this letter was posted on the aust and nz facebook group this week.. it is self explanatory!
wow.... it seems to be their attempt at controlling the situation after the arc fallout.. .
So this letter is genuine?
Yes. The formatting matches current and confirmed branch letters, and the letter is in the official ARC evidence (most likely provided by Watchtower themselves as evidence that branch Australia is doing their best)
I'm sure Watchtower would have jumped at the opportunity to show how apostates are liars if the ARC accepted a fake letter. What better opportunity to suggest that opposers make up all kinds of stuff, maybe even child abuse claims?
do you remember those families where all the sons and daughters had weird biblical names?.
i recall a " machlon" , "eunice" , even a "jehosafath".
can you believe it..
Yep.
Funny thing: My daughter has a somewhat Biblical name, but we only found out after we liked it.
We got her name from a TV series (with spies and guns and fights lol), and like both the sound and the meaning.
So when we thought that must be the name, I started a search to see if that name means anything weird or despicable in other languages, or maybe there is a criminal or terrorist or evil organisation with that name. Basically to prevent accidentally naming her the equivalent of Dick, Adolf, Isis or Watchtower.
That's when I found out that it's actually also a Biblical word, and even with a nice meaning too! Well six months later I became a pomo atheist, but it's funny that we accidentally gave our daughter a Biblical(lish) name (it's not used as a name in the Bible)
this letter was posted on the aust and nz facebook group this week.. it is self explanatory!
wow.... it seems to be their attempt at controlling the situation after the arc fallout.. .
Oh lol I should have looked up ARC case 54 instead of 29.
This is definitely a real letter. This very same letter in deposited as evidence with the ARC:
https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/CORR.0375.001.0001.pdf
Full text for those who have a hard time reading it:
Dear Brothers:
We are seeking your direction in responding to the Royal Commission hearing into the Institutional Response to Child Abuse held last year and the anticipated soon-to-be-released final report from the commissioners. The request herein is to show the Royal Commission that we have acted on some of the recommendations made during the hearing. We are hopeful that by doing so, this may soften the final report of the commissioners and minimize any likelihood of having representatives of the branch being called back again to a further hearing before the commissioners.
Our request is to make available to the Royal Commission the letter to All Bodies of Elders dated August 1, 2016 re. Protecting Minors From Abuse and the S-66 document provided to Branch Committees and Service Desk overseers. We appreciate the confidential nature of both documents, but also recognize that it may not take too long a time before these documents find their way to the Internet. It seems to us that by the branch providing both documents to the Royal Commission; it will show that we have done what is reasonable in the way of satisfying some of the policy matters that comply with both their thinking and ours, where they do not compromise Scriptural standards. No doubt it will be much better if the Commission receives this information from the branch, rather than from apostate opposers.
However, in making this request we are glad to follow whatever direction you may provide. Thank you for considering this request. Please be assured of our warmest Christian love and best wishes.
Your brother,
For the Australasia Branch Committee
this letter was posted on the aust and nz facebook group this week.. it is self explanatory!
wow.... it seems to be their attempt at controlling the situation after the arc fallout.. .
Ah, and now I found where I saw this letter before.
It was already discussed at JWsurvey last year september: http://jwsurvey.org/child-abuse-2/jehovahs-witnesses-release-new-child-abuse-reporting-policy-net-result-business-usual
I guess this is old news then, not fake news ;-)
Anyway the way the branch approaches the issue is despicable. They really don't care about the victims, they only care about whether they'll be 'dragged before a magistrate' for their misdeeds.
this letter was posted on the aust and nz facebook group this week.. it is self explanatory!
wow.... it seems to be their attempt at controlling the situation after the arc fallout.. .
A I found an even better example that matches the format of the letter we're discussing perfectly:
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Source: Royal Commission evidence, https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/WAT.0004.001.0058.pdf
See also
https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/WAT.0002.001.0013.pdf
this letter was posted on the aust and nz facebook group this week.. it is self explanatory!
wow.... it seems to be their attempt at controlling the situation after the arc fallout.. .
For those who cry fake: apparently letters from branches to HQ do not carry the letterhead.
See this example: letter from branch Australia to HQ:
Letterhead
Ending:
Source: official evidence of Royal Commission: https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/WAT.0004.001.0010.pdf
https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/WAT.0004.001.0014.pdf
https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/WAT.0012.001.0009.pdf
A different example:
https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/WAT.0012.001.0011.pdf
Even HQ doesn't carry a Watchtower letterhead when writing to branches:
https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/WAT.0012.001.0016.pdf
Yes I see it still looks different than the letter discussed in this topic, but at least the missing Watchtower letterhead doesn't mean it's a fake.
this letter was posted on the aust and nz facebook group this week.. it is self explanatory!
wow.... it seems to be their attempt at controlling the situation after the arc fallout.. .
my quora campaign of answering all jw related questions truthfully with evidence is going well.
however, one jw had the audacity to claim that "jws do not shun".
they seem to want to present a fake, squeeky clean image to non-members and seem to get angry when answering questions regarding shunning.. like this asshole, dennis cybulski.
I'm deliberately becoming the bane of their Quora presence.
They block me from commenting one by one. It's like a badge of honor.
I have the same...whenever I find a new zealot I poke the bear a bit. But what really irritates me are those who already disabled comments on everything, and are clearly out to recruit new victims for their cult instead of simply sharing their POV. Preying on the sad and downtrodden, whitewashing their despicable policies.
Ah well. Every now and then I manage to help someone rethink their association with Jw, and that is worth quite a lot of annoyances.
Confirmed score so far: 1 elder, 1 Bible study working towards baptism, 1 Bible study.
my quora campaign of answering all jw related questions truthfully with evidence is going well.
however, one jw had the audacity to claim that "jws do not shun".
they seem to want to present a fake, squeeky clean image to non-members and seem to get angry when answering questions regarding shunning.. like this asshole, dennis cybulski.
Ugh Quora is overrun by overzealous JW who think the internet is their preaching ground. Some of them are really, really Fing obnoxious.
Won't be long before I quit the whole site.
I heard this very same illustration at the international convention in Dortmund 2009. Also by Geoffrey Jackson. Back then I was quite touched by the illustration lol.
I guess he noticed this thing works well in keeping folks attached and donating a bit longer, and he's recycling it.
