http://globalnation.inquirer.net/132061/filipino-in-hawaii-gets-1-year-prison-term-for-molesting-boy#ixzz3s0obqim9.
IMO Another light sentence. Everyone of these have been given very little prison time.
Not a JW, my girlfriend & I sent her hubby to jail through a plea deal for 15 years then registered for life. If he had not taken the plea he was looking at life behind bars.
i am aware of the constant debate about whether or not to confront jws, because they will merely retreat behind their persecution complex.
well, i say, "bull shit!
religitards, as in the case of the recent paris attacks, ( yes, the jws are equal to those terrorists, is so much as they perpetuate lies that ultimately retard the progress of mankind), must be challenged without remorse, as their assertions are made without remorse for those who are forever scarred by their lies.
Data-Dog,
You have a valid point. First I will say I am very sure there are more extremely nice JW and Muslims then Bad ones. Ever since the events in Paris last week I have pondered the question how does the upper tiers of JWS differ from ISIS? Look at all the pedophiles they hide and let run lose to commit again and this is against their own children. Look at the emotional abuse this causes those victims by first leaving the abuser remain in the congregation and secondly by not getting the needed council for the victim and in some cases now this absurd they have called it fornication (ok I think the elders need to go to jail, imho). Then you have allowing abuse of women. Return to the children failure to educate the children. Age appropriate discussion during meetings, emotional abuse. Disfellowshipping of anyone under the age of 20 would be classified as child abuse. Oh, how about capital punishment - child abuse. The splitting up of families is a horrible form of emotional abuse. All of this is promoted very much from the GB on down.
The big difference is ISIS is doing it with big guns in public spaces and gets media attention. JWS does it against family members and hides its crimes behind closed doors and if they boot you out or you leave they call you Apostates -- so no body will listen to you, they are afraid of you. Or you stay in as pointed out at the ARC it is a captive religion.
i read some impressive figures here about the decline of the jw numbers in 2015.. could there be a correlation between this decline and the start of jw broadcasting?.
hence, that there would be an negative impact because the gb is standing so nearby, you can experience the idiot reasoning of their doctrines sitting in your own living room?.
the lett effect?
From a Non JW standpoint. I watched all the broadcast through August until the ARC. After the ARC, I was DONE.
I was not impressed by any of the broadcast why?
First, I find that in most cases I felt like I was being talked to as if I was a child.
Second, every broadcast included a bragging session of we are building this for JW.
Third, begging for money, tight pants, that obnoxious speel one of them did about it is all apostate lies and finally the obey, obey, obey broadcast.
Fourth, never anything for the outside community.
Over the 5 years that I knew the Elder he very rarely spoke about the JWS and their beliefs. He finally gave me the book on Families to see "how I would react ". To say the least, we never argued until that explosion hit the fan. I read about raising children, that is all it took. And women being submissive well that went over like a lead balloon.
I belong to the Masonic Community, I pay annual dues to 3 for myself and 2 for my daughter (not cheap). I participate in many fund raisers through out the year for the benefit of children, we raise lots of money. And I myself contribute I large sum of money each year to each of these charities.
Based on what I have learned here and JW FACTS over the last 10 months I would much prefer to take children and women into a Masonic Lodge before a KH any day, trust me it is a much safer environment.
i always enjoyed being kind.
when someone genuinely needed a hand or what not, it felt good to help family or friends.. i don't really miss them anymore.
i faded over two years ago, so they long ago shunned me.i think about them less and less and have even forgotten some names.i did enjoy some of the friendships and the association.
Kairos,
I was never a JW nor anyone in my family, only introduced to the religion through an Elder but I care very deeply about 2 people and go out of my way for them. Actually the Elder lectured me about this on several occasions. For 62 years (ok, I am not one to wake up very quickly ) I continually came to the rescue of my mother (alcoholic and prescription drug abuse) and sister (prescription drug abuse ). I provided lots of financial and emotional support to both of them while taking massive amounts of physical and emotional abuse from them. Finally for my own health I moved 4 states away and cut off communication. My children have referred to them as extremely toxic.
I have girlfriends who are closer to me the my mother or sister ever were.
what pranks could you/would you/ have you played in the kingdom hall?.
i have never but here's two i've thought of, 1) replace the liquid soap with glue 2) smear nutella everywhere in the bathroom!.
what's yours?.
Freddo,
Different organization but we had someone who for every big event would contributed $50.00 or $100.00 in one dollar bills the catch was he very neatly folded each one into the smallest origami bird or plane and we would have sit there unfold them.
i heard form a reliable source that a kingdom hall consolidation is going to be happening in the us.
currently they are looking at every kingdom hall to see if they could and should sell it.
any kingdom hall that has not been updated and is in a bad location (long driveway, not in a visible location etc...) will be sold.
Brandnew, Magnum, Cognac
Have you checked to see if your KH been transferred to the Watchtower? I remember in prior threads this was supposed to be done many months ago. Also, do you know how to check the county accessed value of the KH? That is if all of you are in the US.
i heard form a reliable source that a kingdom hall consolidation is going to be happening in the us.
currently they are looking at every kingdom hall to see if they could and should sell it.
any kingdom hall that has not been updated and is in a bad location (long driveway, not in a visible location etc...) will be sold.
Not a JW but curious what is that normal county accessed value of a single not the double KH in the US?
And didn't I read in one of these threads that the titles of the KH was to be recorded in the WTS name rather then the congregation name?
true false - 8 questions1 jehovahs witnesses are christianstrue - we are the only true christians.
however, jesus is always secondary to yhwh or yahweh, who we for some reason call jehovah.2 jehovahs witnesses are creationiststrue, we are just not young-earth creationists3 jehovahs witnesses do not believe in doctorsfalse - of course we believe in doctors.
if we can believe in an invisible sky daddy, surely we can believe in the doctor standing before us in flesh and blood.
i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.
but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.
i currently live in georgia, usa.
Washington DC for 50 years, then Virginia and now Tampa Fl.
Grreatteacher you are right DC traffic is the worst, the interstates in that area are nothing but massive parking lots. Average speed limit on Saturday on I95 in VA was always 5 mph.
i've noticed there seems to be a higher percentage of born-ins here....who are the converted jws?.
does anyone care to share how they got converted?.
