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  Geoffrey Jackson. Seems he will be compelled to front up.

  by umbertoecho in

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  2. scandals

  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.. .

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  millie210

  Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted

  - Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Of course, Emerson was probably demonized to say that...shame on me for posting it.
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  Scottish Convention Revelation!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some circuit overseer gave a talk and made this statement - "jehovah will very soon resurrect millions of people.....".

  "soon" is so old hat now - "very soon" will become the new buzz words in j.w.-land..

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  millie210

  Well given the fact that (according to them) the Great Tribulation has to play out and then Armageddon plus all the stuff that has to happen politically before that even those two events, how could it be soon?

  Is it before the new facilities they are building are finished in New York? Or after?

  How soon is soon?

  
  
  
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  The Australian: Women to 'Never Rule' in Jehovah's church

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/women-to-never-rule-in-jehovahs-church/story-fn3dxiwe-1227470092202.

  august 4, 2015 annette blackwell.

  a jehovah's witness official says the church's stance to never let women hold decision-making roles compares to muslim and aboriginal people adhering to their own ancient beliefs.

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  millie210

  This is pretty sad coming from a religion that teaches that women will rule in heaven one day, used a woman (Catholic) expert and had a woman lawyer sitting front and center on camera every day of the hearings.

  Not to mention examples from the very same Bible they are using to supposedly show why women cant be involved in any judicial hearings.

  What about Deborah? Jael? Why did they include that information about Zenobia in one of the book study publications (Daniel book?)
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  Changes to the Kingdom Interlinear

  by PanzerZauberei in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the 1969 kit the society used a book by bible scholar justus lipsius as source material for their upright stake "stauros" doctrine of the death of christ.

  they used an image of a man hung on an upright stake with no crossbeam attached to it.

  then they placed a caption under it saying that the illustration came from lipsius.

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  millie210

  k..I'll give it a go!

  The scripture mentions soldiers (plural) so maybe a soldier approached from each side and broke the legs of the men and when they met in the middle (Jesus) they observed him to be already dead?

  I honestly dont know.....

  is this something you are posing as a riddle - is there an answer? I wanna know!
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  I now hate being called 'sister'

  by purrpurr in

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  2. friends

  since waking up i find i am bridling at being called 'sister'.

  but it feels like an identity that is being forced on me.. i feel like shouting "i have a name you know!".

  it is just me or does anyone else recognise this?.

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  millie210

  I have come to believe it is part of that "high control religion" thing.

  Many JWs love being one because of the inherent family/friends/belonging that they see on the surface.

  The underlying fissures become evident if you are ever in a moment where the rancor of an individual peeps through...

  then you will hear things like "well excuuusse me, brother"

  Or a brother telling a sister as a subtle put down

  "well you see, sister"

  both are said with sarcasm and to remind you of your place within the arrangement.

  yawn, whatever

  these people are so boringly ridiculous.
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  Changes to the Kingdom Interlinear

  by PanzerZauberei in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the 1969 kit the society used a book by bible scholar justus lipsius as source material for their upright stake "stauros" doctrine of the death of christ.

  they used an image of a man hung on an upright stake with no crossbeam attached to it.

  then they placed a caption under it saying that the illustration came from lipsius.

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  millie210

  This has been such a great read!

  So nice to see posters take on an opposing view with intellect and wit.
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  How are Pro-JW sites handling the RC situation ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  sorry as this topic may have been covered many times but any thoughts or links to other topics on how the pro-jw websites are commenting on this.. rub a dub.

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  millie210

  Yes they are quiet because they truly dont know what to do with this information.

  Is it persecution?

  No - its factual AND the government turning on religion thing isnt supposed to be them first!

  so it cant be that.................

  Is it apostates?

  No, the Royal Commission is a large body of people investigating everyone, not just the JWs....

  cant be that......

  Is the Governing Body a man made invention who changes what the "holy spirit" directs according to legal pressure after their outrageous rules come to light?

  gasp

  cant be that......
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  "You Became So Beloved to Us"

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pixel and wifibandit present, in its original form, gmb_e.mp4 "you became so beloved to us".

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odfdkl8lwpk.

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  millie210

  Impressions...

  MAIN impression was at the end when they say to "continue to support them as much as your circumstances allow"

  that sounds like $$$ is part of what they want by their use of that word "circumstances"

  They made it entertaining by showing exotic locations and stations.

  Truth is in most countries, C.O.s and their wives rarely break a sweat or get out of their leased cars and air conditioned Kingdom Halls/provided apartments.

  Bottom line seems to be to manipulate the viewer in to being more impressed with C.O.s in general and donating more money.
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  "You Became So Beloved to Us"

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pixel and wifibandit present, in its original form, gmb_e.mp4 "you became so beloved to us".

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odfdkl8lwpk.

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  millie210

  Pixel and wifibandit you are AWESOME!
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  Australian Branch Stats?

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  i'm working on some statistical analysis of child abuse data made public by the royal commission.

  while i'm working on this, can someone here do me a favor and look up the peak publisher figures reported by watchtower for the australian branch for each of the years from 2005 through 2014?

  my thanks in advance.

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  millie210

  Marvin I sent you a PM