Topics Started by Sauerkraut

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The sheer lunacy of Jackson's view regarding mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse.
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
lunacy?

insanity?

without a doubt.
190
Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!
by LostinJapan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
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New Britian Branch set to open Dec. 31, 2019?
by JustVisting in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
according to the august jw broadcast the new britian branch is scheduled to open by december 31, 2019 and is currently the 2nd largest construction project (assuming warwick is the largest).

are the current facilities that spread out that a more centalized location the main reason for acquiring and developing an 85 acre site?

also, with the end looming on the horizon, what message does that send regarding making long-term plans?
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I Made the Literature Trolley Run Away Today - Twice
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i popped into town this morning to buy an anniversary card for mrs cofty.

it is market day on a saturday and it's tourist season so the town was very busy.

here is a picture of the scene from a year ago... two cult carts were in their favourite place being guarded by none other than one of the elders who was on my judicial committee, his wife and another jw woman in her electric disability buggy.
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I sent this to Angus Stewart this morning (Easter Standard Time)
by Viviane in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i just sent this email to angus stewart:.

i hope this email finds you well.

i would like to say thank you for your work on the royal commission, particularly in your handling of the jehovah's witnesses elders and experts during questioning.
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Branch Service Department Manual approves appointing Child molestors as Elders
by stuckinamovement in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=7ba22716-556c-43c2-9fc6-76697afad440&type=exhibit&filename=wat.0001.004.0076&fileextension=pdf
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I listened. I obeyed. Then I realized...
by stillin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what was that blessing part about?

i kept hearing pioneers talking about the blessings that they were receiving and as i looked at their lives objectively, there really isn't anything special about them.

maybe they are just more appreciative of things than other people.
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Anti-JW billboard going up in Texas
by sunny23 in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
the first ever billboard has been crowd funded on reddit and will be going up.

i'm curious to know if it will cause a spark in any jw's who already have questions or doubts and lead them to research into the child abuse cases and lead them to the thought that the wt and gb are not inspired or gods mouthpiece.

at the very least it will provide people a topic of conversation and questions to the jw's who knock on their door: "so whats this whole sex abuse in kingdom halls thing about i saw on the billboard down the road?
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Witnesses Preach to Dog
by snugglebunny in
1. jw
2. friends
"in el salvador, one man tied his vicious dog in front of the door whenever he saw jehovahs witnesses nearby.

the man would wait for the witnesses to move on, and then he would bring the dog back into the house.

the brothers were never able to speak to the man.
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questions
by DanielC in
1. social
2. relationships
i've been dating a jw girl for about 4 years and we've recently had a lot of issues with the fact that her family doesn't like that i'm not a jw.

i've been looking into the religion and am interested in it.

but is it wrong to join just so i don't lose her?