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  The Guardian: Former Jehovah's Witness elders call for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/10/former-jehovahs-witness-elders-call-for-mandatory-reporting-of-child-sexual-abuse?fbclid=iwar13k3rzferkzvjj5lbxegzhjr1dkfw34gqchgms4gdmhjufcv24hpzjcco.

  two former jehovah’s witness elders have called for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse, saying the organisation believes it is “answerable only to god”.. duncan corbett, who was an elder for 18 years, told the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse that the protection of minors and the handling of abuse claims must be taken out of the church’s hands.

  “let them deal with the sin and the authorities handle the crime,” he told a hearing in london.. lloyd evans, another former elder who now campaigns against religious fundamentalism, said: “this is a group that feels they are answerable only to god … they don’t feel as though they need to yield to any regulations that are imposed on them.”.

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  Independant Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse (,IICSA) taking place in the UK at the present time.
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  IICSA Hearing videos

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/channel/uclksmytyyojf4qoyigm9xgq.

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  I just watched day one video and the comment made by mr.Gillis ? about being able to talk to a CO about a serious matter within the congregation is bunk .

  The brother who asked to meet with the CO to talk about this serious matter that was deeply troubling him was told to make an appointment to work with him in the field service ?

  WTF ?
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  1989 Live Forever Book-PDF!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just in case anyone else wants the book.. 1989 you can live forever in paradise on earth.. .. http://we.tl/adcsyh7r2v.

  .. .. atlantis!.

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  Welcome to the forum Pricey ,are you aware of the search option at the top of the page? type in generation teaching and you will get a load of info as well as any other subject you care to look up .
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  How do I find a woman who is a Jehovah's Witness during COVID-19 Pandemic?

  by Silkythefresh in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hello there, fellow believers!

  i'm here today to talk about something that has been bothering my mind and my heart.

  i truly want to find a woman who knows jehovah's name and worships him.

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  C`mon Silkythefresh ,please make some reply ? He obviously doesn`t want to wait on JEHOVAH because he knows that prayer is not going to be answered.
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  Transparency in Field Service Hours

  by Earnest in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i notice that in the recent instructions for new regular pioneers (2020-08-s-236-e) it lists a number of assignments for which a pioneer can be credited (up to 75) hours in a month.. these include:construction oversight, assembly hall oversight, assembly oversight, and convention oversight, as well as serving as temporary volunteers at bethel, commuter bethelites, remote volunteers, bethel consultants, hospital liaison committee members, patient visitation group members, disaster relief committee members, local design/construction department field representatives and maintenance trainers, and so forth.

  approved assignments also include assisting with kingdom hall construction when such is done at the request of the branch office or its representatives overseeing the project, assisting with pre and post-assembly or convention work, assisting with work at assembly halls, conducting or participating in congregation meetings held in prison, as well as attendance at a theocratic school or class .

  when i was pioneering and doing pre and post-assembly work i was told i could include the time spent working in my monthly report, which i did.

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  Reading all of these comments regarding the OP ,I am happified to know that the JW religion follows strictly to the example of First Century Christianity as outlined in the Christian Greek Scriptures ,NT.
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  If Jeehober was human, which cartoon tv person would he be?

  by Overrated in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  would jeehober be... gomer pyle.

  mr magoo.

  gilligan ?.

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  None of the above for they were all likeable characters . I`ll have to ponder a bit longer on this one .

  How about the invisible man ? He was not a nice being and always kept out of sight.
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  Don't forget to take Sauerkraut for COVID-19 ?

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  fermented foods may lower your risk of covid-19 death.

  countries that consume higher amounts of traditionally fermented foods have lower covid-19 mortality rates.

  according to german researchers, significant changes in the microbiome caused by modern life and low fermented food consumption may have increased the spread or severity of the disease.

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  Do Dim Sims / Spring Rolls count ? with beer ? plus dry white wine to flush it all down ?
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  GB teaching - Gays and Lesbians will be resurrected as Gays and Lesbians

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the final talk of the saturday afternoon online convention is given by lett, sporting a creepy looking combover, which for some reason, looks creepier than normal.

  he talks about how those resurrected will need to come into line with a new moral code otherwise they will be destroyed.

  he uses an example of gay people having to turn away from their inclinations even though they may feel that they are perfectly acceptable.. this demonstrates that the gb feel that being gay is a taught behaviour rather than an imperfect unnatural desire, otherwise they would be growing out of that desire as they develop towards perfection, as they teach.

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  So according to to the GB ,in this talk physical ailments such as diseases and loss of limbs etc which the resurrected person had previously in the old world will not be present with the new body in the new system ,however mental and or psychological ailments will still be with them when resurrected ?

  If the righteous and the unrighteous are going to be resurrected into the new system ,paradise will be an interesting place to be in ,I think not.
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  ELM - Elderly Lives Matter

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. social
  2. current

  i believe a light has to be shown on the elderly, forget blm.

  sure, blacks are being mistreated by law enforcement at times, but there are hundreds of millions of people on a daily basis having no regard for the elderly by not wearing masks in the middle of a pandemic.

  they believe the elderly have to be casualties for the economy and getting normalcy back.

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  I`m only just beginning to realise I`m elderly hence the like
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  Lockdown Blues and my new friend Carl the Cardinal

  by GrreatTeacher in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the great lockdown has been mind-numbingly boring.

  my husband has been an essential worker, but i have been home and not working.

  the only other housemate is a teenager who is on distance learning from college.

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  Sounds like you live in a little paradise of your own GT, Give my regards to your tits they sound like a lot of fun.