Sauerkraut

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  The sheer lunacy of Jackson's view regarding mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse.

  by DATA-DOG in

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  2. beliefs

  lunacy?

  insanity?

  without a doubt.

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  Oubliette "...Even still, there are states in Australia that do have mandatory reporting laws and yet not one of the 1,006 known abusers in Australia were ever reported to the authorities by JW elders. Not one!"

  
  

  This! Exactly what I was going to point out. These legalistic bungholes can talk about kindness, love and morality all day long. Their actions show a complete lack of such. Shouldn't they show "the world" how things are done? Be a good example? Being the typical hypocrites, they do the opposite.
  
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  Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!

  by LostinJapan in

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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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  Why did they let him hide behind the bible so much? I'm somewhat disappointed it turns out to be a bible discussion.
  
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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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  What is it with the Watchtower Society and former waste disposal sites?
  
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  I Made the Literature Trolley Run Away Today - Twice

  by cofty in

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  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 think the majority of Witnesses will deny, deny, deny the real news of the authorities and their representatives until the last moment. The facts could be laid out for all to see, not leaving the slightest room for doubts and they would still believe it's good ol' Satan trying to get them. I can only hope this mass delusion will die out soon.
  
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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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  It's interesting how the manual speaks of "the Congregation", meaning Elders. Just like Jehovah is the GB.
  
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  I sent this to Angus Stewart this morning (Easter Standard Time)

  by Viviane in

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  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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  Two days ago I also wrote him an e-mail and got a quick thanks from him. Today I had an e-mail from the Royal Commission in my inbox, thanking me for my mail. I had written some personal experiences (fortunately no child sexual abuse) and observations about the general mental and emotional abuse in JW land. It's great that this gets taken into consideration as well and I was surprised that Mr. Stewart forwarded my mail.
  
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  I listened. I obeyed. Then I realized...

  by stillin in

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  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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  How things work is: rank and file listen and obey, the leaders are blessed.
  
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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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  I am surprised how many people believe JWs to be nice and completely harmless, so I'd rather see public awareness change.
  
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  Witnesses Preach to Dog

  by snugglebunny in

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  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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  Outside are the dogs.
  
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  questions

  by DanielC in

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  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?

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  Sauerkraut

  Fernando, I'd have to say that the Watchtower theology is as far from gnosticism as can be.