spotted this article this morning.
i will try to post a link.. jtg.. australia.. institutions refusing to join the national redress scheme are "doubling down" on the crime of child sexual abuse, prime minister scott morrison says.. mr morrison and social services minister anne ruston have warned institutions they may lose funding and tax concessions if they fail to sign up by tuesday's deadline and will be named and shamed.. "all institutions are doing in not joining is doubling down on the crime and doubling down on the hurt," they said in a letter to 25 institutions.. "we consider it to be reprehensible that you have failed to sign up to the scheme.".
the jehovah's witnesses is among the organisations that has refused to sign up, arguing it does not have the institutional settings of other faith-based institutions that the redress scheme is designed to cover.. senator ruston is set to name the non-participating institutions on wednesday, when she will announce what action the federal government will take against them.. "we urge you to join the scheme not because of concerns about being identified, but because it is the right thing to do," the minister and mr morrison said.. "it is the right thing to do by survivors and their families and it is what every, decent, honest, australian demands.".
Agree with crofty the money is important but what is more important is saying sorry because that would mean acknowledging that the inspired word of god is wrong regarding the two witness rule and the damage and harm it caused innocent children etc ,more important than that is the faithful slave would have to accept that they promoted a harmful policy.
Thoughts to the survivors must be a really difficult time for them and their families ,must fill like the abuse is continuing.
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just wanted to put this out there for any lurkers.. as someone that grew up during the 70s and 80s, we were promised that we would be in the first picture long ago.
if you are still on the fence, please let this sink in for a while..
Born in the 60s I was never to go to school then Finnish high school, get a job get married and have my own family in this system .
Now my father who was baptized in the mid 60s was not supposed to grow old and die unless by unforseen circumstances eg accident or illness , passed away recently, mention it to my witness family , the answer was we don't know the day or the hour of the new system.
Broken promises No outright lies.
https://youtu.be/2nacvosx8n0.
good to see the caring brothers help establish depth of guilt..
I take that Robbie dad's not an elder , would have been taken of microphone's for six months .
i love rhythm and blues and soul music.
i love funk but i also enjoy music of the 60s and 70s.
just not really into classical or country western although some country is pretty good..
They're a band beyond description
Like Jehovah's favorite choir
People joining hand in hand while
The music played the band
Lord they're setting us on fire
The music never stops ,the grateful dead.
tonight there was an 8 minute segment allocated to reporting on jws regarding child abuse and the redress scheme.
it was presented by lisa wilkinson for the project.the australian branch has issued a statement to the show advising that they will not be joining the scheme.. they state:.
statement from the jehovah’s witnessesthe religion of jehovah’s witnesses does not have the institutional settings that the voluntary national redress scheme is designed to cover.therefore, the ministry for families and social services has been advised that jehovah’s witnesses will not join the scheme.jehovah’s witnesses have responded and will continue to respond directly to individual claims for redress in a caring, fair, and principled manner, taking into consideration the unique circumstances of each claim.. https://10play.com.au/theproject/articles/statement-from-the-jehovahs-witnesses/tpa200621ycelq.
What does it mean for the org and k/halls when they lose the charity status ?
i love rhythm and blues and soul music.
i love funk but i also enjoy music of the 60s and 70s.
just not really into classical or country western although some country is pretty good..
Prog rock, listening to 60s 70s rock blues folk bands like grateful dead , little feat , widespread panic ,
Enjoyed Bob Dylan's new album.
tonight there was an 8 minute segment allocated to reporting on jws regarding child abuse and the redress scheme.
it was presented by lisa wilkinson for the project.the australian branch has issued a statement to the show advising that they will not be joining the scheme.. they state:.
statement from the jehovah’s witnessesthe religion of jehovah’s witnesses does not have the institutional settings that the voluntary national redress scheme is designed to cover.therefore, the ministry for families and social services has been advised that jehovah’s witnesses will not join the scheme.jehovah’s witnesses have responded and will continue to respond directly to individual claims for redress in a caring, fair, and principled manner, taking into consideration the unique circumstances of each claim.. https://10play.com.au/theproject/articles/statement-from-the-jehovahs-witnesses/tpa200621ycelq.
Many thanks for putting up the link, shocked at their attitude to the to the victims of the abuse ,
Thoughts to the victims not even an apology for covering up and failing to report the perpetrators to the authorities .
ravi zacharias just passed away the other day.
this is his defense on jesus being the truth.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n77d4dugp4.
https://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/did-jesus-exist/
Sea breeze
Please have a read of this article .
a few years ago at one of the conventions, there was a talk on gods remarkable creation.
one of the slides showed a giant sequoia tree, approximately 5000 years old!.
later another talk was about noah etc.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53059527
Saw this on the BBC about newgrange .
we have the instructions to not engage in any meetings or outside witnessing.
she's a very pretty sister.
she is dressed in appropriate jw attire.
Not sure about the Jimi Hendrix poster but apart from that jworg all the way 😁
