Posts by GrreatTeacher

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Australian Congregations announce Child Safeguarding Policy is available upon request

by wifibandit in

this week all congregations in australia have been instructed to make the following announcement:.

if a member of the congregation would like a copy of the child safeguarding policy of jehovah’s witnesses in australia, please see the coordinator of the body of elders or the secretary.. .

childsafeguardingpolicy-eau.pdf.

GrreatTeacher

Disfellowshipping even repentent child molesters would be a good faith move to make clear how "abhorrent" child sexual abuse is.

Yes, I absolutely think it should disqualify one from being in the religion. Disfellowshipping is the only way that the congregation gets a formal warning about this person's poor judgment. Since the cong can't /won't tell the reasons why, keeping someone disfellowshipped is the only way WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE RELIGION to guarantee that members won't have contact with the pedophile.

Jeeze, pedophiles have to register on the child offender registry, are prohibited from living close to schools, and are outed on Halloween where they have to post a sign warning trick or treaters to stay away. For life. (at least in the US)

So, how, konceptual, is it a problem for admitted (by the very fact that they are "repentent" ) child molesters to be excluded from the congregation permanently?

And this doesn't even touch the fact that these admitted, "repentent" child molesters are unreported to the police, and none of those civil protections can be enacted unless the law compels them to.

DFing would be the only protection other congregants could get.

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GETTING FIRED VS QUITTING

by TerryWalstrom in

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getting fired vs quitting_________________________my specialties in life are great and many, but none more fabulous than the talent i've possessed for getting fired and/or quitting a job.how many jobs and careers i blazed through would spin your head!

suffice it to say, more than you've time or patience to hear.. there is something in my psychology and verbal arsenal too prone toward candid criticism!

i find myself blurting out what i really think before even i can stop myself.i worked for an art gallery owner once who had everything going for him except good sense.

GrreatTeacher

"a line of bullshit that could keep a field of alfalfa green all summer"

I absolutely love this line!

What a wordsmith!

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Australian Congregations announce Child Safeguarding Policy is available upon request

by wifibandit in

this week all congregations in australia have been instructed to make the following announcement:.

if a member of the congregation would like a copy of the child safeguarding policy of jehovah’s witnesses in australia, please see the coordinator of the body of elders or the secretary.. .

childsafeguardingpolicy-eau.pdf.

GrreatTeacher

And, dang, did they learn nothing?

Only UNREPENTANT child abusers are disfellowshipped.

Say "sorry" and you're still good to go in the congregation.

Sigh...

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Australian Congregations announce Child Safeguarding Policy is available upon request

by wifibandit in

this week all congregations in australia have been instructed to make the following announcement:.

if a member of the congregation would like a copy of the child safeguarding policy of jehovah’s witnesses in australia, please see the coordinator of the body of elders or the secretary.. .

childsafeguardingpolicy-eau.pdf.

GrreatTeacher

I wonder how many takers there will be.

I'm sure they will have a big stack printed and ready to distribute immediately after that announcement...

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March 19, 2017 TO ALL CONGREGATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES BRANCH TERRITORY Re: Guest Rooming for Publishers Visiting Bethel Facilities

by wifibandit in

march 19, 2017 to all congregations in the united states branch territory re: guest rooming for publishers visiting bethel facilities.

bethel visitors guest room request—instructions.

bethel visitors guest room request.

GrreatTeacher

So, how does one submit a request via PDF?

Someone scans the paper copy into the computer as a PDF document and then sends that?

Have they even seen how hotels use webpages for secure reservations?

Are they really that behind technologically for all of their "We're on the net now! We're so advanced!" song and dance?

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A major misadventure!

by Bungi Bill in

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hi, everyone.. i haven't posted here much in quite a while, but having just been laid low by injury, i'll likely be a frequent visitor for some time to come!.

two weeks ago, i was involved in a workplace accident that left me with my lower l.h.

leg fractured in three places (the tibia and fibular both broken clean through, plus another crack in the "neck" of the fibular for good measure!

GrreatTeacher

Sorry to hear that. My husband had a workplace injury that ended up with metal rods holding together three vertebrae in his lower back.

Yep, longtime ouchies. We had to take him off of the pain meds because when TV and social media got boring, there was always something so very necessary to order off of Amazon. I came home from work every other day tripping over those damn Amazon boxes with stuff in them that we did not need, and that he often forgot about all together. He got dialed down to ibuprofen real quick.

Fortunately the rods were titanium so he can get an MRI without getting sucked to the machine, and he doesn't have to get naked at airport security.

I just hope that your workplace is fulfilling their responsibilities for your workplace accident. My husband's is, often kicking and screaming, but everything gets approved after two or three calls to the lawyers, who then call the workplace and tell them that, yes, they legally have to cover this...even for things like medication that he's been on for years.

Anywho, not wishing you any of those problems. I hope you enjoy your downtime and look forward to hearing more from you on the forum.

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ARC - Case Study 54 - All Exhibits have been released

by jwleaks in

all exhibits for case study 54, jehovah's witnesses and watchtower, have been released by the arc.. http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/exhibits/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.

exhibit list.

joint statement of o'brien and spinks.

GrreatTeacher

I've made it clear to my teenager that sexting is a crime and they could be charged with child pornography.

Because it is, and they could.

And, as a teacher, if I knew about it, I would have to report them.

The law is the law.

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My older brother has stopped his bible study

by pale.emperor in

good news people.

my older brother has abruptly stopped his bible study with the witnesses.

he was part-time shunning me during his study and his behavior was beginning to change into cult mode but he was thankfully woken up.

GrreatTeacher

Such great news. You've got a thinker!

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What food are you grateful for?

by punkofnice in

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i'll start: stilton cheese.. (it was a toss up between that and sweet pickled beetroot).. thank you folks..

GrreatTeacher

A bushel of steamed blue crabs, steamed in beer until they turn red and seasoned with Old Bay seasoning. Then dump out on a table covered in newspaper and crack the exoskeleton with wooden mallets to get to the meat inside. Ignore the dead eyes "looking" at you.

It's a slow process, so drink more beer. After a couple of hours when you're still hungry, start in on the hot buttered corn on the cob.

You could starve to death cracking crabs. It's about the social event.

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The Evolution of Morality - Jonathan Haidt

by cofty in

the question of how humans came to have a moral sense is one of the more interesting challenges offered by believers against unguided evolution.

even informed christians who accept the reality of evolution feel a need to add an additional step where god imbued man with a conscience.. non-supernatural explanations of the origin of morality usually focus on simple examples of reciprocal altruism and the ability to empathise with fellow creatures.

secular moral systems most often rest on the single foundation of the effects actions have on the well-being of conscious creatures.

GrreatTeacher

Thanks, Cofty, go get some sleep! Time changes this weekend, we lose an hour's sleep. Don't know about the UK, though.