness was too closed an experience"

  Carter only admitted to doing proselytizing and said nothing about being a JW.

  The writers from Christian Post should learn how to read a NY Times article.
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  The Report - BBC Radio 4 about Jehovah's Witnesses and Child Sexual Abuse can now be heard

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0612hjs.

  the report about child abuse and jehovah's witnesses is now live.. jehovah's witnesses handle child abuse cases.

  jehovah's witnesses and child sexual abuse, the report - bbc radio 4 .

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  I thought it was good how they used the Bible quotes from the Society's own recordings: "don't reveal a confidential matter" (in American accent) sounds pretty sinister.

  Yes! I thought exactly the same. Very cult-y sounding.
  BTW - Welcome back SBF!
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  Daughter of Elder Reinstated Within Months!

  by disillusioned 2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a young sister in my husband's congregation who is the daughter of an elder has been reinstated in a matter of months.

  whereas another sister in the same congregation has been disfellowshipped now for nearly two years!.

  seems like it's who you know..

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  Confessed pedophile df'd for 8 months; in business with 5 elders.

  Ex-wife of elder df'd for 8 YEARS, adultery is worse than pedophilia I guess.

  Evidently, the sister had a wicked heart.
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  Breaking news: US mass shooting

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's getting to the point where cnn should start announcing "breaking news" if there *hasn't* been a mass shooting !.

  it's crazy.. i was watching the 70's documentary they are running and that's the point when media hype about mass serial killers seemed to begin the danger-gun-solution hype cycle.

  sure, people had guns before then but nowhere near like it is now.. when will it end?

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  Well, I suppose it depends on how you define "mass shooting."

  If you consider 8 people shot and two dead (gunman included) at a movie theater in Louisiana a "mass shooting," well then it is.

  We Americans would simply consider it a really bad movie.
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  The Report - BBC Radio 4 about Jehovah's Witnesses and Child Sexual Abuse can now be heard

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0612hjs.

  the report about child abuse and jehovah's witnesses is now live.. jehovah's witnesses handle child abuse cases.

  jehovah's witnesses and child sexual abuse, the report - bbc radio 4 .

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  Wow. They really put all the pieces together in this report. Very well done.
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  Angelo Catanzaro

  by Room 215 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently heard angelo catanzaro, a rather prominent figure in the organization .. a long-time district overseer and a favorite of knorr's, died recently.

  there was some indication that he and his wife figured out ttatt in their latter years and turned "apostate"... .

  does anyone out there know what happened to them?

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  For what it's worth, this thread from 5 years ago mentions Catanzaro giving the opening prayer at the 2010 AM:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/200462/some-light-reading-from-october-2-2010
  
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  Angelo Catanzaro

  by Room 215 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently heard angelo catanzaro, a rather prominent figure in the organization .. a long-time district overseer and a favorite of knorr's, died recently.

  there was some indication that he and his wife figured out ttatt in their latter years and turned "apostate"... .

  does anyone out there know what happened to them?

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  breakfast of champions

  I believe he was our DO in the 80s. . . .

  Interesting.
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  Manipulation of child minds

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  today i read a comment on my blog about an image found in a 1958 watchtower publication titled from paradise lost to paradise regained.

  it reminded me of what went through my mind back in those years.

  watchtower meeting agendas were notoriously boring with the result of children (including teenagers) spending their time looking at pictures in great detail.

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  breakfast of champions

  Yep, that little girl/puppy picture (also the foot-on-the-snake picture) have been indelibly imprinted on my mind.

  Only took me about 35 years to figure out it's all bullshit.