darkspilver
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AUSTRALIA - Petition to Cancel the Charity Status of Watchtower and Jehovah's Witnesses
by jwleaks ina petition has been launched in australia to coincide with the child abuse royal commission's adverse findings against watchtower and jehovah's witnesses.
the petition is to the australian charities and not-for-profit commission to cancel their charity status.. https://www.change.org/p/australian-charities-and-not-for-profit-commission-acnc-cancel-the-watchtower-bible-and-tract-society-s-charity-status.
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2 sisters called today
by stan livedeath inive lived here 7 months now--and today was the 4th time some dubs have called--while i was at home.. they were probably about 60-70.. after i let one do her simple leaflet presentation--i told them i used to be a jw--but left over 40 years ago.
and that i held the watchtower responsible for the break up of my family: and discussed shunning.. but the main thing i wanted to discuss--was the sale of their kingdom hall.
they confirmed a sale was going through.
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Vidiot: For some reason, I can't get the phrase "gentleman caller" out of my head...
how's your glass menagerie?
"She lives in a world of her own – a world of – little glass ornaments..." -
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What Do Witnesses Do For Fun These Days?
by minimus inwhen i was in , i went on many vacations, ate out at restaurants a lot and drank alcohol.
loved music and dancing too.... do jws do anything but watch watchtower videos now?
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haha
The Times-Picayune on 6 March 2016 asked clothes designer Tabitha Bethune that question..
What do you do for fun when you’re not working?
My husband and I are Jehovah’s Witness, and we.......
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/5768965101977600
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Stop Jehovah's Witnesses from posting outside of Disneyland
by Roberto Carlos inplease sign petition to have disneyland stop jw's preaching outside gate.
click here to sign petition (not spam, real link).
jehovah's witnesses have been involved in vast amount of pedophilia cases.
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Roberto Carlos: Stop Jehovah's Witnesses from posting outside of Disneyland
You may wish to read the following thread from just two months ago....
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4743609289015296/fwd-lets-get-jws-propaganda-out-disneyland
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ARC Case Study 54 - List all media reports here for future reference
by jwleaks inhttp://www.smh.com.au/national/inside-the-jehovahs-witnesses-a-perfect-storm-for-abuse-20170309-guukur.html .
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2017/03/10/jehovah-s-witnesses-to-face-abuse-inquiry.html .
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/03/10/03/31/uniting-church-witnesses-focus-of-inquiry .
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Interesting comment at the end: The commission heard the Jehovah’s Witnesses had referred 15 of 17 child abuse allegations to police that had arisen since the commission hearings, noting that in two cases the adult survivors did not want it reported.
The Guardian, Friday 10 March 2017Uniting church has faced 2,500 reports of child sexual abuse, royal commission hears
Uniting church says it now has new policies, but Jehovah’s Witnesses fail to change two-witness rule or shunning in response to 1,008 allegations of abuse
The Uniting church has been subject to about 2,500 allegations of child sexual abuse in its 40-year history, the royal commission has heard.
The child abuse royal commission also heard that there were 1,006 alleged perpetrators of abuse within the Jehovah’s Witnesses, but the congregation did not report a single one to police.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses, the inquiry heard, were still refusing to change a second century biblical rule requiring two witnesses to prove wrongdoing.
The royal commission returned to its examination of the Uniting church and the Jehovah’s Witnesses on Friday, seeking to understand how each had reformed its handling of child protection and abuse complaints.
Counsel assisting, Angus Stewart, SC, said the royal commission had analysed data provided by the Uniting church on 2,504 child abuse complaints since 1977.
Of those allegations, 133 related to abuse that occurred in places of worship.
The church had paid out about $17.5m to survivors, and had been the subject of 255 civil claims, Stewart said.
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Earlier, the royal commission heard evidence about the extent of abuse within the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
It heard there were at least 1,008 survivors of alleged abuse, and 579 Jehovah’s Witnesses members confessed.
About 400 alleged perpetrators were expelled from the congregation, and 230 later reinstated. The royal commission reported 514 perpetrators to police.
It also heard victims were still shunned if they left the organisation.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses in Australia consider that they are prohibited by scripture from altering the application of a two-witness rule that applies in all cases of complaints of wrongdoing, the royal commission heard.
The commission found the organisation wrongly relied on that rule in the context of child sexual abuse, saying complainants were subject to ongoing traumatisation if their allegation wasn’t corroborated by a confession by their abuser or a second “credible” eyewitness.
Stewart said the Jehovah’s Witnesses had failed to address many of the inquiry’s recommendations, including that they revise or modify the application of that rule.
He said the organisation had also failed to address the particularly devastating practice of shunning victims who disassociated from the Jehovah’s Witnesses because their abuser remained in the congregation, while maintaining it was not a policy.
The commission found the Jehovah’s Witnesses did not respond adequately to child sexual abuse complaints and did not adequately protect children from the risk of being abused.
But senior members of the Australian church dispute the commission’s finding that the organisation has a general practice of not reporting child sexual abuse allegations to police or authorities unless required to do so by law.
“We have never had a practice of not reporting,” Jehovah’s Witness Australian branch committee member Terrence O’Brien told the commission on Friday.
O’Brien said hundreds were reported, although not by the organisation because it was left to the elders handling the case or the parents.
The commission heard the Jehovah’s Witnesses had referred 15 of 17 child abuse allegations to police that had arisen since the commission hearings, noting that in two cases the adult survivors did not want it reported.
Rodney Spinks, who advises church elders on how to handle child sexual abuse cases, said victims or their parents were told they had the absolute right to report abuse to authorities and that the elders would fully support them. -
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School bus driver accused of telling boy he would go to hell because of moms.
by ToesUp inschool-bus-driver-accused-of-telling-boy-hed-go-to-hell-because-of-his-mom/.
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Cool - thanks for cross-posting from the mega thread
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AUSTRALIA - Petition to Cancel the Charity Status of Watchtower and Jehovah's Witnesses
by jwleaks ina petition has been launched in australia to coincide with the child abuse royal commission's adverse findings against watchtower and jehovah's witnesses.
the petition is to the australian charities and not-for-profit commission to cancel their charity status.. https://www.change.org/p/australian-charities-and-not-for-profit-commission-acnc-cancel-the-watchtower-bible-and-tract-society-s-charity-status.
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Watching the World - MEGA THREAD of topics
by darkspilver inan esoteric hotchpotch of topics, from the mildly interesting to the rather boringi'm posting here to avoid the 'new topic' forum limitations, and besides it also helps to avoid clogging up the forum if you think something is of passing interest, and you wish to comment on it, please feel free to re-post as a new topic - thanks!
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AUSTRIA: JWs: "It is hoped that soon the end will come"
Following on from an interview that Sarah and Daniel Schwarz gave to the Austrian weekly magazine "profil" last month - they are inerviewed for a second time by the same outlet
First Interview, profil, Issue 20 February 2017Jehovah's Witnesses: Dropouts are fierce criticism
Ex-members report on human perplexity practices among Jehovah's Witnesses. They want to tilt their state recognition as a religious community.READ MORE: https://www.profil.at/oesterreich/zeugen-jehovas-aussteiger-8004218
Second Interview, profil, 8 March 2017Jehovah's Witnesses: "It is hoped that soon the end will come"
It was not an easy step: Sarah and Daniel Schwarz left the Jehovah's Witnesses in August 2016. In conversation with profile the two drop-outs give an insight into the strict life of the religious community.
READ MORE: https://www.profil.at/oesterreich/zeugen-jehovas-aussteiger-ende-8022014
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Looking forward to going to Memorial this year!
by kpop ini have some tricks to play.
i know it may sound childish but i feel that creating havoc and forcing the memorial to be postponed will be the highlight of the night!
wish me luck!.
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darkspilver
sir82: You are likely to only reinforce their victim / persecution complex.
Watchtower 15 July 2011, page 16, paragraph 6
nuff said
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Press in SPAIN report JW members go to JW headquarters to file a complaint for not receiving documents on cases of abuse they requested
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.lainformacion.com/politica/derechos-humanos/exmiembros-testigos-jehova-denunciaran-entregarles_0_990801892.html.
http://www.telecinco.es/informativos/sociedad/exmiembros-testigos-jehova-denunciaran-entregarles_0_2308950586.html.
https://okdiario.com/sociedad/2017/01/16/ex-miembros-testigos-jehova-acusan-organizacion-ocultar-ley-miles-casos-abusos-sexuales-menores-671613jehovah's witness members will report to the organization for failing to provide them with documents regarding child abuse.
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General Attorney in Spain has been requested by Spanish Ombusman to run an investigation.
Into what? Getting your personal information that the congregation has on you - ie the sealed envelope?