Posts by OrphanCrow

NotNew: Most of the bashing comments between male-female, male-male, and female-female appear to be low self-esteem that reflects a person's overall subjective emotional evaluation of his or her own worth. It is a judgment of oneself as well as an attitude toward the self.

Blame the victim. Of course, that will make everything okey dokey.

Ah...the explanations and excuses abound.

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Islam is the Epitome of Misogyny

by cofty in

in this video the popular saudi cleric sheik yahya al-jana discusses the joys of paradise, saying that men will have the strength of a hundred men in paradise and will be busy tearing hymens, while the virgins of paradise, whose breasts are like pomegranates, become virgins every time again.. the cleric also explains it is mostly men who enter paradise noting that women in general are bad because they refuse to wear the veil, they wear tight clothes in shopping malls, put on perfume and jewelry, and use filthy social media platforms.

source.... this is what young men from conservative muslim families are raised on.

is it any wonder islamic countries treat women appallingly?.

OrphanCrow

SSC: All you have to do is look at the religious material of stand up comics - by far most of them see it as open season on Christianity but don't come near the subject of Islam.

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

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Removed from JW.ORG: Warwick Photo Gallery 3 (January Through April 2015)

by wifibandit in

the warwick gallery #1 and gallery #2 are still up.. i have #3 backed up: http://imgur.com/a/klnlg.

also pulled: .

wallkill photo gallery 2.

OrphanCrow

wifi: I guess they got complaints from the R&F that these digs were nicer than theirs.

Those digs look pretty plain Jane to me. Nothing fancy and nothing too pricey. Other than the door hardware on the cabinets - those are a bit more than standard. But still, not over the top at all. Not even a backsplash and only a single sink. Cost cutting.

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Warwitch (warwick) Workers Needed!

by DwainBowman in

but no girls allowed!

as of january, women won't be accepted as volunteers, at any of the job sites!.

it has to do with the rooming arrangements.

OrphanCrow

Maybe there have been allegations of sexual harrassment on the job site.

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Religious Tourism in Zimbabwe: A multi-billion $ Industry

by OrphanCrow in

http://www.herald.co.zw/lets-embrace-our-local-prophets-mzembi/.

let's embrace our local prophets; mzembisamantha chigogo herald correspondenttourism and hospitality industry minister walter mzembi has urged zimbabweans to honour their prophets instead of flying to countries as far afield as nigeria and ghana to look for salvation.speaking during celebrations to mark the world tourism day in harare last friday, minister mzembi said honouring local prophets would help attract tourists and boost revenue generation.we should put our faith in local prophets instead of having fellow zimbabweans flooding countries like nigeria, ghana and south africa for spiritual confrontations, he said.minister mzembi said the tourism sector required initiatives that attracted more people to visit the country.we should embrace our local prophets to promote their international mileage so they can easily attract more delegates into the country.

let them come to fill our hotels by visiting local prophets than us going to them.

OrphanCrow

http://www.herald.co.zw/lets-embrace-our-local-prophets-mzembi/

Let's Embrace Our Local Prophets; Mzembi
Samantha Chigogo Herald Correspondent
TOURISM and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi has urged Zimbabweans to honour their prophets instead of flying to countries as far afield as Nigeria and Ghana to look for salvation.
Speaking during celebrations to mark the World Tourism Day in Harare last Friday, Minister Mzembi said honouring local prophets would help attract tourists and boost revenue generation.
“We should put our faith in local prophets instead of having fellow Zimbabweans flooding countries like Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa for spiritual confrontations,’’ he said.
Minister Mzembi said the tourism sector required initiatives that attracted more people to visit the country.
“We should embrace our local prophets to promote their international mileage so they can easily attract more delegates into the country. Let them come to fill our hotels by visiting local prophets than us going to them. We need to run by the theme: ‘Get them here, Get their money and Get them out’,” he said.
He said the recently held “Judgment Night 3” crusade attracted a number of international visitors searching for spiritual guidance.
“Many religious pilgrimage sites are endowed in the country and they could contribute to an influx of religious tourists flocking into the country as witnessed last year in the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Ebenezer, Judgment night and Night of Bliss,” he said.
He added that religious tourism was fast growing into a multi-billion industry and records 300 million travellers globally every year.
“We have several high ranking religious events bringing together about 180 000 people from Zimbabwe and other parts of the globe as they come to witness and experience the power of God through local prophets,” he said.
Minister Mzembi said Zimbabwe has received visitors seeking spiritual deliverance from Europe and Asia.

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Operation "Change meeting infrra-weekly" is a smokescreen

by LaFrancia in

the operation "change midweek meeting" probably was a move to divert attention of the brotherhood from layoffs to betel and the ranks of special pioneers, a smokescreen for the pedophilia scandal !

!operation "change meeting infrra-weekly" is a smokescreen.

what do you think ?.

OrphanCrow

Umber: The end of the Watchtower as we know it is not that far away.
For the first time, I really do believe they are going to dissipate and they may have the odd convention, but they will be the "internet religion".

I agree.

I think that the entire religion that we know as the Jehovah's Witnesses is a smokescreen.

Everything about the WTS is smokescreen - nothing is as it seems. It appears to be a religion, but it isn't. The "religion" is the smokescreen, and, like Umber said, they will become a cyber religion with a strange, weird, murky past. New and improved, re-born...and the Jehovah's Witnessess will fade to an obscure cult of the 20th century.

In the meanwhile...the Watchtower Corporation will continue to run business as usual...under the fractured umbrella of corporate sructures.

The 'religion' will dissipate somewhat...it wasn't the main concern, anyways. The money has been, and is, the main concern. Anything of value has already been splintered off into other corporations. "The Christian Congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses" can go extinct and the WTS will still survive...behind more smokescreens.

Yes. The meeting change that just took place is a smokescreen. A calculated one. For what? I am not sure...but it will be for something that none of us expect. The magicians' hand waving is far too active...and lots of hands are waving...construction, preaching, meeting changes....whatever is going on...the audience is and will be amazed, no doubt, with the results.

Something is happening and I don't think it is anything at all what we expect. Just my opinion, of course.

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Deaf Aotearoa flooded with complaints about Jehovah's Witness church

by OrphanCrow in

deaf aotearoa flooded with complaints about jehovah's witness churchkashka tunstalllast updated 15:22, october 6 2015deaf aotearoa has asked the jehovah's witness church to respond to claims of a deaf information database.new zealand's deaf community is fed up with unsolicited house calls, claiming the jehovah's witness church is targeting deaf households.deaf aotearoa has received multiple complaints from around the country and says church members visited certain homes because they were aware a deaf person lived there.

the organisation released a statement on monday, saying it was looking into the possibility the church holds a database listing the details of members of the deaf community.jehovah witness spokesman rod spinks said there was no such database and deaf people were not being targeted.the deaf aotearoa statement was posted on the group's facebook page, and received a flood of comments from frustrated people.one woman said a group of jehovah's witnesses had come to her house and asked "for the deaf person who lives here.

" she said they refused to explain how they had her details and didn't visit her neighbours.another said church members had turned up at her work and asked for her by name.hamilton man royce flynn said he had been visited six times over the last nine months, despite repeatedly saying he was uninterested in the house calls.he said the church members were always able to sign and also brought deaf people along, which lead him to believe he was being singled out.flynn said contacted local police, who told him it was a privacy issue and referred him on to the office of the privacy commissioner.he said he had been been in contact with local labour member of parliament sue moroney.deaf aotearoa acting chief executive jill dean said complaints about the church were a recurring issue.

OrphanCrow

Splash: I wonder if the WT will ever catch on that this information is valuable...

I wonder if the WTS will ever catch on that some of their methods of collecting, storing and sharing of personal information are violations of privacy laws.

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Campaigners issue Jehovah's Witnesses abuse warning

by LevelThePlayingField in

source:http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/campaigners-issues-jehovahs-witnesses-abuse-warning-11364008972682.

victims of child abuse within the jehovah's witnesses may never see the perpetrators brought to justice unless the government closes a loophole allowing criminals to evade justice, campaigners have warned.. the government has been asked to introduce mandatory reporting to police whenever an allegation of child sex abuse is made within the faith group.. currently, the so-called "two-witness rule" means jehovah's witnesses deal with allegations of "sins" internally and only investigate themselves if the claim is corroborated by a second testimony - something lawyers say is unlikely given that many victims are abused on their own, in private.. concern over the number of "hidden" victims has prompted campaigners to hand a letter to downing street calling on the government to take action.. victim nick french, 43, who was abused by his stepfather gary moscrop from the ages of seven to 13, said introducing mandatory reporting would reduce the risk of paedophiles offending.. the salesman, originally from glasgow but who was raised in brighton, claimed: "when there are institutions that have rules that protect paedophiles, then something really needs to be done about that.. "when it's one word against another, they can get away with it.

certainly in my case, it just allowed him (my abuser) to become worse and worse in his criminal activities.. "what a faith group like the jehovah's witnesses would say about child abuse is they still view it as a sin, rather than a crime.. "in this day and age, as soon as a crime is reported it needs to go to the people who are qualified to deal with such a crime.

OrphanCrow

Zoos: I've heard this excuse too:
"It is not our job as a religion to imprison criminals."

That is true. It isn't their job. And that is why the JW judicial system is woefully inadequate and should never be accepted as a form of "dealing with the abuser".

The JW judicial system does NOT address the issue of child rape. It is a bullshit excuse for ignoring the crime of child abuse.

The JWs are such an insular group that they disregard the effects that disfellowshipping a child abuser will have on the larger community.

Just imagine if a government agency was exposed for firing all their employees that had committed rape while on the job. If the rapists were only fired, and nothing else....the rapists are just expelled from the governement agency but still allowed to roam free in the general population. Would we accept that firing was the best solution to dealing with a rapist that worked for the government? Would that be acceptable...just firing and nothing else done?

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Deaf Aotearoa flooded with complaints about Jehovah's Witness church

by OrphanCrow in

deaf aotearoa flooded with complaints about jehovah's witness churchkashka tunstalllast updated 15:22, october 6 2015deaf aotearoa has asked the jehovah's witness church to respond to claims of a deaf information database.new zealand's deaf community is fed up with unsolicited house calls, claiming the jehovah's witness church is targeting deaf households.deaf aotearoa has received multiple complaints from around the country and says church members visited certain homes because they were aware a deaf person lived there.

the organisation released a statement on monday, saying it was looking into the possibility the church holds a database listing the details of members of the deaf community.jehovah witness spokesman rod spinks said there was no such database and deaf people were not being targeted.the deaf aotearoa statement was posted on the group's facebook page, and received a flood of comments from frustrated people.one woman said a group of jehovah's witnesses had come to her house and asked "for the deaf person who lives here.

" she said they refused to explain how they had her details and didn't visit her neighbours.another said church members had turned up at her work and asked for her by name.hamilton man royce flynn said he had been visited six times over the last nine months, despite repeatedly saying he was uninterested in the house calls.he said the church members were always able to sign and also brought deaf people along, which lead him to believe he was being singled out.flynn said contacted local police, who told him it was a privacy issue and referred him on to the office of the privacy commissioner.he said he had been been in contact with local labour member of parliament sue moroney.deaf aotearoa acting chief executive jill dean said complaints about the church were a recurring issue.

OrphanCrow

Office of the Privacy Commisioner in New Zealand:

https://www.privacy.org.nz/the-privacy-act-and-codes/privacy-act-and-codes-introduction/

The Privacy Act controls how 'agencies' collect, use, disclose, store and give access to 'personal information'.
The privacy Codes of Practice do the same, but they apply to specific areas - particularly health, telecommunications and credit reporting.
Personal information is information about identifiable, living people.
Almost every person or organisation that holds personal information is an 'agency'. So, for example, the Privacy Act covers government departments, companies of all sizes, religious groups, schools and clubs.

...individuals who collect or hold personal information for their own personal, family or household affairs are exempt -- although this ceases to apply once the personal information concerned is collected, disclosed, or used, if that collection, disclosure, or use would be highly offensive to an ordinary reasonable person.

...An interference with privacy can occur when:
(a) an agency wrongfully refuses to give an individual access to information about them, or wrongfully refuses to correct information about them, or
(b) an individual suffers some form of harm as a result of a breach of a privacy principle, rule, or a code of practice or information matching provision.