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  Victoria, Australia: Answers to questions asked by posters about the Steven Unthank criminal case against WT

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  in reply to questions raised in the thread i started on 10/3/11, victoria, australia: wtbts and gb of jws have shown themselves to be "guilty" respecting previous noncompliance with working with children laws,i said i would talk to contacts in australia and get some answers.

  here is the link to the 10/3/11 thread:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/216634/1/victoria-australia-wtbts-and-gb-of-jws-have-shown-themselves-to-be-guilty-respecting-previous-noncompliance-with-e2809cworking-with-childrene2809d-laws.

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  Quarterback

  Wouldn't all this legal stuff cost the Society lot's of cash?
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  Would you name your dog, Jehovah?

  by african GB Member in

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  ...or are you still terrified by the mere mention of that name?.

  perhaps still doubting whether he exists or not?.

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  Quarterback

  No, I wouldn't name my dog, "J", But, I would certainly spray him so that he wouldn't catch any fleas from Babylon.
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  Victoria, Australia: Answers to questions asked by posters about the Steven Unthank criminal case against WT

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  in reply to questions raised in the thread i started on 10/3/11, victoria, australia: wtbts and gb of jws have shown themselves to be "guilty" respecting previous noncompliance with working with children laws,i said i would talk to contacts in australia and get some answers.

  here is the link to the 10/3/11 thread:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/216634/1/victoria-australia-wtbts-and-gb-of-jws-have-shown-themselves-to-be-guilty-respecting-previous-noncompliance-with-e2809cworking-with-childrene2809d-laws.

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  Quarterback

  I must admit...I had to read this information over a few times, and it still is not clear as mud. It sounds like the GB's strategy is to protect themselves from any Legal problems or attacks that would come their way. I'm not a lawyer, and I'm not sure how this gets played out in the Legal arena.

  I am really going to watch this closely to see how it gets spinned, and how crafty the ORG tries to avert this legal challenge.

  I really hope that this cripples the ORG's legal walls.
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  The inimitable Steve Jobs has just passed away.

  by botchtowersociety in

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  2. friends

  one of the great visionaries and entrepreneurs of our time.. he wanted to change the world, and he did.. rip steve.

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  Quarterback

  Yes, that's sad...just saw that on MSN news.
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  Local Needs: Low Hours

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the local needs was about low fs time in the cong.

  about 1/3 of publishers are averaging 4 hours per month.

  that is unprecedented in our cong, a usually 'zealous' congregation.. my take is this: if you don't believe it yourself, why are you going to waste valuable time telling others?

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  Quarterback

  On the Regular Pioneer Application, it states in the Elders Section to fill out. "If the publisher's hours have fallen below 10 hrs within the last 6 months, please explain why".

  I can see them holding your wife back for a Regular Pioneer Application, but, not for Auxilliary Pioneering. They are being A..holes.
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  Victoria, Australia: Answers to questions asked by posters about the Steven Unthank criminal case against WT

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  in reply to questions raised in the thread i started on 10/3/11, victoria, australia: wtbts and gb of jws have shown themselves to be "guilty" respecting previous noncompliance with working with children laws,i said i would talk to contacts in australia and get some answers.

  here is the link to the 10/3/11 thread:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/216634/1/victoria-australia-wtbts-and-gb-of-jws-have-shown-themselves-to-be-guilty-respecting-previous-noncompliance-with-e2809cworking-with-childrene2809d-laws.

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  Quarterback

  Very interesting information....thanks for the update.

  QB
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  GB Member Rejects Nuremberg Morality

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been told that samuel herd gave a talk at the annual meeting that continues a specific rejection of the nuremberg standard within the organization.

  by citing the example of gideon, he taught that if we obey a foolish or wrong command in jehovah's organization, we are not blamed by jehovah.

  this continues and intensifies the arrogant (and yes, satanic) idea that 'we can't be wrong'.

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  Quarterback

  I still wouldn't drink the poisoned drink, if they told me to do it.
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  What does your user name mean????

  by karter in

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  2. friends

  anything ???.

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  karter ...i race go-karts.

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  Quarterback

  You guys already stole all the good names, what else was there to find?
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  Shunning..... at Meetings ???

  by IMHO in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  can someone explain why jws shun disfellowshipped ones when they are at their meetings (i.e.

  making moves to come back)?.

  i can understand why you may not want to 'socialize' with ones who do not share your beliefs.. but surely shunning such ones at the 'meetings'; assuming they are not there to cause trouble, is unloving; should they not be welcomed like the prodigal son.. true christians are known by the 'love' they show.

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  Quarterback

  You are right, IMHO, we got distracted from the subject.

  Your observations are good. We should be treating such ones like the father of the Prodigal Son illustration. That is showing the Christlike love that Jesus spoke about.

  That of course is in a perfect world. JW's are not that perfect, and are in subjection to the application of the Governing Body's rules in each congregation. I suppose there has to be some rules. After all there may be someone that would like to disrupt the congregation and may live a double life. The early congregation had some examples of this. So perhaps there is a need to maintain some order for unruly ones.

  However, for those who are down, and really feel bad about what they did, shouldn't be treated as ostracised and ignored. This shouldn't be allowed briefly, and especially allowed to continue for such a long time. It's not scriptural. It is a bullying and harsh tactic. What about those who have phobias such as in being with crowds? How inhuman this would be to such ones.

  I'm afraid that there is no end in sight for changing this bad application of scripture. I only see this changing if the government authorites stepped in and forced the GB to ease up their control.
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  Is Disfellowshipping a form of Bullying?

  by Quarterback in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  again, on anderson cooper's show today, he had a topic of bullying.

  i thought that subjec related so closely to the disfellowshipping practice.

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  Quarterback

  Thanks, for all of your comments.

  I appreciated OODad's comments from the school environment and how much worse it is in the JW faith.