Posts by millie210

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Dissent on JW-Archive

by bemused in

in the posts about the australian royal commission there have been several references to discussions on jw-archive.

i'd not heard of that site, so checked it out.

it seems to be used by many active jws - its tumblr style archive is full of pictures of jws doing their thing.

millie210

The owner is an "edgy" In JW.

IMO, He is loving the web traffic this gives him and will walk the line on this one.

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It's in the news. For those who think it may die down

by umbertoecho in

child sex abuse royal commission hears jehovah's witness church did not sanction self-confessed paedophile.

the world today.

posted about 6 hours ago.

millie210

Im really glad this is hitting the news in some spots. There is nothing on the news in my area. Nothing on the networks or radio.

No mention by any of the JWs

nada.

I can only hope this keeps spreading and gaining momentum as this is a huge reason for people to really get to know what the "Org." is really about.

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Wednesday Hearings LIVE LINK NOW

by Mad Sweeney in

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

millie210

That is SUCH good news.

Thank you OrphanCrow!

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Wednesday Hearings LIVE LINK NOW

by Mad Sweeney in

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

millie210

That is great to hear Bonsai!

Does anyone know what power the Commission has? Do they just recommend or can they enforce?

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Are they trying to make me feel like crap?

by StarTrekAngel in

so i have not reported a single hour of fs or family worship in over 8 months.

have not given a single comment in a meeting for over a year.

a few weeks ago, my brother in law, who is an ms now, approached me.

millie210

I like the idea of canceling at the last minute on the arrogant elder.

Go ahead and do the one with your BIL since you sense he has no agenda if you want to.

(as long as they are not on the same night) or maybe you already got that one with your BIL out of the way....

The nice thing about canceling is you dont get in any real tangible trouble but you sure will tick off the arrogant elder and he will have to work a little bit to get the demo covered by someone else...it will be good for him, lol.

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Governing Body, painted in a corner, now what?

by Wasanelder Once in

the governing body have painted themselves in a corner, so to speak.

if they acknowledge their response to abuse claims was insensitive, unloving and inadequate they are denying the belief that "god's way" is best and risk losing abuse cases.

if they stick with it and say it is "god's way according to the bible" they will be seen as cult leaders and risk losing abuse cases.

millie210

Sadly, I think this will have a small long term effect in Australia for a few years.

I dont think it will have any effect whatsoever in the U.S.

No more so than the 60 Minutes (was it called that?) that aired the interview with Barbara Anderson.

I think we are excited but I dont see this as any big long term game changer as far as JWs waking up.

The wolves in control will probably have to change their policy a bit, so there is that to be gained I guess.

I really hope I have this whole thing figured wrongly though.

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I Married Someone This Past Saturday!☺️

by minimus in

jw
friends

i haven't married anyone in over a decade but i was the officiant for a wedding this past weekend.

millie210

Thats great!

Congratulations to you and to the happy couple! DId they like getting married by a little red guy albeit a very cool one?

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Governing Body, painted in a corner, now what?

by Wasanelder Once in

the governing body have painted themselves in a corner, so to speak.

if they acknowledge their response to abuse claims was insensitive, unloving and inadequate they are denying the belief that "god's way" is best and risk losing abuse cases.

if they stick with it and say it is "god's way according to the bible" they will be seen as cult leaders and risk losing abuse cases.

millie210

A) They are not going to apologize

(They are Christs brothers, why should they?)

B) They are very busy doing the "Lords" work

(Such as demanding a retraction from the newspaper in Ghana that printed a woman died from no blood policy)

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Dino Ali Taking the Stand NOW

by AudeSapere in

jw
friends

dino ali, elder, taking the stand now in the australian hearings.. he's talking about interaction with disfellowshipped persons.. watch it live: .

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

-aude..

millie210

Witness My Fury
I didnt hear him do that either.... (hmmmm)
What is "the other site"? Is it pro JW I wonder?

Yes it is. Extremely pro JW

Witness My Furyo
@ konceptual99, so someone there blatantly lies about what was said to put a positive spin on things?

I just went there and read the post. It is by a (JW) woman in Australia. She mentions this was on the news on her television and as she was sitting at her computer she began to type notes on what she was seeing and hearing. She then says that the things she is putting in her post that are her opinions are italicized. The statement we are discussing here as to its validity was in the italicized part of her post. I have no idea if incident happened or didnt.

There is a 50/50 chance.

I do find it interesting that she wrote one sentence that is clearly her "opinion" and she neither "italicized" it or indicated in any way that it was her opinion which casts some doubt on her accuracy in general.

I am bolding her words to differentiate them from my own but the only part she italicized is the last paragraph.

Also,

I highlighted in yellow the sentence that she didnt italicize (after telling the reader that she was italicizing opinion statements) in yellow so it will stand out for all of you here.

Here is her post as she wrote it:

Luckily I was at my computer, so wrote down as much as I could before the session moved on to another subject. (Things in italics are my own thoughts and interpretations).

The female reporter spoke to the cameras saying.....JWs are a tightly controlled group of people who are urged to keep away from the rest of society except for when we do our charity work....We are controlled from Brooklyn by a group of 8 men appointed by God.......Each country has its own group of elders who oversee what happens in that country......each complaint has to have two witnesses......there have been 1006 perpetrators since the 1950s, and none have been reported to secular authorities.....the organisation could be criminally liable for concealment.

All I could think of was that this reporter obviously took most of her information off some website.

This morning A JW elder, Max Horley, said he destroyed notes from a meeting about the assault of BCB. The destruction was to protect the congregation and individuals involved.

Brother Horley then turned the tables and spoke directly to one member of the commission pointing out that he understood that that members organisation also destroyed confidential evidence - actually asking 'Isnt that what you do?' The commission member confirmed that his organisation also did so. (That particular question and answer was NOT included in neither the ABC nor the Sydney Morning Herald reports of yesterday or today.)

-end quote-

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Grandchildren pay for the sins of their parents.

by Bonsai in

my wife's mother just related to us an interview she heard during the recent three day convention that she just had to share with us.

a brother and his wife have, for over 20 years, shunned their daughter because she ran off and eloped with a worldly guy.

while openly sobbing, he related how difficult it has been to shun his daughter and avoid unnecessary contact with her and her family.

millie210

I know a JW whose stated reason for not getting to know his grandchildren was

"because they are going to die at Armageddon anyway if my daughter doesnt get reinstated"