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  ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.

  (published thursday, oct 30, 2014).

  thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  Actually, notice the suble use of "Jehovah's Witnesses" in the statement. They are the WatchTower Bible and Tract Society - but they try to shift the focus onto their believers instead of their legally registered and legally responsible corporation

  WT has always done this. They did it in 1914, 1919, 1925 and 1975 with regard to failed prophecies; they've done it when the rank-and-file follow orders...then WT waffles on those same policies to leave JWs twisting in the wind; and now, WT hangs its own absurd corporate decisions and policies regarding pedophiles around the neck of "Jehovah's Witnesses"...the same people who have zero say in anything this religion does.

  The current methodology is business-as-usual for WT...a 100 year tradition of passing the buck.
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  Prince on Saturday Night Live

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  2. entertainment

  did you catch it.. http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/watch-princes-electric-prformance-from-tonights-saturd-1653735759.

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  designs: Shirley- Do you think it was a wig.

  No...I think the female lead guitarist's hair was real. Oh, you mean Prince's hair...dunno, could be.

  I'm sure the elders may attempt to counsel him for pretending to have a non-WT sanctioned hairstyle...
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  Prince on Saturday Night Live

  by designs in

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  2. entertainment

  did you catch it.. http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/watch-princes-electric-prformance-from-tonights-saturd-1653735759.

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  Wonder if the elduhs will have the balls to pull him in the back room and tell him to get a haircut

  Counsel on dress and grooming is only given to JWs who are not multi-millionaires...
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  Will We See The Molester Issue Response In The KM?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if a householder says, "your organization protects child molesters" , you might respond with.......... at some point, if this current wave of lawsuits continues, will they ever officially address it as an objection in the door to door work?.

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  you might respond with.........

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  Meeting for not paying assembly fees???!!!!

  by Kool Jo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey folks......has anyone else heard of, or experienced this before?.

  i visited by parents over the weekend and accompanied them to their assembly....same rubbish spoken about since ive been born....obey the gb, donate your last penny, no education and be a pushover.. anyways, our assembly hall has lush vegetation and scenery, so i was more focused on that....i started dozing off after lunch, so got up and went walking, saw some older folks from the congregation i grew up with.. upon the conclusion of the assembly, wed normally leave out right after the prayer ends so as to avoid the traffic.

  however, for this assembly he told me that hes gonna be a few minutes with the elders and branch representatives...so a few minutes turned into an hour..

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  I wish JWs would wake up and start voting with their wallets...the only real power they'll ever have in WT Land.

  No money to pay for an Ass Hall? So, what.

  JWs will be consigned to sitting in a hot, old stadium? Not if they vote with their feet and don't show up.

  Eventually WT would get the message: $0 balance building funds and empty stadiums...that would send a message.

  Discipline those not conforming by DF or other means? That just contributes to even more people leaving the religion...and less donations.

  JWs fail to realize how much power they really have.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses more trouble in Finland for internal judicial procedures not reporting crimes to police - JW.ORG

  by wannabefree in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://yle.fi/uutiset/abuse_victim_jehovahs_witnesses_refused_to_reveal_rape_to_the_police/7592733.

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  "This would have been a matter for the police, but the elders banned me from going to the police because the name of Jehovah couldn't be dragged through the mud"

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  How's that approach working out for you so far, Watchtower? LOL.
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  Jehovah blessed the JW broadcasting studio but not the JW bus passengers

  by Gorbatchov in

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  2. friends

  it's not difficult to see the paradox.

  jehovahs blessing for the fast release.

  of the silver sword, the fast building of the jw broadcasting studio.

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  Great point, Zoos.

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  It really goes to show that when something is trivial, Jehovah™ is Flash Gordon; when it's really important, like exposing pedophiles and protecting children, suddenly Jehovah™ makes glaciers look like Olympic sprinters.
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  Undeniable proof the Organisation has Jehovah’s Blessing and Direction

  by wheelwithinwheel in

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  We had a discussion on Topix forum about Watchtower predictions that came true. This was all they could come up with lol

  Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.
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  Meeting for not paying assembly fees???!!!!

  by Kool Jo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey folks......has anyone else heard of, or experienced this before?.

  i visited by parents over the weekend and accompanied them to their assembly....same rubbish spoken about since ive been born....obey the gb, donate your last penny, no education and be a pushover.. anyways, our assembly hall has lush vegetation and scenery, so i was more focused on that....i started dozing off after lunch, so got up and went walking, saw some older folks from the congregation i grew up with.. upon the conclusion of the assembly, wed normally leave out right after the prayer ends so as to avoid the traffic.

  however, for this assembly he told me that hes gonna be a few minutes with the elders and branch representatives...so a few minutes turned into an hour..

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  they were told that their congregation is way behind in their contributions/donations to the assembly hall fund…our assembly hall is up for sale and we’re expected to revert back to renting stadiums ect

  I'm a little confused. If your circuit is selling the ASS Hall and reverting back to using secular facilities, why would JWs be donating to an Ass Hall fund?

  Is this tied to the new "donation" (tithing) arrangement? Or is WT continuing to maintain a local Ass Hall fund for a future project?

  If I was an Elder sitting in that meeting, my first question would be: "What happens to the money coming from the sale of our Ass Hall? Why are we donating to an Ass Hall fund when we'll no longer even have one? What exactly are we donating to?"
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  ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.

  (published thursday, oct 30, 2014).

  thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  BOTR: I have better things to do. It takes time to read documents. No legal case is ever presented accurately on this forum.

  If you don't 'have time' to read the court documents, how would you know what's being said here is inaccurate?

  I know you claim to be an "attorney". Is this an example of how you lawyer? You don't read anything but make wild guesses and sweeping, uninformed statements?