Posts by jwleaks

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The JW's Got More than what They Bargained For!

by Atlantis in

their research showed them that the two witness rule doesn't always apply.

older publications gave them something to think about!.

the watchtower society encourages jehovah's witnesses to read,examine, and learn from their older publications.examples:--------------------------------------watchtower/1999/10/1/pg.23"one day in about october 1941, while i was witnessing in themarketplace, someone spoke about a witness of jehovah who lived in anearby town.

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There are written instructions to the elders to first call the police ic they find vandalism or damage at a Kingdon Hall. If they contact the Watchtower Legal Department first they will be told to report it to the police.

A broken window can be caused by vandalism or a bird hitting it or even a stone flicked up from gardening equipment. Regardless, call the police.

In vandalism situations it is acceptable for elders to get the help of their wife or a sister to document the damage and help make a report. Why? Because it is a crime and a police matter. The 'two witnesses'becone the sister and brother who discovered the broken window, not who witnessed the window being vandalised.

If a local xjw or apostate is known to have vandalised the hall in the past he or she can also reported to the police despite no 'witness.'

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Pope Francis: 'There Is No Hell'

by pleaseresearch in

wow, now this is interesting.. in another interview with his longtime atheist friend, eugenio scalfari, pope francis claims that hell does not exist and that condemned souls just "disappear.

" this is a denial of the 2,000-year-old teaching of the catholic church about the reality of hell and the eternal existence of the soul.. https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/pope-francis-there-no-hell.

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Wasanelder Once - I sure hope my immortal salivation isn't just a theory.

Not to worry. Your forum comments and search history will live on forever.

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AUSTRALIA: Religion start selling real estate assets to pay compensation to child abuse victims following Child Abuse Royal Commission

by jwleaks in

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paying for the sins of their church.

australians are becoming less religious so congregations are getting smaller.

that means there are fewer parishioners to contribute money.. ..."they're simply looking at the dollars they can reap from the sale of this wonderful old building and i simply don't feel that i should be spending my weekends keeping the view clear," mr thomas said.. ...the royal commission into child sexual abuse exposed widespread paedophilia within religion and concluded that its leaders were at times weak, ineffectual, and even complicit.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-30/paying-for-the-sins-of-their-church/9586602.

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Paying for the sins of their church

Australians are becoming less religious so congregations are getting smaller. That means there are fewer parishioners to contribute money.

..."They're simply looking at the dollars they can reap from the sale of this wonderful old building and I simply don't feel that I should be spending my weekends keeping the view clear," Mr Thomas said.

...The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse exposed widespread paedophilia within religion and concluded that its leaders were at times weak, ineffectual, and even complicit.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-30/paying-for-the-sins-of-their-church/9586602

And so the sell off begins. No doubt the religious leaders will begin merging congregations and selling off the valuable real estate.

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Life everlasting and freedom of the sons of god

by blownaway in

what is the craziest thing in the book life ever lasting and freedom of the sons of god 1966 book?.

jwleaks

The omission of the fact that those who claimed to be anointed did not need to satisfy the "two witness rule."

I believe it was written by Ray Franz.

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MPs demand action over Jehovah’s Witness abuse allegations March 26, 2018

by Not_Culty in

the guardian (uk), monday, march 26, 2018. mps are demanding government action after more than 100 people contacted the guardian with allegations of child sexual abuse and other mistreatment in jehovah’s witness communities in the uk.. “i am extremely concerned, but not surprised, by the allegations of child abuse within the jehovah’s witness movement.

whenever there is a closed society with an inherent power imbalance, the potential for abuse is there,” said the labour mp sarah champion.. she said she would be raising the issue in parliament and demanding that the government take actionto make sure all children were safe.. alex chalk, the conservative mp for cheltenham, said he planned to raise the issue in parliament, saying it was not just an historical issue but an ongoing child safety concern.. “my instinctive thoughts are that the sheer numbers and seriousness of the allegations coming forward is concerning ... if even half the allegations coming to light are true then it’s clear that an entrenched culture of cover-up and flawed in-house investigations continues to this day,” chalk said.. champion said she was concerned that victims had to report their abuse to elders, without independent scrutiny.. she also expressed concern that abuse claims can only be taken before a committee for investigation if there were two witnesses to it.

“abuse happens in the shadows, so to ask for a second witness is ludicrous and effectively prevents reporting,” champion said.. read full article:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/26/mps-demand-action-over-jehovahs-witness-abuse-allegations.

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Splash - The WT have used their financial muscle and free lawyers to bully individuals into submission for years.
Let's see how they deal with governments holding them to account.

It didn't go too well for the JWs and WT when the Australian government held them to account during the ARC.

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Best Life Gifts - New Bethel Giftshop

by jamesmarsh in

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has anybody heard anything about this new store?

[link removed].

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Simon - I find the story given even more dubious given that the person claiming to be local isn't even posting from the same country.

Might be one of those overlapping countries. We all know how JWs lap up the overlap. Here, let governing body members David Splane & Co 'splane it:

DAVID SPLANE: "This country borders with that country, but the border is on a river in which the water overlaps both river banks. Both countries are also on the same continent. This continent borders with that continent by reason that they both share the same ocean and the water overlaps bith continents. The countries in the second continent also share borders with other countries on the same continent. Evidently the countries on the first continent overlap the countries on the second continent by reason of an overlapping continent. The Scriptures say that jehovah caused all the dry land to appear."

GEOFFREY JACKSON (Still grieving from the ARC): "Except for Australia. They're an island of apostates descended from convicts."

STEPHEN LETT: "We just love this new idea."

TONY MORRIS III: "Tight pants."

GERRIT LOSCH: "As you can see brothers, the faithful slave has declared the governing body are more than just incontinent."

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Automatic Donations Introduced Online

by JW_Rogue in

this was announced a couple of weeks ago on the clam.

you can now donate to any congregation, the worldwide work, and assemblies online.

further they have implemented recurring payments "because the hard part about donating is remembering to donate," they actually said that!

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If they d'fed you and start shunning you will they terminate your recurring payments?

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Now That JWs Are Encouraged To Use Ipads Is There Evidence of Getting in Trouble on the WWW?

by minimus in

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i’d imagine that if you have a ipad or ipad that some witnesses will get into trouble.. what say you?

?.

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Satan tempted Eve with an Apple.

Adam gave into the Apple that Eve was using. But then who can blame Adam. After all, every person in the world, apart from Adam himself, had an Apple.

Even god wrote the ten commandments on two tablets.

Then there's the Bible story of Samsung and Delilah.

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Spot the signs of a toxic leadership.

by Lost in the fog in

i came across this article in the magazine psychology today.

it is about the traits of poor leaders in the field of employment although you could easily think it had been written about the gb.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culture-shrink/201607/8-traits-toxic-leadership-avoid.

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8 Traits of 8 Toxic Governing Body Members

1. Unwillingness to listen to feedback

2. Excessive self-promotion and self-interest

3. Lying and inconsistency

4. Lack of moral philosophy

5. Rewarding incompetence and lack of accountability

6. Lack of general support and mentoring

7. Cliquishness

8. Bullying and harassment

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"DO NOT look here! Seriously...just dont!"

by stuckinarut2 in

ok, so you all looked here??.

this thread is prompted by losch's stupid 'decrees' in the march 2018 broadcast, where he denounced online information that may be 'negative' about the organization.. it strikes me that the gb are so dumb!

the moment someone says "dont look at something", human curiousity will make most people look.

jwleaks

"The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet. It is an example of psychological reactance, wherein once people are aware that some information is being kept from them, their motivation to access and spread it is increased.

"It is named after American entertainer Barbara Streisand, whose 2003 attempt to suppress photographs of her residence in Malibu, California, inadvertently drew further public attention to it. Similar attempts have been made, for example, in cease-and-desist letters to suppress files, websites, and even numbers. Instead of being suppressed, the information receives extensive publicity and media extensions such as videos and spoof songs, often being widely mirrored on the Internet or distributed on file-sharing networks."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect