this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.
this is not a joke.
anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!
. Fat thinks I owed him obeisance as the corrector of my wrong statements. I do not. I view most of what he says on this board with considerable skepticism or disdain. He is more often wrong than right.
I'm sorry you lost your mother so very young. I truly am. But that doesn't give you the right to be rude unnecessarily.
it seems the watchtower are ploughing ahead with bigger and better film studios but come on, they really have no idea.. how come all the people in times past look like healthy, middle class americans/ europeans/australians in costume?
get real.
even a visit to rural india today would give a hint of how people probably lived back then.
Have any of them shown First-Century Christians going door-to-door, carrying bags of scrolls?
Oh that's one of the most hilarious things watchtower ever drew....aside from the beach ball loving lion, of course (c'mon we all know lions don't play beach ball...those claws are a real bummer for a start!)
https://cne.news/article/2827-court-case-jehovah-s-witnesses-norway-kicked-off.
norwegian jehovah's witnesses are in court this wednesday and thursday.
they are fighting the government's decision to remove their registration as a religious community.. .
Fisherman don't be obdurate! It's not because famillies "stop talking to " or "don't like" each other
They are mandated to shun ALL disassociated, disfellowshipped or marked baptised Jehovah's witnesses. This includes all baptised minors. Even family members. There are articles featuring parents refusing to eat with their children in their own homes.
Social exclusion or shunning of minors is deemed child abuse by the Norwegian government. Therefore Watchtower and Jehovah's witness congregations are breaking the rules the Norwegian government stipulate must be adhered to in order to qualify for registration as an officially sanctioned religion and therefore the government hand-outs. There is no ruling on Witnesses not being able to practice their religion as they see fit.
people who work with children in england will be legally required to report child sexual abuse or face prosecution under government plans.. .
the move - which is subject to a consultation - was recommended last year by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (iicsa).. .
the home secretary told the bbc she wanted to correct one of the "biggest national scandals".. .
Well done Suella Braverman for sticking her neck above the parapet and telling the truth about who is, and has been, at risk and who the perpetrators have predominantly been. It's emphatically not about race either because Indian men are the same race, yet you don't find gangs of Hindu or Sikh men praying on care girls or runaways etc. These crimes have been going on since at least the early 90s to my knowledge. In 2001 a 17 year old who had been in care up north told me she and her friend had been gang raped by a gang of Pakistani men. Set up by her Pakistani 'boyfriend', who went on to 'pimp' her at 15 on the Bristol "line" (frontline). A beautiful Welsh blonde she proudly told me she was called the "Don" of the line. I went to the bathroom to cry. She had reported it but it went nowhere. We organised sessions with a professional psychologist for her at the time. Her mother had been in prison throughout this and her father in the USA.
Religion and sexual abuse seem to have quite a big correlation. In the case of vulnerable young white girls it was Muslim men but we know more sophisticated pedophiles target Witness groups - because the culture and watchtower policy keeps victims & their families silent through fear of shunning or "social exclusion".
I just hope elders are deemed to be working with children. If they try to deny it we must pressure government to investigate congregational activities properly. Elders oversea activities and at the very least are the ones likely to be the first port of call for JW victims.
original reddit post (removed).
got my critical thinking skills thanks to 4 years of college.
Me too Forev's. Nursing school wasn't enough - or rather didn't really teach those skills, at least not back then. Which is probably why the Borg don't object so much at people studying it. (All though we were dragged kicking and screaming into higher education in the 2000s). It took university to trully open my eyes.
this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.
this is not a joke.
anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!
Samuel Herd always looks depressed.
He reminds me of Eeyore.
in 2008 i was baptized into the truth after leaving a trinitarian faith.
during my eight years as a jehovah’s witness, i strived to keep the standards set by the bible, wt and the faithfull and discrete slave.
but unfortunately, the congregational elders from the kingdom hall i attended were not keeping to jehovah’s standards, hence, wrote my letter of resignation.
Leslie have you read "Crises of Conscience" by Governing Body member Ray Franz ? ,(He also disassociated). If not please, please obtain a copy asap. I think it will clear so much up for you.
Watchtower directs the elders to have no compassion to those who are different in any way. They make no allowances for the sick, the elderly, those with differences of neurological development or depression etc It's just incredibly unloving. I'm very sorry for your situation.
i had to post this on jwdotnet.. probably one of the best exjw videos i've ever seen.. watchtower criticism is jehovah's witness advocacy!.
https://youtu.be/0-ybkhglmkg.
I had to post this on JWDOTNET.
Probably one of the best exjw videos I've ever seen.
Watchtower CRITICISM is Jehovah's Witness ADVOCACY!
deaf aotearoa flooded with complaints about jehovah's witness churchkashka tunstalllast updated 15:22, october 6 2015deaf aotearoa has asked the jehovah's witness church to respond to claims of a deaf information database.new zealand's deaf community is fed up with unsolicited house calls, claiming the jehovah's witness church is targeting deaf households.deaf aotearoa has received multiple complaints from around the country and says church members visited certain homes because they were aware a deaf person lived there.
the organisation released a statement on monday, saying it was looking into the possibility the church holds a database listing the details of members of the deaf community.jehovah witness spokesman rod spinks said there was no such database and deaf people were not being targeted.the deaf aotearoa statement was posted on the group's facebook page, and received a flood of comments from frustrated people.one woman said a group of jehovah's witnesses had come to her house and asked "for the deaf person who lives here.
" she said they refused to explain how they had her details and didn't visit her neighbours.another said church members had turned up at her work and asked for her by name.hamilton man royce flynn said he had been visited six times over the last nine months, despite repeatedly saying he was uninterested in the house calls.he said the church members were always able to sign and also brought deaf people along, which lead him to believe he was being singled out.flynn said contacted local police, who told him it was a privacy issue and referred him on to the office of the privacy commissioner.he said he had been been in contact with local labour member of parliament sue moroney.deaf aotearoa acting chief executive jill dean said complaints about the church were a recurring issue.
Fisherman Yeah. If it is illegal in UK, JW cannot do that anymore. In the US it is legal. I can’t see why it should not be legal to collect information. It is being done all of the time by different entities so why target JW unless it is a pretext to get back at them.
You are right Fisher One. Tec companies do it all the time making a small fortune out of our personal information and shopping habits. I suppose the difference is consent. Though few of us churn through the small print to find out how they're using it - witnesses collate info without informing us at all. Not even in the small print!! There is no reciprocal benefit as there is with the Tec companies since we use their product. If you're referring to governments etc, the same could be said for them....there is a degree of reciprocity. Watchtower only ever does anything with itself in mind!
deaf aotearoa flooded with complaints about jehovah's witness churchkashka tunstalllast updated 15:22, october 6 2015deaf aotearoa has asked the jehovah's witness church to respond to claims of a deaf information database.new zealand's deaf community is fed up with unsolicited house calls, claiming the jehovah's witness church is targeting deaf households.deaf aotearoa has received multiple complaints from around the country and says church members visited certain homes because they were aware a deaf person lived there.
the organisation released a statement on monday, saying it was looking into the possibility the church holds a database listing the details of members of the deaf community.jehovah witness spokesman rod spinks said there was no such database and deaf people were not being targeted.the deaf aotearoa statement was posted on the group's facebook page, and received a flood of comments from frustrated people.one woman said a group of jehovah's witnesses had come to her house and asked "for the deaf person who lives here.
" she said they refused to explain how they had her details and didn't visit her neighbours.another said church members had turned up at her work and asked for her by name.hamilton man royce flynn said he had been visited six times over the last nine months, despite repeatedly saying he was uninterested in the house calls.he said the church members were always able to sign and also brought deaf people along, which lead him to believe he was being singled out.flynn said contacted local police, who told him it was a privacy issue and referred him on to the office of the privacy commissioner.he said he had been been in contact with local labour member of parliament sue moroney.deaf aotearoa acting chief executive jill dean said complaints about the church were a recurring issue.
Ixonegal I refused to witness to them because I felt it was wrong for me as I was someone that they trusted to keep their information private. When I took the job at work, I was bound to ethical and confidentiality rules.
Vintage I'm not sure if Ixonegal is still on the site if it's been a year since she posted. Whoever she is, she's a rare and conscientious witness not to break "worldly" confidentiality for the organisation. Without wanting to cause offense here, I have to say I've found these principals tend to be found among converts, rather than those raised in.
They use the scripture about following God's rules, rather than men's, to excuse breaking their ethics.
But of course God doesn't ask you to break professional (& personal) codes of conduct. Watchtower does. They have no respect for anyone.You are more likely to loose trust than gain it among clients, patients, colleagues and friends if they believe you cannot be trusted not to break a confidence. I've heard of numerous nurses informing elders of information they came about during the course of their duties. Information they have promised not to reveal outside of the healthcare setting without prior consent.
Orphan Crow Has done AMAZING work in this area of watchtower targeting vulnerable groups. Particularly first Nations and indigenous people & those small languages groups that watchtower obtains grants to preach to, because they are publishing in minority languages. Also on watchtower, blood & their military contacts. I highly recommend folks check out her posts on these subjects.
Vintage I highly commend your idea. I only wish I could help. I used to use makaton with my special needs kiddies many years ago but I'm very rusty!
