the uk are tightening up their data protection laws to make it easier for individuals to get hold of the information organisations hold on them and to get it deleted.. i think paul grundy (jwfacts) went through this with wt once and found it very time consuming and difficult.. will wt now abide by the law and hand over or permanently delete the records it keeps when requested?it would mean every uk exjw could have their report card info, personal file with age, sex, baptism date, judicial information, appointment/deletion/disfellowshipping dates, letters of disassociation, letters of recommendation when you move, phone number and address permanently removed.
anyone acting for the wt (elders) who retain this information, eg your phone number in their phone or the secretary keeping your historical monthly report details, will be in violation.
failure to comply will incur a fine.. expect a letter to all boe's any time soon explaining why this does not apply to them.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40826062.
i came across a large cardboard box full of what looked like report cards and other bumf. it looked like records of members of his congregation. unfortunately i accidentally took it to the dump... whoops.
If that was private information you probably should have legally shredded it? rather than simply 'dump' it?
john cedars latest youtube video refers to last weekend's wt study article which some have referred to on another thread but i am truly outraged at the continuing misogynist attitude toward women.
not only did that study article say if women have a family to care for it will stop them gossiping or meddling into other people's affairs, lloyd shares on his video a talk by sam herd from when he was a c.o in 1971.
(i hope he has since changed his opinion!
OrphanCrow: Seriously? You really think that is a fair comparison?
It's not a like-for-like - I didn't say it was.
sexism is something that builds up from small beginnings.
believing that it is ok to throw in the 'sorry, it must be your time of the month' when somebody doesn't agree with you, is just one of those 'small beginnings'.
I thought the OP's comment was interesting:
I have told my husband this morning that I've found out I'm gay
The acronym is LBGT - each letter stands for something.
john cedars latest youtube video refers to last weekend's wt study article which some have referred to on another thread but i am truly outraged at the continuing misogynist attitude toward women.
not only did that study article say if women have a family to care for it will stop them gossiping or meddling into other people's affairs, lloyd shares on his video a talk by sam herd from when he was a c.o in 1971.
(i hope he has since changed his opinion!
Hi Phoebe
See my post here - and note it was downvoted:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5635436804308992/_post/6489466623492096
See another of my posts here - and note it was downvoted twice:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5969347224797184/_post/4919861631254528
emotional scene with children, mother, doctors and priest, .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qdtafrbcm8.
Thanks StarTrekAngel
Interesting then that Ana María Polo ruled in favor of the mother
Wikipedia: Caso Cerrado
In the end credits, a disclaimer is presented stating that most of the cases are dramatized. On January 4, 2009, Ana María Polo stated during an interview with the Chilean newspaper La Tercera, "Most of the cases have to be arranged and modified. It's the message that we send to the audience what really counts." She added that every case is real, however, sometimes actors are used in cases where participants in the dispute do not want to appear on the show.
I didnt crop anything. The picture i used is here
Yeah, but the picture has still been cropped
Check out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_cult_of_personality
I've thought this for a long time.
interesting picture cropping you've done their...
Not mysogyny, the mom turned into a pillar of salt.
I believe she is revered as a "a revolutionary immortal" and "an anti-Japanese war hero".... and it seems that the OP is from Japan?...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_cult_of_personality#Kim_Jong-suk
misogyny? - though it looks like it was YOU who cut out his wife from the picture....
so today the well-respected and serious newspaper trouw.nl came with child abuse within the jw as their topmost frontpage article.. the articles are well researched and aim primarily at the dutch jw situation.. afaik at least on member of this forum assisted the newspaper with the articles.
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other media are picking up as well.....
UPDATE: Looks like Trouw has published a follow-up article by Nico de Fijter, Trouw's Head of Religion and Philosophy
He reports on attending the 2017 Convention and reviews the talk: "Safeguard Your Children From 'What Is Evil'"
Trouw, 6 August 2017
The moral standards of Jehovah's Witnesses
https://www.trouw.nl/opinie/de-morele-maatstaven-van-de-jehovah-s-getuigen~afee342b/
these are 2015 figures.
overall christians 2.3 billion.
roman catholics 1.2 billion.
These are 2015 figures
Overall Christians 2.3 Billion
Roman Catholics 1.2 Billion
Muslims 1.8 Billion
Hindus 1.1 Billion
Jews (total) 14.4 Million
Jews (religious) 9.5 Million
Jews Total (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-population-of-the-world)
13,428,300 in 2010
7.3% increase
14,410,700 in 2016
Jehovah's Witnesses Average Active (Yearbooks)
7,224,930 in 2010
12.5% increase
8,132,358 in 2016
hat tip to slimboyfat: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5736980233060352/_post/5184193782874112
