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  Jehovah's Witness crimes - Interactive Map/Database

  by rifter in

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  2. friends

  hello friends, rifter here from jwr.. i'm starting a new project using google maps to plot locations, news articles and other sources regarding high-profile crimes committed by jehovah's witnesses, and other related reports.

  the project will be ongoing, and much of the data so far is based on articles posted in the in the news section of jwr.

  i will soon be adding data from additional sources whenever possible.

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  Many thanks from a news nerd, rifter!

  (I once recommended a Google news search on "Jehovah" to a diehard JW and they replied: Why? Satan runs the Internet.)

  Ha!

  ~Sue
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  Well, I just finished reading Crisis of Conscience thanks to IssacAustin!

  by Botzwana in

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  i couldn't put it down!

  very informative.

  i agreed with it all.

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  Is there one available in spanish? My mexican wife wants to read it

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  http://www.commentarypress.com/Detail/spa_crisis_e.html
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  Spanish JW admitted to Foundation for Pluralism and Coexistens".

  by InquiryMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i found this interesting information in the 2010 report on international religious freedom.

  the government has taken steps to integrate non-catholic religious groups through the foundation for pluralism and coexistence.

  the foundation provides funds to minority and religious groups to promote religious freedom and dialogue.

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  For some context on both sides:
  
  Minority religions are asking the state not to fund confessions
  
  Las religiones minoritarias piden al Estado que no financie confesiones
  
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  Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses … high, high
  
  Mormones y testigos de Jehová... arriba, más arriba

  If the Mormons and JWs are now accepted as "deeply rooted" (if not mainstream) Protestant and/or Evangelist religions, what's to stop Scientologists and Moonies from claiming the same recognition and publically funded benefits?

  ~Sue
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  Spanish JW admitted to Foundation for Pluralism and Coexistens".

  by InquiryMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i found this interesting information in the 2010 report on international religious freedom.

  the government has taken steps to integrate non-catholic religious groups through the foundation for pluralism and coexistence.

  the foundation provides funds to minority and religious groups to promote religious freedom and dialogue.

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  Does anyone now whether the JWs accepted its admittance or if they declined participating in the Foundations work?

  
  
  
  Judá Morcillo Rivas, Representante de los Testigos de Jehová, was scheduled to participate in a Training course: "Public Policies and Religious Diversity" hosted by the Foundation for Pluralism and Coexistence (Fundación Pluralismo y Convivencia).
  
  
  Roundtable: "The vision of Religious Denominations," November 26, 2009.
  
  Will join the debate:
  
  Faustino López Requena
  Representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  
  Morcillo Juda Rivas
  Representative of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  
  Jamyang Rinchen Ngagpa
  Representative of the Buddhist
  
  
  Spanish PDF download
  
  English translation (text only)
  
  
  • What's odd is that the "The course aims to give public employees the knowledge and skills to face the new challenges posed by the design and implementation of public policies for the management of religious diversity." Since when is the Watchtower managing public employees of other faiths?

  • It's not clear that Rivas has actual membership on the Foundation's board. He was scheduled to participate in an interfaith "debate" sponsored by a government entity. There's lists of funding recipients on the website, no WT (yet). But it wouldn't surprise me if they set up an NGO-type front group under some obscure name so they could receive public funding for dubious "education" or "human rights" activities.
  
  ~Sue
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  Prayer & Good vibes needed for our Dear Rabbit JWD/N member

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  he is undergoing very serious brain surgery today.

  pray for him and his beautiful mrs. rabbit.

  both them are seriously ill and it's not easy for them..

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  To both Rabbits, my thoughts for health and strength are with you.
  
  ~Sue
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  The first Apostate? Young James Sullivan Fled From the Work and Prayers of Pastor Russell's Society.

  by Mythbuster in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the brooklyn daily eagle new york.

  tuesday november 9, 1909, page 11. .

  james sullivan, a tall, fifteen year-old boy, plead not guilty to being a juvenile delinquent before judge o'keefe in the children's court yesterday.

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  I did! Thanks for posting this account, Mythbuster. Very interesting to me (whose U.S. family began in that era in old NYC) and became the typical 15-year-old JW "rebellious youth" a few generations after.
  
  Is there any one here who was raised in it, who cannot relate to this young guy's circumstances? It was either sink or swim, and it appears he was trying to swim his way out of it as best he could.
  
  Hope he made it to shore.
  
  James Sullivan, may you rest in peace. And if, on the outside chance you're still with us on this earth, more power to ya'.
  
  ~Sue
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  Creationist Theme Park: "Ark Encounter"

  by leavingwt in

  1. social
  2. current

  say hello to ark encounter.. .

  kentucky governor unveils plans for creationist theme park complete with full-sized ark.

  .. a joint project between beshear and answers in genesis -- a christian organization that also built a similar attraction, the creation museum -- the park will reportedly cost at least $150 million and create 900 jobs, according to the news release.. beshear's spokesperson kerri richardson declined to comment beyond what was in her office's news release on the project.. the amusement park, named ark encounter, will include all the modern recreation amenities, including: a full-sized wooden ark, a "walled city much like was found in ancient times, a replica of the tower of babel with exhibits, a first-century middle eastern village" and even outdoor parking.

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  Will there be discounted admission for all the widows and orphans who could have truly benefited from $150 million?
  
  ~Sue
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  Sisters no allowed in KH period!

  by life is to short in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just found out during the elders school sisters are not allowed in the kh for any reason.

  i have a girlfriend that i became really close to when i was at bethel.

  we really were as close as real sisters, in fact i am still closer to her then my own flesh and blood jw sister but with my leaving the jw's it has been hard, she does not have a clue about my true feelings of this cult, i have tried to throw points out to her and she will not get them, she will not let her mind go there.. .

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  The ideal Christian wife: barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen.*
  
  
  
  *Brain not required.
  
  ~Sue
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  NZ Mine Tragedy - Aussie miner was a JW

  by 3Mozzies in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/aussie-miner-william-joynson-big-strong-but-trapped-in-dark/story-e6freuy9-1225958821843.

  after a year in new zealand, australian miner william joynson and his wife kim had begun packing their belongings, ready to return to queensland.. the photo albums and other personal items had already been shipped across the tasman.. after sons jonathon, 13, and benjamin, 10, finished the school year, the family planned to leave their modest cottage and move home early in the new year.. the joynsons had shaped a life in new zealand, centred around the pike river coal mine and the jehovah's witness community, of which they were active members.. friends james ashby and rodger griffiths described the man they know as willy joynson as a "typical australian".. .

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  A tragedy for all concerned! My heart is with the families for their losses, the Joynsons no more or less than the others, but for all.

  May the miners rest in peace. Strength to their families.

  ~Sue
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  How Eco-Friendly is the Watchtower?

  by donuthole in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have plenty of anecdotal evidence of witnesses going through life with the attitude of "we'll just clean it up in the paradise.

  " i wondered if this kind of attitude was manifest in the bethel homes and factories.

  is recycling something that the watchtower engages in at its facilities?

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