It reminds me of Watchtower filing a "friend of the court" on behalf of Jimmy Swaggart in 1990.
Londo111
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Watchtower Lawyer speaking in US Congres commission - picture
by Gorbatchov inmaybe not relevant today, just sharing one of my archive storage, this picture of jw.org lawyer philip brumley, in a joint project with scientology and other religions in 2006.. the picture was published on a scientology website, mentioning the joint project with jw.org .
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Were you beaten as a child?
by purrpurr ini've been confronting my mother with her dubious parenting skills (abuse) of me as a child.
particularly the beatings i would get with the wooden spoon.
not a light smack but hitting me as hard as she could for as long as she could.
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I've said this before, but at one Kingdom Hall I went to, they had to tell parents to be more discreet, that is, not spanking their children in front of the hall because non-JWs driving by were seeing and inquiring about it. -
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Were you beaten as a child?
by purrpurr ini've been confronting my mother with her dubious parenting skills (abuse) of me as a child.
particularly the beatings i would get with the wooden spoon.
not a light smack but hitting me as hard as she could for as long as she could.
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By hand, switch, and belt. Once hit by a metal rod. Once my father pitched his shoe at me. -
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Watchtower Lawyer speaking in US Congres commission - picture
by Gorbatchov inmaybe not relevant today, just sharing one of my archive storage, this picture of jw.org lawyer philip brumley, in a joint project with scientology and other religions in 2006.. the picture was published on a scientology website, mentioning the joint project with jw.org .
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Watchtower Lawyer speaking in US Congres commission - picture
by Gorbatchov inmaybe not relevant today, just sharing one of my archive storage, this picture of jw.org lawyer philip brumley, in a joint project with scientology and other religions in 2006.. the picture was published on a scientology website, mentioning the joint project with jw.org .
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I do wonder how much inter-cult networking these lawyers do.
I wish ex-JWs, ex-Scientologists, ect... could have a huge legal department to represent them before courts and congresses.
BTW...I suspect this is likely why Watchtower became a NGO on the UN and now of the OSCE.
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San Diego abuse case: stay tuned. Zalkin's motion to be considered this Friday.
by Sugar Shane inzalkin proposing huge sanctions if jw leadership fails to produce documents.
unredacted this time!
feds need to get involved with this.
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Watchtower myth: God’s will discerned through committees, not individual leaders
by Londo111 inbe it the governing body, or the a judicial committee of the local elder body, when a two-thirds majority vote is reached, it is viewed as god’s will, as the action of holy spirit, of jesus nudging the stars in his right hand.
[and if i’m not mistaken, the minority is encouraged to change their vote, so that is “unanimous”.
anthony morris alluded to this when he unsuccessfully tried to explain why the governing body is not dogmatic.
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Another idea has occurred to me about working in a small group: human synergy.
Music bands often have this synergy, where their creative output almost seems greater than their individual parts. Of course, very few musicians would attribute this to a divine mandate. Or perhaps this is where the Greek idea of the Muse comes from.
Other small groups might exhibit synergy in other venues, like business, but there is nothing supernatural about it. Many hands make light work.
Of course, the stuff the Governing Body comes up with as a small collective is so underwhelming, but in their mind they might feel the thrill of human synergy.
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Hello
by WITNESS-FOR-WATCHTOWER-REFORM injust to say a big hello.
i have been reading this site for some time now and have been very unhappy with some of the things emanating from watchtower head quarters in new york.
the final straw for me is the upcoming watchtower study this weekend encouraging us to shun our own family members (our own mothers if need be) if they are disfellowshipped....a step too far for my liking.
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WITNESS-FOR-WATCHTOWER-REFORM:
Welcome. I'm not sure what you know or how much you've researched. There have been many people who tried to enact reforms or share info with the Governing Body. They were labeled apostates and promptly DFed.
I encourage you to read Crisis of Conscience if you have not already.
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A New Words With Friends Player Just Told Me That She Was a Jehovah's Witness And That's Why She's So Smart!
by minimus ini saw she went under the handle of lovejahforever.....she said she is very smart and had cleaning jobs and was going in the ministry this morning.. when she told me she looked forward to beating me (she won the first game) she sid she was smart because she's a jehovah's witness.
my response was we will see how smart she is.. what next?
any suggestions??
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Watchtower myth: God’s will discerned through committees, not individual leaders
by Londo111 inbe it the governing body, or the a judicial committee of the local elder body, when a two-thirds majority vote is reached, it is viewed as god’s will, as the action of holy spirit, of jesus nudging the stars in his right hand.
[and if i’m not mistaken, the minority is encouraged to change their vote, so that is “unanimous”.
anthony morris alluded to this when he unsuccessfully tried to explain why the governing body is not dogmatic.
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Londo111
"They are just imperfect men. They never claimed to be infallible! Proverbs 4:18!"
But at the same time they are Spirit-directed and whatever they currently teach is "food at the proper time".
It's a sweet system they've set up.
As Lieu said: “all the authority but none of the responsibility".