As this type of news becomes more common, I would hope that it encourages others to come forward. The appeal for victims in New Jersey could signal a large scale international effort to bring the Watchtower policies to light. The more lawsuits, the sooner the Org runs out of funds.
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AUST: QLD Cairns Post - Tablelands police charge former JW with offences against children
by darkspilver ini believe this has appeared into today's edition of the cairns post print newspaper (saturday 4 february 2017) at the top of page 4 under the headline: "indecent charges for man" - the actual text of the article is apparently the same as the online version below:.
cairns post - saturday 4 february 2017. tablelands police charge former jehovah’s witness with offences against children.
an elderly tablelands man and former jehovah’s witness member will appear in court this month amid allegations he molested three young girls from the church more than 25 years ago.
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Lucky Jehovah Witness Refugee makes it to Phoenix
by no password inhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/for-refugees-tears-and-relief-1486165137.
double celebration.
phoenix—six years ago, yosan tesfay sneaked across the border from her home country of eritrea to ethiopia to flee religious persecution.
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I hope she remembers those who brought her here, the next time someone badmouths non JWs from the platform.
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Stephanie Fessler v Watch Tower - Trial on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 in Pennsylvania
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://avoidjw.org/2017/02/stephanie-fessler-v-watch-tower/.
stephanie fessler v watch tower.
stephanie fessler was brought up as a jehovah’s witness by her parents, jodee and kevin.
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If proved true, it should be a slam dunk.
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Apparently, William Tyndale was an early J-Dub?
by My Name is of No Consequence inmy wife and son were watching the january broadcast and one of the segments was about william tyndale.
william tyndale was a bible translator in the early 16th century.
i always knew that the org held men like tyndale, john hus and john wycliffe in high regard.
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How could Tyndale and the others be anointed? They were highly educated, which immediately casts doubt on their qualifications. Add a beard and its a no go.
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Leaving a small minority group.....
by The Rebel inhas a profound influence on our life.
on the one hand we have the background of our childhood, our upbringing, but when we leave and become apart of society, our witness traits and their set of beliefs are not tailored to fit in.
however as i slowly learnt to know longer judge from the perspective of my witness life, i also learnt i am simply an ordinary person.
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In the world it's OK to have doubts, questions, and opinions. That alone is worth leaving the Org.
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undeserved kindness vs. grace
by nowwhat? inundeserved kindness means- you puny humans are irredemable and worthless, but because i am such a benevolent and magnanimous god.
i give you a way for salvation.
but you better keep working day in and day out for the rest of your miserable lives and perhaps i'll save you on my day of wrath.
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"I love you so much that I'm giving you this wonderful gift that you will never be worthy of."
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Over 25 years without a "north king" now.
by The freewheeling insomething jehovah's witnesses do not talk about so much these days is the "north and south kings" of the book of daniel, and the reason is obvious.
this is one of many failed prophecies of the governing body.. they have not been able to present any new north king since the soviet collapse in december 1991, over 25 years ago now!
and this at a time when they are "so close to the end.
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With Trump in office, I wouldn't count out Russia as King of the North.
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Why the need for 144000 imperfect humans to Rule with Christ Jesus for 1000 years ? Is he incapable of ruling by himself ?
by smiddy indoes this make any sense whatsoever ?
isnt jesus christ the king ?why the need for 144000 king priests to help him ?.
is he not up for the job?
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Jesus needs Anthony Morris's insight on dealing with tight pants and pedophile homosexuals.
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Australian Royal Commision round 2
by no-zombie inround two of the australian royal commission into institutional child abuse has all the makings of a very damaging event for the organization, if what is going to happen to the catholic church is any indication.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-03/royal-commission-most-catholic-archbishops-to-give-evidence/8240208.
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I'm looking forward to the Org critcizing the Catholic church for admitting their guilt.
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1914 to be abandoned around 2016
by Alfred inthe other day i was doing some research about "1914" for a friend on my wt cd library (spanish) and i found it quite interesting that the number of times "1914" is mentioned in the watchtower magazine during the previous 3 decades has been dropping exponentially as follows.... 1980-1989: mentioned 854 times.
1990-1999: mentioned 492 times.
2000-2009: mentioned 222 times.
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Without the coincidence of 1914 and WW1, I can't see any way they can claim to be God's channel. It's the only time that a prediction sort of came true that they could tie into the whole theme of being chosen by Jehovah. Of course, this would also destroy the whole 607 timeline, further laying bare the whole rickety construct. They'd be left with the argument that they were chosen because they say so. Not very convincing.
No, I definitely think they have to keep 1914 and repackage it to fit some new light that also includes the overlapping generation. Maybe even more refinement on the old faithfull and discreet slave bit. Who knows?