jehovah’s witnesses to face trial for discrimination and incitement to hate.
https://www.thebulletin.be/jehovahs-witnesses-face-trial-discrimination-and-incitement-hate?fbclid=iwar3wroaxyiadw0lomgmway-jkwzgzqxtswsid1d2lxhjgtndnfvvclqboo0.
"while jehovah’s witnesses have been the target of civil court cases before, this is the first time an entire congregation has ever been charged with a crime.".
Whatever happens, it’s all negative publicity for the cult, which will hopefully prevent anyone in Belgium from getting involved once they read about it in the papers/online etc
Most witnesses will bracket it as ‘persecution’, but if this sort of stuff keeps happening I’ve no doubt it will be the catalyst for others to wake up.
the life story in the latest wt has a running theme that keeps popping up: if the organization tells you to do something, you do it.
this culminates in the following anecdote:.
we were staying in abrother’s home right next to a kingdom hall.. .
😂😂😂too busy to notice.....yeah right!!
My husband inducted me long ago into the ways of young men!! I said to him once that I was glad he wasn’t one of those men who Lear at women. His response : All men look at pretty women, you can’t help it. But you should never let anyone know you’re doing it as that’s just creepy lol🤣🤣 I guess he’s honest at least!
today, marking the second anniversary of the australian national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, the prime minister of australia has announce in federal parliament the intention to place sanctions against the jehovah’s witnesses in relation to child sexual abuse.. quote from prime minister:.
the royal commission [into institutional response to child sexual abuse], the [national] apology [to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse] and these yearly reports are about accountability: bringing the truth into the light ... we still have, reprehensibly, four institutions that have been named publicly and that have blatantly refused to join the redress scheme.
they are jehovah's witnesses ... it's not acceptable.
Funky Dear Prime Minister, Since you have seen fit to revoke our charitable status, please be notified that Jesus H. Christ is going to be coming Very Soon Now, and he has a flaming 800 pound hailstone with your name on it. Have a nice day! Sincerely, WTS of Australia
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today, marking the second anniversary of the australian national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, the prime minister of australia has announce in federal parliament the intention to place sanctions against the jehovah’s witnesses in relation to child sexual abuse.. quote from prime minister:.
the royal commission [into institutional response to child sexual abuse], the [national] apology [to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse] and these yearly reports are about accountability: bringing the truth into the light ... we still have, reprehensibly, four institutions that have been named publicly and that have blatantly refused to join the redress scheme.
they are jehovah's witnesses ... it's not acceptable.
that I know are supported by the opposition, that the Commonwealth will place on institutions who continue to refuse to join the scheme, including withdrawal of their charitable status for these offending organisations.
Go Oz!!!
When they say "Commonwealth" they don't mean the whole Commonwealth, do they? That would be brilliant! Or is "Commonwealth" a term for all states/Australia??
Either way, this is one form of "persecution" I can really get behind!
he talks about how a group of 5,000 broke away from the organization due to distrust of government agents infiltrating the jws.
they weren't regarded as apostates, just distrustful.
he uses phrases like "their leader" and "his elders", and how they had a meeting with the governing body and made the decision for all these thousands to reintegrate them into the jws, splitting them up among congregations.
so, it has the feel of myth-like story that Lösch has incorporated as central to his identity as a JW. It is brief moments like this one that convince me that most of the GB do actually believe that they head the true organisation of God.I think you’re right SBF. It could be that this incident was what got Gerrit a slot on the GB. If he was part of the delegation, they probably thought he had ‘Jehovah’s blessing’ to be able to “gain his brothers” all 5000 in one fell swoop.
Of course nowadays they’d all be disfellowshipped without a second thought.
elders meet with regular pioneers, special pioneers, and field missionariesplease note: this meeting is to be conducted in december 2020 or january 2021 by two elders selected by the body of elders.. english letter and spanish letter.. .
reply below if you want me to meet you at your pm box with a link and some of these:.
https://www.magnificentchocolate.co.uk/range.
Ooooo JWgonebadI’ve just learned how to make those chocolate bombs...got myself some moulds. Mines one with peanut butter
petra may I have a link please? Have good (hair) day!!!😄
world wide association of liars.
organization of delusional sociopaths.
jehovah's publishing corporation .
Were Jehovah’s estate agents
were not totally cogent-tent
we build buildings really fast
But watchtower sells them faster.....🤔
here is one of the many commandments jesus instructed his twelve apostles to keep, follow, and obey!.
here is anthony morris ( supposedly selected by jehovah to keep, follow and obey the sayings of jesus ) name-calling and condemning enemies!
the pharisees used to label people as well.
Jeffro I remember that Awake was really unbelievable, I mean incredible. All about logical fallacies and PROPAGANDA....I mean can you Adam and Eve it??? Talk about un-self aware!!!!
Awake!, 22 June 2000, page 6:
Name-Calling
Some people insult those who disagree with them by questioning character or motives instead of focusing on the facts. Name-calling slaps a negative, easy-to-remember label onto a person, a group, or an idea. The name-caller hopes that the label will stick. If people reject the person or the idea on the basis of the negative label instead of weighing the evidence for themselves, the name-caller’s strategy has worked.
writing is a lonely discipline that is constantly beset with self-doubt and constant self-criticism.
that is the way it needs to be.. there are times when i need to reach out for help in the form of criticism from others.
this is particularly the situation with this material.. https://jwstudies.com/second-temple_period_messiahs.pdf .
9There is gold, Terry , and you could write a hum dinger of a fictional story using this as a background.......
....Did you know there are scholars who believe (with good cause) the Bible was actually written in Alexandria, as in by the 70. (funnily enough a symbolic number, since there were 72 including the chief priest and his deputy). In other words the reason the 70 translated the Bible so word-perfectly, is because they were the ones who came up with the idea (mostly) in the first place!! Of course some of it was classical Babylonian literature and even Greek scholarship (yup, Plato gets his oar in).
But wouldn’t that be a fabulous premise for a novel?
Doug I’m going to have a gander after I’ve cooked dinner😜I’d be interested in what you have to say about the video I’ll post below?
https://www.change.org/p/independent-inquiry-into-child-sexual-abuse-in-religious-organisations-and-settings-england-wales-demand-iicsa-request-full-child-sex-abuse-data-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-in-britain-0ee26a23-0d32-4fcc-97a2-a647645e9fdb?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_25357830_en-gb%3a3&recruited_by_id=b9f94c00-123d-11eb-869e-edc0c7022fd2&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial .
saw this on reddit , looking for people to sign the petition..
Signed it. I hope everyone else can. It’s a change.org petition. Well worth your support
