I'm bumping this because of the Candace Conti case. I know there are some who would like to sue the Watchtower Society, but are past the statute of limitations. Perhaps the information in this article could be used to allow even more people to seek damages because of the Watchtower Society's fraudulant and dangerous policies.
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9This could be used as a model of how to deal with the Watchtower religion
by Terry inmichael d'antonioauthor of heaven on earth, fall from grace and an upcoming book on the international sexual abuse crisis in the catholic church.. fraud and the next catholic crisis.
one can only guess what the pope might be thinking.
in rome, his butler has been arrested in connection with a "vatileaks" scandal that has revealed venomous internal conflicts over the church's finances, child abuse scandals and doctrine.
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Sparlock entry at Uncyclopedia
by IsaacJ22 ini created a brief entry at the uncyclopedia on sparlock.
it can be found here at http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/sparlock.
if you guys want to make it bigger, better, funnier, that could insure that the entry stays up.
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The Sparlock entry on Wikipedia is well written. A lack of sources appears to be a problem. I wonder if the recent news articles in Norwegian would qualify. If they have to be in English, maybe a Norwegian Sparlock page could be set up and it could be translated into English.
It would be nice to use the video itself as a source. I don't think Youtube videos qualify. It should eventually be available on JW.org (assuming the Watchtower Society isn't too embarrassed to post it). I also checked the Library of Congress and couldn't find it, but there are some othe Watchtower publications.
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Martian Migraine Press Is Accepting Submissions Of Sparlock Fiction
by DT inhere is an interesting article and call for sparlock fiction and artwork.. http://martianmigrainepress.com/submissions/the/chronicles/of/sparlock/the/warrior/wizard.
in other sparlock news, his story was picked up by another atheist blogger.. http://freethoughtblogs.com/lousycanuck/2012/06/07/sparlock-the-warrior-wizard-is-evil/.
and i just discovered this post by another blogger.. http://buddhagan.blogspot.com/2012/06/sparlock-warrior-wizard.html.
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I know some people are thinking of writing some Sparlock fan fiction so I thought I would bump this again.
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Sparlock entry at Uncyclopedia
by IsaacJ22 ini created a brief entry at the uncyclopedia on sparlock.
it can be found here at http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/sparlock.
if you guys want to make it bigger, better, funnier, that could insure that the entry stays up.
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Thanks for doing that. Here is the link made clickable http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sparlock
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Not Breaking News: Mormons quit church in mass resignation ceremony, Are Jehovah's Witnesses Next?
by Scott77 inhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-utah-mormonsbre86000n-20120630,0,5340553.story.
mormons quit church in mass resignation ceremonyshare112chelsea bair reads a declaration of independence from mormonism during a mass resignation of mormons from the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in salt lake cit (jeffrey d. allred, reuters / june 30, 2012).
relatedalex willardson shows his letter during a mass resignation of mormons from the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in salt lake city.
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A problem that I see is that there are fewer Witnesses than Mormons and they are more spread out through the country. It would be harder to organize a mass resignation like that. It isn't impossible, but it could involve a lot of expensive travel.
A petition might work where people sign it online and provide their congregation. Then it could be printed out and delivered to the headquarters in a way that would hopefully capture some media attention.
It would be a real headache for the headquarters to process the petition and alert all the congregations. If they chose not to, it could be argued that it is still a valid resignation. If they tried to take any action against one of these people later on, it could be viewed as harassing a nonmember and subject them to lawsuits.
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I was able to get a closeup of the top of that building. Notice to sculpted pattern that resembles the Chrysler Building.
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I'm wondering if someone with graphic skills can post an enlarged photo of the top of the building in the background. It really looks like the Chrysler building to me.
If the Watchtower Society (a New York corporation) used a picture of a New York landmark near collapse on the cover of the September issue of the Awake magazine, it would be a sign of extreme callousness. This could be enough to convince a newspaper to pick up the story.
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I found out that the Watchtower for September is titled "Does God Care About Women?". I think many witnesses would like to hide the Doomsday Awake under the Watchtower, but the Watchtower is also offensive with that condescending question. They should probably just stay home during September.
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It's almost like they are being intentionally offensive. Their headquarters is in New York. They should realize how the public would view this kind of magazine cover. Making it the September issue is incredible arrogant.
It's not like they are criticizing the concept of doomsday. They are peddling their own vision of doomsday that has recently become overshadowed by other popular ideas.
I wonder if there are some newspapers who would be interested in covering this. It's in such bade taste that I think it could make a good story.
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Why " Legally " guilty?
by DATA-DOG ini am no lawyer so bear with me.
if california was not a mandatory reporting state when candice was abused, then how was the wtbts found legally guilty?
don't get me wrong, they deserve it.
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If you don't shovel your sidewalk in the winter and someone slips and gets hurt, you could still be sued and held liable even if your city doesn't have a law about shoveling your sidewalk.
The Watchtower Society caused harm because of their neglect and failure to take reasonable precautions. They were held liable depite the fact that they didn't break a specific law.
