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Alan F's flaming arguments and insults
by Rex inhi alan, .
have you ever looked at the carved up mountains, hills and valleys?????
have examined the remarkable similarity to the mount st. helen's canyon that was carved our very quickly?
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WatchtowerFarm.Org: JWs and Ex-JWs Continue Destroying Their Wounded!
by AMNESIAN inbelow is the most recent in a lengthy exchange between the elderly bethel brother who arranged for the setting up and hosting of watchtowerfarm.org and an initially-suspicious inquirer.
(for background see: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/95848/1.ashx)
the entire exchange that precedes it is heartbreakingly illuminating as regards the tragic plight of elderly bethelites who've devoted their lives to the wbts and should, imo, be disseminated far and wide.
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DannyHaszard
Danny Haszard was robbed of his life savings all my family members are being held hostage, robbed of my education,health well being and i spend over a $1,000 a month on expenses exposing the wicked watchtower.
I get the most demented hate mail and must be armed 24/7 for my protection.
Does somebody out there want to make a cottage industry of watchtower services?
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Ever had someone threaten to kill you, and mean it? Just happened to me.
by wanderlustguy ini just had it happen for the second time in 3 years, today.
the first one wasn't that bad, because the guy didn't scare me.
the one today...i think might really try.
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Criminal Threatening Stalking by Jehovah's Witnesses (click on link)
Come and get it!
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BIG RCC settlements and apology 8-6-05
by DannyHaszard inoakland diocese settles sex suits
oakland tribune, ca - 5 hours ago.
... they had sought up to $27 million, yet praised the trial's result: a legal record of diocesan negligence in shuffling pedophile priests from parish to parish ...
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Contrast Catholic Church Pro-Actions with Watchtower Ongoing Cover-ups Jehovah's Witnesses Silence the Lambs Sex Abuse Victims Denied ...
Pressbox.co.uk (press release), UK - 8 minutes ago
... of appeal Friday July 15, a the Supreme Court of New Hampshire rendered a decision for Holley and Heather Berry that found Jehovah's Witnesses not civilly ... -
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BIG RCC settlements and apology 8-6-05
by DannyHaszard inoakland diocese settles sex suits
oakland tribune, ca - 5 hours ago.
... they had sought up to $27 million, yet praised the trial's result: a legal record of diocesan negligence in shuffling pedophile priests from parish to parish ...
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Oakland diocese settles sex suits
Oakland Tribune, CA - 5 hours ago
... They had sought up to $27 million, yet praised the trial's result: a legal record of diocesan negligence in shuffling pedophile priests from parish to parish ... Oakland diocese settles sex suits
Church to pay $56.4 million in abuse cases, one of the largest deals to dateBy Josh Richman, STAFF WRITER The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland has agreed to a $56.4 million settlement with 56 childhood sexual abuse survivors, capping three years of litigation and four months of intense negotiation. This ranks among the largest settlements reached by U.S. dioceses in the abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church in recent years.
The Oakland Diocese — serving half a million Catholics in Alameda and Contra Costa counties — will pay about $25.3 million itself, with the rest covered by its insurers, to end all existing sex-abuse lawsuits naming it as a defendant.
Bishop Allen Vigneron issued a statement expressing his "heartfelt hope that reaching this resolution will help victim-survivors move forward ever more securely along the path of healing."
He and all East Bay priests will do all they can to make it so, he added, renewing his apology to victims and his commitment to ensuring children's safety.
California in 2003 enacted a yearlong window in which childhood sexual abuse victims could file claims previously barred by the statute of limitations; a flood of about 800 lawsuits ensued statewide.
The Diocese of Orange County last December agreed to a $100 million deal with 87survivors; the Diocese of San Francisco in early June agreed to a $21.3 million deal with 15 survivors, though others are moving toward trial; the Diocese of Sacramento in late June agreed to a $35 million deal with 33 survivors; and the Diocese of Santa Rosa in late June settled eight of its nine remaining lawsuits for
$7.3 million.
Elsewhere, the Boston Archdiocese in 2003 agreed to an $85 million settlement with 553 clergy abuse survivors.
The Oakland Diocese agreement actually is a series of separate settlements for varying amounts of money between the Diocese and each individual abuse victim, supervised by Alameda County Superior Court Judge David Hunter.
"Each case was individually negotiated, but no case would be settled unless every case was settled," said Hayward attorney Rick Simons, the abuse survivors' lead counsel. Some terms were agreed upon months ago, but were unenforceable until the final cases and details were worked out Friday, he said.
Simons said the settlement is "a great relief" to Catholic children who suffered in silence for years.
"They can now know with certainty their families, the public, and their Church believe the unspeakable did occur, and that responsibility has been taken by the institution that allowed its children to be molested by their most trusted figures," he said, praising Vigneron and diocese attorney Steve McFeeley for their "deep commitment to a fair resolution of each case."
Simons in April persuaded an Alameda County jury to award $1.93 million to two brothers, Bob and Tom Thatcher, who'd been molested by former Antioch priest Robert Ponciroli about 25 years ago.
They had sought up to $27 million, yet praised the trial's result: a legal record of diocesan negligence in shuffling pedophile priests from parish to parish instead of keeping them from preying on children again. And Bob Thatcher's punitive damages were an almost unprecedented instance of an entire California diocese being punished as institutionally responsible for specific sexual abuse.
Simons said Friday the Thatchers' jury award will be replaced with Friday's deal. "The purpose of the global settlement was to allow the Diocese of Oakland to end
all lawsuits involving the decades of sexual abuse of children ... and that includes cases in whatever procedural stage they were in."
Terrie Light, regional director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, said there are as many reactions to a global settlement like this as there are individual plaintiffs, but the prevailing feeling probably is relief that this emotionally trying process is done.
Some will feel a sense of accomplishment that they helped hold the church accountable for the harm it did, she said, and will feel their pain mitigated. "But it doesn't make it go way, that's for sure," she said.
Light said she's concerned for the feelings of victims who came forth individually long ago and weren't part of this recent rush of lawsuits, as well as for those who missed the window of opportunity to sue. "They're going to come forward now and the door will be shut to them."
Also included in Friday's settlements were cases involving:
-Former priest Stephen Kiesle, accused of molesting boys at parishes in Union City, Fremont and Pinole. Kiesle was sentenced in June 2004 to six years in prison for molesting a young girl in 1995 at his Truckee vacation home.
-Former priest Donald Eugene Broderson, now of Richmond, accused of abusing children while serving at parishes in Fremont, Alameda, Hayward, Dublin and Castro Valley.
-Former priest Robert Freitas, now of Hayward, accused of abusing children while serving at a Fremont parish.
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Diocese of San Diego still have many lawsuits pending against them. Simons said the Fresno, Stockton and Monterey dioceses have some as well, and several cases remain against various independent religious orders.
Vigernon's news release said the diocese's portion of the settlement will be initially funded by a loan to the diocese and eventually through selling some assets. The diocese's budget will absorb interim increases in interest expenses due to the increase in debt, with an unknown effect on diocesan services.
But no parish assets will be sold, and funds raised for other specific purposes — including construction of the new Cathedral of Christ the Light near Oakland's Lake Merritt — won't be used in the settlement, the release said. Also, the diocese will continue to:
-Maintain its "zero tolerance" policy for clergy, workers and volunteers, so nobody with a credible complaint of abuse against them will remain in ministry;
-Obey requirements to report complaints to police;
-Conduct annual performance audits to ensure policies are being followed;
-Maintain an independent review board to evaluate complaints and advise the bishop;
-Do background checks on priests and others entering the diocese;
-Train clergy, workers and volunteers to recognize and report possible abuse;
-Fingerprint all clergy, workers and volunteers with jobs involving children.
Contact Josh Richman at [email protected] .
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Way back in time. Did anyone attend Assembly that Michael Jackson went to?
by out of the box inwe had some of the cong go all the way to california to attend the same assembly that they knew michael jackson would attend!
when i made a comment about how they were going just to get a glimpse of him.
that was not received too well.
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Paul Endres from my cong in Naples Florida visited California and witnessed MJ's baptism.When he came back and told me i scoffed (didn't believe MJ/JW)
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Another JW mother dies after giving birth (So. California)
by Jourles ini just got word that a sister from southern california died today after giving birth yesterday.
this was secondhand information, but this is the info i've heard so far:.
after giving birth, she felt light-headed in her bed in the recovery room.
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Aug. 5, 2005- Blood refused; hurt man dies Mountain Democrat - Aug 05 10:39 AM A 45-year-old man died Wednesday evening after he refused medical treatment due to religious beliefs, according to California Highway Patrol reports. Aug. 5, 2005- Blood refused; hurt man dies
By NOEL STACK, City editor [email protected]A 45-year-old man died Wednesday evening after he refused medical treatment due to religious beliefs, according to California Highway Patrol reports.
Randy Guess, of Cameron Park, sustained injuries to his chest after the 1990 Ford Festiva he was riding in Wednesday morning, driven by his son, Austin Guess, 18, collided with the back of a Mack truck on Highway 50, west of Bass Lake Road, according to reports. Both men in the car were taken by ambulance to UC Davis Medical Center where Randy later died.
Austin, who also complained of pain to his chest, CHP reports states, was listed in good condition as of yesterday at press time, according to a UC Davis spokeswoman. The driver of the Mack truck, Leif Pryor, 26, of Sacramento, was uninjured.
At the hospital, according to reports, Randy, a Jehovah's Witness, refused blood and refused surgery because of his religious beliefs. The Jehovah's Witness official Website states that blood "stands for life" and should not be misused, even for life-saving transfusions.
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A film about jw history - what would you call it?
by dedpoet ini f someone made a film about wt history, what do you think would be the best title?
i 'd probably go for "pulp fiction", but someones already used that.
a ny ideas?
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The Millerites: Armageddon (History Channel)
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Author excommunicated by Mormon church
by Dogpatch infriday, august 05, 2005
author excommunicated by mormon church
book outlines how existing dna data for american indians does not support mormon beliefs that continent's earliest inhabitants were descendants of israelite patriarch lehi.
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Good point hmike
# 4 in the 8 marks of a cult
(4) The Cult of Confession (aka 'spilling your guts' to cult leaders so they have ammo to use against you if you try to leave)Serious sins (as defined by the organization) are to be confessed immediately. The members are to be reported if found walking contrary to the rules.
There is often a tendency to derive pleasure from self-degradation through confession {S+M} This occurs when all must confess their sins before each other regularly, creating an intense kind of "oneness" within the group. It also allows leaders from within to exercise authority over the weaker ones, using their "sins" as a whip to lead them on. -
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Author excommunicated by Mormon church
by Dogpatch infriday, august 05, 2005
author excommunicated by mormon church
book outlines how existing dna data for american indians does not support mormon beliefs that continent's earliest inhabitants were descendants of israelite patriarch lehi.
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DannyHaszard
Rings and resonates loud and clear with Danny Haszard
I blew the whistle on the sleazy Rockland Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Rockland Massachuestts and was "purged" for a CAPITAL offense.
They refused to disclose what the Capital offense was.I presume it was for failure to kiss some sleazy ass.