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Ireland: A Failure To Bear Witness?
by darkspilver in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
feature article in today's print edition (sunday, october 29, 2017) of the irish sunday business post newspaper along with small article on the front page.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/the_sunday_business_post.

jehovah’s witnesses in spotlight over their response to abuse cases.

the sunday business post, sunday, october 29, 2017 - front page of print edition.
darkspilver

Feature article in today's PRINT edition (Sunday, October 29, 2017) of the Irish Sunday Business Post newspaper along with small article on the front page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunday_Business_Post

Jehovah’s Witnesses in spotlight over their response to abuse cases
The Sunday Business Post, Sunday, October 29, 2017 - front page of print edition
In a number of cases, members have criticised the hierarchy about the handling of allegations of child sex abuse.
The Jehovah’s Witnesses religious movement is coming under increasing criticism for its handling of child abuse allegations in Ireland, The Sunday Business Post can reveal.
READ FULL ARTICLE: https://www.businesspost.ie/news/jehovahs-witnesses-spotlight-response-abuse-cases-401463

A failure to bear Witness?
The Sunday Business Post, Sunday, October 29, 2017 - front page of PostPlus print section
The Jehovah’s Witnesses religion is coming under mounting criticism for its handling of sexual abuse allegations in Ireland
In the summer of 2016, elders in an Irish Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation were informed of a case of alleged child sex abuse within their flock. According to the religion’s own internal rules in force at the time, when elders encounter a case of child sexual abuse they are required to contact the legal department of the London-based Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain, also known simply as the Watch Tower.
READ FULL ARTICLE: https://www.businesspost.ie/news/failure-bear-witness-401306
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Why Jehovah witnesses don't say, "Bless you" ?
by Issa in
1. jw
2. friends
bless you, that was a big sneeze you let out sister.. sister- ah, what does "bless you" mean?.

oh, it's pagan.

because people bless the soul of the person so they don't escape from their physical bodies.. sister- right, it is difficult to change the little things, but we can please jehovah by staying away from those things.. .... this is a scenario that happened when i accidentally (naturally) said "bless you" to the jw sister.
darkspilver

snugglebunny: Yet no-one ever says "Bless you" after a fart.
absolutely not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1gTOE477JQ
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Big xJW scandal
by Charlotte in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
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darkspilver

Simon - nicely summed up
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Big xJW scandal
by Charlotte in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
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darkspilver

Scully: has been deleted
FYI, No they don't seem to have been......
https://img.jehovahs-witness.com/image/bd20bca0a31c0faa2773bdb0791c95ab
https://img.jehovahs-witness.com/image/5039dc842abc875f3b1117fc341ef8c1
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California Elder Arrested
by James Jack in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
crime.

daniel macias said.. investigators learned that ramos was an elder at a jehovah’s witnesses church in the 4000 block of west mckinley avenue.

there, he met a teen girl and her family three years ago.. .
darkspilver

flipper: Here we go again. Another WT " spirit appointed " elder molesting a minor once more.
This was in California, USA
If they were married it would have been legal.
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/06/15/california-lacks-minimum-marriage-age-puts-children-in-danger/
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4561565913186304/us-child-marriage
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US Child Marriage
by Slidin Fast in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
i was blissfully unaware of the child marriage laws in the us.

it seems that it is possible and relatively common for girls as young as 12 to marry men much, much older than them.

in many states it seems that child marriage is relatively easy to arrange.
darkspilver

This was from the BBC this week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erRrF8YWGd4
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Why Jehovah witnesses don't say, "Bless you" ?
by Issa in
1. jw
2. friends
bless you, that was a big sneeze you let out sister.. sister- ah, what does "bless you" mean?.

oh, it's pagan.

because people bless the soul of the person so they don't escape from their physical bodies.. sister- right, it is difficult to change the little things, but we can please jehovah by staying away from those things.. .... this is a scenario that happened when i accidentally (naturally) said "bless you" to the jw sister.
darkspilver

FYI
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/66988/god-bless-you-when-you-sneeze
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/106713/reasoning-behind-no-god-bless-you-when-sneezing
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/38629/sneezes-should-say-bless-you-lol
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/78793/wrong-say-god-bless-you
etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_bless_you
https://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/blessyou.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responses_to_sneezing
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Big xJW scandal
by Charlotte in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
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darkspilver

As a side note for background:
Before the year 2013, the legal age of consent for sexual relations in Croatia was 14.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe#History_3
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Big xJW scandal
by Charlotte in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
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darkspilver

FWIW I think John Davies and Londo111 are alluding to this?
https://en-gb.facebook.com/notes/lloyd-evans/the-gutter-of-ex-jw-activism/821188714726078/
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Why Jehovah witnesses don't say, "Bless you" ?
by Issa in
1. jw
2. friends
bless you, that was a big sneeze you let out sister.. sister- ah, what does "bless you" mean?.

oh, it's pagan.

because people bless the soul of the person so they don't escape from their physical bodies.. sister- right, it is difficult to change the little things, but we can please jehovah by staying away from those things.. .... this is a scenario that happened when i accidentally (naturally) said "bless you" to the jw sister.
darkspilver

Issa: Can anyone explain why the JWs don't say bless you, besides being "pagan"?
In the OP scenario: superstition
In other circumstances JWs believe it is OK, and NOT pagan, to say "(God), bless you."