Max Divergent

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  Please change my username, Simon =)

  by Divergent in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  hi simon, sorry to disturb, but i would appreciate it very much if you could kindly change my username for me - from just kidding to divergent.

  i've decided to change my username because i'm not the same person i was when i first joined this site.

  back then, a part of me still believed, and i thought that if my doubts were wrong and the religion actually turns out to be true and i posted negative stuff here... hey, i was only just kidding!!!.

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  Max Divergent

  Excellent name.
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  New video "Jehovah Has Done So Much for Me"

  by NoIdeaWhatToBelieve in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hey all,.

  have you seen the new video on http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/living-bible-principles/adult-survivor-child-abuse-video/ ?.

  isn't this too much of a coincidence?

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  Max Divergent

  @Max Divergent Do you really think it is filmed in Australia?

  Yes. Australian accents too. I think it's Sydney. Someone will know the beach. I can't make out the sign.

  I'm sorry for the lady, but the video is an insult.
  
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  New video "Jehovah Has Done So Much for Me"

  by NoIdeaWhatToBelieve in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hey all,.

  have you seen the new video on http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/living-bible-principles/adult-survivor-child-abuse-video/ ?.

  isn't this too much of a coincidence?

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  Max Divergent

  It's even an Australian video. Filmed in Sydney by the look of it.

  What an 'up yours' to victims of the Judicial Committee process, using a woman who was abused before she became a JW (according to what she said), thus smokescreening what is being exposed at the Royal Commission at hearings in Sydney.
  
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  Photodrama of creation: Solar system has 12 planets?

  by Saintbertholdt in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the photodrama of creation there's a picture of the solar system.. there are 12 solar orbiting objects.

  (also a 13th orbit which seems to be a comet, probably halley).

  does anyone know where russell got this from?.

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  Max Divergent

  Russell loved anything celestial. And most of it seems to have been half made up.

  The comet (?) is doing well to get between Mercury and the Sun.
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  Photodrama of creation: Solar system has 12 planets?

  by Saintbertholdt in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the photodrama of creation there's a picture of the solar system.. there are 12 solar orbiting objects.

  (also a 13th orbit which seems to be a comet, probably halley).

  does anyone know where russell got this from?.

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  Max Divergent

  The extras seem to be this side of Jupiter and Saturn.

  Maybe it's Russell's Teapot?

  Or the Asteroid Belt?
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  Geoffrey Jackson - Royal Commission Live Hearing Now!

  by LostinJapan in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

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  https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

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  Max Divergent

  Jackson has a curious accent. It's basicly Australian, but he almost sounds South African sometimes. A little bit of Schwarzenegger sometimes. I suppose the Pacific Islands, India and New York have have been mixed up in there somehow.
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  Billy's comments to the RC #1 - "We always require at least two witnesses... except for when we don't."

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'm still trying to catch up on the rc broadcast posted to youtube, and i haven't been able to keep up with everything discussed here about it.

  however, there have been a few points that i wish i could submit.

  repeatedly it has been stated that unless there is a confession, jcs can only act on testimony if it is corroborated by two or more witnesses to the wrongdoing.

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  Max Divergent

  Either way, Billy, the point you made well was aired in the highest of legal forums. Cool stuff.
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  Billy's comments to the RC #1 - "We always require at least two witnesses... except for when we don't."

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'm still trying to catch up on the rc broadcast posted to youtube, and i haven't been able to keep up with everything discussed here about it.

  however, there have been a few points that i wish i could submit.

  repeatedly it has been stated that unless there is a confession, jcs can only act on testimony if it is corroborated by two or more witnesses to the wrongdoing.

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  Max Divergent

  Quite right, Billy. I'm sure you'll make a very strong point taking all factors into account.
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  Billy's comments to the RC #1 - "We always require at least two witnesses... except for when we don't."

  by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'm still trying to catch up on the rc broadcast posted to youtube, and i haven't been able to keep up with everything discussed here about it.

  however, there have been a few points that i wish i could submit.

  repeatedly it has been stated that unless there is a confession, jcs can only act on testimony if it is corroborated by two or more witnesses to the wrongdoing.

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  Max Divergent

  But this seems to be about the standard for determining the freedom to remarry, not the standard for finding guilt of porneia / adultery at a JC to allow disfellowshiping.

  So, I'm not sure how relevant it actually is to the RC given it's the latter JC standard that is at question.

  (Although it may demonstrate some flexibility with the scriptures).
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  Geoffrey Jackson. Seems he will be compelled to front up.

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  pray for brother jackson of the governing body!.

  in todays news from australia it appears that, despite his previous declination to appear when invited, justice mcclellan from the australian royal commission on child sex abuse will officially summon brother geoffrey jackson to the stand after all.. ..... the commission was due to conclude its hearings into the jehovahs witnesses on wednesday but justice mcclellan said he will now call geoffrey jackson, a senior member of the churchs governing body in new york who is currently in australia, to appear next week.. .

  source.

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  Max Divergent

  'Natural person' just means a human as opposed to a company since companies are bound by the law too.

  Citizenship is pretty much irrelevant. It's where a person is that determines what law they're under. So if a U.S. Citizen GB member was in Australia, it'd be the same deal as for (I assume) Australian citizen Jackson. It's the fact of a GB member being within the jurisdiction of the RC more so than him being Australian.