court hearing results for december 6, 2011:.
steven unthank is still the acting prosecutor (and that's why he could not comment on the case on the"dialogue" program), and all 5 cases are still before the courts.
the crown informed the court that the office of public prosecutions are "acting as a facilitator at the moment"; and that the police investigation is "quite well progressed"; and that the police are awaiting response from the department of justice.. .
A question here.
AndersonsInfo said,
"The meeting attendance sign outside the Traralgon Congregation has been pulled down and removed from public display following a personal visit in November by the Australian Branch Overseer..."
Does anyone know the Society's strategy in removing the sign? Is it to make it appear that the Traralgon congregation no longer exists?
I can see from web photos that the sign is indeed gone now.
court hearing results for december 6, 2011:.
steven unthank is still the acting prosecutor (and that's why he could not comment on the case on the"dialogue" program), and all 5 cases are still before the courts.
the crown informed the court that the office of public prosecutions are "acting as a facilitator at the moment"; and that the police investigation is "quite well progressed"; and that the police are awaiting response from the department of justice.. .
Here is a little bit of irony.
The Traralgon K.H. is located next to a Precshool that says "Child Health Center" on the sign by the sidewalk.
(Use the scroll bar on the last pic to see it all.)
court hearing results for december 6, 2011:.
steven unthank is still the acting prosecutor (and that's why he could not comment on the case on the"dialogue" program), and all 5 cases are still before the courts.
the crown informed the court that the office of public prosecutions are "acting as a facilitator at the moment"; and that the police investigation is "quite well progressed"; and that the police are awaiting response from the department of justice.. .
Smiddy asked,
Why hasn`t the office of prosecutions taken over this case from the outset ?
Why is it left to a private individual to bear this responsibility ?
Those are the same questions I've had. One relpy I got a couple of months ago had to do with the legal system being fairly jammed, and prosecutions are an expensive drain on taxpayers. I'm not completely satisfied with that answer since the protection of children should take a high priority. Otherwise, why have the law in the first place?
Apparently the police were involved before Steven Unthank, but after a brief investigation they decided not to prosecute. Now, thanks to Unthank pursuing the case, it seems to be getting much more police attention, and a more in depth investigation. I take this as a positive sign. I am hoping for some guilty verdicts in the end.
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the truth that leads to eternal life.
the truth that leads to eternal life was a bible study textbook published in 1968 and revised in 1981 (now out of print).. the 1990 edition of the guinness book of records included this book under its heading "highest printings".. according to the guinness book, by may 1987 it had reached 106,486,735 copies, in 116 languages.. .
@ Terry,
I like this post.
Can you give us the source of the first article? And a publication date?
And what Watchtower publication is the small clip from, the one with the underlining?
Thanks.
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the truth that leads to eternal life.
the truth that leads to eternal life was a bible study textbook published in 1968 and revised in 1981 (now out of print).. the 1990 edition of the guinness book of records included this book under its heading "highest printings".. according to the guinness book, by may 1987 it had reached 106,486,735 copies, in 116 languages.. .
Nicolaou,
I think you misunderstood. I wasn't looking for a debate, but was just wondering what you meant by the statement....it could be taken more than one way.
I will look at that link. Maybe I'll get the answer there.
visiting a nearby town during his thursday night service talk mentioned how poor meeting attendance is in the english-speaking u.s. congregations.
he said that when the gb reduced the weekly meetings from 3 to 2, there was a brief surge in meeting attendance percentages.
after a few months it began to slide and it hasn't stopped sliding.
"...the national average meeting attendance for English congregations is around 75% of publisher cards in the file."
I'm surprised it's that much. It was worse than that for years before I stopped attending, in my little town with 2 English congregations.
I remember in the pre-1975 boom, meeting attendance was always way over 100%.
"...push yourself to go even though you're dead tired..."
Push -- that's the problem. The Watchtower doesn't know how to lead. People are on to Watchtower misinformation, and they will only get wiser to it. As more people learn, meeting attendance will drop even more. Cracking the whip harder will only back fire.
coc was delivered this evenning and i will be jacking it the whole night.
i might write a review to refute ray's argument after the reading and btw, i will be away from here for some time.
let it begin.. .
@ Outlaw
The Doctors had never seen so many Paper Cuts.
That's terrible! Why can't I stop laughing?
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the truth that leads to eternal life.
the truth that leads to eternal life was a bible study textbook published in 1968 and revised in 1981 (now out of print).. the 1990 edition of the guinness book of records included this book under its heading "highest printings".. according to the guinness book, by may 1987 it had reached 106,486,735 copies, in 116 languages.. .
Nicolaou said, I'd say that the first four words of the Bible are definately the biggest lie ever published!
"In the beginning God..." (Gen 1:1)
Are you saying there is no God, which is all the 4 words say?
Or are you going past the 4 words, and saying God didn't create things?
Not taking issue here, just trying to get what you meant.
coc was delivered this evenning and i will be jacking it the whole night.
i might write a review to refute ray's argument after the reading and btw, i will be away from here for some time.
let it begin.. .
Mankelli said,
CoC was delivered this evenning...
I, and probably most here, would recommend that you read it with an open mind and open heart.
Sadly, the Watchtower disagrees.
@ LostGeneration. I liked your rebuttal too. I took the liberty of adding just a few more words to it.
Rebuttal:
Some believed Armageddon would come in 1914. It did not. Thus the prophecy of the WTBTS rang hollow.
Some believed Armageddon would come in 1925. It did not. Thus the prophecy of the WTBTS rang hollow.
Some believed Armageddon would come in 1975. It did not. Thus the prophecy of the WTBTS rang hollow.
Some believed Armageddon would come before the generation that saw 1914 passed away. It did not. Thus the prophecy of the WTBTS rang hollow.
Does anyone hear an echo in here?
