Well that's disturbing...
Jaidubdub
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A Judicial experience.
by John Aquila inwhen i was an elder in the 80s, a 16 year old baptized jw girl had confessed that at school during lunch a boy kissed her and touched her privates over her dress.
the circuit overseer was in town and we told him of the situation and he called the society and then told us that mother said we were not allowed to conduct the funeral in the kingdom hall or anywhere else with the threat of removing us and being dealt with judicially if we disobeyed.
the mother who is about 79 years old comes once a year to talk to my mom about the situation.
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Has the Great Witness Trolley/Cart campaign produced ANY results?
by freddo ini live between two cities that are big enough to have their own metropolitan trolley cart arrangements organised at circuit level.
the 3 congregations at the hall i attend have trolley schedule noticeboards.
i see trolleys in the high streets and markets locally.
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While on holidays I saw them in a very busy market. Many locals & tourists there. One of my friends spoke with them & they only had 2 people approach them - one was studying with the jw's, the other was a jw tourist. And the market was about to close...
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The Kingdom Halls are empty
by punkofnice inmy jw spies tell me that the kingdom halls are empty compared to how they used to be, since i left 5 years ago.
not saying they're empty because of me though.. is that what you are hearing?.
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The congregation mum goes to is apparently bursting at the seams. However, I hear that this is the acception as most have very low attendance... -
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[Day 8 - 14/8]Governing Body, Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commissions On Child Sexual Abuse, Australia. + VIDEO
by C0ntr013r inthe big day finally arrived!
these amazing royal commission proceedings are available on youtube :).
part 1 has been uploaded and part 2 will soon be available.. part 1:.
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Thanks for your efforts Jakke... -
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Question for those still attending...is anyone talking?
by ToesUp inwe haven't been to a meeting or jw event in several years.
we have been following the rc closely.
it is fascinating!
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Btw - I'm not attending meetings, have been inactive for several years but still socialise with a small selected group of jw's occasionally... -
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Question for those still attending...is anyone talking?
by ToesUp inwe haven't been to a meeting or jw event in several years.
we have been following the rc closely.
it is fascinating!
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JDD from Aust here... I was on holidays with some jw's recently. Couple of them knew one of the abusers mentioned & said they always thought he was kind-of creepy (I think it's the one that went to jail). They were shocked by the allegations (especially the amount of abuse that has been reported by the media) & said it was a bad witness. I told him the Catholics had their turn, so now it's time for jw's to face the music & that I had heard about this sort of thing years ago from someone who used to be an elder. I also told him that they go by the 2 witness rule &, realistically no child abuser would be dumb enough to sexually abuse a child in front of other people. And also said that it was a stupid move for elders to ring bethel for advice rather than report these crimes to the authorities. I could see the look of disbelief & shock on his face. He was also shocked that the victims had to face their abuser during the JC. I also told him that the RC is there to get to the bottom of the matter just like they did with the Catholics, and anyone who harms an innocent child or protects those that harm then deserve what they get - we just need to let the RC do their job. Interestingly, they agreed...
On a brighter note - went to the local markets & saw the Jw stand (which I avoided). A couple from our group went up & spoke to them. They were there for 5 hours & only 3 people came up to them - all were current jw's on holidays just dropping by to say hello... now that's what I call an epic fail.
Also had a D&M with one if the other guys. He's a born in & comes from a very well known family within the jw's. I can't get into too many specific details on here but he didn't agree with the man-made rules the org has including the rules dealing with disfellowshiping (said that Jesus showed love to everyone rather than shun regardless of what sins they committed), reporting of FS hours to men (Jesus didn't knock on doors or mention anything about how much time he spent witnessing so why do we if we're supposed to follow his example). He mentioned the corruption within the BOE was full on. There was more things we discussed over several hours but I think you get my drift... He also said that he can't really talk to anyone about it cause they will think he's gone apostate. It was interesting hearing all the issues he has with this religion. Just wonder how many out there feel the same?
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Just found out my older brother has passed away
by stuckinarut2 ini have just found out that my brother (who was one of a bunch that shared this login) has died.. he and his wife were living in another country where they once pioneered.
i didn't see him that often.. such an empty feeling.....
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Fire!
by zeb inthe towns of pemberton.
northcliffe and denmark in west australia have wild fires approaching.. pray for rain or a wind change to save them..
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Oh no, hope everyone stays safe... We'll be holidaying there in a few weeks....