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  Russian Court authorizes seizure of outlawed sect children

  by cha ching in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nei6lvfl13q.

  interesting development in russia... according to this article on youtube, it appears that children that are subjected to being involved in banned social or religious groups can be removed from their parents..

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  sparrowdown: I'm sure if any kids do get "taken away" we'll hear about it on jwborg.

  Of course. Hypocritical as always.

  JW children are routinely taken away from their parents (made a ward of the court/state) in the States and elsewhere in order to administer life saving medical treatment to them. Countless number of JW children face removal from their parents' care in the Western world because JW parents refuse blood for them.

  And, those cases don't make it to the org website. But, like you said, if a JW kid does get taken away from Russian JWs, it will be all over the org website and taken to the ECHR, shouted from the rooftops and whined about in their loudest voice.
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  Russian Court authorizes seizure of outlawed sect children

  by cha ching in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nei6lvfl13q.

  interesting development in russia... according to this article on youtube, it appears that children that are subjected to being involved in banned social or religious groups can be removed from their parents..

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  OrphanCrow

  Gayle, Russia already does most if not all of those things
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  Russian Court authorizes seizure of outlawed sect children

  by cha ching in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nei6lvfl13q.

  interesting development in russia... according to this article on youtube, it appears that children that are subjected to being involved in banned social or religious groups can be removed from their parents..

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  OrphanCrow

  Applauding????

  I am applauding?

  wow

  I was pointing out the myopic ethnocentric and hypocritical view of those outside of Russia...that is all

  Children get seized from parents lots of times in Western countries when and if the parents are breaking the law

  I wasn't applauding. sheesh
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  Russian Court authorizes seizure of outlawed sect children

  by cha ching in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nei6lvfl13q.

  interesting development in russia... according to this article on youtube, it appears that children that are subjected to being involved in banned social or religious groups can be removed from their parents..

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  OrphanCrow

  Yeah, I know, StillMS.

  What Russia really, really needs is an American corporate theocratic organization to get 'em in line, right?

  Oh, and who would that be??? Jehobah's organization?

  That will work. Sure it will.
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  Russian Court authorizes seizure of outlawed sect children

  by cha ching in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nei6lvfl13q.

  interesting development in russia... according to this article on youtube, it appears that children that are subjected to being involved in banned social or religious groups can be removed from their parents..

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  OrphanCrow

  JeffT: just because it doesn't like how they think, or what they believe.

  That is an understatement

  The children could be removed because the parents were involved in illegal activity. Not any different than many countries. That happens in Canada and the States too.

  Want to risk losing your children? Do illegal things.

  In Russia, engaging in practices that define you as belonging to an extremist (banned) organization is simply an illegal act. THAT is what will get children taken away. Doing things that are illegal will risk your children being removed from your care.
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  Gucci Grace

  by zeb in

  1. jw
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  i recall jw saying with some pride that former president of zimbabwe, mugabe's wife nicknamed "gucci" grace due her spending habits is a jw.

  is this correct?.

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  OrphanCrow

  It is possible that someone has mixed up Mugabe's wife with Nelson Mandela's first wife.

  Mandela's first wife, Evelyn, was a Jehovah's Witness. (and, I think...Mandela's sister also was a JW)

  http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/06/world/evelyn-mandela-82-first-wife-of-south-africa-s-ex-president.html
  
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  Zimbabwe has a new President.

  by zeb in

  1. social
  2. current

  i watched the new president taking his oath of office.

  well done mr president!.

  rather than me repeat his words i suggest you go google and look it up.

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  OrphanCrow

  LoveUni: "Let bygones be bygones" said Emmerson Mnangagwa today as he was sworn in as the new Zim president.
  He was referring, of course, to Robert Mugabe. Comrade Bob has been given immunity from prosecution as part of the deal for him to go.

  Huh.

  I didn't interpret his comment in the same way you did.

  I think he was referring to himself. Mnangagwa wants people to forgive and forget his role in Mugabe's atrocities

  Let bygones be bygones? Yeah...he hopes so, for sure. Please forget is what he is saying and it has more to do with him that it does ol' Bob
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  Russian Court authorizes seizure of outlawed sect children

  by cha ching in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nei6lvfl13q.

  interesting development in russia... according to this article on youtube, it appears that children that are subjected to being involved in banned social or religious groups can be removed from their parents..

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  OrphanCrow

  CrazyGuy: I wonder if the Russians see the Muslim religion as radical?

  Islam is not banned in Russia just the same as Christianity is not banned in Russia.
  

  But, some Muslim sects, of course are seen as extremist.

  Certain Muslim sects are considered to be extremist and adherents of those particular Muslim sects face arrest and imprisonment exactly the same as the JWs do.
  

  Check out this website for more information:

  http://forum18.org/archive.php?country=10
  
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  How do JWs pronounce COBE?

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
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  just wondering.

  when i was a witness, we had presiding overseer, and would say p-o for short.

  do they spell it out when they say cobe or do they say it with as a word?

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  wildthing: So at one time, the head of the congregation was called the Congregation Servant...Next, he was called the Presiding Overseer.
  What were they called before the title of Congregation Servant?
  freddo: I think before Congregation Servant it was Company Servant as in Company of men (military term not corporate term).

  Congregation Overseer (60s)

  I think the "Company Servant" pre-dated that. That term likely dated back to the days of Joe's Army
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  Baby parts story from 1989 Awake magazine

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  *this post was prompted by a reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7eqno4/jehovahs_witnesses_promote_truth_by_verifying/.

  so.. the org makes the claim that.

  "anyone who reads our publications or views our videos can be confident that the facts were thoroughly researched and are accurate.".

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  darkspliver: But you haven't mention the letter that the US Information Agency wrote to the WT about it??

  Oh gosh, no, darkspliver. What would be left for you to do if I did that?

  But, then again...the OP was addressing the claim that the org always fact check first...but, who cares about that, right? Who cares that they claim to always have the truth?

  Yup. They corrected it. Later. Just like the rest of the "world" did.

  Not so special, after all, right?