this happened in queensland, australia, today.
i am proud to be a member of the australian labor party and have worked in politics for the last two terms of their government in queensland.
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Great news.
Especially given qld jws had the worst case of cover up, (as far as we know to date) of child abuse.
Great work and keep it up. I am aware of some in other states.
jtg.
P.S. I knew the guy, Jackson, that wrote the 'when the dust settles' recommendation letter.
Not to be confused with the jackson that believes 'only spokesman for god' would be presumptuous'.
page 24 of “the origin of life” cites henry gee:.
a second, more serious challenge is the lack of proof that those creatures are somehow related.
specimens placed in the series are often separated by what researchers estimate to be millions of years.
Thank you Doug Mason.
For another thoroughly informative and logical project. Timely in that some 'ubers' in my neck of the woods
are pushing the use of said brochure.
jtg
how things have changed!
a childhood friend and her husband stayed with us for a few days and, except for when we went sightseeing, they spent most of their time on their digital devices viewing and listening to content from jw.borg.
a few years back i recall a stearn warning against the use of such devices at an assembly.
Yes NVR2L8.
I do recall in early days the demonising of the internet as satan's tool.
Mmmm. They have become an tele-evangelical religion, without a doubt.
jtg
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1961047#h=16:285-23:710. we may also safely conclude that angels, god’s spirit messengers, travel at tremendous speeds.
thus once when daniel began to pray, god dispatched an angel to him in answer to his prayer.
this angel, although coming from beyond the realms of outer space, reached daniel before he had concluded his prayer.—dan.
Thank you once again for another gem blondie.
I'm going to use it tomorrow.
I remember that stuff getting shoved down my throat as a youngster amongst
years of fear regarding ectoplasm.
jtg
P.S. Hilarious rickroll
is this a bad joke or "fake news"?.
nbc new york is claiming "attorneys are expected on monday to announce the filing of lawsuits in king's county supreme court against eight members of the governing body of the jehovah's witnesses for alleged child sexual abuse claims.".
eventhough i would enjoy to see this happen i am very suspiciouse concerning nbcs reliability with this case.. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/happening-today-nj-water-cosby-appeal-epstein-probe-536740491.html.
I deleted my post due to my abusive language against the apologists.
jtg
mark o'donnell ( john redwood) has outdone himself in this excellent piece on watchtower's appeal to the supreme court regarding their definition of clergy-penitent rights.. the case they are appealing revolves around gilbert simental, a known abuser who, although eventually removed as an elder, was allowed to remain in a position of respect, with the parents of his victims kept in the dark about the risk he posed to the children with whose care he was entrusted.
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anyway it's an excellent piece and well worth reading.. https://jwsurvey.org/news/jehovahs-witnesses-lose-california-child-abuse-case-appeal-to-u-s-supreme-court-part-one.
I cannot get the link to stay clickable either.
Just go to jwsurvey site,,, its well written and cuts through legal jargon,, easy to understand.
jtg
i thought it would be a good idea to keep a record of australian kingdom halls being sold off.
this is by no means the end of the sell off.. australian kingdom halls https://docdro.id/cpnoctf.
Hi gerry.
In the Melbourne region in Victoria, three halls were earmarked for sale some time ago.
Williamstown, StAlbans and StKilda.
I haven't heard if they have been sold but I do know that a couple of congs meeting in the StAlbans hall are now attending the Sydenham hall and just the Phillipino language group are still attending the StAlbans hall.
If anything is confirmed I will let you know.
Good work gerry
jtg
i have never been invited/requested/applied to any international convention, other than it happening to be our own convention in new york city where we were already assigned (i think back and maybe this happened two times or so when i was growing up).. anyway, people here keep commenting about the cost to attend; the inflated airfares, rooms, transportation, etc.. does anyone have some actual numbers to provide?
i realize that the cost of attending a convention in a different country will be affected by some variations in airfare from the departure city but generally how much do these things cost?
are they comparable to a tour from an expedia, travelocity or other travel site?.
Well,
Here in Oz this week, a letter was read out that no eftpos facilities would be available at any hired convention venues effective immediately. (Australia wide)
As of 2020 no eftpos facilities would be available at circuit assemblies at assembly halls.
Then a massive 'encouragement' to log in to set up individual direct debit donations to your relevant circuit assembly via the jworg site. "Please see the appointed brother or an elder for help to set this log-in up"
Sounds to me that the individual monitoring of 'tithes' is not too far away as suggested by some on this site a while ago.
jtg
apparently a big regional convention in australia has been cancelled.
instead there will be 14 conventions at the local convention hall.. does anyone from downunder have any idea about the reason?.
Ok, the reason I'm told is that the international convention this year in Melbourne did not invite all states to the Melbourne Marvel Stadium.
In 2014 some 70,000 Australia wide witnesses attended. This year they aren't allowed to use the playing field for seating so the capacity will only be about 50,000. They anticipate app 6.000 international delegates.
Those states not invited are having regional conventions with the same program at various assembly halls.
In QLD its at park ridge.
jtg
the members have no idea what qualifies someone has to be a member of the governing body.
members know absolutely nothing about new members of the governing body who are appointed.
kenneth cook was the last appointed governing body member in 2018..
The only debate they are capable of is a mass der bate.
jtg
