Does the WT have any legal grounds to go after "apostates" for defamation, slander, libel?

by never a jw 25 Replies latest jw friends

  • never a jw
    never a jw

    Question to all those well versed in legal issues. All JW's, when confronted with criticism, claim that apostates lie about the WT. I always have wondered, given the litigious environment in which we live in western democracies, why the WTS doesn't go after all those websites that publish so many "lies" about "the truth".

    Can this lack of action on the part of the WTS be used as evidence of the truthfulness of the message in "apostate" sites such as JWFacts,

    or is it possible that the defamation/slander/libel laws don't apply here and therefore that's the reason why the WTS does not pursue any legal action?

    What I am trying to lead to is: Can we ask JW's who accuse "apostates" of lying:

    If they (apostates) lie, why doesn't the WTS legally go after them in a civil court?

    Knowing that the WT is not pursuing any legal action against "apostates", this question would possibly lead those JW's to reconsider their belief that "apostates" lie.

  • 00DAD
    00DAD

    Generally speaking, TRUTH is an absolute defense in response to allegations of slander or libel.

    Defamation of character is another subject.

  • Phizzy
    Phizzy

    This same thought struck me when I first left the WT and read Ray Franz' excellent "Crisis of Conscience" and "In Search of Christian Freedom".

    I thought at the time "This guy must be writing 100% truth, or the WT would sue him ", the fact that not a beep was heard from the WT, not even some contradictory stuff in their own magazines, confirmed to me that dear Ray was telling it like it was.

    It did not go unnoticed by me either, that they simply never said what these "lies" etc that they accused Apostates of were, it was just strange, a political party, or any other religion I guess, would challenge falsehoods said about itself, just so they didn't carry on being repeated.

    The W.T knows full well that repeat a falsehood enough and it becomes accepted as truth i.e 607BCE etc.

    But no, just nothing from the W.T. The silence was deafening proof that they had no answer.

  • MrFreeze
    MrFreeze

    They have to prove what apostates are saying is wrong. Do you really think that is a path they want to tread?

  • Kojack57
    Kojack57

    They don't come after APOSTATES because everything that the APOSTATES say and quote comes from their own publications. It would be counter productive todo so. WHY? Because APOSTATES ARE SPEAKING THE TRUTH.

  • Amelia Ashton
    Amelia Ashton

    And because we speak the truth they use fear to keep the R&F away from us by using terms like "gangrenous" and "mentally diseased" to describe us!

    What else can they do? Their impotent attempts to silence us by closing youtube accounts is futile and makes us even more determined.

  • OUTLAW
    OUTLAW

    The WBT$ shoots themselves in the foot,on a daily basis..

    They`ve invented a New Kind of Tard..

    "WatchTarted"

    As they can`t come after Apostates for Lies.

    Copyright Infringement will do..

    Stop Pointing Out Our Lies!..

    You Apostate S.O.B`s!!..
    http://jwsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/anthony-morris-iii.jpg

    ..................  photo mutley-ani1.gif ...OUTLAW

  • never a jw
    never a jw

    OUTLAW,

    INteresting point. It makes sense.

    Over 25,000 posts. Yours is a prolific mind. How do you come up with over 25,000 funny and informative posts?

  • Pterist
    Pterist

    Never a JW *** Knowing that the WT is not pursuing any legal action against "apostates", this question would possibly lead those JW's to reconsider their belief that "apostates" lie.*****

    Excelent analytical assessment.

  • OUTLAW
    OUTLAW

    Good Morning NaJW..

    Over 25,000 posts?!..

    I haven`t kept track for years,what a friggin Gas Bag!..LOL!!..

    The WBT$ is a Joke..

    I manage to put the Joke into a Readable Format..

    ..........................  photo mutley-ani1.gif ...OUTLAW

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