Posts by darkspilver

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Kentucky Today: "Religious freedom dying in Russia, missionary says"- Baptists also are the true religion because they are persecuted too

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://kentuckytoday.com/stories/religious-freedom-dying-in-russia-missionary-says,7267.

may 2, 2017. oryol, russia (bp) - russia's nationwide outlaw of jehovah's witnesses will likely ricochet and strike other religions outside of russian orthodoxy there, said a baptist missionary forced to shut down his church in central russia.. "the repression that has already started, in my opinion, it is likely to continue to get worse," donald ossewaarde told baptist press april 27th by telephone from his home in oryol.

"i don't see any sign that the russian government is having a change of heart.".

darkspilver

AndersonsInfo: ORYOL, Russia (BP) - Russia's nationwide outlaw of Jehovah's Witnesses

USA Today, 27 May 2017

Danish man arrested in Russian raid on Jehovah's Witness service
A Danish national was arrested this week during a police raid in the central city of Oryol, Russia, during a worship service by members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, which Russia recently banned as an extremist organization.
The Dane was identified as Dennis Christensen, according to a spokesman for the religious organization in New York.
Christensen (pictured below) was picked up in the raid Thursday night by Oryol police and agents of the FSB, the successor to the KGB.
The officers also confiscated a Bible, religious literature, laptops and hard drives, according to the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis.

http://sovetsky.orl.sudrf.ru/modules.php?name=press_dep&op=1&did=267

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JW Uber driver missing, feared dead in NC

by sir82 in

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here are links:.

latest: http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/uber-driver-reported-missing-after-not-returning-home-police-say/525016105.

here is an older story which provides the info that he is a jw: http://www.wbtv.com/story/35488894/cmpd-we-believe-missing-charlotte-uber-driver-is-in-grave-danger.

darkspilver

Family members said the funeral is planned for Monday at 3 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in the 3600 block of Hubbard Road in Charlotte. Family said the funeral is open to the public.

https://www.freefunder.com/campaign/help-the-medina-family

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Convention Introductions 2017 "Don't Give Up!"

by accesible in

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convention introductions.

2017 “don’t give up!” convention.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0bywm0b0qtwlsbzffazazotvfyxc.

darkspilver

Oh wow...yep, there is nothing culty about having EVERY word scripted!?!?

TBH, I think it's more about the quality - without a clear outline/script, a lot of chairmen often just end up waffling a bit in a mumble - a chairman needs to be clear, direct and positive to have any hope of an audience paying attention - that's true in both jw-land AND non-jw-land.

What is interesting though is how badly the script is formatted - actually it isn't formatted - the lines just run on - which means if the chairman looks up (yes novelty of some audience contact) the person often looses his place in the script.

Actually they expect the Chairman to type/write it all out themselves because there are so many [brackets] where addition information needs to be added and no room has been provided - the problem is...how many chairmen actually do type it all out....

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FYI, Eloise Dupuis, 27, a JW, died last Wednesday in a Quebec hospital because she refused a blood transfusion

by AndersonsInfo in

i just received the following message from a friend this morning.. barbara.

eloise dupuis, 27 years old, died at the hotel dieu hospital in lévis, quebec, canada, wednesday, october 12th.

she died because of her religious principles.

darkspilver

In the Thursday 25 May 2017 edition of Le Soleil newspaper on page 6 it says that despite repeated attempts from her husband, the hospital is refusing to hand over Eloise Dupuis' medical records detailing what happened to her in hospital.

He's having to go to court to get them!

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Jehovah's Witnesses target Manchester after terrorist attack

by jwleaks in

the location is outside the arndale centre, manchester, after it was evacuated.

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darkspilver

Thisismein1972: ... although this breaking news may not be exactly accurate. After all, this news organizations is owned by Rupert Murdoch, the same person who owns Fox News and many more gutter news organizations.

And the chart below is from yet another Muroch outlet:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/nature-of-the-threat-has-changed-khfjjzvh3

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Southern California USA Congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses On High Alert

by JW GoneBad in

circuit overseers, elders, ministerial servants, pioneers and rank & file are stressed out over an ex-jw (kevin) who has visited nearly 20 congregations (orange county) and has high-jacked the opening prayers and done some effective witnessing before he is escorted to the back door.

and everything is caught on video!.

kevin is also visiting numerous jw cart locations from the los angeles area to orange county and giving a most effective wiitness at each location and they're all on video.

darkspilver

I believe Derek Ohare is such a person that actually is banned from KH's in the UK, but "Kevin" is a saint compared to him

Derek O’Hare:

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5919399569522688/banned-from-kingdom-hall

Shaunie Chalk:

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/archives/news/24118/silent-witness/

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/asbo-for-unruly-teen-2754316

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Jehovah's Witnesses target Manchester after terrorist attack

by jwleaks in

the location is outside the arndale centre, manchester, after it was evacuated.

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darkspilver

ditto what konceptual 99 said

terrorists want to disrupt our lives

terrorists want us to live in fear

by continuing our normal daily activity, while remining vigilant, shows that we refuse to let the terrorists win

#westandtogether

As konceptual99 says, it seems that the JWs are normally in the area shown in the OPs photo

below is the same area, from Google StreetView taken in November 2016 - I understand the Food Court was the location of where the suspicious package was

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Is God Everywhere, Omnipresent? ACCORDING TO JW.ORG...NO

by NikL in

this is new to me.. i was always taught things like "god is everywhere".. now the folks in warwick are tearing that into shreds with their spiritual enlightenment.. https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/god-omnipresent/.

god is able to see everything and to act anywhere he chooses.

(proverbs 15:3; hebrews 4:13) however, the bible does not teach that god is omnipresent—that is, present everywhere, in all things.

darkspilver

This has always been their doctrine. They think about god as being a thing in a specific place.

Watchtower 1 October 1951, page 607

Questions From Readers: Is it Scriptural to speak of Jehovah as being omnipresent?
It is not Scriptural to speak of Jehovah as being omnipresent in the sense that the heathen do, as if he were an all-pervading spirit. He has a throne in heaven on the right hand of which Jesus sat after his ascension, but he can reach any part of his universe and extend his power there and his eyes run to and fro through the whole earth to show his strength in behalf of the perfect-hearted ones. (2 Chron. 16:9) If he were omnipresent the Scriptures would not speak of his coming and visiting the earth; he would be already here.

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Male Nurse gave women powerful sedatives before fondling them Jehovah's Witness Jw.org

by TTaTT4U in

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/north-fulton-county/warrants-nurse-gave-women-powerful-sedatives-before-fondling-them/525355215?ecmp=wsbtv_social_twitter_sfp.

may 22 2017. sandy springs, ga. - warrants claim a north georgia nurse accused of inappropriately touching women under anesthesia injected at least one of them with a potent drug to keep her under sedation for a longer than necessary period of time.. sandy springs police arrested michael morgan, 33, after they said he admitted to touching the women while they were unconscious at the gastroenterology practice where he worked earlier this year.

police said morgan confided in his pastors at the kingdom hall of jehovah’s witnesses, and they turned him into detectives.. according to warrants obtained by channel 2’s mike petchenik, "mr. morgan admitted to taking a used plunger of propofol from a medical trash pile that had not been used all the way.

darkspilver

BTW FYI the Georgia-based Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper has done a major investigation into Doctors and Sex Abuse.

http://doctors.ajc.com/doctors_sex_abuse/?ecmp=doctorssexabuse_ajccontact

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-E0f_55GrY

USA: JW's 'GoFundMe' for a Transplant

by darkspilver in

strangers, friends donate over $8,000 in 2 days to faribault woman in need of transplant .

faribault daily news, may 19, 2017. when she was born, nicole roen’s parents were told it was unlikely she’d live past 16. that was 33 years ago.. at six weeks old, roen was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (cf), a progressive, genetic disease that causes lung infections and limits the patient’s ability to breathe over time due to a buildup of mucus in the lungs.. the pressing need for a transplant may force the roens to relocate to houston next month, as there is only one state in the country that allows bloodless transplants and one surgeon in the country that performs them at houston methodist hospital.

a jehovah’s witness, roen may not take a blood transfusion.. in order to even get on the transplant list, the roens must establish a residence in texas first.. read more: http://www.southernminn.com/faribault_daily_news/news/article_bc97e2fc-5661-598e-b16d-b7e0e9c9e2d1.html.

darkspilver

Strangers, friends donate over $8,000 in 2 days to Faribault woman in need of transplant

Faribault Daily News, May 19, 2017
When she was born, Nicole Roen’s parents were told it was unlikely she’d live past 16. That was 33 years ago.
At six weeks old, Roen was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a progressive, genetic disease that causes lung infections and limits the patient’s ability to breathe over time due to a buildup of mucus in the lungs.
The pressing need for a transplant may force the Roens to relocate to Houston next month, as there is only one state in the country that allows bloodless transplants and one surgeon in the country that performs them at Houston Methodist Hospital. A Jehovah’s Witness, Roen may not take a blood transfusion.
In order to even get on the transplant list, the Roens must establish a residence in Texas first.
READ MORE: http://www.southernminn.com/faribault_daily_news/news/article_bc97e2fc-5661-598e-b16d-b7e0e9c9e2d1.html
READ MORE: https://www.gofundme.com/3s9z20w

(I edited my above post to avoid duplicating another poster's thread, which was posted a few minutes before mine, and which was about an entirely separate issue / article)