i just listened to most of geoffrey jackson's royal commission testimony and i have to say i really enjoyed the multiple times he had to state he would get back to them and would research their questions.. the royal commission was asking if policy could be changed to have women serve on a committee to decide the case and then that bodies decision be brought to the elders to decide whether to show mercy or to disfellowship and individual.
three times the judge had to ask mr. jackson to answer his question.. it was amazing how jackson could not find a scripture to show his honor that women were prohibited to serve as elders.
he could only support that men are appointed as elders.. hmm... i've never been a member of the governing body with all their years of so called spiritual training, but even i remember deborah the prophetess, when the judge asked jackson if women could serve as a judge.. i was so hoping that the judge or mr. stewart would refer to deborah.
Yes I can see it now.. a young jw boy who has been sexually abused by a female eldress being interrogated by and having to recount all the intimate sexual details in front of a panel of elderly, unqualified, untrained, uneducated sexually frustrated female toilet cleaners..
Brilliant...
Forget that.. just call the police and have every case dealt with by highly trained and experienced and qualified professionals.
10 reasons you should never have a religion.
by steven bancarzjanuary 4, 2015self discovery, spirituality.
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a little birdie informed me that a lawsuit against the watchtower bible & tract society, its legal department, and several individuals (perhaps lawyers in the legal department) has been filed in the superior court of the state of california, county of los angeles for, wait for it.... racketeering!.
that's right, folks, you heard it here first.
i have no other information, other than the case was stamped "aug 07 2015" and the docket number appears to be bc590675.
LisaRose19 hours agoAs they say, any man that acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client.
apparently the backroom arguments have been heard and decided.
the royal commission finally uploaded a redacted version of the 2015 branch manual.
watchtower lawyers were looking to have as much redacted from this manual as possible.
Here you go Morpheus..
https://mega.co.nz/#!B90DEZ7R!ZyRx79VirgRQs5JTl_s7-jQA60TtU0ODju9VHfzFb-8
apparently the backroom arguments have been heard and decided.
the royal commission finally uploaded a redacted version of the 2015 branch manual.
watchtower lawyers were looking to have as much redacted from this manual as possible.
My guess is that the two areas that they have requested be redacted are:
Personnel Committee because it lists the names of individuals serving in foreign countries where their work may be banned or illegal and hence they clam to publish such names and details could possibly put these individuals in danger or either persecution, arrest etc.
Publishing Committee because it will have all the details, the relationships and connections of their business dealings, private contracts and the very detailed financial stats of the organisation. ie: All the money.
I can think of no other reason why they would request these parts redacted and why the judge would grant such a request.
so each of the attendants at the glasgow convention this weekend have all been handed a photo of some guy that has been disrupting conventions in the uk.
(the same one as in london i read about a couple of weeks ago?
apparently he was sighted at the glasgow convention today, though there was no disruption as far as i know.. has anyone else ever heard of photo i.d.
so i just caught a glimpse of this new wt magazine(study edition) of course.. from dec 28th titled.
"what do your prayers say about you".
so now they are focosing on every aspect of our lifes even our actions during prayer.
Jesus begs to differ..
Mark 10:7-9
7"For this reason a man shall leave his mother and father, 8 AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9"What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."…
'No man' includes any self appointed governing body..
Holding your wife during prayer is the same as holding yourself.. I'm sure the God who cemented man and woman together would have no issue with this nor should anyone else.
apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere.. has every elder called to the stand had his own personal attorney?
it certainly appears this way.
if this is the case, how are they able to afford this?
however, it may be that they are trying to find jackson and see if he will come in to assist.
it has been said on a wt friendly news site, that jackson has declined.
i don't know what this means in terms of what the rc will decide to do.
His Honour is warning that they will return in two years....
He said before 2 years...
although i will continue to provide those of you who have subscribed to my distribution list with pertinent documents as they become available, there is a wealth of material just sitting there for you to pick over if you will just take the time and clear some space on your computer.
i suggest that you go to costco, amazon.com, or a local office supply store and pick up a couple of usb plugin storage drives.
i just bought a set of two 128gb 3.0 sandisk dongles for $19 usd at costco.
Everything in downloadable PDF format with clear descriptions here:
