Posts by _Morpheus

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Jehovah's Witnesses Scripturally Based Position on Child Protection

by humblepotato in

news room > legal developments > legal resources.

jehovah's witnesses scripturally based position on child protection.

i am having trouble understanding paragraph 5. it says: .

_Morpheus

Im not sure where that quote came from but i will treat it as legit and truly from the org for the purpose of my reply...

immediately i have a problem with it... they will report if the child is still in danger... really? Cause being raped once isnt worthy of reporting???? Who determins still in danger? If someone says ‘oh i wont do if again’ is that considered danger free?

Its simple. Report all abuse. Dont discourage anyone else from reporting. Anything less than that isnt enough. They are a church and have ZERO legal authority and shouldnt be involved in any way.

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They have a point...

by James Mixon in

last week in the sunday meeting a sister made a comment and collapsed, a massive heart attack.

one of the young brothers is a fireman and he gave her mouth mouth and according to the doctor this saved her life.

so if she had missed the meeting that day she would have surly died because her husband is not in great health.

_Morpheus

Maybe the stress of being at the hall caused the heart attack...

mind=blown

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Mexican drug lord El Chapo personally killed 4 Witnesses in the 80's

by Richard_I in

jw
friends

us prosecutors are reportedly considering charging 'el chapo' guzman with the killings of 6 us citizens and a dea agent.

"the first killings came on december 2, 1984, when four jehovah's witness missionaries, two men and two women, knocked on the door of a drug lord.

godoy, who was then also working as a body guard for ernesto fonseca, another guadalajara kingpin, said the missionaries were tortured and the women raped.

_Morpheus

Thank you for the clarification. I skimmed the article, i didnt invest much time. In the end the details dont make it less awful. Choppo was (is) a horrific son of a bitch and his crew is legendarily brutal. The jw’s didnt deserve it anymore than the thousands of others ordered killed.

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Continuing congregation mergers

by Are you serious in

in the area i live in the pacific northwest, three spanish congregations we're merged into two a couple of years ago and in the next month or so four english congregations will be cut down to three.

both situations happened because of lack of growth.

a few years ago, i would never have imagined spanish congregations disappearing or merging but it's happening.

_Morpheus

It was a little sideways anger Morph. uggh.

Lol ok, well i can appreciate that. I was just curiouse why that specifically was the tipping point 😂😂

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Continuing congregation mergers

by Are you serious in

in the area i live in the pacific northwest, three spanish congregations we're merged into two a couple of years ago and in the next month or so four english congregations will be cut down to three.

both situations happened because of lack of growth.

a few years ago, i would never have imagined spanish congregations disappearing or merging but it's happening.

_Morpheus

Seriously? Thats why hell is too good for them? The way they choose to count their membership is worthy of eternal damnation...? The idea that a language group, with its own meetings, is counted a congregation angers you that much?

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Informing of judicial decisions - how is it accomplished in 2018?

by gone for good in

how do jws (rank and file) know when to commence shunning the victim of an internal judicial proceeding ?

what direction does the elders manual give to start the congregations participation in shunning?

when did you most recently see this process initiated in a hall you attend?.

_Morpheus

Could anyone substantiate that is actual written organizational protocol supplied to elders from HQ?

Of course. Below a pic of the relevant page from the ks10 (txt book for elders) published by the org and issued to congregation elders only.

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Mexican drug lord El Chapo personally killed 4 Witnesses in the 80's

by Richard_I in

jw
friends

us prosecutors are reportedly considering charging 'el chapo' guzman with the killings of 6 us citizens and a dea agent.

"the first killings came on december 2, 1984, when four jehovah's witness missionaries, two men and two women, knocked on the door of a drug lord.

godoy, who was then also working as a body guard for ernesto fonseca, another guadalajara kingpin, said the missionaries were tortured and the women raped.

_Morpheus

Terrible terrible story. What the hell were they thinking. In the eary to mid 80’s he was already a kingpin. Nobody should have been stupid enough to knock on his door.

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Lost in Space -Netflix- No spoilers.

by smiddy3 in

i have just finished watching the first series 10 episodes and at first i was just a little bit curious and not to sure about it however it certainly grew on me .. it deviates from the old tv series and has a slightly more darker side to it as well as being a bit more modern with life situations judy being coloured and adopted ,and john and maureen a couple with issues and the robot is just out of this world .lets not forget dr.smith as a female and more sinister than her counterpart of the tv series.. i would rate it 8.5 out of 10 .

and look forward to the next series and hope that their is one because i definitely think it has a future .. anybody else seen it ?

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_Morpheus

Judy wasnt adopted. She was maureens first child, john is her step dad. It plays into their relationship.... that said, it also grew on me. My problem with it was that initially they tried to cram too much into every episode. As it went on they slowed down a bit and developed more without rushing. It wasnt perfect as a series but i will watch season two

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Highlights from Leaked Bethel Videos - part 6, Brooklyn tunnels

by neat blue dog in

here's some pictures of the tunnels that used to connect the various bethel buildings after they stopped being used, as well as a diagram.. .

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_Morpheus

Goddamn my heart skipped a beat. So many memories came flooding back at seeing those. I appreciate seeing them and sorry at the same time.

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Bethelite statistics

by john.prestor in

hey guys, i'm working on a paper about exploitation amongst jehovah's witnesses ( i'm also preparing a book about jehovah's witnesses and interaction ritual theory, and another paper about jehovah's witnesses and discrimination against women).

i'm trying to calculate as exact figures as i can concerning how much bethelites are paid.

does anyone know the monthly stipend as of now?

_Morpheus

Lol well good effort on your part making the call. The proper nomenclature used to be something like a “monthly stipend” or some such thing. Make the call again in a few days and try that, see what theu say. They are paranoid about answering the question and being caught in legal trouble. Also keep in mind the little jw flunky answering the switchboard isnt really trained and dedicated to be answering phones, it used to be a job rotated among older residents who were trusted to be polite. At night it was just the desk guy who let people in and out.