Posts by darkspilver

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Oooh, caught a JW colleague telling porkies at work this week.

by nicolaou in

there's a jw 'sister' at work, lovely girl in her mid twenties.

anyway, on monday the union (cwu) called a one day strike in support of colleagues and all union members supported the action as far as i'm aware, except the sister.. she claimed it was 'against her religion' to strike.

bare in mind, she's a fee paying member of the union.. now, a few of my workmates know of my past and asked me if this was really true, that jehovah's witnesses aren't allowed to strike.. we'll, i like this girl and i didn't want to make her look silly but what was i supposed to say after i stopped laughing?

darkspilver

I just love the expression telling porkies! That's a new one on me.

Rhyming slang: Pork Pies > Lies > Porkies

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Was this elder full of bs again regarding the complete wt library online?

by Wakanda in

this is my first time making an o.p.

an elder told me that he had access to a website online that had all the old bound volumes and books.

also, he made sure to say it was not an apostate website, but a 'legit' website made by brothers.

darkspilver

I can't say it has it all, because that is probably just impossible.

I keep meaning to upload here the WT articles that don't appear in the CD-ROM or the bound volumes or elsewhere, apparently....

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Australia: Ex-JW charged with alleged historic child abuse offences

by darkspilver in

fyi.

wa today com au, 12 may 2017. former wa jehovah witness charged with alleged historic child abuse offences .

a former member of the jehovah witness congregation will appear in court next week after he was charged with sexually assaulting four boys.. the charges stem from ongoing investigations linked to the royal commission into institutional child sexual offences.. police allege between 1993 to 2013, the 44-year-old man sexually assaulted four boys aged between 14 and 16 at the time of the offences.. read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/former-wa-jehovah-witness-charged-with-alleged-historic-child-abuse-offences-20170512-gw37yd.html.

darkspilver

FYI

WA Today com au, 12 May 2017

Former WA Jehovah Witness charged with alleged historic child abuse offences
A former member of the Jehovah Witness congregation will appear in court next week after he was charged with sexually assaulting four boys.
The charges stem from ongoing investigations linked to the Royal Commission into institutional child sexual offences.
Police allege between 1993 to 2013, the 44-year-old man sexually assaulted four boys aged between 14 and 16 at the time of the offences.
READ MORE: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/former-wa-jehovah-witness-charged-with-alleged-historic-child-abuse-offences-20170512-gw37yd.html

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Oooh, caught a JW colleague telling porkies at work this week.

by nicolaou in

there's a jw 'sister' at work, lovely girl in her mid twenties.

anyway, on monday the union (cwu) called a one day strike in support of colleagues and all union members supported the action as far as i'm aware, except the sister.. she claimed it was 'against her religion' to strike.

bare in mind, she's a fee paying member of the union.. now, a few of my workmates know of my past and asked me if this was really true, that jehovah's witnesses aren't allowed to strike.. we'll, i like this girl and i didn't want to make her look silly but what was i supposed to say after i stopped laughing?

darkspilver

I remember being in a union was a no no....it was considered too political. That was in the 60's, 70's

probably why they had that QfR in 1961 saying that it was ok to be a member of a union.

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Oooh, caught a JW colleague telling porkies at work this week.

by nicolaou in

there's a jw 'sister' at work, lovely girl in her mid twenties.

anyway, on monday the union (cwu) called a one day strike in support of colleagues and all union members supported the action as far as i'm aware, except the sister.. she claimed it was 'against her religion' to strike.

bare in mind, she's a fee paying member of the union.. now, a few of my workmates know of my past and asked me if this was really true, that jehovah's witnesses aren't allowed to strike.. we'll, i like this girl and i didn't want to make her look silly but what was i supposed to say after i stopped laughing?

darkspilver

JWs can go on strike, but not picket:

Watchtower 15 February 1961, page 128

Questions From Readers: How should a dedicated Christian Scripturally view labor unions and participation in their activities?
The Scriptures counsel Christians to “provide the right things in the sight of all men.” “Certainly if anyone does not provide for those who are his own, and especially for those who are members of his household, he has disowned the faith and is worse than a person without faith.” These texts have a bearing on labor unionism, because to obey them it may be necessary to join a labor union. An analogy might be drawn between one’s duties as a member of a labor union and those he has as a citizen of a country. For benefits received from the government the Christian pays taxes; similarly, he could properly pay union dues, since such would in effect be job insurance. There can, therefore, be no objection to a Christian’s merely belonging to a labor union, paying the dues and heeding the call to stop work in the event of a strike.—Rom. 12:17; 1 Tim. 5:8.
However, a Christian should not get involved in union activity to the extent of holding an official position in the union. Nor, in the event of a strike, should he take part in picketing or in other ways agitate for the cause of the strike. Above all, he should not engage in violence in labor disputes, for “a slave of the Lord does not need to fight.” “If possible, as far as it depends upon you, be peaceable with all men.” Just as a Christian is neutral regarding politics and wars of his country, so the union member who is a Christian does not get involved in the governing activities and economic warfare of the union but must remain neutral.—2 Tim. 2:24; Rom. 12:18.

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2017 Convention Releases

by Edison Trent in

on http://avoidjw.org/2017-regional-convention/ you can find the talk outlines of the regional convention this year.. i looked into the final talks each day and found these releases to be announced:.

on saturday:.

new magazine-size book entitled "lessons you can learn from the bible".

darkspilver

This one?

Victorious Faith District Convention 1978

Drama: “Do Not Look Behind You and Do Not Stand Still”

from the 25 minute mark...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwOfwuExthk

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TIME: The Corpse in the Kremlin's Front Yard Tests the Strength of Putin's Faith

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://time.com/4750396/vladimir-putin-orthodox-jehovah-witness-lenin-corpse/?xid=newsletter-brief.

the corpse in the kremlin's front yard tests the strength of putin's faith.

simon shuster.

darkspilver

smiddy: is he related to his brother louise theroux ?

guess what?! brothers normally are related

So you kinda answered your own question... but yes, Marcel Theroux is Louis Theroux's older brother.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Theroux

Is this the documentry you mean? Channel 4's Unreported World: Putin's Family Values?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I895vnEWg3w

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Argentina: Two JWs accused of abuse

by darkspilver in

i can't vouch for the veracity of this website neither do i know anything regarding the reliability of the scource/s.. you should also be aware that the following articles do not appear to have been covered by https://abusostj.wordpress.com.

i understand that the following reports are regarding an ongoing situation in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/santa_elena,_entre_r%c3%ados.

26 april 2017. report of abuse of two jehovah's witnesses.

darkspilver

This is from 'EntreRiosAhora.com'

I can't vouch for the veracity of this website neither do I know anything regarding the reliability of the scource/s.

You should also be aware that the following articles do NOT appear to have been covered by https://abusostj.wordpress.com

I understand that the following reports are regarding an ongoing situation in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Elena,_Entre_R%C3%ADos

26 April 2017

Report of abuse of two Jehovah's Witnesses
BM is a young woman from Santa Elena who on Tuesday made a decision: to mark on Facebook two recognized Jehovah's Witnesses as rapists. The young woman wrote in the social network, with first and last name, that she was abused to her and to other minors.
The writ of BM asks the population to condemn men socially. From the first of the two Witnesses she points out, "she loved to touch and abuse innocent girls," and of the second she says she "loved to get excited about an innocent babe."
"Hello, people of Santa Elena! I want to tell you something come to these two well dressed with tie and costume please I exploded the vein I will not shut up nothing will not be clean degenerate junk I'm going to stick the escracho of their lives violins ", starts the publication of the young.
In the writing mentions the two Jehovah's Witnesses with first and last names. One says that "he loves to hide behind a suit behind a religion that is a violin that he loved to touch and abuse innocent girls"; And the same thing says of the second, that reference as brother-in-law of the first: "he loved to exite (sic) with an innocent babe I disgust disgust, are well hidden children of a thousand bitch behind a degenerate religion," writes BM.
The text published in the social network Facebook ends with a strong request to support their complaint. In his account he accumulates messages of encouragement for his decision to make his case public.
READ MORE: http://entreriosahora.com/denuncia-por-abuso-a-dos-testigos-de-jehova/
READ MORE (google translate): https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fentreriosahora.com%2Fdenuncia-por-abuso-a-dos-testigos-de-jehova%2F

27 April 2017

Abuse in St. Helena: Jehovah's Witnesses denounced
Two youths reported in the Santa Elena police station, a city in the La Paz department, for abuse of two Jehovah's Witnesses. On Tuesday, one of the whistleblowers had made the decision to tell on Facebook what she suffered as a child and published the names and photographs of the two ministers of Jehovah's Witnesses whom she identified as rapists. Hours later another young woman made her case public. Of the denunciations the prosecutor of La Paz, Facundo Barbosa took note.
According to Entre Rios , Wednesday, the first to report on Facebook that was abused was BM, today 21, who said that one of the religious "loved to touch and abuse innocent girls" and that the other "he loved Get excited with an innocent babe. "
After that BM will tell what happened to her, another young woman did the same and related her terrible experience: "I never wanted to talk because as a girl no one would believe me and now that I am big I make it public so that everyone knows", he wrote On her Facebook and said she was abused by one of the Jehovah's Witnesses who pointed out BM.
"I was a gurisita of 10 or 11 years in that time that the grimy manoseaba, took advantage of that no one saw it, because I was just a girl, took advantage of me I never wanted to talk because as a girl nobody was going to Believe and now that I'm big I make it public so that everyone knows, "he added. The second complainant is currently 18 years old.
READ MORE: http://entreriosahora.com/abusos-en-santa-elena-denunciaron-formalmente-a-testigos-de-jehova/
READ MORE (google translate):https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fentreriosahora.com%2Fabusos-en-santa-elena-denunciaron-formalmente-a-testigos-de-jehova%2F

28 April 2017

Abuses: Justice, following the footsteps of two Jehovah's Witnesses
Situations of sexual abuse do not only occur in the Catholic Church. This past week the cases of two youths who reported that two Jehovah's Witnesses of St. Helena abused them when they were little girls came to light.
The complainants are two youths, aged 21 and 18. Both made public in the social network Facebook that when they were girls between 10 and 13 years were handled and abused by two ministerial servants of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
READ MORE: http://entreriosahora.com/abusos-la-justicia-tras-los-pasos-de-dos-testigos-de-jehova/
READ MORE (google translate): https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fentreriosahora.com%2Fabusos-la-justicia-tras-los-pasos-de-dos-testigos-de-jehova%2F

1 May 2017

The girl who denounced abuses in Jehovah's Witnesses speaks
Bethlehem is disturbed by memories. Memories that stun her. Sometimes they are like voices that appear in any situation of daily life. One day, climbing the stairs of the General Colegio Manuel Belgrano, where he attends Claudio Martínez Paiva night school, he heard the laughter of his abusers amidst the noise of the boys. A strange feeling began to affect her: first she was short of breath and then her hands began to sweat. But it was a perspiration accompanied by shivers. He ran to the classroom and clung to his desk. His bank became a virtual lifeguard, while laughter continued to pierce his eardrums. Seconds later, her companions saw her collapse on the ground. Her fall quenched those inner screams and the class fell silent.
READ MORE: http://entreriosahora.com/habla-la-chica-que-denuncio-abusos-en-los-testigos-de-jehova/
READ MORE (google translate): https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fentreriosahora.com%2Fhabla-la-chica-que-denuncio-abusos-en-los-testigos-de-jehova%2F

6 May 2017

Jehovah's Witnesses: Two accused of abuse
Prosecutor Facundo Barbosa, of the La Paz Fiscal Unit, ordered the opening of a case against two members of the Jehovah's Witnesses who were denounced last Thursday by two young people in Santa Elena, a city in the department of La Paz.
The prosecutor charged Vito Luciano Panza (28 years) and Matías Vargas (about 40 years), two members of the religious congregation, for alleged crimes of aggravated simple sexual abuse, in the case of the former; And by severely abusive sexual abuse aggravated, to the second.
READ MORE: http://entreriosahora.com/14800-2/
READ MORE (google translate):https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fentreriosahora.com%2F14800-2%2F

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A petition in Russia for transforming a Kingdom Hall into a cultural space for young musicians.

by OrphanCrow in

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someone in russia is paying attention to the jw property seizures.

this is a petition started in russia for transforming a kingdom hall into a cultural space for young musicians.. the petition is in russian so i have copied the google translate here:.

please mark out space for the development of musical creativity among young people!shtanko eugene - pechora, russiaapril 20, 2017 the supreme court declared extremist activity "administrative center of jehovah's witnesses in russia" and banned its operation.

darkspilver

https://komiinform.ru/news/146955/

Veniamin Yakovlev
04/26/2017 (11:18)
Is it too weak for the "active youth" to collect and build money, as Jehovah's Witnesses did? In fact, there are a lot of lonely and elderly people in the SI meetings, the elderly are about 40%, and in some places even more. And this young man rolled his lips to fuck what was built on someone else's money and other people's forces. Let them build themselves on a voluntary basis and collect money for years (they save).

https://www.bnkomi.ru/data/news/62121/

Youth of Pechora
04/22/2017, 8:50:43 PM
United in Amateur ensembles, I remember, already provided the former cinema "Cosmos" for rehearsals and speeches, so they defeated it, even the toilets were smashed, with their hard ....... musical instruments. It is better to give the Muslim community to be in sight and under control. And the youth can rehearse in Dosuga, the DTU, the art school, a lot of premises in the former 5 school, the children's library and many more free places, just do something under supervision.

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A petition in Russia for transforming a Kingdom Hall into a cultural space for young musicians.

by OrphanCrow in

jw
friends

someone in russia is paying attention to the jw property seizures.

this is a petition started in russia for transforming a kingdom hall into a cultural space for young musicians.. the petition is in russian so i have copied the google translate here:.

please mark out space for the development of musical creativity among young people!shtanko eugene - pechora, russiaapril 20, 2017 the supreme court declared extremist activity "administrative center of jehovah's witnesses in russia" and banned its operation.

darkspilver

http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016

In three weeks, the petition has 'apparently' garnered 100 signatures

Two of those signatures are advertising 'signatures-for-money' services (both the same)

Hello, I have for you a proposal to promote your petition, the price of 1000 live votes on your petition = 2000 p if you are interested writePhone - Viber - Telegram: 79661944429 or Skype - softviber or ICQ - 561677671

and another two of the signatures appear to merely only signing it in order to advertise/link to their own petition (both the same)

I support you and ask you to support me and sign my petition, here is a link to it: www.change.org/p/генеральный-прокурор-помогите-вернуть-сына-матери

How are the on-going petitions stacking up so far? (10 May 2017)

RUSSIA - 100 signatures in three weeks

DISNEYLAND - 178 signatures in two months

AUSTRALIA - 1,147 signatures in two months

USA - 1,686 signatures in two years