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  Another mass shooting, three or four hours ago.

  by James Mixon in

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  san bernardino california.

  up to 12 people have been killed.. the center a private non-profit agency that assists people with developmental.

  disabilities.

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  Prediction - once again it wont be Left Wing Atheists who will be found responsible.
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  Have the Governing Body caught themselves out in a lie?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  all sorts of suspected deception going on surrounding the cutbacks and the reasons for them.

  but hard to pin down a direct falsehood.

  sure, they initially said they were reducing the magazines so the brothers had less to read, then later said it was to save money.

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  I know in the hall i go to - the number they pledged was more than 20 times the amount usually contributed for KH Building. In fairness to the people there - but elder who made the announcement and led the vote was so confusing - no one really knew what they were doing.
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  Deborah

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i, like many others, was furiously emailing about deborah when the issue of only male elders came up.. it seemed curious that angus didn't address deborah, as he surely knew of it.. thankfully, ol' geoff, and wt, cannot resist trying to get in a last word, which opened the door for angus.

  (he's one cool customer.).

  341 in his written statement provided to the royal commission following the close of thepublic hearing, mr jackson offered the relevant scriptural references to which headverted but was unable to provide during the hearing.

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  Thats true about pressure - its not like the bible is in Bro Jacksons field right?
  I think thats Bro Letts field if I am not mistaken. (spoken with silly over emphasized gestures)
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  Sometimes I think Jehovah's Witnesses overuse the word "historic"

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  at the beginning of the may broadcast stephen lett said this was a historic broadcast.

  he explained that every member of the governing body had hosted a show and they were starting over again.

  that was all the explanation he gave.

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  DUDE ! I am going to a HISTORIC meeting tonight! It will never be repeated!!!
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  Have the Governing Body caught themselves out in a lie?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  all sorts of suspected deception going on surrounding the cutbacks and the reasons for them.

  but hard to pin down a direct falsehood.

  sure, they initially said they were reducing the magazines so the brothers had less to read, then later said it was to save money.

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  I think the big reason is that donations are drying up. This could be a combination of different convergent things. JWs are poor, the few who are getting baptized from "the world" are also poor. This equals less money per publisher coming in. You also have a shrinking group of old timers who would religiously give money ever month. The younger crowd is 1: not as disciplined 2: poor money managers 3: more likely to use the $20 in their pocket for a double frap soy latte 4: Then you have other factors like the continued flow of changes causes confusion in the ranks, making it a little less likely to give up hard earned money - stupid things like cart witnessing produces lots of unproductive hours in service, with just about no chance for donations - and every hall having to buy giant TV's, computers, video equipment and so on diverts the money going to the big house.

  What do you think?
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  Do some Jehovah witnesses engage in psychological terrorism

  by poopie in

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  2. friends

  yes or no explanation.

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  Do some? It seems by definition - they all do.
  If they didn't it wouldn't be a cult.
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  Impact of the Royal Commission of Inquiry on JW policies and procedures

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the royal commission is not yet over.

  the summary of findings on jws is not the end of the story.

  the legal process is unfolding and the only open question is the extent to which jw organization in australia will be legally mandated to change its policies and procedures on child sexual abuse.. (on the question of shunning those who leave, the commission is well intended but has strayed beyond its legal brief.

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  One comment from the first post.

  And even before the Royal Commission, the organization loosened the hitehrto literal interpretation of the two-witness rule as applying to two different incidents involving the same alleged offender.

  This is a heinous change not a loosening. This assures that at least 2 people (kids) need to suffer first, before something is done. Just think of how this would work? Most people don't come forward ever - so the 2nd abuse victim could easily be the 3rd 4th or 5th. Still there is no protection of the congregation, or the public in general, since even a DFing does nothing for the neighbors of the abuser.

  Your Brothers

  UnChristian Congregation
  of JDubs
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  What happened with Dr. Applewhite's supplementary report? Mistery solved

  by Viva la Vida in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  542 on 16 august 2015, dr applewhite wrote to the legal representative of watchtower.

  australia and advised that she was unable to prepare a supplementary statement due.

  to other commitments.

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  Viva la Vida - where did you see that statement?
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  Watchtower's response to Royal Commission shows they have learned nothing and will do nothing

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've quickly read through watchtower's submission to the royal commission.

  seems like they aren't planning to change policy anytime soon.

  they are critical of how the royal commission handled the situation.. the tone is of the submission is shear arrogance.

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  We can only hope that the RC wasn't just an exercise - that the government will not just sit by and let these organizations continue the dangerous practices that got them all in this mess.
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  New GB video: Why Reduce the Number of Special Full-Time Servants?

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  watchtower released at tv.jw.org a new gb video with samuel f. herd, with the theme:.

  why reduce the number of special full-time servants?.

  it seems there is a reason to release this special message.. http://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodstudio/pub-jwbrd_201511_4_video.

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  It is so 1984.

  "We have so much money and the preaching work is so important - we have to cut the preaching work and all the tools that we have used to date so we can expand the preaching work! Our god is an awesome god"

  Thank you brothers and sisters.

  p.s. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.