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  JWR usernames list

  by StarryNight9 in

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  i created this thread so that jwr members can list their old jwr username with their username for whatever site they've moved to.

  i apologize if this has already been created somewhere else.. jwr = starrynight.

  jwd = starrynight9.

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  smiddy 1

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  smiddy 3 now

  i`m just a dickhead no sorry just an old fart who couldnt remember how to log back in once i was logged out
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  The Uniting Church has today joined the National Redress Scheme for victims of Institutional child sexual Abuse.

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. child-abuse

  the only state or territory yet to sign up is western australia .. and so far the jehovah`s witness religion has not joined the scheme.

  { and i will be very surprised if they ever do }.

  however if they don`t they will have to fight any case that is brought against them in a court of law and that in itself will be bad publicity for them .. so i am hoping they don`t join the redress scheme ..

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  perhaps then the media will run with it here and the result could be some outrage against the wt with the r&f taking the abuse not the gb safe in their palace. Such abuse or public notoriety will hit many jw who will be asking of their elders "what the hell has happened why weren't we told about the ARC?"

  We can only hope so zeb.
  
  
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  Only one real point per WT study...

  by JW_Rogue in

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  2. bible

  has anyone else noticed that in the wt study articles the main point they want you to remember is always somewhere around paragraph 11-14?

  it's like a formula.

  intro and overview paragraphs 1-4. basic wt stuff 5-8 (not controversial).

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  Excellent points made on this topic , I need to bookmark it .
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  Warwick HQ wooden "carved image" on wall - please verify using QR reader

  by Fay Dehr in

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  What about displaying the Tetragrammaton as a sculpture or symbol in a Kingdom hall that many have is that not a form of Idolatry ?

  Just asking ?

  And I must admit using the W.T. logo this way at H.Q. is really questionable .
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  BOE letter 2018-06-01 Announcements

  by Fay Dehr in

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  "If the applicant is a close relative of the congregation service Committee,arrange for another elder to substitute in rating the applicant" ....LOL

  In other words jobs for the boys has been rife in the organization .

  Its not what you know its who you know ....,LOL
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  My failed attempts to help my brainwashed family

  by Addison0998 in

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  2. beliefs

  first of all i just want to say a quick thank you to all of you who’s been listening to my story and my little rants and dilemmas lol.

  this website has helped me so much to not feel alone and to keep me from feeling like i’m going crazy.

  anyways, i’m defenitly going to try much harder from this point on to play the part until i move out after this summer.

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  He had no response, but still defended the way we did things and said the Catholics are much worse.

  I`m not so sure that the Catholics are worse when you consider their are well over 1 Billion Catholics in the world and only 8 Million Jehovah`s Witnesses .

  It would interesting to compare the ratio of Child sexual abuse cases within the two religions .

  My gut feeling is that the Jehovah`s Witnesses would not fare well .

  However I`m not qualified to do such a comparison.
  
  
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  How to deal with struggling with the doctrines

  by Dval in

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  2. beliefs

  this is my first post.

  i'm still a jw but am inactive.

  im struggling with the fact that i agree with some of the doctrines (i,e, the stance on the trinity, there is no hell) but i disagree with a lot of things (i,e, men can't have beards, women have to wear skirts).

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  I add my welcome to you also Dval on this site you can ask anything you like and state anything you like (within reason) and while some people may agree and disagree with you you will not be shunned.

  This is an excellent site to ask questions and many people here are more than qualified to give you an informed logical answer.

  Take care
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  Nosey Brothers and Sisters

  by kennylazo1 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  please explain some of your past experiences of dealing with dealing with nosy brothers and sisters and how you dealt with them.

  also have you ever dealt with a brother or sister who brings up your past just as a new topic for a conversation?

  that happened to me once.

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  Welcome to the board kennylazo1 and I agree with Simon
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  The Uniting Church has today joined the National Redress Scheme for victims of Institutional child sexual Abuse.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the only state or territory yet to sign up is western australia .. and so far the jehovah`s witness religion has not joined the scheme.

  { and i will be very surprised if they ever do }.

  however if they don`t they will have to fight any case that is brought against them in a court of law and that in itself will be bad publicity for them .. so i am hoping they don`t join the redress scheme ..

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  The only State or Territory yet to sign up is Western Australia .

  And so far the Jehovah`s Witness religion has not joined the scheme. { and I will be very surprised if they ever do }

  However if they don`t they will have to fight any case that is brought against them in a court of law and that in itself will be bad publicity for them .

  So I am hoping they don`t join the redress Scheme .
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  JW elders told abused girl’s parents not to report sex offender (another one)

  by Tahoe in

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  https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/jehovahs-witness-elders-told-abused-1636907.

  a bradford man's sex offence against a little girl was kept quiet for 23 years because elders of the jehovah's witnesses church persuaded her parents not to report him, a court was told.. robert lee's crime in the forest of dean was not revealed until the victim had grown up and went to the police, gloucester crown court heard on friday.. .

  both the victim's family and lee were jehovah's witnesses at that time, said prosecutor kerry barker.. he told the court that having avoided justice, lee, formerly of coleford, but now of alexandra road, bradford, went on to commit further child sex offences in 2008 and 2016.. lee, who used the surname howarth at that time, admitted indecent assault of the girl in march 1995 in coleford when he was aged just 17.. sentencing lee to two years jail suspended for two years and ordering him to sign the sex offender register for 10 years judge ian lawrie qc said he was 'concerned' at the church's advice to the mother not to report him.. he also placed lee under a 10 year sexual harm prevention order.. “i've raised concerns about how this came to the attention of your church authorities and was not reported.

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  I`m sorry Diogenesister if your missing the point i am making Watchtower are responsible secondary in this situation.

  The Elders in question should be held accountable for their inaction to report such sexual abuse of children when they should have morally and ethically and legally done so .

  And they did not .

  Yet none of them have ever been charged or held accountable as far as I know anywhere in the world .

  And i think that is unacceptable .

  But what can we do ?