Posts by cognac

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Watchtower sued for Racketeering in California

by under the radar in

a little birdie informed me that a lawsuit against the watchtower bible & tract society, its legal department, and several individuals (perhaps lawyers in the legal department) has been filed in the superior court of the state of california, county of los angeles for, wait for it.... racketeering!.

that's right, folks, you heard it here first.

i have no other information, other than the case was stamped "aug 07 2015" and the docket number appears to be bc590675.

cognac

I tend to doubt this will go anywhere since he's representing himself. Hope I wrong though...

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Angus Stewart calls the JW religion a captive organization

by oppostate in

if you watched the questioning of terrence o'brien by angus stewart at day 7 part 3 on youtube--thanks so much for uploading these videos--you'll see that mr. stewart puts quite clearly to brother o'brien that the jw 0rganization is a "captive organization".. he makes this reference regarding the practice of da/df'ing and shunning, which he mentions is the one thing that makes ex-jw's the most angry.

because insisting on shunning ex-members causes psychological trauma and separates people from their family, friends and their community of support; therefore, they are held captive by the organization if they don't want to lose those most dear to them.. i believe angus stewart is to be commended for seeing clearly what the wt/jw religion is truly like in practice, and it isn't pretty.. the term "captive organization" is usually used in finance to mean a business front, a legal veil that shields the parent company from liability and having to make big insurance payouts.

for example if the australian branch gets sued and loses, the "wt australia" corporation will pay the amount awarded by the judge to the complainant.

cognac

I'm in agreement with Mikeinkona. High time for a class action lawsuit....

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Question for those still attending...is anyone talking?

by ToesUp in

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friends

we haven't been to a meeting or jw event in several years.

we have been following the rc closely.

it is fascinating!

cognac

I haven't heard much about it here either. I'm from MA, U.S.

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Royal Commission and blood transfusion refusal for children?

by Marvin Shilmer in

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i wonder if the royal commission has examined the practice of jws being led to refuse blood transfusion for children when medically necessary to save life or preserve health in relation to the question of child abuse.

i've not heard anything about this brought up.

is the rc concerned solely with life altering abuse only in the form of sexual molestation, or is it looking at how the organization deals with all life altering forms of abuse jw children are exposed to the result of watchtower teaching and society?

cognac

Good question. I thought this was solely on the child abuse issue, but, it would be great if I was wrong!

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l just had a discussion with my uber Dub father about the RC in Australia

by joe134cd in

just jotting this down while it's fresh in my mind.. joe= apparently they have got issues over in australia at the moment with sex abuse, and this time the government got involved.. dad=yeah they mentioned this at the assembly last weekend.

apparently so they said all religions and organisations are been investigated.

joe= kind of seems funny how the only 2 religious groups been interviewed so far are the catholics and jws.

cognac

It can be INFURIATING talking to JWs... Cripes...

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The cruelty of shunning now being exposed rc

by poopie in

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friends

let justice roll forth.

cognac

Litebright - very true. I'm inactive, we all know what would happen if I brought a Christmas tree in the house or posted birthday pictures on FaceBook.

I'm not disfellowshipped and yet my brother won't let me attend his baby shower. I guess this is an example of me not getting shunned. Must be all in my head...

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Chant to Geoffrey J.

by JustVisting in

hey, hey geoffrey j,.

will you testify today?.

hey, hey geoffrey j,.

cognac

I get where you want to be compassionate, however; compassion goes right out the window for me when I think about all the CHILDREN being abused right now and not getting the help they need because of him and his cronies.

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Urgent - ABC Aust Reporter requesting information

by Listener in

this has been posted minutes ago by an australian news reporter.

urgent urgent urgent.

i am a producer at abc television in sydney.

cognac

Totally agree with Data-Dog

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Governing Body member is in Australia right now!

by Anonymous1 in

sorry i have to remain completely anonymous about this but you will see why.

i have first hand knowledge that geoffrey jackson of the governing body is staying with his parents in toowoomba, queensland for the next few weeks.

he has already been in australia for a couple of weeks.

cognac

Pants of righteousness just posted this in the other thread:

From jw.org:

Harristown meeting times:

Thursday, 7:30 p.m. (Congregation Bible Study)

Saturday, 3:00 p.m. (Public Meeting)

338 Spring Street
TOOWOOMBA SOUTH  QLD  4350

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Urgent - ABC Aust Reporter requesting information

by Listener in

this has been posted minutes ago by an australian news reporter.

urgent urgent urgent.

i am a producer at abc television in sydney.

cognac

Since they know he's here, why haven't they subpoenaed him?