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  Canada - Abuse allegations in Newfoundland casting a cloud over Jehovah's Witnesses

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/abuse-allegations-jehovahs-witness-1.3401468.

  abuse allegations in newfoundland casting a cloud over jehovah's witnessesallegations of abuse involving two members of the jehovah's witness religious movement in newfoundland have emerged, though details of the charges are protected by a court-ordered publication ban.

  cbc news has learned that a former volunteer church elder and his son are facing charges.the former elder is charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation relating to allegations dating from 2009 to 2012 in central newfoundland.according to court documents, a second man is charged with sexual assault, with the information referencing a period between may 2011 and december 2013 in a community on the avalon peninsula.cbc news has confirmed that the pair are father and son.a sexual exploitation charge involves anyone in a position of trust or authority who commits an offence against a young person.the matter involving the older accused was called at a provincial court on wednesday.it was set over until next month, when a date is expected to be set for trial.the younger accused is scheduled to make a court appearance later this month.. read full article at link.. *note the very last sentence in the article.

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  cha ching

  Thx Orphan for the story, & E-G for the link!

  Very true Flipper. No one EVER heard about child abuse.. EVERY one ALWAYS heard about "adultery / fornication!!!!"

  Priorities, where are they???
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  "I thought About You" Email

  by BeautifulMind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey everyone!!

  i hope everyone is doing good today.

  i don't share or comment often, but i'm in the mood to do that today.

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  Interesting. I keep waiting for an email from one of my old friends.

  The last time I called her, I said, "Sharon?" She replied, "there is no one by that name here"

  Months later, after being inspired by this quote, I sent her an email with only this quote in the"re:" line "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends"

  Came the reply, "Everything has a price" We make our own choices. Your friends have never left you. 'Anne Bishop'

  What nerve, hmmm?
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  Reveal News: "Another Judge Criticizes Jehovah's Witnesses Court Tactics" by Trey Bundy

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.revealnews.org/blog/another-judge-criticizes-jehovahs-witnesses-court-tactics/.

  another judge criticizes jehovahs witnesses court tactics.

  by trey bundy / january 11, 2016 .

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  This judge figured out exactly how this "Watchtower dog hunts." When did WT file it's claim that 'it's just too inconvenient for our witnesses to travel to PA?

  Judge Jenkins points out that the WT waited until THE NIGHT BEFORE THE TRIAL to file a " forum non conveniens” … even though the defendants had come to give their depositions the day before, without complaint.

  “The Court added: “A transfer petition should not be a tool by which a defendant may forestall litigation in the underlying case by generating litigation concerning the transfer petition.”3

  Pg 16 “the Congregations (WT & witnesses) “Delayed filing their motion to transfer and supporting affidavits from four witnesses until the eve of trial – after the witnesses had appeared without objection for their depositions in Montgomery County, just twenty miles from center City Philadelphia”

  "Transfer to York County could significantly delay trial, a troubling possibility given that trial was scheduled to begin in PA just two weeks after the court granted the Congregations’ motion for transfer…”

  "The facts strongly suggest that the motion to transfer venue was the product of bad-faith collaboration between the Congregations and the four York County Witnesses”.

  Pg 17 The Congregations’ motion for transfer was not to avoid oppression……. But was a last-minute gambit to delay trial.”

  Thanks to all who keep up the hard work of getting the real facts! Trey Bundy, Barbara Anderson, Irwin Zalkin, Steven Unthank & all the rest!!!
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  The disappointed look on a Jehovah's Witness face - that you're living a good and fulfilling life

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  another thread got me thinking of this issue.

  i don't think you'll ever come across a set of people with such a skewed and twisted outlook on life.. my memory serves me well when i recall a sort of blood lusting excitement over things like the 9/11 atrocities.

  in fact i remember jw's describing the event as 'sad but exciting.

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  I like that analysis TMT: "its like they are trying to play a video game on a non-existent level" !!!!!
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  Half of the cong was dancing last night

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so went to the meeting last night.

  i had not been to one since before the holiday break (3 weeks ago).

  besides, it was our first meeting in the new format.

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  Remember when these songbooks came out? The music was just 'off'.... when you thought it would go up? it went down.... Like having a 2/4 tempo then change to 3/4...

  My son described it as trying to spell a word, and spelling it wrong... Thinking you can sing, and you can't... He nailed it when he said, "Like elevator music, or music you'd hear at the DMV!"
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  The new service meeting

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i wanted to relate an experience that happened this morning.

  it is regarding the new format for the meeting on thursdays in my area.

  its not word for word but im summarizing what i heard, the best i can remember.

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  I don't know.... I knew some pretty funny characters in the hall I use to attend, some of their comments were right out of a TV sitcom. Especially one older bro from Jamaica, he hardly had a grasp on reality.... thinking he had a close relationship with Princess Diana (via TV) thinking "Radar" signs (when you are driving) emit signals, and IF you slowed down before the sign, you could not get caught for speeding! He was hilaaaarious!
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  It amazes me...

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ..to think about how the congregations actually function....even down to the individual level.. the biggest bully on the boe (or his wife), controls the show.. ones within the congregation are treated like they're dirt and still they return.

  stockholm syndrome?.

  i've heard ones say that 'jehovah(tm) will sort it all out.

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  Absolutely, Flipper....... Next time I hear, "Jehovah will take care of it in his due time" I will reply, "that is just an excuse for people not doing the right thing." "Determinism" "Kill 'em all, (Armaggedon) let God sort them out"

  It's time to learn a new way of thinking.
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  Bethel layoffs of oldies

  by I am a Bible Student in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is this true?

  has anyone heard of it?

  saw it on my facebook.. "jan. 6 bethel update 108 elderly bethelites getting the boot.. brooklyn, ny.

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  Does Warwick even have a printing press here? or is this just an elite retirement home with a museum for JW travel agents to book flights and tours to? (sarcasm intended)
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  Is the Watchtower organisation facing the biggest crisis of its history?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  recent developments make me think they might be.

  the problems they are facing are not just lack of funds but also draining authority, and the two could be a heady and explosive mix.

  one of the best analyses ever written of the watchtower was a book called "trumpet of prophecy" by sociologist james beckford in the 1970s.

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  I tried to read all of this, having a hard time because of work, but...

  Has anyone thought of this idea?

  WT is selling K Halls, taking extra congregation accounts, closing Bethels, letting people go, selling property......... are they getting ready to act like they are bankrupt? (Maybe they are trying to do what the Catholic Church did? 'Sorry Australia, we have no money')

  Maybe the guys in the backround are getting ready to split?
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  Stories of "Miracles"

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, all of us have probably heard a lot of urban miracle legends over the years in the org.here's one from outside the org.years ago, i worked with this lady.

  she was my supervisor.

  we liked having discussions on god and the bible.

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  "Apparently" you cannot rely on miracles.