Just say NO. Stop attending. Play. Sleep in Saturday and Sunday. Take a vacation. Move. Don't answer the door. Let the phone ring. Enjoy life.
Balaamsass2
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How to disassociate? HELP
by Mandrake ini'm looking for a way to disassociate myself, now i'm thinking to make a "public declaration" before a civil law notary (i'm in chile), but i need some ideas about what to put in that declaration, i would like to look the "ks" book to cover all possible sides and make a solid declaration... any experiences?
my plan is to make that legal declaration that would say "i'm no longer consider myself a jehovah's witness nor want to be linked to any of the wt organizations or legal entities, and want all my personal records to be erased"... any orientation will be helpful :).
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NOT on JW.org.: Jehovah's Witnesses butt of talk show jokes..again.
by Balaamsass2 indemocracy & freedom watch.
reporting on the state of georgian democracy.
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Democracy & Freedom Watch
REPORTING ON THE STATE OF GEORGIAN DEMOCRACY
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- ECtHR condemns Georgia for harassment of Jehovah’s Witnesses
- Human rights court faults Georgia for its treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses
Georgian talk show host makes fun of Jehovah’s Witnesses
by DFWATCH STAFF | Nov 27, 2014
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Nanuka Zhorzholiani. (Interpressnews.)
TBILISI, DFWatch–A well-known TV host in the republic of Georgia was Wednesday evening criticized for making discriminating statements about Jehovah’s Witnesses while on air.
One of the guests on Nanuka’s Show, which is aired on Rustavi 2, a TV channel in the former Soviet republic, made disparaging statements about Jehovah’s Witnesses.
He was backed up by the host, Nanuka Zhorzholiani, who made a poor attempt at telling jokes: “Are Jehovah’s witnesses like zombies?” “I’m quite scared that they will hypnotize me.”
These comments, made by the host, were made during an interview with a man who used to be a Jehovah’s Witness, but converted to Orthodox Christianity and criticized his former religion saying it is ‘a dangerous and cruel sect.’
The host apologized on her Facebook page after being strongly criticized in social media. Later in the evening, the board of the Journalist Ethics Charter sent out a statement about the issue saying that the host violated the Broadcasters’ Code of Conduct, which requires a broadcasters to follow and protect principles of diversity, equality and tolerance, respect freedom of opinion, conscience, religion and belief and avoid insulting ethnic, religious, cultural, social or other groups.
“The board of the charter welcomes that after the reaction from people, the host published explanations, but we still believe she has to do it during her show,” the statement reads, calling on Rustavi 2 to never air this specific program on air or post it on the Internet.
The board also calls on the TV company not to brush away the incident without reaction and let the host explain her own and her guest’s discriminatory statements.
Nanuka Zhorzholiani wrote on her Facebook page that her show is about humans, their stories, and sometimes people might not like their attitudes and life stories, but it is part of their life and any person has a right to make it public or not.
“He was talking about his own religious life and he had this right,” she writes, adding that she read being criticized that she should have stopped the guest while he was telling his story. “It’s not clear how a TV show host can reprimand a respondent for telling about his own life.”
Zhorzholiani writes it is not understandable that no-one must be allowed to speak about positive and negative sides of Jehovah’s Witnesses ‘only because they are a minority in Georgia.’
About her own comments, she wrote that these were jokes about a long story which her responded was telling, but she ‘still accepts the remark.’
In the end of her statement, Zhorzholiani writes that she and the people working on her show completely supports fundamental values of freedom of religion and think that all religious groups are respected parts of society.
There were most discussions about this incident on Facebook, including on Zhorzholiani’s own page, as she posted some pictures from Wednesday’s show. One user wrote that she must have remembered living in a country where ten years ago Jehovah’s Witnesses were harassed and beaten, and their books were burned, and they still remain stigmatized and ridiculed.
“It is not right to humiliate another religion so publicly, or why should anyone be scared of Jehovah’s Witnesses,” another user wrote.
Some people called on her to invite people to the next show who can in the same manner openly humiliate and harass Orthodox Christianity, as it is most influential religion in Georgia.
Rusudan Gotsiridze, Bishop of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia, also responded to the show by writing that ‘TV stars’ must think of other important issues apart from the show’s ratings.
“I wonder if Nanuka Zhorzholiani thought that tomorrow, Jehovah’s Witness children will be ridiculed with double enthusiasm at school by classmates, while teachers will try with greater fervor to convert them to the ‘true religion’. How many children will dream of dying, how many of them will hate their parents, the teachers, God and the whole world,” she writes.
Rustavi 2 on Thursday issued a statement apologizing ‘if unwittingly religious feelings of Jehovah’s Witnesses were insulted’ on the show.
The statement says that Nanuka’s Show is a TV product produced by Outdoor Studio, and Rustavi 2 doesn’t participate in the creation of the show.
The TV company expressed readiness to ‘timely and effectively’ review any violation of journalistic standards on shows which are aired on Rustavi 2 and any person can make such a request to the company.
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NOT on JW.org: Former Jehovah's Witness wins award for book..about Jehovah's Witness.
by Balaamsass2 inhome news poet jennifer lovegroves first novel gets...
13 hours ago | vote0 0. poet jennifer lovegroves first novel gets longlisted for the scotiabank giller prize.
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13 hours ago | Vote0 0Poet Jennifer LoveGrove’s first novel gets longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize
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Courtesy Davenport and Dovercourt roads-area resident and poetry writer Jennifer LoveGrove has written her first novel, which was long listed for a Giller Prize. Bloor West Villager By Lisa Rainford
Poetry writer Jennifer LoveGrove has made the leap to novel writing, a transition she says was “weird.”
LoveGrove’s first novel Watch How We Walk is longlisted for the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize, recognition that has given the book a second life and provided its author “a confidence boost.”
“I thought it’d be a short story and it kept getting longer and longer,” she said about her work of fiction.
A voice she kept hearing in her head became LoveGrove’s main character. Inspired by her own upbringing in a Jehovah’s Witness household, the book tells the story of Emily, who ever since she was little wanted to grow up to become a full-time pioneer. Instead, she is destined to hand out Watchtower magazines door-to-door.
However, Emily begins to challenge her family’s beliefs; she forges a close relationship with her closeted uncle while her older sister Lenora starts wearing makeup, hangs out with boys and gets a radical new haircut.
After Lenora disappears, Emily’s life is turned upside down.
“I was so immersed in the novel I thought I’d never be able to write poetry again,” said the Davenport and Dovercourt roads-area resident, who spent six years completing the novel.
Raised a Jehovah’s Witness in Dunville, Ont., LoveGrove said she resisted writing about her experience because she says “there’s so many ‘losing my religion’ stories out there.”
“I resisted until it became unavoidable,” she said. “This is an isolated group; you can’t write this solely on research.”
LoveGrove was 13 when her parents separated. As a teen, it was more important for her to stay in the religion because of her best friend, than what her parents wanted. She stayed until she and her friend had a falling out.
LoveGrove came to Toronto to attend York University where she studied creative writing.
“I’ve been writing ever since I can remember,” she said. “I had a lamp chair and a typewriter in the bedroom I grew up in.”
Passionate about poetry, LoveGrove is the author of collections The Dagger Between Her Teeth and I Should Never Have Fired the Sentinel.
Shortlisted for the K. M. Hunter Artist Award for Literature in 2010, LoveGrove produced and hosted the literary radio show “In Other Words” on CKLN 88.1FM.
For further details, visit LoveGrove’s website at jenniferlovegrove.wordpress.com
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South American "Mayan" mob justice. Have you heard of it??
by DATA-DOG ini have a close friend who has jw family in south america.
recently some criminals ran through their town.
the locals routinely practice "mayan justice" where the criminals are beaten or burned to death, depending on the crime.. the authorities try to stop it, but they are not always successful.
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Some JW Special Pioneers and a Circuit Overseer faced some "Machete Justice" from the Maya in the 40s. The C.O. and Pioneer survived round one because the Pioneer carried a big revolver. Round 2 the Pioneer did not survive. That is one you won't read about in the yearbook.
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Officer Wilson not indicted in killing of Michael Brown
by Simon inafter a thorough investigation and weighing of the evidence the grand jury has decided not to indict the officer.. the reaction so far seems as predicted - people refuse to accept that the result represents justice despite claims that is what they wanted.. there is now violence and vandalism, including gunshots.
let's hope the police contain the troublemakers.. .
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I think if a person gives a cop a bad time, then reaches into his car to punch him or take his gun, he is going to be shot most places on the planet regardless of race.
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Not on JW.org: Just another day in paradise..Jehovah's Witnesses pedophile paradise. Another JW Servant rapes child and Elders do cover-up in California.
by Balaamsass2 insouthern california:.
monday pervy monday: ex-teacher's aide, butt slapping, tbn, mormons, jehovah witnesses.
by matt coker mon., nov. 24 2014 at 6:02 am 3 comments categories: court, crime-iny, gimme that oc religion, long beach, school daze .
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Southern California:
Monday Pervy Monday: Ex-Teacher's Aide, Butt Slapping, TBN, Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses
By Matt Coker Mon., Nov. 24 2014 at 6:02 AM 3 Comments
Categories: Court, Crime-iny, Gimme That OC Religion, Long Beach, School Daze
Courtesy of Long Beach Police Department Daniel Montoya in 1991 (left photo) and today.
A 55-year-old Phoenix man is accused of having molested several teenage boys while he was a member of the Mormon church, beginning in the 1970s, according to the Long Beach Police Department.Daniel Montoya was arrested by Long Beach detectives in Phoenix on Oct. 6, flown back to Los Angeles County and held in the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles in lieu of $1.25 million bail, according to police.
Montoya pleaded guilty in 1986 to molesting two teenage boys who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Long Beach. He cut a plea deal that got him probation and an order to register as a sex offender.
More victims have come forward since, saying they were too embarrassed to go public earlier. In September, the LA County District Attorney's Office filed three sexual assault-related counts against Montoya and an arrest warrant was issued.
It was discovered Montoya never registered as a sex offender, neither in California nor Arizona, according to police.
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A lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court claims two teenage boys were molested by a South County Jehovah's Witness church leader during their middle school and high school years in the 1990s.The suit, which identifies the victims as "John Roe 1 and John Roe 2" and their alleged tormentor as "Doe 3" or "Perpetrator," alleges sexual abuse and negligence and seeks unspecified damages from the local and national church organizations.
Identified as a baptized "publisher," ministerial servant and "pioneer" within the church, Doe 3 was assigned to give private bible lessons to John Roe 1 and met John Roe 2 when the two were assigned to do "field service" for the church, according to the complaint.
Doe 3 brought the boys to his house separately, gave each mixed drinks, undressed in front of them, showered with them and touched them sexually, the complaint states. John Roe 1, who is now 29, claims to have been abused from the sixth through ninth grades, while John Roe 2, now 31, says he was abused from the eighth through 11th grades.
John Roe 2 says he told the Elders he wanted to call the police, but the Elders said they preferred to handle the matter "in house." Doe 3 was "disfellowshipped," but cops were never told, according to the complaint.
The men say what caused them to come forward was the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State University.Email: [email protected]. Twitter: @MatthewTCoker. Follow OC Weekly on Twitter @ocweekly or on Facebook!
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Jehovah's Witnesses win partial victory over gated communities. Too little too late?
by Balaamsass2 inmonday, november 24, 2014last update: 1:00 pm pt.
jehovah's witnesses win community access case.
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Ten years and how many dollars later? Result....? :
A hodgepodge of keys from a scattering of communities on an Island. While most JWs prefer online and coffee shop preaching, a number of JW pedophiles will be quite pleased to have a pocket full of community keys.
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Jehovah's Witnesses win partial victory over gated communities. Too little too late?
by Balaamsass2 inmonday, november 24, 2014last update: 1:00 pm pt.
jehovah's witnesses win community access case.
by jack bouboushian .
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Monday, November 24, 201Last Update: 1:00 PM PT
Jehovah's Witnesses Win Community Access Case
By JACK BOUBOUSHIANShareThis (CN) - Gated communities in Puerto Rico that include public roads must hand over their keys and access codes to the Jehovah's Witnesses, the 1st Circuit ruled.
"Unlike other jurisdictions, Puerto Rico allows private citizens to maintain gated residential communities that incorporate public streets," U.S. Circuit Judge Bruce Selya said, writing for the three-judge panel.
"This unorthodox configuration produces an awkward amalgam of the public and private sectors, which makes the task of applying traditional First Amendment jurisprudence something of an adventure," Selya said.
Puerto Rico's Controlled Access Law permitting these gated communities, called "urbanizations," was passed in response to rising drug violence, and an unusually high homicide rate.
The Jehovah's Witnesses challenged the law 10 years ago, arguing that it interfered with their First Amendment right to conduct missionary activities along public rights of way.
On a prior appeal, the 1st Circuit found that "a regime of locked, unmanned gates completely barring access to public streets will preclude all direct communicative activity by nonresidents in traditional public forums, and, absent a more specific showing, cannot be deemed 'narrowly tailored.'"
On remand, the district court ordered each municipal defendant to provide the Jehovah's Witnesses with "unfettered" access to every unmanned gated community in its borders by turning over keys, buzzers or access codes identical to those which would be given to a resident.
Manned gated communities were ordered to instruct their security guards to provide immediate access to Jehovah's Witnesses who identify themselves.
The judge also authorized the municipalities to impose sanctions on urbanizations that did not comply with the order.
The 1st Circuit upheld the decision last week over both parties' objections.
"Each municipality has an ongoing duty to ensure that the First Amendment is respected in the urbanizations founded under its auspices," Judge Selya said. "Here, the record amply demonstrates that the municipal defendants have had a policy and custom of issuing permits to urbanizations without attaching conditions sufficient to ensure public access. This policy and custom led directly to the infringement of the plaintiffs' First Amendment rights."
While security concerns "weigh heavily" against First Amendment considerations, there is no doubt that the Constitution protects access to public forums for door-to-door ministry, the panel said.
But the court also dismissed the Jehovah's Witnesses objections to the solution.
"We reject the plaintiffs' argument that the burden of sharing keys constitutes a prior restraint. Sharing keys is a reasonable restriction on the manner of affording access to public streets within the urbanizations," Selya said.
The Jehovah's Witnesses also asserted that the remedy is limited to the representative communities which they named as defendants to the complaint - not to all urbanizations on the island.
"This shortfall, however, is of the plaintiffs' own contrivance: it was their decision to sue only a representative sampling of municipalities that authorized unmanned urbanizations. Had they accepted the district court's invitation and sued all of the affected municipalities, the geographic breadth of the remedy would not be an issue," the court found. -
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I need a good cry but I can't. Please help?
by ohnightdivine inbesides being overworked and overstressed almost everyday in the past few months,.
i've had to deal with a 'broken heart', insecurities with my physical appearance (gained a lot of weight),.
and being lonely because i started distancing myself from the 'congregation', i just want to cry, sob, and bawl out here in my bedroom.
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Having been brought up in the borg we are reluctant to see mental health professionals. Even if you don't have insurance coverage, spend a couple of hundred dollars for a few visits to a Psychologist. Money well spent for some guidance and to get some of that festering Watchtower gangrene out of your system.
Just do it!
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Marriage outside the religion punishable?
by Pattytheperfectone innow i know they have always discouraged marrying outside of their so called 'truth' but since when has it been a punishable offense?
my sister recently married and they are discussing wether her being married to an outsider will stumble others and if they need to reprove or disfellowship her for it..
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If sisters' new hubby "pretends" and goes to a few meetings the cong Elders may love bomb him, otherwise she should expect a marking talk to make an example of her for the other single sisters to not "walk disorderly".
