Posts by cofty

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Environmentalist changes mind on apocalyptic global warming

by wolverines in

so he comes out of the movement and says this has become much less about environmentalism and more about trying to turn the world to marxism.

we have seen this in the blm, antifa and other so called movements that are a thin mask for the real goal.

and we know marxism has killed more people then the plague.

Website for U K Indipendant Inquiry Into Child Abuse

by BluesBrother in

this inquiry is to consider organizations such as jehovah's witnesses, next month.. here is a link to their site.. www.iicsa.org.uk.

they are open to hearing from whistleblowers with geniune information and survivors who may not have previously come forward......

Court confirms:--Severe Criticism of Jehovah's Witnesses is Justified!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

court confirms: severe criticism of jehovah's witnesses is justified!.

https://docdro.id/axa555i.

petra!.

cofty

Is there a link to official documents underlying the release? - SBF

It would be interesting to read the entire court judgement but I suppose they won't be in English.

Is there a reason Germany and Austria are being mentioned in the document?

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Court confirms:--Severe Criticism of Jehovah's Witnesses is Justified!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

court confirms: severe criticism of jehovah's witnesses is justified!.

https://docdro.id/axa555i.

petra!.

Latest move by Kingdom Hall Trust in U.K current J.W Elders BEWARE!

by Phizzy in

the latest instructions from the kingdom hall trust here in the u.k are very revealing, and current j.w elders need to beware !

i will get to that in a minute.

maybe in the usa and other countries too ?.

cofty

So HQ want to make local elders responsible for dealing with child abuse but demand that they have control of how elders handle it. Elders are left with responsibility without authority.

Any wise elder should walk away now.

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Happy birthday smiddy

by smiddy3 in

a young 81 ,may there be many more.. but feeling about 91 at the present time ..

Joe Rogan

by Tater-T in

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friends

at about the 4 minute mark joe mentions ex jehovah witnesses as being sensitive to cult indoctrination and how this is just like that.

https://youtu.be/tex8jhx4pss.

cofty

Joe says that his friend Kurt Metzger was raised a JW.

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I agree that wokeness is a secular cult.

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Bringing Reproach on Jehovah's Name

by cofty in

all my jw life i was reminded constantly about the importance of not bringing reproach on jehovah's name.

decisions on whether or not to disfellowship an individual often turned, not on the seriousness of the sin, but on whether the incident was public knowledge and had resulted in bad publicity for the congregation.

i recall a middle-aged lady being reported to the elders for shoplifting a sweet worth less than £1- and the elders' insistence that a judicial committee must be formed because the store manager and staff knew that she was a jw (i successfully argued that all she needed was support for her dreadful family life, but that's another story).

cofty

All my JW life I was reminded constantly about the importance of not bringing reproach on Jehovah's name.

Decisions on whether or not to disfellowship an individual often turned, not on the seriousness of the sin, but on whether the incident was public knowledge and had resulted in bad publicity for the congregation. I recall a middle-aged lady being reported to the elders for shoplifting a sweet worth less than £1- and the elders' insistence that a judicial committee must be formed because the store manager and staff knew that she was a JW (I successfully argued that all she needed was support for her dreadful family life, but that's another story)

This morning the UK Guardian carries a story that labels Jehovah's Witnesses 'an absolute disgrace' for their refusal to compensate - I suspect the real problem is their refusal to apologise to - the victims of child abuse. A few days ago The Telegraph reported on accusations that the Watchtower is 'selling of assets and moving cash to avoid sex abuse compensation'.

I can only imagine how odious the name Jehovah has become in Australia.

As a child the fear of a future period of persecution was used as an effective weapon to suppress any thoughts of disloyalty. Who could have thought that the authorities would actually come after the organisation for protecting pedophiles?

The excuses for active JWs to cling to the organisation are becoming more tenuous every day.

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Australian JW's and child abuse redress scheme

by Tantalon in

hi fellow apostates, here is a link about the redress scheme from the arc into child abuse and jws refusal to participate.

enjoy; https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/01/six-groups-fail-to-join-australias-national-child-abuse-redress-scheme.

cofty

The Victorian Reason party MP Fiona Patten singled out the Jehovah’s Witnesses for criticism, saying the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse had examined allegations that more than 1,800 children were abused by 1,006 perpetrators in Jehovah’s institutions.

“Jehovah’s Witnesses reported zero allegations to authorities or police and now refuse to provide redress to victims,” Patten said.

“The Jehovah’s Witnesses are an absolute disgrace.

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Results of the 2018 Global Survey of Jehovah's Witnesses

by Unstuck in

it's long overdue, i know, and i apologise profusely but it's tough working full-time and trying to spend time on all the ex-jw work that i want to do...... that said - here are the 2018 survey results for anyone interested and i am already working on the 2019 results.

also, i'm tweaking the survey for the 2020 release which will be soon..... hugs to all!.

sherrie d'souza (aka unstuck!).

cofty

Thanks. Will look forward to looking at the numbers later today