The Pardon case is likely going to be settled as well. In cases where the rapist is an elder, Zalkin seems to developed a good strategy. Hopefully he will continue to be successful and hurt the WT bad enough that they will be more proactive in protecting kids from predators that use the cover of a religious organization to find their victims. All organizations that have kids around have a duty to provide an atmosphere where they can't be hurt by adults.
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Jehovah's Witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - San Diego Reader (California, US), Friday, January 12, 2018
by darkspilver injehovah's witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - san diego reader (california, us), friday, january 12, 2018.
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Jehovah's Witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - San Diego Reader (California, US), Friday, January 12, 2018
by darkspilver injehovah's witnesses to settle sex-abuse case - san diego reader (california, us), friday, january 12, 2018.
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Yep this is watchtower's playbook. Wear down the plaintiff for years and when they run out of appeals settle out of court.
And if you are a large corporation looking to protect its assets, that is the right course. However, this is a) a child that was raped and b) an organization that is supposed to be the "earthly part of God's organization". Of course, this is exactly what Jesus would do, right??? Uh wait a minute.......
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Will The Governing Body Sell Out The Watchtower Corporation In A Plea Bargin With Prosecutors?
by Brokeback Watchtower inas the lawsuits continue to increase world wide against the watchtower corporation and it's branches,, things could get very dire for the governing body to plea bargin for a lighter sentence and so turn over crucial evidence against their fellow f&dss, technically beat their fellow slave and what not.. now i know a lot of you will be thinking: "what on earth could lead to the gb blowing the whistle on fellow his fellow gbs?
" i think that a legitimate question and offer no answer but just use your imagination as if this thing led them to make a run to the opposition to rat on others to get a lighter sentence.. hey i'm thinking about man's powerful desire to save one's own skin at the expense of his loyal companion..
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The only way they would face criminal charges is if one of them 1) abused a kid and 2) the statue of limitations hasn't yet run out. For example, I just looked up New York since that's where these bozos live and the SOL for criminal offenses that are not punishable by life in prison is 6 years.
It seems highly unlikely that one of them has done something like that in the last 6 years although anything is possible.
I doubt they are worried about criminal charges. It's the liability lawsuits that are causing them some heartburn.
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Matthew 24:34 NEW UNDERSTANDING (January 2018 JW Broadcasting)
by Alfred indavid splane explains newest understanding" of 'this generation" adding a 3rd group.... .
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Of course nothing I could say would ever invalidate your precious cult leaders direction. By the way, I'm at the boring midweek meeting so here's a thought. Look at Matt 1:17 and tell me how the Bible defines generations. Here's a clue, the same way as the rest of us. But the GB is more important than the Bible
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Matthew 24:34 NEW UNDERSTANDING (January 2018 JW Broadcasting)
by Alfred indavid splane explains newest understanding" of 'this generation" adding a 3rd group.... .
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Fisherman,
I know you are just trolling at this point. But come on. Overlapping ages as in not born on the exact same date? Yes. Overlapping decades? No, that is not understood by any definition of a generation except the convoluted WT definition. The key word in the dictionary definition is contemporaneous. How old was Sanderson when Fred died? You would say that they were contemporaries? How? Of course they weren't. My father was 27 when I was born. I was 35 when my son was born. My dad, myself and my son are all alive right now but clearly NO ONE in the world would consider us part of the same generation. Not even in the context of world history. Oh wait, the WT thinks not only we are part of the same generation but my grandfather was also since my son has met him and remembers him.
It would make much more sense if they moved the start of the last days to a more recent date. That's the problem with all their prophetic predictions. Once one part falls, the whole thing falls apart.
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Matthew 24:34 NEW UNDERSTANDING (January 2018 JW Broadcasting)
by Alfred indavid splane explains newest understanding" of 'this generation" adding a 3rd group.... .
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Fisherman, how is their overlapping generation definition a valid one? In what context outside the WT world would I be a part of my grandfather's generation? Actually, I knew my great grandfather! I was 12 when he died and he was 102. So by the WT definition, we were part of the same generation.
Most JWs that I've spoke with simply shake their heads and are waiting for it to change because it defines the accepted definition of the word. While I realize that words change definitions over time, it's preposterous to suggest that the WT would be the catalyst of such a change. They are clearly changing the word to try to cover over their failed end times predictions. That's the only logical reason for redefining such a simple word.
Webster's defines generation as:
Definition of generation
: a body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestorb : a group of individuals born and living contemporaneously: a group of individuals having contemporaneously a status (such as that of students in a school) which each one holds only for a limited period- the younger generation
d : a type or class of objects usually developed from an earlier type- first of the … new generation of powerful supersonic fighters
- —Kenneth Koyen
2a : the action or process of producing offspring : procreationb : the process of coming or bringing into being- generation of income
c : origination by a generating process : production; especially : formation of a geometric figure by motion of another: the average span of time between the birth of parents and that of their offspring -
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Matthew 24:34 NEW UNDERSTANDING (January 2018 JW Broadcasting)
by Alfred indavid splane explains newest understanding" of 'this generation" adding a 3rd group.... .
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Love the last 2! The problem with the first one is that its so real, none of us would have been surprised. The overlapping generation teaching is SO stupid its beyond parody.
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St Petersburg Assembly Hall to be given to Russian scientists
by OrphanCrow inhttps://realty.newsru.com/article/26dec2017/iegov_med.
(the following article is translated using google translate).
the building selected in "jehovah's witnesses" in st. petersburg will be given to scientistsdecember 26, 2017 publication time: 09:42. in a building selected from a banned organization in russia, "jehovah's witnesses", will soon be able to read scientific lectures.
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As much as I dislike the WTS, any government seizing privately owned property is frightening. Today, the WT. Tomorrow, you. I am glad that I don't live in a country where unpopular ideas are subject to governmental shutdown.
Punish the actual behavior and compensate individuals that have been harmed by its practices. But, to outright ban a group and just take their property is wrong.
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Thanks for sharing. I haven't had the time to read all the various provisions but I look to be making out pretty well. I live in a low tax state to begin with so the limitation on the state/local taxes doesn't really hurt me. The lower tax rates across the various levels helps quite a bit.
Honestly, for most of these things, people's reaction to change is in direct correlation to how they are personally impacted. Same thing with the WT cult.
I'm now officially in favor!! (not that it really matters)
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Leah Remini Returning to A&E to Investigate JWs
by AMNESIANO in“the first episode will be about jehovah witnesses and another episode will be about nxivm, a controversial self-empowerment group, according to the source.”.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/leah-remini-returning-to-ae-to-investigate-other-cult-like-religions/amp/.
amnesian.
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AWESOME!!