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  More News about child sexual abuse on Dutch National Television

  by jochie in

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  more dutch news (english subs)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50sgu0jmzq8&list=pljylxw3p9cbfy6ok1om84bef4irkutnog&index=2.

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  Thank`s for the post jochie I hope this helps to wake up more Jw`s in "Dutch" land that it is not an Apostate lie that their is an ongoing problem with the way the JW organization handles child sexual abuses in their congregations kudos to the dutch national Television station for airing this program I only hope they keep up with further developments in how the JW organization respond to such allegations and what they plan to do about addressing the problem or if they are just going to deny/ignore it.
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  North and South Korea making up will start JWs saying the cry of Peace and Security is here

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can see it happening.... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/10/kim-yo-jong-meets-south-korean-president-in-seoul-as-thaw-continues.

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  I wonder how many of the North Koreans will apply for political Asylum after tasting some "western" freedoms/democracy and how north Korea will re- act then ?
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  For Smiddy: Cool and Damp

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  gosh, smiddy, it's nice to have a request for poetry!.

  "the black oaks" describes where i live in the california sierra foothills; we are, for the most part, above the fog and below the snow.

  nevertheless, we do get both occasionally.

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  A sea mist rolling in giving you that eerie feeling of the moors of England or Transylvania where Frankenstein ,Dracula or the Wolfman were going to emerge from. I loved those movies when I was a kid.

  Thinking back to my childhood in the 40`s and 50`s watching these B grade movies that never seem to leave you.

  My wife worked at Hamilton Island for 3 months at one time and we spent a holiday their I gather you enjoyed your stay in that vicinity ?

  Do or did you have family or friends their ?

  That black and white photo of the "Tree" is so majestic and haunting I think it captivates a time of awe and mystery of what could or does unfold around it.
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  change.org: Please sign a petition to California State Legislators - Please Introduce Draft Bill to Reform Clergy Privilege

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.change.org/p/california-state-legislators-please-introduce-draft-bill-to-reform-clergy-privilege?recruiter=855249424&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive.

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  california state senators and assembly members please introduce draft bill (rn 1803892) to reform california's clergy "penitent communication" privilege statutes to align with appellate court decisions by february 16, 2018.. since 2018 is an election year, this bill will help voters become more informed about politicians' positions on changing societal and institutional cultures by reforming california statutes to prevent child abuse or child sexual abuse, or civil statute of limitation reform in california in 2019.. this bill is intended to increase public safety, prevent abuse survivors from being re-traumatized in religious disciplinary meetings, prevent religious leaders from using "undue influence" to manipulate individuals and discourage reporting of abuse and neglect, and reduce court costs passing judgment on overly broad interpretations of clergy "penitential communication" privilege that attempt to shield a religion or clergy from not fulfilling their duty to report abuse and neglect in california.. thank you,.

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  I gather this only applies to those living in the USA ?
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  Champion of online freedom and privacy dies

  by neat blue dog in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://www.snopes.com/2018/02/08/internet-pioneer-songwriter-john-perry-barlow-dies-70/.

  i like the one quote about the internet, as it has a special meaning for jws:.

  where voices long silenced can find an audience.

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  RIP John Perry Barlow ,for your contributions to the Arts .Music

  I thank not God but Science and technology for bringing about the World Wide Web etc. for allowing us to seek and search out information at the touch of a keyboard.
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  Your Top Ten Favourite Movies?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  just thought i'd start a thread about favourite movies.

  mine, in no particular order, are .... alien - a great visual film.

  the chest-bursting scene is still great to watch, no matter how many times i've seen the movie.

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  Colour purple ? And it never got one Oscar ? Shame on the Academy!

  It should have got twelve.
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  When did JWs begin.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  " the contestant was useless as he said the 1700s.

  the correct answer the quiz master gave was the 20th century.

  and then he added, "they only began in the 1930s believe it or not.

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  Welcome randy Smith and as you rightly point out .

  The current Watchtower organization has nothing in common with Judge Rutherford's teachings. They certainly have nothing in common with the early bible students and brother Russell.

  Charles Taze Russell was considered to be the faithful and discreet slave in his day.

  The current Watchtower organization keeps revising their past history to the point where it is unrecognizable today as to what it actually was.

  What should that tell us about this religion.
  
  
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  The music that goes through my head when I am at the Kingdom Hall!

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  https://youtu.be/xvsrm80wzzk.

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  I would rather that than Kingdom Melodies
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  Engaged Couples Living Together

  by ILewis in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  my question is this.

  is it wrong for a jehovah's witness to allow an unmarried couple to live together under their roof?

  same room, same bed, they are allowing full on cohabitation.

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  Is it wrong for a Jehovah's Witness to allow an unmarried couple to live together under their roof? Same room, same bed, they are allowing full on cohabitation.

  The landlord is a Jehovah's Witness,

  Has everybody missed the point that the landlord is a JW ?

  My question is this. Is it wrong for a Jehovah's Witness to allow an unmarried couple to live together under their roof?

  Yes,no question about it a disfellowshipping offence.
  
  
  
  
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  $5.5 Million to be transferred to World Wide Work from Assembly Hall fund

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a letter was read tonight in our kingdom hall that the money that the circuits in the indianapolis area had in savings to build a new assembly hall will now be transferred to the www to build kingdom halls in lands where they are needed and a new assembly hall for us will not be built.. we had a beautiful assembly hall near downtown indy that was paid for.

  it was sold a couple of years ago.

  we were promised a new assembly hall to be built in southern ohio near the indiana border but they can kiss that goodbye now.

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  That sounds like nothing short of criminal to me taking money under false pretenses and using it for another purpose than which it was donated for.

  The R&F JW`s should talk to some lawyers if they had any sense .