http://www.pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/255785-125363-jehovahs-witness-sex-abuse-case-in-feds-hands.
lawsuit seeks $10.5 million from hillsboro church, watchtower society .
attorneys for a 40-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man who say they were sexually abused nearly 30 years ago by a church elder in hillsboro want to have a lawsuit filed by the pair last fall placed back in state court jurisdiction.
He said the defendants filed another motion March 26 to have the alleged perpetrator, Daniel Castellanos, named as a co-defendant in the lawsuit “or at least have him take some responsibility as a defendant.”
So Watchtower files a motion to have the alleged perpetrator, Daniel Castellanos, named as a co-defendant. Should be interesting when Watchtower refuses to produce all documents relating to Castellanos when eventually ordered by the court to do so.
when i was an elder we had a sister who was known for providing oral pleasures to some people in the congo.
i was on the committee.
this girl for some odd reason was put on public reproof 4 times for the same thing.
The prophetic modern fulfillment of Sister Penny...
*** w67 1/15 p. 52 par. 7 The Modern Fulfillment of the “Penny” ***
in July of the midwar year of 1917 the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society published (only in English) the book entitled “The Finished Mystery,” this book being the seventh and last one of a series of seven volumes of Studies in the Scriptures. Because the heavenly glorification of the faithful remnant of the Christian church was believed near, this Bible-study aid The Finished Mystery along with accompanying service privileges was thought to be the symbolic “penny,” coming as a reward to the faithful “vineyard” laborers before they departed from this earth.
what is the wackiest...strangest....most unusual jw teaching or practice?
For me...
1. Pyramidology
2. 607 and 1914
3. Beth-Sarim
4. Prophecy interpretation via books such as "The Finished Mystery", "Revelation Climax", "Pay Attention to Daniel's Prophecy!", "Isaiah's Prophecy - Light for all Mankind" (Vols 1 and 2)
5. Anything written by Rutherford
this is my first year i will not attend memorial.
to be honest if it wasn't for my husband i would probably be going still.
he says what's the point, don't be one of those people who doesn't give a sh** but just shows there face once a year.
2015 march 31, boe.. re: guidelines for jw.org.
.. click the link below and then click the green download button.. .. http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/hix8wac.
.. .. atlantis!.
Thanks Atlantis. Seems they are also concerned about "permission levels".
when i was a kid i would hear religious songs on tv and start sining them... not knowing they were church songs... one day i started singing the hallelujah song (not sure the exact name of the song) my father quickly gave me a hard slap on the mouth and said if i ever sang that song again he would take his belt off and beat my butt until it was red!.
well fast forward 30 years..... the public speaker was missing today and so tv.jw>org to the rescue.... instead they decided to play the new video about the last hundred years since 1914.. instantly the hall was filled with the exact same song i was punished for!
yes a church song filled the hall for almost 5 minutes as we watch br.
Here's something from the Watchtower published almost 30 years ago.
*** w86 10/15 p. 22 Praising Jehovah With Music ***
Good music serves many useful purposes. Soft background music may be soothing, relaxing. Much of what might be termed “great music,” such as symphonic music and that heard at an opera house, may appeal to the intellect, or it may stimulate the imagination and the emotions. Not to be overlooked are oratorios, usually based on Scriptural themes, the rendition of which involves large orchestras and choruses. One of the most noted is Handel’s “Messiah.”
i like the south coast of nsw, i was even born there, its beautiful, but "spiritual ?
" i never ever thought of the south coast as beau.
i've never ever thought of the south coast as beau.
a while back, there was some controversy over whether or not jw .org qualified for registered trademark status.. yesterday, i was given one of the 2015 memorial invitations and there is a small tm next to the jw logo.. did the wts get the logo approved for trademark?.
or, am i looking at an invitation to the janitor world's jesus celebrations?.
Try here for info: JW Logo denied trademark status
yes, today is the forum's 15th birthday!.
i never thought for one moment that it would survive this long or have so many people post so many great subjects over the years.. it is still humbling when i get pm's or emails from people expressing how the site has helped them and of course thanks goes to all the posters who have shared their experiences and make helpful and supportive comments to others who are in the sometimes difficult process of learning the real truth about 'the truth'.. the site has gone through several different incarnations over the last 15 years running on different platforms, different databases and different hosts but we've been able to keep all the old topics.
the current site is still being developed and i'm hoping to push another major upgrade soon.. i also may have some other news to share soon about the future of the site so stay posted.. until then, here's the the next 15 years!
the current sitting u.s. federal magistrate judge, in alpine, texas, is a jehovah's witness and is set to retire on november 9, 2015.. .
link to news article.
on november 9, the honorable b. dwight goains will retire from an eight-year term serving as the u.s. magistrate judge in alpine, texas.
I wonder how the hearing would have gone if the Lipsen's were Jehovah's Witnesses?
Goains ... doesn’t get to do whatever he pleases, even though he’s not subject to the same limits as God. That he imposed such a condition for the release of a defendant demonstrates two important things. First, he cannot be trusted in the office. Second, he is a cancer that must be excised. No one can sit in a position of power and abuse his authority this way.
That could read like the actions of any member of the governing body or even an elder presiding over a d'fed hearing.
