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ARC - Case Study 54 - All Exhibits have been released

by jwleaks in

all exhibits for case study 54, jehovah's witnesses and watchtower, have been released by the arc.. http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/exhibits/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.

exhibit list.

joint statement of o'brien and spinks.

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All Exhibits for Case Study 54, Jehovah's Witnesses and Watchtower, have been released by the ARC.

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/exhibits/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney

EXHIBIT LIST

Joint Statement of O'Brien and Spinks
Child Protection Guidelines for Branch Office Service Desk
Child Safeguarding Policy of Jehovah's Witnesses in Australia (draft version as presented to ARC)
Legal Guidelines on Reporting Obligations (State-by-State)
Correspondence between Watchtower and Governing Body
Summons to Produce
Watchtower body of elders letter
Watchtower response to ARC

plus more.

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What are some things JWs re-name to make themselves different than Christians?

by NikL in

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jws re-name things so they seem like they are different than other religions.

(of course we know they are different but that's another story).

i was just thinking about those things where they are like most everyone else in christendom but the re-name it to seem different.. for example god forbid they have a church, it's a "kingdom hall".. they don't have pastors and deacons they have "elders" and "ministerial servants".. they don't have tithing but they will have family heads fill out a paper saying how much they can contribute on a monthly basis (not sure if there is a name for that...unless it's tithing.

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A friend of mine (worldly person) attended the kingdom hall (church) with me once out of curiosity. During the Watchtower study (indoctrination session) he heard the JW phrase "reaching out" and asked me what it meant. I replied "brown-nosing" and explained that it only applied to brothers (baptized males). During the rest of the meeting my friend paid particular attention to those brothers that had privileges (microphone carrying) and to those brothers who answered the questions read by the Watchtower overseer (religious instructor).

After the meeting ones of these brothers came over to introduce himself and his wife (love bombing) to my friend. After introductions (start the field service time clock) my friend sarcastically said to the brother "It was good to see you reaching out in your church today." The wanna-be ministerial servant (church cleaner) replied: "Thank you. I always try to put Jehovah (Watchtower corporation) first in all things." My friend broke down in laughter.

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Transcripts for Case Study 54 available

by OrphanCrow in

available now in either a pdf or word format:.

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.

jwleaks

There are a number of different Watchtower Library versions. What version you are authorized to have access to depends on how high up the Watchtower corporate ladder or JW religious hierarchy you are.

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Transcripts for Case Study 54 available

by OrphanCrow in

available now in either a pdf or word format:.

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.

jwleaks

This is going to make for one interesting read and the joining of the dots. Keep in mind Angus Stewart QC often divides up his line of questioning on a specific subject to break the chain of thought of the witness being questioned. Now we just have to put the puzzle together.

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I have just watched The Godfather movies 1,2 &3 this past week.

by smiddy in

many years ago i had only seen the third movie and had never seen the first two for some reason ,so i saw them on stan this past week and enjoyed every second of it.. their were even occasions i could see the gb being depicted in it s portrayal of the rc church... its 45th anniversary is coming up this week since it was first shown in cinemas.

what is your view of this trilogy ?

what were your fav .moments , comments made in the movies?.

jwleaks

Leave the gun, take the canoli.

https://youtu.be/yHzh0PvMWTI

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ARC Case Study 54 - List all media reports here for future reference

by jwleaks in

http://www.smh.com.au/national/inside-the-jehovahs-witnesses-a-perfect-storm-for-abuse-20170309-guukur.html .

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2017/03/10/jehovah-s-witnesses-to-face-abuse-inquiry.html .

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/03/10/03/31/uniting-church-witnesses-focus-of-inquiry .

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"Overlapping Generation" is a "Spiritual Generation" - a letter to the governing body

by jwleaks in

11 march 2017. dear governing body of jehovah's witnesses,.

could you please introduce the phrase "spiritual generation" to replace the phrase "overlapping generation".

it would save us all a lot of confusion.. an online search of your publications dating back to 2000 showed that this term has never been used.. http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/s/r1/lp-e?q="spiritual+generation"&p=par.

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poopie - No such thing as overlapping generation it's one generation.

Correct, but the eschatology developed by the guardians of the doctrine within the Jehovah's Witnesses currently states there is an overlapping generation.

Methinks that there could very well be a few members of the governing body, except for maybe Geoffrey Jackson, that could be willing to develop the opinion that a "spiritual generation" might be a more practical idea.

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Transcript of Royal Commission Hearing?

by Wild_Thing in

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friends

is there one available yet?

is there going to be one available, and if so, when?

thanks!.

jwleaks

You can download and read the Opening Address here:

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585&type=openingaddresspdf&filename=case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney-opening-address&fileextension=pdf

Official transcripts should be available once they are verified.

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"Overlapping Generation" is a "Spiritual Generation" - a letter to the governing body

by jwleaks in

11 march 2017. dear governing body of jehovah's witnesses,.

could you please introduce the phrase "spiritual generation" to replace the phrase "overlapping generation".

it would save us all a lot of confusion.. an online search of your publications dating back to 2000 showed that this term has never been used.. http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/s/r1/lp-e?q="spiritual+generation"&p=par.

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wanton - A spiritual generation would not be the last, not ending, but go on into eternity.

Exactly. A "spiritual generation" would never end but go on into eternity. Problem solved for this generation of the governing, and the jehovah's witnesses, as well as the next generation of the governing body, and the jehovah's witnesses, the later generation being an overlapping of the previous generation as well as the next generation.

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"Overlapping Generation" is a "Spiritual Generation" - a letter to the governing body

by jwleaks in

11 march 2017. dear governing body of jehovah's witnesses,.

could you please introduce the phrase "spiritual generation" to replace the phrase "overlapping generation".

it would save us all a lot of confusion.. an online search of your publications dating back to 2000 showed that this term has never been used.. http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/s/r1/lp-e?q="spiritual+generation"&p=par.

jwleaks

11 March 2017

Dear governing body of jehovah's witnesses,

Could you please introduce the phrase "spiritual generation" to replace the phrase "overlapping generation". It would save us all a lot of confusion.

An online search of your publications dating back to 2000 showed that this term has never been used.

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/s/r1/lp-e?q="spiritual+generation"&p=par

Jesus was a spiritual man. Evidently when he spoke of "this generation" he was referring to a "spiritual generation".

JW LEAKS