A mayor contradiction, on the one hand publishers are encouraged to discontinue non productive studies and on the other hand they are promoting 5 minutes considerations at the door.
Posts by Hecce
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42Discontinue unproductive bible study - jw broadcasting
by Gorbatchov inhttps://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-ism_2_video.
interesting video explaining how to end a bible study.. watch the kind of uber behaviour of the witnesses: make a choice or we leave.... so hard, so not christian.
no love for the person.. g..
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Convention Dramas Let us read the reviews
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe summer 2006 convention drama reviews .
*spot on with the acting and costumes.
jehovah looks in our hearts regardless of the color of our skin.
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Hecce
On the positive side, the modern dramas are very well made and there is no question that a lot of time and effort is saved this way.
Still the preparation of the old dramas was a lot of fun.
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Fidel Castro and the WT
by Hecce ini am going to engage on a trip to the past and share with you some of the matters that marked the beginning of the jws persecution in cuba.
you will be surprised that the pattern that was followed is very similar to what happened in other dictatorial countries.. in the cuban case, i am going to surprise you and tell you that like what happened with hitler; the wt was partially responsible for their clash and confrontation with the cuban government.
during the early 60s the revolution was fighting for survival and they were willing and ready to demolish any perceived enemy to their cause.. a prime example was their war against the catholic church that was the most influential religious entity in the country; it took the supreme leader only a few public discourses to send the vast majority of clergy packing and back to their country, in this case spain.. the jehovah’s witnesses were an insignificant minority but they over estimated their importance and displayed a belligerent attitude, it was known that this was a us based religion and an easy target to connect them with the cia.
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Hecce
On 1/1/2019 the Revolution reached 60 years of age; I don't want to comment on the political aspect of that matter. Just a brief report about the JW work over there:
Pop: 11.480.000
Pubs: 95.031
Ave: 121
Inc. %: 0
The increase is affected by the constant migration but that has been the situation for many years, the lack of growth is a sign that the situation is not as rosy as before.
One highlight is the number of witnesses by inhabitant, at 121 it is one of the best % worldwide.
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TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS "Handling Cases of Drug Abuse" September 1, 2018
by Not_Culty inhttps://jwglossary.blogspot.com/2018/09/to-all-bodies-of-elders-handling-cases.html.
to all bodies of elders "handling cases of drug abuse".
september 1, 2018. to all bodies of elders re: handling cases of drug abusedear brothers: as noted below, the procedure for handling the misuse of marijuana and the abuse of medi- cal, illicit, or addictive drugs has been adjusted to harmonize with the procedure for handling the misuse of tobacco.
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Were you or someone you know sexually molested by a Jehovah's Witness ?
by flipper indue to the fact there are about 27,000 members of this religion that are known pedophiles, and the information about it is kept in a secret database file, i wonder how many lurking jw's as well as others are aware of the severity of this problem?
remember, it's 27,000 pedophiles that they know about.
what about the thousands that don't get caught?
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Hecce
We didn't have any cases in my immediate family; plenty outside. Even after all the new instructions, intervention of the legal department and all the safeguards I have seen molesters punished by the Congregation but free as a bird with the law.
My impression is that some of the cases were not reported to the authorities, when the law hears about this situations they will send the police and a social worker on the same day to remove the minors from the place. Most of the time the offender is also removed and charged right away.
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Is Child Abuse An Issue That You Personally Have Seen In The Organization?
by minimus inas an elder, i saw one child abuse situation involving a man who wanted to be an elder and had i believe 8 children.
he was not in our congregation when this all erupted.
he denied it and moved to another hall and unbelievably, that body of elders wanted to appoint him since they believed his entire family was lying about him.
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Hecce
Yes, quite a few times and before the laws were changed for the protection of the minors, the majority of the cases were unreported and the culprits got away with it.
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Chilean cardinal summoned by state prosecutor for alleged abuse cover up
by Hecce inchilean cardinal summoned by state prosecutor for alleged abuse cover up.
by staff reporter.
posted wednesday, 25 jul 2018. .
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Hecce
Chilean cardinal summoned by state prosecutor for alleged abuse cover up
posted Wednesday, 25 Jul 2018Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati (CNS photo/Eliseo Fernandez, Reuters)Cardinal Ezzati is accused of failing to deal quickly enough with allegations of abuse
Chile’s top cardinal has been summoned by a local prosecutor after a letter from a fellow bishop accused him of failing to deal with cases of clerical sex abuse.
Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati of Santiago de Chile will testify in the town of Rancagua, 40 miles south of the Chilean capital, where authorities are investigating allegations of a network of priests calling themselves “The Family”. They are accused of engaging in abuse, prostitution and homosexuality.
“I reiterate my commitment, and that of the church of Santiago, with the victims, to the search for truth and respect for civil justice,” the cardinal said.
“I firmly believe that I never covered up nor obstructed justice, and as a citizen I will do my duty in providing all the information to help clarify the facts.”
On Sunday, a Chilean newspaper published a leaked letter sent to Cardinal Ezzati in 2013 from Archbishop Alejandro Goic.
Archbishop Goic, who was then head of a national commission for abuse prevention, told the cardinal: “Sometimes I have the impression, perhaps subjective, that you don’t share the views of the national commission in these delicate issues.”
“At the same time, members of the commission share their dissatisfaction with certain cases that you have had to take on,” he continued. “For me, it hasn’t been easy. Maintaining communion with you while respecting and listening to the members’ critical views is a difficult balancing act.”
Pope Francis accepted Archbishop Goic’s resignation in June, just days after he had stood down as head of the abuse prevention commission following an admission that he had taken too long to respond to abuse allegations.
The Chilean Church has been gripped by the child abuse crisis since 2011, when the Vatican found Fr Fernando Karadima guilty of abusing children.
Juan Carlos Cruz, one of Fr Karadima’s victims, said Cardinal Ezzati has “little time left as archbishop of Santiago, but his new mission of answering for his cover-up, lies and other crimes… has just begun.”
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"You owe Jehovah humility and HONESTY" - an email from a JW
by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho inhey forum goers.
i'd like your opinions on constructing an email reply to this shocker below.
bit of background about the sender: she is a middle-aged, cheery uberdub whose siblings left when a schism occured in her congregation in canada way back when.
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Hecce
He doesn't favour the intellectual ones who are proud and showy with their academic knowledge.
By her occupation you can see that she is an authority on the subject of academic knowledge.
One day last month, she swung by en route to her cleaning job at a local business I live nearby.
Stay away from her, she is trouble. The Penton incident was a long time ago, she must be older than 60.
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How long is a generation?
by LevelThePlayingField inwhat splain does in his talk and chart illustration is make the leap that a generation can have two groups.
and in this case the two groups span more than 108 years.
but no where in scripture is there ever a notion that a generation has two groups.
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Hecce
Basis for the generation understanding:
(Exodus 1:6) 6 Joseph eventually died, and also all his brothers and all that generation.
Here we are talking about family relationship, the Insight book has the following explanation:
*** it-1 p. 917 Generation ***
When used with reference to family relationships, a generation can refer to a group of descendants, as sons and daughters or grandsons and granddaughters.—Job 42:16
Job 42:16 shows four generations within a 140 year period.
(Job 42:16) 16 After this Job lived for 140 years, and he saw his children and his grandchildren—four generations.
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wifibandit - are you out there?
by ttdtt inhas anyone heard for wifibandit?it has been months since he last posted..
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Hecce
Just taking a sabbatical
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5106993359486976/wifibandit-he-ok#!#5640278779101184
