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The WT Finance Department made the recommendations after a deep look, deep screening at the global situation, in and out of JWorg society . :)))))

I am very sure how this "duty" for elders are viewed as burden in their eyes. "Flock" are often confused about purpose for such meetings, perhaps they are "guilty" for something :)))))) and that is why some or many of them feels it how such "shepherding" is mainly for "spiritually weak" members ,or just "must be done duty/visit". Visiting brothers at least once a year, or twice....before CO visit congregation is hard and forced task for elders and i do not think how they are very happy with this WT "arrangement". I can not recall they have visiting me in that way. Maybe once in a life time. :)))

I do not see need for giving addresses. Is it legal to announce the names? This is interesting legal question for sure. Maybe initials of name and numbers how many people in this and that country made crime. But, here comes to my mind, is it legal to announce the name of Dfd or Diss person in front of congregation if such individual not gave his/her written permission that his/her name can be publicly announced by elders from platform ????!!!! Does Judicial Committee asking for such permission in US or elsewhere ????? :)))) How would that protect children? Money would not protect children in that way, of course. But, your question in this form about context is something i would not expect from you !!

Agree in intention you want to have, but disagree in your reasoning, how publishing all possible information's about problem is of no benefit for such a goal. - truthful information's about all cases from past to today  - put free space for listeners to make own conclusions and possibility to express it in responding comments, letters, talks, etc. Disclosure info about this will help JW members to understand magnitude of this evil, and how this is reality not only in "worldly system under satan power", but is also devastating disease inside JW church with many JW members who suffer because of that. JW members, as i had seen before my left JW, in few short conversations, are rejecting this as problem, and never heard nothing similar had happened (here in Croatia, or in Germany, as one bro in telephone call from Hamburg area told me). So, as firstly, THIS WILL HELP in that way to introduce how problem EXISTING inside JW congregations. AFTER that, when information's made circle around all JW worldwide, they will need some time to absorb information's, and after they will need to share personal feelings, thoughts, etc. about issue. For this reason WT need to give FREE HAND for all those who want to talk about it. People will and must to come to state of awareness, awakened emotions and state of confusion and disbelief. For that reason those who "controlled their spirituality health" must give them space to TALK ABOUT. And NOT to Suppress. And not to Misguide them. This can help JW community to take curse in which consciousness rises to a higher level, a spiritual awakening emerges from drowsiness from false security (false, conceited, imagined attitudes about self righteousness), catharsis comes, spiritual and thinking/rational purification can take position to replace most or all what is wrong. By this you open the door to new era. To new heart. And that would give a chance to those who seeking the truth.

- truthful information's about all cases from past to today - put free space for listeners to make own conclusions and possibility to express it in responding comments, letters, talks, etc. - list of those who are dfd for molestation's - list of those who are sentenced by Courts for molestation's - how much money was payed for various expenses - collectively asking for forgiveness, apologize to victims I am sure how some of this points you would support too. :))

.... you are so right, ..... well why not to thing the same about JW elders, according to same logic????

you ridicules other, so why not to ridicule your ridicules. Canadian Soccer Association is right choice .... Canadian Snowbird Association is better choice.... but if you continue in looking more on list, you will finally come to CONTEXT :)))))))

Up-vote! Another thing. It is good that You speaking about issue on your blog. No matter of your intention to defend GB. But it is positive that You talking how cases are open and they are in the midst of JW people. Those JW who will go on Your page will find, I guess, more information than from WT official channels of communication. hehe

S. Lett delivered message how WT and JW members are "holy people" who respecting Bible moral standards and teachings about sexuality. By that reason JW people condemns depravity as pedophilia. What S. Lett didn't said is, that WT policy and rules, instruction how to handle inside cases when own members molesting JW kids, are very questionable and how such weak, inadequate, misguided approach to pedophiles, shows that WT is not capable of solving problems in their own home. Another thing that S. Lett didn't said is, from where coming expression "permissive". Who, what ex-JW individual or group used terminology "permissive" in this context? What You-Tube video or individual letter accused WTJWorg for "permissiveness" about pedophiles? As i can conclude from YT videos i saw, ex-JW or pedophiles victims talking about wrong treatments of elders and WT rules that are in fact working in favor to wrongdoers and leaving victims without "justice", and even put victims to be as guilty part because they are not "able to prove accusations", or even contribute to be a victims. Such WT policy can be seen as "permissive", and it is, no matter what was the intentions of WT Creators when making rules about how to handle and processing child molestation accusation. S. Lett, (with some other TV preachers on JWTV) made another manipulation on Public JWTV. Never told about Court cases and out of Court deals, and how much money WT gave, by Court decision or by settlement, to victims. Omitting to talk about it, on JWTV as worldwide instrument to share spiritual food and instructions to Brotherhood, WT leaders showed and still showing sort of "permissiveness", not so much to pedophiles, but to own Wrong Ideas and Teachings and to themselves as Pioneers who created bad administrative regulations on issue, and now they do not want to admit their own guilt.

Excellent and amazing founding, revelation. Nail in coffin, as some would say. Controversy in full measure, despite written statement in preface of magazine that say: ITS MISSION ............ It does not indulge in controversy, and its columns are not open to personalities". ............. No controversy? Writers are generate Controversy in the Core Itself. Listen what is written in the magazine: quote: "Such "society" is not legal society or corporation, chartered according to the laws of some state or nation, ...." they said. They are exactly what they claim they are not !! Hey JW people, AWAKE! Dear people, this is official hoax on paper. Watchtower and all entities under Mother Organization are pure Corporations worldwide, and all, every single of them have Charter/s!!

ITS MISSION THIS journal is published for the purpose of enabling the people to know Jehovah God and his purposes as expressed in the Bible. It publishes Bible instruction specifically designed to aid Jehovah's witnesses and all people of good-will. It arranges systematic Bible study for Its readers and the Society supplies other literature to aid in such studies. It publishes suitable material for radio broadcasting and for other means of public instruction in the Scriptures. It adheres strictly to the Bible as authority for its utterances. It is entirely free and separate from all religion, parties, sects or other worldly organizations. It is wholly and without reservation for the kingdom of Jehovah God under Christ his beloved King. It is not dogmatic, but invites careful and critical examination of its contents In the light of the Scriptures. It does not indulge in controversy, and its columns are not open to personalities. 1) It adheres strictly to the Bible as authority for its utterances Plenty of doctrinal and instructional, corporative changes from 1943 to today reveals that so called "Bible authority" as base for WT articles was questionable intention. Is it Bible itself questionable authority that is not able to provide clear idea to those who reading Bible text? Is it human perception of very same Words some kind of trap that unable clear understanding? What is general or particular Bible Idea? To create only true "religious organization"? Really ?! WT publications in general and here WT magazine as particular paper for dispensing spiritual food clearly proved that it can't be trusted for it's readers. IN LIGHT OF THIS CONCLUSION, it is very significant how text continues with this: 2) It is not dogmatic, but invites careful and critical examination of its contents In the light of the Scriptures. The WT Magazine was Not dogmatic? If authors aka publishers and writers of The WT articles of those period of time were had such idea about own presentation of spiritual food, than that is for praise, undoubtedly. What was changed in meantime?? If you as author of your articles made claim that you and your written ideas are not dogmatic, and how all other are invited to make Careful and Critical Examination of ITS contents, than All Open Discussion, Reasoning, Pro et Contra Argumentation, Accuracy and Wrongness will Never be Sanctioned by Those in "Charge" , from so called "Spiritual Authority", who ever they are in particular time. No Shunning or Disfellowshiping of those who have Other Opinion, because even Official doctrines are only this, Current Point of View, Current Opinion and nothing more, as reality shows us until this day! Curiosity for fun; interesting terminology from 1943 ."...while we were on Watchtower street work..." :))) good title for preaching service :))))

I had different "motive" why i "had to" quit school in the middle of second grade of high school. (In Croatia we have 8 grades in Primary School and then 4 grades in High School. ......After you can go to "Higher Education" aka University .... ahahaha) To come back ... In first and second grade, school has program (Communism era) of learning about weapons inside subject called, in free translation "Pre-military training". In first grade you learned theoretically and in second grade teacher bringing rifles and after students going to shooting place to shoot one or few bullets in wooden target, ...I guess it was wooden :))) . If you not complete and went to shooting, you can't get evaluation and in final missed to passed a school class, year. I have been baptized in that same month, one Sunday in November 1977. And next day, in Monday, had to, must to "defend" my "christian belief" in front of teacher. Of course, without happy outcome for me :)))). Well, as i can not see any future in this, i quit school and looking for some job. Imagine. Even elders made meeting in congregation with me to ask about what was happen, but i felt as i was suspected of something from elders. What can you do without some school or skills or practice and experience? But after one year i get job and learning to be bookbinder in one small workshop not far from home place, in fact 10-15 minutes by walk..... Doing that for some 1,5 year, in meanwhile went to prison for known reason, and then continue next 1,5 year at same workshop.

... many, many years ago i heard JW people talking the same "story"here mentioned. You open interesting question. Why would god provide help, protection to some JW and not to other JW. When i was much younger, that means, many, many years ago ... again, i heard another "story", true or not, do not know. Some young sisters preached from house to house (from flat to flat in building) to some young man. A re-visit was agreed. They came next time and then several men raped them. So, again why would "angels that stand around you as protectors" in preaching service and in life, generally, allowed this crime to happened ????????????????????????????? Is the answer? To be proved how this World is in power of evil one????... or maybe ...."People must answer on Universal Questions about god's sovereignty, ...or this .....Would people obey god from Love?????? .... or maybe ... So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them. 2 All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad,[a] the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not........ I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. Please, Do not joke/yoke me with this or similar answers !!!!!!!!!

ahh, do not worry, this typing errors comes with age and common vision problems

I mean on change that is visible in aspects as; Kill "apostates" vs turn the other cheek, love your enemies, etc. 100% change The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel. “If there is found among you, within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing his covenant, and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden, and it is told you and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently, and if it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel, then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you shall stone that man or woman to death with stones. David prayer against his enemies: May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap. 23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever. 24 Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them. 25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents. 26 For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt. 27 Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation. 28 May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.

i see it now, from another computer. happy hour coffee :)))

thanks for link, but it can not be opend

Read Leviticus chapter 21. .. all people are not equal, even in god's eyes. And if it is so with god, how is it with other imperfect human than.

?? He changed Law. From Mosaic to Christ law. for example :))

....perhaps my English cause misunderstanding act /akt/ verb 1. take action; do something. "they urged Washington to act" sinonimi: take action, take steps, take measures, take the initiative, move, make a move, react, do something, proceed, go ahead; 2. behave in the way specified. "they challenged a man who was seen acting suspiciously" sinonimi: behave, function, react, perform; noun 1. a thing done; a deed. "a criminal act" sinonimi: deed, action, gesture, feat, exploit, move, performance, undertaking, manoeuvre, stunt, operation, venture, effort, enterprise, achievement, accomplishment "a life filled with acts of kindness" 2. a pretence. "she was putting on an act and laughing a lot" sinonimi: pretence, false display, show, front, facade, masquerade, charade, guise, posture, pose, affectation, appearance; Više

Reasoning of this type is/was nonsense ....., and JW people have to take clear stand and say that aloud to their human leaders.

Of course, people have to change previous doctrinal nonsense. If doctrinal nonsense including some trivial ideas that not affect your life in important things then it can be possible for all JW to laugh together on that. But when some doctrinal nonsense cause prison, death, personal and family problems ---- ???? what comfort and what kind of love will GB Teachers give you as compensation and help? As we can see, from past to today, they give you another nonsense.

funny explanation :))

must be" the new light effect" :))) flash ...... dance

Ah German, that is understandable, .. work, discipline, organization, orderliness, methodicalness .... I love Germany, been in some areas. I knew some JW there. But lost contacts.