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  Dutch House of Representatives formally requests the government to start an investigation re. JW child abuse

  by Anders Andersen in

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  today the dutch house of representatives unanimously voted to petition the government to start an investigation into jw child abuse issues.. the request from the house of reps. came after jw nl refused to listen to repeated and serious requests from the government to start an independent investigation themselves.. now it's up to the government to either accept the request by the house of reps. and start an investigation, or refuse to do so and explain to the house why.

  it appears the minister of justice is not unwilling to start an investigation though.... collection of dutch news items here.

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  smiddy3

  Elders of Jehovah`s witnesses three of which in their Judicial Committees in Australia held over 1000 allegations of Child sexual abuse cases over a period of a few decades.

  That is more than 3000 Elders we are talking about.

  They obviously found grounds to rule against the perpetrator in many cases and either disfellowship them or restrict them from further activity in the congregation until they showed some remorse and/or repentance for their aberration behaviour

  Yet all of the Elders failed to notify the Child Protection Agency`s or the law Enforcement Body`s or the Police that alleged Crimes had been committed against children

  So all of these Elders failed in their moral capacity and their ethical capacity to provide protection for the most vulnerable ,the children under their care as shepherds to the flock .

  They should be ashamed of themselves one and all.
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  Holy spirit

  by mrssauk in

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  what is the difference (if any) between being guided by holy spirit and being inspired by holy spirit?

  is it just semantics?.

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  Actually this is a bloody good question

  .And what IS Holy Spirit ? O.K. I`ve seen the definitions in the dictionary but when you boil it all down its just an imaginary concept.Their is no definitive proof of such a thing/state that exists in all the time/ages that humans have existed and no tangible evidence that such a thing ever existed.

  So if such a thing as the Holy Spirit never existed you could neither be inspired or directed or be guided by such a thing as the Holy spirit.

  Those that believe in the Holy Spirit do so because of Faith and that is not a good basis for believing in anything .

  Billions of people over the Centuries have been misled by believing in "Faith" of one sort or another .
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  Selloff update Melbourne Australia

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've posted this here so all visitors to this site can see info relating to the great expansion.. the kealba kingdom hall in st albans will be sold.

  perhaps worth around au1.4 million dollars.

  on two blocks of suburban land with off street parking.

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  We were in the Williamstown Cong. for a short time in the mid 1970`s and thanx for that update on the St Albans KH. my wife and I were Baptized at a Circuit Assembly in St,.Albans around Nov.1960 if my memory serves me correct.
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  Happy Birthday smiddy3

  by smiddy3 in

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  How would you respond?

  by enigma1863 in

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  someone who thinks i’m an elder:.

  good afternoon brother.

  i am _______ and i work as a regular pioneer.

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  I`m sorry enigma 1863 but I truly think that the average J.W. would have no clue what you are talking about when you suggest

  Research logical fallacies such as “straw man”, “false dichotomy”, and “begging the question”.

  You could research epistemology to understand what makes people of other religions believe what they believe.

  What Jehovah`s Witness would even bother to research such a word if its not in the watchtower publications i`m not interested in it.is what they would think.

  Remember the majority of them don`t have a very high standard of education and that`s from a direction from the Governing Body that the majority happily obey.

  I think after reflection on what was said my answer would be .

  Read the christian Greek scriptures of the Kingdom Interlinear Translation especially of the word for word translation.

  And see how many times you can find that Christians are to be witnesses of Jehovah ?

  How many times can you find where Christians are to be witnesses of Jesus ?

  In the word for word translation how many times can you find the Tetragrammaton or even the Greek equivalent of those four Hebrew letters ?

  What do you conclude from those findings ?

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  Concerned Parent

  by ConcernedParent in

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  2. friends

  i'm writing for some advice from former jws.

  my family is christian, and my 15yo daughter is "dating" a jw boy.

  (the quotes are because they aren't old enough to actually go out on dates... they consider themselves bf/gf and have hung out and gone places with each other, but always with parents, family, etc.

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  Their is a new movie coming out called "Apostasy" with Emma Thompson as a family court judge (I think) anyway if your not familiar with how Jehovah`s Witnesses are a high control group over their members and how they break up family`s simply because of religious differences you need to watch it and so does your daughter.

  The trailer is out now.

  They also forbid Birthday celebrations , Higher education , voting ,saluting the flag, Blood transfusions,(hypocritically they accept Blood fractions donated by other people while they refuse to donate their own blood to be processed into fractions )

  I`m sorry if this sounds blunt but if you want to lose your daughter to a cult encourage her to see and get involved with this young JW.

  To do so will only lead you to heartache.?

  I was a JW for 32 years , nip it in the bud before she gets too involved and even if she does get too involved again do your utmost to end the relationship.
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  GDPR Congregation Record of Processing Activities

  by Fay Dehr in

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  gdpr congregation record of processing activities: https://1drv.ms/f/s!amcrvjcxi6m6gx7oc1gksxolaeae.

  ...and associated files.... .

  letter to boe dated january 6, 2017: https://1drv.ms/b/s!amcrvjcxi6m6gxyqlciog-dt815_.

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  What I would like to know is how in the world are the average Elder with what amounts to the basic education and even less in many cases that they have able to deal with all of these legal forms that they are supposed to familiarize themselves with that keep coming out on a regular basis .?

  I don`t know how they are supposed to keep up with all the legal jargon that goes on?

  The Twelve Apostles and Disciples had it shit easy compared to what is expected of Elders in today`s religion of Jehovah`s Witnesses
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  Independance day.

  by zeb in

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  2. friends

  happy independence day to all the american readers.

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  cheers all!.

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  smiddy3

  And so say all of us in this household in Australia. Happy Independence Day and keep on the watch for an Alien Invasion
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  Female JW parking "attendants"

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was shocked recently to see on social media a couple pictures of jw sisters at a convention working as parking "attendants".

  i put that title in quotation marks because they still don't get the official attendant badge like the male parking attendants do, only the reflective vest.

  has anybody else heard of this .

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  Sorry but i do wonder what is wrong with the women and even the intelligence of the women in the organization that allow themselves to be demeaned in this way and they quietly just shut up and put up with it ?
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  But it's not about the Money

  by LevelThePlayingField in

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  money was the motivator.. .

  money.

  again, money was the motivator.. .

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  smiddy3

  When the contributions dry up without them begging for money which has already happened .