I brought this topic up on the German board and one active member stated that the WTS in Germany used their new power as a registered public body in Germany (e.g. now all kh belong to them) also to loot the accounts of the local congregations.
GermanXJW
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Still think the Society is not running out of cash? ...
by sir82 in...then check this out!.
(of course the society has $billions in real estate, but many have speculated that they are low on cash for day-day operations).. unfortunately i don't have a working scanner, but here is a summary of & a few quotations from a boe letter dated march 1, 2008:.
"for an number of years, an arrangement has been available to congregations to place funds on deposit with the branch office.
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It looks like I will become an elder this week!
by outofthebox inthat's right guys.
as i told you before, they boe have been considering me for the eldership.
which i don't care for, but since my family is stuck in this cult, i guess i can use the new position to help them see that the holy spirit has nothing to do with me being an elder.
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GermanXJW
Can't they track you down when you reveal at which date you get appointed?
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JW LOOPHOLE ON BLOOD IN PRINT!!
by Burger Time inok just read this article and didn't see it anywhere else.
anyways in this article the liason committee gives permission for a "forced" transfusion.
the article basically points out the loophole!!
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GermanXJW
Does this mean they will stop funding lawsuits against doctors and hospitals that rule for the child?
The very last sentence on the HLC-form quoted by Weber reads: " If blood is transfused in an emergency that team of doctors and the clinic have to bear the consequences of their actions."
To me, this sounds like a legal threat.
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JW LOOPHOLE ON BLOOD IN PRINT!!
by Burger Time inok just read this article and didn't see it anywhere else.
anyways in this article the liason committee gives permission for a "forced" transfusion.
the article basically points out the loophole!!
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GermanXJW
Some people say the "Generation MTV" cannot concentrate longer than 2:30min.
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JW LOOPHOLE ON BLOOD IN PRINT!!
by Burger Time inok just read this article and didn't see it anywhere else.
anyways in this article the liason committee gives permission for a "forced" transfusion.
the article basically points out the loophole!!
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GermanXJW
As you can see this already took place in the mid 90s. By means of this, they have overcome the arguments against transfusions on minors. Adults are another cup of tea because they can decide on medical treatment on their own in Germany.
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JW LOOPHOLE ON BLOOD IN PRINT!!
by Burger Time inok just read this article and didn't see it anywhere else.
anyways in this article the liason committee gives permission for a "forced" transfusion.
the article basically points out the loophole!!
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GermanXJW
This is exactly the loophole JW have used in Germany to overcome this argument in the more than a decade long court case to get registered as a public body. In court, the WTS was represented by Prof. Dr. Hermann Weber who is not a JW. You still find the arguments in print and on the official website,
Armin Pikl, main JW lawyer in Germany, and Gajus Glockentin of the German branch office, published the essay "Jehovah's Witnesses as a Public Body" in 1998 in which they state (my poor translation from German):
"Weber is right in assuming that the parents in the end accept the enforcement of certain legal positions by the government."
You find this on the website of the German branch: http://www.wachtturm.de/0/pdf/rec/ues/1998/1998-09-01.pdf (p.28, first sentence bottom paragraph)
Weber that is referred to had stated in his essay in 1996(still my poor translation from German):
"By introducing medical treatment when seeing a doctor, parents accept such an action by the court (or should the situation arise an emergency measure by the doctor) and do not offer any resistance."
and commenting on the form used by the HLC
"[...]on the other hand they accept that the governmental legal system displaces the consent they refuse (and by means of this enforces the medical measure considered as necessary) without any thwarting (and without rejecting medical treatment altogether)."
You find this here: http://www.wachtturm.de/0/pdf/rec/ues/1995/1995-08-22-b.pdf (p. 207f.)
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Still think the Society is not running out of cash? ...
by sir82 in...then check this out!.
(of course the society has $billions in real estate, but many have speculated that they are low on cash for day-day operations).. unfortunately i don't have a working scanner, but here is a summary of & a few quotations from a boe letter dated march 1, 2008:.
"for an number of years, an arrangement has been available to congregations to place funds on deposit with the branch office.
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GermanXJW
Sirona, is this also being done in Europe? I thought it was a US thing.
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Remember the "last warning for Babylon the Great" WT series of four?
by kitten whiskers ini remember a series of four watchtowers that we "zealously" placed to issue the "final warning to babylon the great".
they all had pictures (if i remember correctly) of the harlot in revelation.
i think the pictures were all taken from the revelation climax book.
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GermanXJW
These were the first magazines in German with a colorful frontpage. So this was something special.
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"How The Governing Body Is Organized" - WT May 15 2008
by BluesBrother ini know this was covered in fokyc's posting of the whole mag, but i felt it was worth showing seperately.
it gives an insight into how they work these days.. .
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GermanXJW
The two-third-majority-rule is missing.
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GermanXJW
Do you mean Hugo Riemer?