Topics Started by lettersfromthevoid

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When did JWS start disfellowshipping and why?
by lettersfromthevoid in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i know this question has been discussed, but i can't find the topic i was just looking at, so.... one thing about this is that the other posters here didn't mention, that i noticed anyway, that there was this member of the gb in the 40s and early 50s (but possibly during rutherford) who was at odds with rutherford or knorr, and they wanted to do away with them, so they accused (falsely) that person, then they declared that the punishment for that sin was something they invented, or at least once iteration of, what we know as the modern disfellowshipping practice among jws.. so, that is why they invented that doctrine; they.
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Hoping I can stay
by allyson in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i started studying with witnesses about 21 months ago.

started going to meetings in march 2017, went to the memorial and attended my first convention.

i love it.
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How much in total do you think the W.T.S has payed out in child abuse cases??
by karter in
1. jw
2. friends
they have settled a lot out of court with gagging orders both ways so we will never know how much was payed out there.but some have been made public.

any ideas how much in total?.

karter
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My ex-bethelite buddy found TTATT through his prostitute friend.
by silentbuddha in
1. jw
2. experiences
so yesterday evening i get an invite through facebook fro a name that was familiar, but i couldn’t place the face.

after clicking on the page i saw a close-up pic to realize it was a friend of mine from 15 years ago at bethel.. when this guy arrived at bethel he was big time.

he was in early 20’s and had given up a job as an engineer at what was one of the largest electronics companies in the world.
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Where are they now?
by Sabin in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
geoffrey jackson.

terrence o'brien.

vincent toole.
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so a report came out and made jws look bad
by lettersfromthevoid in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
what is the commission and the governments going to do?

will they be slapped with a fine?

will they be forced to do this or that lest they lose non profit status?
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Memorial of the Death of Jesus 2016
by wolfman85 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in 2016, jw will have their memorial of jesus death on march 23, 2016. http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/meetings/#?insight[search_id]=99cee3cb-687e-4276-9c70-3af8d20c220b&insight[search_result_index]=0.

that day is not for nissan 14th of the jewish calendar, or am i wrong ?

?.
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latest on royal commission as of sept. 18?
by lettersfromthevoid in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i've been reading the report by the rc.

i don't see any mention of jws at all so far.

other churches were mentioned though.
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Nice little summary by Barbara Anderson re dear old Geoffrey GB and "presumptuousness"...
by umbertoecho in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
jw governing body claims to be the faithful slave.

did you know how (in sworn testimony during the recent australian royal commission hearing) governing body member geoffrey jackson responded to the question, do you see yourselves as jehovahs spokespeople on earth?.

jackson replied, that, i think, would seem to be quite presumptuous to say that we are the only spokesperson that god is using.. really?
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what is the latest on the Royal Commission case as of Aug 30?
by lettersfromthevoid in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
the last video i watched was day 8 part 2 with geofrey jackson.

has there been anything else in terms of open session videos?