THANK YOU, SIMON!
I think some people really show up how bitter and pathetic they are from these comments.
Anyone wishing harm and torture on people simply by virtue of them being JWs is pathetic.
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7 Jehovah’s Witnesses Brutally Tortured in Russia
by Drearyweather inhttps://jw-russia.org/en/news/19021923-622.html.
at least seven of jehovah’s witnesses were subjected to torture—electric shocks, suffocation, and cruel beatings—on the first floor of the russian investigative committee’s building at ul.
ostrovskogo, d. 47, in surgut.
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The origin of the word Lullaby
by StarTrekAngel inreading around the subject of lillith, the alledged, rebel first wife of adam, i stumbled upon this link and many others that link the custom of singing babies to sleep as an ancient jewish superstition.. http://www.jeanniemusick.com/lilith-world/lilith-as-the-origin-of-the-lullaby/.
some of the research could probably be argued but looking at it from the wt perspective and mirroring their usual reasoning, i could imagine the following.... ... it appears that the word "lullaby" originates from the the hebrew "lilith-abi", which means "lilith be gone".
jewish mothers used to sing these songs to their babies in bed in hopes that they would be protected from this baby snatching demon called lilith.
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Normally accepted sources on the etymologies of English words make no such claims. The word has typical English-Germanic roots lull[en] + bye. Upon what basis is this supposed Hebrew etymology based? Why have the professors and other linguistic experts who produce the etymologies in dictionaries like the American Heritage and Webster ones not substantiated such a claim?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lullaby
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/lullaby
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lullaby
https://word-ancestry.livejournal.com/107757.html
Do you really want to trust the version of this word's origins by "Jeannie Musick" who also writes on "The Vampire Chronicle TV Series" and “How to Raise a Pet Vampire” over experts who spend their careers studying this word's etymology?
http://www.jeanniemusick.com/lilith-world/lilith-as-the-origin-of-the-lullaby/
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Research Opportunity
by researchstudentsophie inmy name is sophie, and i am currently in the class ap research.
the aim of ap research is to have students enter into an academic conversation that exists about a specific topic or issue.
for my research project, i have chosen to evaluate the social stress levels, or sense of belonging, within members of the jehovah’s witnesses community, due to my personal background with the religion.. the following attachment will help me collect data for my research.
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Sophie,
I'm with jtg here. If you make a claim like you do with this:
"Because this sect exhibits mental illness 16 times more than the general population, it is important to find a solution, in order to raise awareness and help people"
and you do not back it up with facts, you will filter out participation, at least to some degree, by those who will doubt your factual basis and your motives.When putting together your project, you need to steer clear of such unsubstantiated/dubious claims if you want full participation.
Best wishes on your work.
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Will the org ever be forced to do this?
by careful inhttps://www.toledoblade.com/news/world/2019/02/19/nuns-priests-vatican-city-apologize-inaction-cover-ups/stories/20190220019.
the catholic leaders acknowledge "that their family-like communities blinded them to sexual abuse and led to misplaced loyalties, denial, and cover-ups.".
will the gb ever have to do the same, or will they just keep demanding silence from their members who know the facts and keep buying the silence from victims through confidentiality agreements when settling lawsuits?.
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The Catholic leaders acknowledge "that their family-like communities blinded them to sexual abuse and led to misplaced loyalties, denial, and cover-ups."
Will the GB ever have to do the same, or will they just keep demanding silence from their members who know the facts and keep buying the silence from victims through confidentiality agreements when settling lawsuits?
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Secret book in RC Chruch CSA scandal revelaed
by careful inworth a look:.
https://www.newsweek.com/catholic-church-admits-secret-rules-dealing-priest-sex-scandals-1335578.
it makes me wonder how many jw kids might be from fathers they do not really know as their true dads.
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Worth a look:
https://www.newsweek.com/catholic-church-admits-secret-rules-dealing-priest-sex-scandals-1335578
It makes me wonder how many JW kids might be from fathers they do not really know as their true dads. Because of their theology, Witnesses would not usually have an abortion if a young teen girl was impregnated by some child sexually abusive brother. Wouldn't there be some cases where this was all kept hush-hush? Surely there must be some...
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Watchtower Trolleys With Added Bling
by cofty inmy wife and i were in edinburgh on saturday (did a ghost tour) and around dusk we passed two trolleys on the high street — aka 'the royal mile' — that both had two rows of led lights under the little shelves.
has anybody else seen this or is it a local innovation?
i'm happy to report their pimped-up trolleys were attracting no attention as usual.
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JP,
Their real purpose is to "giv[e] Pioneers and Elders" easy field service time!
Atlantis, thx for the pix.
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Ex-Cardinal McCarrick Defrocked by Pope for CSA
by careful inthe pope is making a statement.. https://abcnews.go.com/us/us-cardinal-theodore-mccarrick-defrocked-vatican-sex-abuse/story?id=61017455.
will the org follow suit, perhaps if forced to?.
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The pope is making a statement.
Will the org follow suit, perhaps if forced to?
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Thank you, sir82!
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Electronic Frontier Foundation v Watch Tower Society
by Corney in[disclaimer: the headline is slightly misleading since the eff itself doesn't participate in the case, so read more below].
it's not a secret that during the last two years watchtower obtained nearly 40 dmca subpoenas requiring google, facebook, instagram, twitter, soundcloud, scribd, reddit and other isps to provide personal information of users that allegedly infringed the society's copyright.. since subpoena proceeding is ex parte, almost all the requests were granted.. but one of the affected users contacted, on advice of youtube's legal team, the electronic frontier foundation (eff), and the foundation found a law firm ready to represent him pro bono, namely garvey schubert barer:.
youtube's legal department emailed the user on or about july 10, 2018, five days before the subpoena's return date, stating that it would comply with the subpoena unless it received a file-stamped motion to quash "or other type of formal objection before july 20, 2018.
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Thanks for the post. This is interesting. So their attempt to bully people with DMCA has caused them new legal expenses—brilliant!
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Ministers are called for consultation regarding Jehovah’s Witness revelations
by Not_Culty inhttps://avoidjw.org/en/news/ministers-are-called-for-consultation-regarding-jehovahs-witness-revelations/.
the jehovah’s witnesses branch office in holbæk does not want to be interviewed, but states that in some cases they go to the authorities.. the recognized religious community of jehovah’s witnesses has an internal set of rules where religious leaders can judge on everything from smoking to killing.. this is according to a secret manual for the elders – religious leaders of jehovah’s witnesses – that tv 2 has in its possession.. precisely that fact is a testament that this is a parallel legal community, one of denmark’s leading experts in religious law believes.. and now the social democrats are calling the responsible ministers for consultation:.
– for us, it is subordinate to what god you believe in.
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It would be interesting to know how the Danish government views the Roman Catholic Church's internal legal system. It has such a large body of "canon law," that is, a set of rules/laws which comprise "a parallel legal system" within their religion that certain priests spend their entire careers studying canon law. I know one such priest who works in the diocese of a city and is that city's expert on the church's "parallel legal system." Parish priests contact him for advice on how the church should deal with certain internal matters. We can say the same of Orthodox Jews and rabbinic law. Both of these religions have been around a lot longer than the WTS.
It is interesting that the Danish government is apparently focusing on JWs in this matter. This must be due to ex-JW activism. The RC church and Orthodox Judaism there have no such movements.