Posts by John Redwood

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A Stroll Down Memory Lane!

by Atlantis in

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how many of you remember these?

(since these are old i don't think the tower will get a hernia.).

a stroll down memory lane!https://docdro.id/ylyfur6peace among men of good will.

@TD I don't recall circuit assemblies at Laurel but I will take your word for it. I recall many District assemblies at the racetrack, and it was an absolutely awful, burning hot hellfire of a place to be, especially for a child.

We even camped there on the parking lot of Laurel racetrack in our pop-up camper, on the sweltering hot asphalt.

There was an indoor section, but I don't recall being behind that large glass wall which faced the platform. I think most people were stuck outside in the heat, and used lawn chairs with umbrellas which clamped to the arms of those chairs. Outside, vendors hawked portable battery-powered fans, which JWs purchased readily.

I imagine they scheduled these assemblies around those summertime racing events

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A Stroll Down Memory Lane!

by Atlantis in

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how many of you remember these?

(since these are old i don't think the tower will get a hernia.).

a stroll down memory lane!https://docdro.id/ylyfur6peace among men of good will.

John Redwood

Very interesting Petra,

You've found materials from my neck of the woods. I can try to track down that address for you. I believe this would likely be the home or location of the District Convention overseer or the Rooming overseer.

Back then we had our District assemblies at Laurel Race Course (Laurel Maryland) so this would explain why the rooming address would be in Laurel. There were only a few rare exceptions to Laurel back in the late 60s, when the org held a few assemblies in Baltimore at Memorial Stadium. One of them was quite famous as it's the one where Fred Franz gave his infamous speech about 1975.

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US Letter Read Sunday 4/26 at Meeting - No KH Use and No Field Service Indefinitely

by JWTom in

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there was a letter read sunday at our meeting that mentioned some parts of us are starting to open back up.

however, regardless of things opening up that no kingdom halls should be used for any meetings of any kind.

also, no door-to-door ministry or any form of in-person ministry is allowed.

John Redwood

If you folks would like to hear the reading of this letter in a North Carolina congregation- here is the link:

https://soundcloud.com/john-redwood-1/april-26th-2020-jw-announcement-to-all-congregations

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Looking for Carl and Julie Bruce

by John Redwood in

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to everyone:i am trying to locate anyone who might know carl bruce or his wife julie.

carl was a bethelite as far back as the mid-1980s in brooklyn new york.

it appears that he was married to julie during that time period, and he may still be a bethelite serving in wallkill.

John Redwood

Thank you both for your comments, very helpful. I have received additional confirmation that Carl was in the circuit work as suggested, so we are on the right track.

Petra if you have any additional Bethel telephone directories they would be helpful. Thank you again!

JR

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Looking for Carl and Julie Bruce

by John Redwood in

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to everyone:i am trying to locate anyone who might know carl bruce or his wife julie.

carl was a bethelite as far back as the mid-1980s in brooklyn new york.

it appears that he was married to julie during that time period, and he may still be a bethelite serving in wallkill.

John Redwood

To Everyone:

I am trying to locate anyone who might know Carl Bruce or his wife Julie.

Carl was a Bethelite as far back as the mid-1980s in Brooklyn New York. It appears that he was married to Julie during that time period, and he may still be a Bethelite serving in Wallkill.

He may have worked in the factory in Brooklyn in the 1980s, and lived in the Bossert.

If you knew Carl or have any information about him, please post or message me.

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Reddit Post: Watchtower Appeals to Supreme Court

by APieceOfShitNamedTate in

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from john redwood.... a preview of upcoming news:.

jehovah's witnesses are appealing to the supreme court of the united states, but this time it has nothing to do with preaching or saluting the flag.. it's all about child abuse.. specifically, the protection (or cover-up) of information, documents, and testimony of persons involved in cases of child abuse.. i will be covering this story in the coming weeks and months, but i thought i would share some of this news and try to distill it down as simply as i can.. i'd like to point out first that watchower has appealed to the supreme court in connection with their loss of yet another california child abuse case.

the chance that watchtower's appeal being will be heard by the supreme court is slim, but anything is possible.. what brought this about?.

John Redwood

As for big news, this is not related to some of the other things I may have mentioned. At the moment I can't say anything further since there are a few things which involve criminal investigation and related matters. But trust me - there is no shortage of news and court cases to discuss, we have a lot to talk about. I think much of what is going on will have a very damaging effect on the organization for years and decades to come.

Once JWs figure out that their organization has not been transparent with them - many will lose trust in the men they once thought were being guided by God.

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Reddit Post: Watchtower Appeals to Supreme Court

by APieceOfShitNamedTate in

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from john redwood.... a preview of upcoming news:.

jehovah's witnesses are appealing to the supreme court of the united states, but this time it has nothing to do with preaching or saluting the flag.. it's all about child abuse.. specifically, the protection (or cover-up) of information, documents, and testimony of persons involved in cases of child abuse.. i will be covering this story in the coming weeks and months, but i thought i would share some of this news and try to distill it down as simply as i can.. i'd like to point out first that watchower has appealed to the supreme court in connection with their loss of yet another california child abuse case.

the chance that watchtower's appeal being will be heard by the supreme court is slim, but anything is possible.. what brought this about?.

John Redwood

Hey guys, thanks for opening this topic up for discussion here. I will be happy to answer any questions, time permitting. I have been working on this for quite some time- this is something we have been expecting ever since Watchtower lost the JW v Watchtower case in California in the trial court and in the appellate courts of California.

Watchtower was held responsible for failing to produce the child abuse documents demanded by the plaintiff, and as a result a default judgment was issued in her favor of more than 4 million dollars.

Watchtower has been paying a 6 million dollar bond on this case during the appeal process.

Because they have lost all appeals in California- they are now taking this to the US Supreme Court, but the chances of it being heard are slim.

Basically they are claiming that they are being abused by California and denied their constitutional right to keep their judicial hearings private, even when they involve child abuse allegations which by law must be reported to the authorities.

They demand that the clergy-penitent exemption be applied to their elders notes and documents, and feel they are being unfairly discriminated against because their policies differ from those of the Catholic Church.

I should have a JW Survey article up on Tuesday with more information

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WATCHTOWER has posted a $40,000,000 bond !

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

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watctower has posted a $40,000,000 bond following montana's upholding of the nunez v watchtower verdict of 2018. punitive damages have been upheld, and wt has purchased the bond from travelers insurance (35m+ interest)-montana sc will rule later this year on the appeal.. .

John Redwood

This was taken from my Tweet a few days ago. I will be writing an article on the subject of this case and related updates.

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Past 12 months, #watchtower has obtained more than 36 unique subpoenas

by Not_Culty in

https://twitter.com/mark_j_odonnell/status/1095514606657851392.

"in the past 12 months, #watchtower has obtained more than 36 unique subpoenas to identify the people who have posted their documents, leaked videos, & images from their publications.

this #watchhunt is a coordinated effort to locate & punish the leak sources.".

John Redwood

I would add that the image posted above was a partial image of all the cases and did not include the page 2 search results. The #watchhunt began in 2017 and seems to be escalating.

And yes, those posting the information are generally not the leakers. Watchtower is losing control of their own trusted members- and there's not much they can do about it.

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John Ceder used my satire about annual meeting for real

by Gorbatchov in

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sorry guys,.

the gorby satire fake report of the annual meeting with the coincidence about russia, is used for real in john cedars yt channel.. please concider it for well prepared satire.. and not much more.. g..

John Redwood

I would like to explain what I know about this situation.

Shortly before we recorded the latest episode of Watchtower in Focus, a person in whom I have great trust sent me by email what appeared to be a legitimate agenda from the annual meeting.

He further stated in his email that his daughter, a current JW and former Bethelite, had attended this annual meeting with an invitation to the Warwick tie-in.

Because he linked these two items, I mistakenly believed that he was telling me that this information came from his daughter directly. I had no reason to dispute or doubt him, since the information did not seem sensational or non-credible, and there were elements of the outline which were absolutely accurate, as he combined the annual meeting outlines with the photos of the new releases, which were definitely genuine.

I take full responsibility for sending this information to Lloyd, and as I mentioned, I had no reason to doubt that the individuals mentioned in the outline were likely candidates for giving those talks.

We take accuracy very seriously at JW Survey, and likewise, Lloyd takes every measure possible to ensure that the information he presents on his YouTube channel is informative and accurate. Lloyd immediately contacted our editing group to advise us of this JWN post, and he is in the process of editing the Watchtower in Focus episode as we speak.

Additionally I have reached out to the individual who sent me the information and will determine why he sent this to me as fact, and did not reveal that this was some form of satire. I suspect he does not know it was satire, or missed that point entirely. For the record, none of us at JW Survey had read the JWN post, which I understand to be some type of satire.

This is a lesson learned, and rest assured we would never accept such information for a JW Survey article without obtaining confirmation from multiple sources, which is our practice.

Unfortunately, all of the information we received came to us within 24 hours or less of taping the Watchtower in Focus program, and we had little time to investigate that specific portion of detail related to the annual meeting.

I appreciate the fact that our community will call out anything which they believe to be inaccurate, as we all must uphold the highest standards of reporting, whether in writing or on camera.

Rest assured that we will be extra cautious in the future with any information we receive, regardless of the source, and will take steps to correct anything does not stand the test of truth.

Sincerely,

JR