Posts by jwleaks

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Disfellowshipping decision to go before Canadian Supreme Court

by Simon in

high court will examine whether judicial review applies to membership decisions made by religious groups.

the supreme court of canada has agreed to hear an appeal involving a calgary man who was kicked out of his jehovah's witness church.. randy wall, a real estate agent was "disfellowshipped" from the highwood congregation for being drunk on two occasions and allegedly verbally abusing his wife.. as a result, he says his clients refused to do further business with him, so he argued his property and civil rights were affected.. after losing three internal church appeals of his expulsion, wall made an application with the court of queen's bench in calgary which ordered a hearing to first determine if there was jurisdiction for the court to hear the application.. decisions and appeals.

a judge decided the superior court did have jurisdiction to hear the application.. the church then appealed wall's decision to the alberta court of appeal, which upheld the court of queen's bench, affirming the court has jurisdiction to hear the matter.. one of the three appeal court judges dissented — arguing that congregations are private organizations akin to bridge clubs, whose decisions "are not enforceable promises and have limited, if any, impact outside its small circle.".

jwleaks

I for one am glad Watchtower is fighting this all the way. A ruling in Watchtower's favor could open the way for situation reversal, in that members of Christendom could actively prohibit themselves doing business with Jehovah's Witnesses as the religion, and its members, disassociated itself from Christendom knowing full well the Bible requires the practice of personal and business shunning.

Jayden MacEwan, the lawyer for the Highwood congregation, believes the courts have no place in this case. He stated in the interview "can the court decide who you should be forced or compelled to worship God with? Or is that not more just a purely personal decision?"

Is Watchtower claiming that an individual who does business with, or enters into commercial contracts with, another party is engaging in worship to God? Is Watchtower arguing that freedom of religion and freedom of worship applies equally to commercial contracts or business?

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A State of Emergency has been declared

by Bungi Bill in

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everybody here right now is busy "battening down the hatches" as they wait for the approach of a tropical cyclone.

a state of emergency has been declared in the district - the second one in as many weeks.

(the floodwaters from the tropical cyclone that hit just last week have still not drained away).. so far, the biggest hazard looks like it will be the storm surges from the ocean, and people living in some exposed coastal areas have already been evacuated.

jwleaks

I found this graphic showing the forecast movement of Ex Tropical Cyclone Cook as it prepares to slice a path through New Zealand. Stay safe.

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Russian Ban exposed but not THE ARC...WHY?

by tor1500 in

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just your thoughts....i've been all over this site, everyone says, that if jehovah was backing the org.

then why so many things happen in the org.

child abuse, shunning, and so on....but my question or thought is why is the banning of witnesses all over the media, but the arc isn't wasn't picked up in the media, like this (oh little leaks here and there, but nothing major) nothing like the nyt or any major media venue where the friends would see it and couldn't deny it, even if they wanted to....why does the media care more about banning witnesses than child abuse...i know even if the arc was exposed many of the friends would stay, but would be shamed, because they talked about other religions...or maybe jehovah is bringing the org.

jwleaks

"For it is better to suffer [in Russia] because you are doing good, if it is God’s will to allow it, than because you are doing evil [in Australia]." - 1 Peter 3:17

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/l/r1/lp-e?q=1+peter+3%3A17

In Russia the JWs are not reaping what they have sown. Therefore the protest and worldwide letter writing campaign.

In Australia the JWs were in fact reaping what they had sown. Therefore the silence.

"For it is better, if God’s will will have it so, to suffer in doing right than in doing wrong." - Byington translation

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Go bags?

by punkofnice in

i heard recently that there was a talk given at the kh about having a 'go bag' ready because the big 'a' must be soooo close as evidenced by syria and the russian jobo thing.. does anyone know if this 'go bag' thing is substantiated in publications or just a local nut job being paranoid and attention seeking?.

i also wonder about this 'go bag' thing, apparently, you need to make sure your biscuits (that's cookies to my over the pond friends), are not out of date.

don't carry water, it's too heavy.. too many questions do i have.

jwleaks

JW go bags and survival kits are available here:

http://jw-supplies.com/Disaster-Preparedness-Emergency-Kits-Supplies-Go-Bags_c44.htm

http://www.ministrygallery.com/go-bag/survival-kit/

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Man in Sweden accidently receives Putin's mail

by jwleaks in

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a resident of a backwater swedish town called trelleborg was shocked to open his mailbox and find a letter addressed to none other than russia’s president, vladimir putin.

the only thing that per's home address has in common with the russian president’s is the number 23, while also noting that the town of trelleborg is roughly 1,532 kilometers (951 miles) from moscow.. .

when asked if he was curious about what's in the letter per replied "yes, of course i am.

jwleaks

The timing and circumstances are right for a misplaced JW campaign letter which was part of the governing body's worldwide letter writing to Putin launched on March 20. The post mark on the letter is "2017-03-26" ie March 26. Keep in mind that on March 23 a 'new light' revised instruction sheet was published because the governing body got the address of Putin wrong. They had the country on the address line above the postal code (same as the above letter) instead of below.

Interestingly the letter was sent to the village of Trelleborg.

I wonder what JWs would be saying if it was sent to the village of Trellejah?

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Man in Sweden accidently receives Putin's mail

by jwleaks in

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a resident of a backwater swedish town called trelleborg was shocked to open his mailbox and find a letter addressed to none other than russia’s president, vladimir putin.

the only thing that per's home address has in common with the russian president’s is the number 23, while also noting that the town of trelleborg is roughly 1,532 kilometers (951 miles) from moscow.. .

when asked if he was curious about what's in the letter per replied "yes, of course i am.

jwleaks

A resident of a backwater Swedish town called Trelleborg was shocked to open his mailbox and find a letter addressed to none other than Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. The only thing that Per's home address has in common with the Russian president’s is the number 23, while also noting that the town of Trelleborg is roughly 1,532 kilometers (951 miles) from Moscow.

When asked if he was curious about what's in the letter Per replied "Yes, of course I am. The thought has crossed my mind to open and read it. But I have not done."

https://www.rt.com/viral/382776-swedish-man-sent-putins-mail/

https://www.thelocal.se/20170329/swede-accidentally-receives-vladimir-putins-mail

http://www.trelleborgsallehanda.se/trelleborg/per-i-trelleborg-fick-putins-post/

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Dear supporters of Russia's JW Ban:

by Jehalapeno in

this is the kind of government you are supporting.. over 100 gay men have been sent to concentration camps for homosexuals in chechnya and three people have been killed.. stop supporting fascism.. if you support the russia jw ban, what other thoughts and beliefs are you ok with policing?.

if you support the jw russia ban, have you read george orwell's 1984?

don't you realize you are advocating for literal fascism when you support the banning of a belief system?

jwleaks

Putin has nothing on jehovah when it comes to 'bad' rulership.

Right now jehovah is preparing his army to carry out the brutal mass killing of everyone in the world who does not support him and his ideology - which includes no freedom of religion, no freedom of belief, and no freedom of sexuality. Add to that if you decide he is not a god of love you get executed as well.

180,000 soldiers 'gassed' in one night by jehovah during a war.

The male first-born of every Egyptian 'gassed' in one night by jehovah.

Tens of thousands of babies and children deliberately drowned to death by jehovah in the days of Noah. There was no chance of survival. The Ark was not big enough to hold the children.

If Putin had his way right now he would ban 170,000 JWs from gathering together to worship jehovah.

If jehovah had his way right now he would kill 150 million Russians and leave only 170,000 JWs alive.

Don't ban Jehovah's Witnesses. They are not extremists. Ban the real extremist ... Jehovah.

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President Trump launches missile strike against Syria

by jwleaks in

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pesident trump authorized the missile strike because “it is in the vital, national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the use of deadly chemical weapons.” .

59 tomahawk missiles were launched from two us navy ships.. russia has condemned the action.. https://youtu.be/4svp3yfneyq.

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the UN is the scarlet beast of apokalypsis, right?why JW`s CRY OUT FOR ITS HELP?

by lusitano o tuga in

why the scarlet beast is helping jehovahs witnesses in russia ?.

may be governing body will receive a new light that un is not the beast!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzjmgfsztwa.

jwleaks

During the Australian Child Abuse Royal Commission, Jehovah's Witness child abuse survivor, BCG, testified that as a child she would "pray to Jehovah" for protection from being raped. Jehovah did not protect her.

BCG also testified that as a child she would "pray to Jehovah" to put angels around her to protect her from being raped. Jehovah did not protect her.

BCG also testified that as a child she went to the elders for help and protection from the Jehovah's Witness rapist. After all the elders represent Jehovah and are appointed by holy spirit. Neither the elders nor Jehovah protected her.

The lesson is not lost on the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses. That is why they never pray and leave it in Jehovah's hands. Nothing happens if they do. Instead they always resort to the United Nations, the courts, or the authorities for protection. They don't practice what they preach. The irony is the governing body claim they report such matters to the authorities and courts so that people, like BCG, can see and benefit from Jehovah's protection in action.

NOTHING FAILS LIKE PRAYER TO JEHOVAH.

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President Trump launches missile strike against Syria

by jwleaks in

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pesident trump authorized the missile strike because “it is in the vital, national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the use of deadly chemical weapons.” .

59 tomahawk missiles were launched from two us navy ships.. russia has condemned the action.. https://youtu.be/4svp3yfneyq.

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jwleaks

Soon after the strike, President Trump delivered a statement from his Mar-A-Lago retreat.

Mar-A-Lago is Spanish for "Sea-to-Lake."

Why do I get the dreaded feeling that Mar-A-Lago is a lost in translation ancronym for Harm-A-Geddon.