today, marking the second anniversary of the australian national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, the prime minister of australia has announce in federal parliament the intention to place sanctions against the jehovah’s witnesses in relation to child sexual abuse.. quote from prime minister:.
the royal commission [into institutional response to child sexual abuse], the [national] apology [to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse] and these yearly reports are about accountability: bringing the truth into the light ... we still have, reprehensibly, four institutions that have been named publicly and that have blatantly refused to join the redress scheme.
they are jehovah's witnesses ... it's not acceptable.
Jehovah`s witnesses have backed themselves into a corner now ,if they back down now and give in to the demands of the Government they will lose face among the R&F.
If they stick to their guns and keep refusing to join the redress scheme they will be penalized by losing there charitable status and their tax exemptions.
And public opinion will be aware of bad publicity that will hurt the organization
i liked the format and i think donald trump destroyed joe biden.. your opinion?
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That`s just my opinion stan your welcome to your opinion, mate .
And, if I might add if these two are the best candidates America can produce to run ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY`S in the world ,then all I can say is ............watch this space ?
jehovah’s witnesses to face trial for discrimination and incitement to hate.
https://www.thebulletin.be/jehovahs-witnesses-face-trial-discrimination-and-incitement-hate?fbclid=iwar3wroaxyiadw0lomgmway-jkwzgzqxtswsid1d2lxhjgtndnfvvclqboo0.
"while jehovah’s witnesses have been the target of civil court cases before, this is the first time an entire congregation has ever been charged with a crime.".
Thanks barbara and Joe for this info.I `ll look forward to see how this plays out in a court of law .But i won`t hold my breath because the law can be an ass at times.
However it is good publicity for Belgium`s to know what goes on in WT /JW religion.A good anti-witness.
i liked the format and i think donald trump destroyed joe biden.. your opinion?
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As an Aussie watching this debate ,I didn`t think much of it at all. I was expecting each candidate would have time to speak about what policy`s they were going to implement for the next 4 years if elected ,but there was none of that .The moderator had a set of questions for them to answer on a few issues.
Then it was a case of I did this you did that from both sides ,a tit for tat conversation ,each one`s word against the other.
I do think the moderator did a good job in controlling the debate but as an outsider ,I wasn`t impressed, neither came out a winner in my opinion .
so here i am 44 yr old divorced and free to remarry jw sister....first time single since i was 19. but guess what no single brothers in my area.
i’ve tried those stupid jw dating sites and still no luck.
oh yes there are tons of single brothers, but guess what...they all expect a hot barbie to come running into their life.
And furthermore, trying to insult me on my large size says more about you than about me.
I think that comment made about you was uncalled for and a hit below the belt ,you have every right to be offended by such a comment .
I would hope you are big enough to ignore such comments and not tar all of us with the same brush.
Nobody believed or had more faith in the JW organization than I did MissMary in my 32 years as a convert bringing up my 2 boys in the religion ,please do yourself a favour and at least look at the reasons why those who left and see for yourself whether they are justifiable reasons.
And not just label them as Apostates and dismiss them.
take care.
Is there a legal time-frame for organizations to conduct an AGM ? with members present ?
Pardon my ignorance of such formalities .
world wide association of liars.
organization of delusional sociopaths.
jehovah's publishing corporation .
JW.ORGasm
the life story in the latest wt has a running theme that keeps popping up: if the organization tells you to do something, you do it.
this culminates in the following anecdote:.
we were staying in abrother’s home right next to a kingdom hall.. .
Your kidding me ,seriously?
‘The brothers are too busy to
notice that I am taking a bath.Pull the other leg!! ???
As you say it certainly is a strange example to use ,I bet there are still workers at that KH getting their jollies just picturing that bath memory in their heads.
Once seen you cannot unsee it.
so here i am 44 yr old divorced and free to remarry jw sister....first time single since i was 19. but guess what no single brothers in my area.
i’ve tried those stupid jw dating sites and still no luck.
oh yes there are tons of single brothers, but guess what...they all expect a hot barbie to come running into their life.
LoveNinja,
Some of us are active but recognize flaws in the teaching and, administration. Even some elders in addition to us hangers on for family reasons
Of course there are some active JW`s here ,that`s why we are so up to date with what is going on in the JW religion for the reasons given to you above.
So welcome, LoveNinja ,I hope you stick around as you will learn far more about the Jehovah`s Witness religion than what you would by going to a kingdom Hall or having a Bible study with a practicing JW.
the latest study wt gives another glowing report from rutherford's time:.
in his talk, brother rutherford identified those whowould make up the “great multitude” (king james ver-sion), or “great crowd,” mentioned at revelation 7:9. un-til then, this group was thought to be a secondary heav-enly class that was less faithful.
brother rutherford usedthe scriptures to explain that the great crowd are notchosen to live in heaven, but they are christ’s othersheep who will survive “the great tribulation”.
What I find incredible about this article is that they still quote Brother Rutherfraud at all .?
