Petraglyph

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  Officials in Remote Northern Canada Thank Jehovah’s Witnesses for Special Bible Education Campaign

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this article was published by the wts on their website.. i find this jw practice of targeting vulnerable populations to be so disturbing.

  the last thing that canadian aboriginal communities need is yet another institution that victimizes their members.. http://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/canada/inuit-bible-education-northern-canada/.

  officials in remote northern canada thank jehovahs witnesses for special bible education campaign.

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  Petraglyph

  Contact information so far:

  Northwest Territories Communities

  Nunavut Communities

  Note that there are very few email addresses. This suggests that internet access is limited and they have little possibility of researching the reality of the JWs.
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  Officials in Remote Northern Canada Thank Jehovah’s Witnesses for Special Bible Education Campaign

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this article was published by the wts on their website.. i find this jw practice of targeting vulnerable populations to be so disturbing.

  the last thing that canadian aboriginal communities need is yet another institution that victimizes their members.. http://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/canada/inuit-bible-education-northern-canada/.

  officials in remote northern canada thank jehovahs witnesses for special bible education campaign.

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  Petraglyph

  Just reading the release on the jw.org website and the officials mentioned relate to just one community. They have visited 35 communities in the Northern Territories.

  

  The word 'predatory' comes to mind.

  And the issues you raise:

  1. child abuse
  2. shunning
  3. the destruction of traditional practices
  4. the suppression of political involvement

  
  

  It will be so destructive to those communities if the JWs get a foothold there. I feel sick in my stomach thinking about it.
  
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  Officials in Remote Northern Canada Thank Jehovah’s Witnesses for Special Bible Education Campaign

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this article was published by the wts on their website.. i find this jw practice of targeting vulnerable populations to be so disturbing.

  the last thing that canadian aboriginal communities need is yet another institution that victimizes their members.. http://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/canada/inuit-bible-education-northern-canada/.

  officials in remote northern canada thank jehovahs witnesses for special bible education campaign.

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  As I was reading through that I was thinking that he needs to receive an email or two explaining what they are really letting themselves in for

  ...and then I got to the point where you said you'd emailed them.

  Very good.

  It occurs to me that there could be great value in being aware of these kind of developments and responding promptly with emails. Nip things in the bud as it were.
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  Generation changes chart - 3rd edition

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i started working on this chart 5 years ago.

  i didn't think i'd have to update it again so soon.. .

  linky in case image doesn't show below.

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  Petraglyph

  Very good. I'm wondering how possible it would be to make this into something about the size of a tract, if the formatting would work.
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  This is just sad. Texas muslim ninth grader arrested for bringing clock to school

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is how you force good talent to be used for bad things.

  specially considering his young age.. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dallas-county/headlines/20150915-irving-ninth-grader-arrested-after-taking-homemade-clock-to-school.ece.

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  I think it will all end well...

  President Obama ‏@POTUS 2h2 hours ago

  Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great.

  https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656
  
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  Door Knocking Is So Last Century

  by Petraglyph in

  1. social
  2. humour

  wouldn't you just love to see... :).

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfjbt7vt0jm.

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  Petraglyph

  Wouldn't you just love to see... :)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFjbt7vT0JM
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  Pope Francis - Tax Churches That Don’t Help the Needy

  by Petraglyph in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  an interesting perspective from watchtower's nemesis:.

  pope francis calls for ending tax-exempt status of churches that dont help the needy.

  pope warns religious orders: take in refugees, or pay property taxes.

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  Petraglyph

  An interesting perspective from Watchtower's nemesis:

  Pope Francis Calls for Ending Tax-Exempt Status of Churches That Don’t Help the Needy

  And:

  Pope warns religious orders: Take in refugees, or pay property taxes

  A few gulps in their throats at Bethel? ;)
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  Royal Commission National Redress Scheme. Average of $65,000 per victim, not including psychological fees and admin costs.

  by Lemonp in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the royal commission published it's redress report today.

  it is a 668 page document, but it is very interesting.

  all the recommendations they make are in harmony with what all other institutions will accept.

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  Petraglyph

  And on page 45:

  Recommendation

  69. A redress scheme should take the following steps to improve transparency and accountability:

  <snip>

  e. The scheme should publish data, at least annually, about:

  i. the number of applications received

  ii. the institutions to which the applications relate

  iii. the periods of alleged abuse

  iv. the number of applications determined

  v. the outcome of applications

  vi. the mean, median and spread of payments offered

  vii. the mean, median and spread of time taken to determine the application

  viii. the number and outcome of applications for review

  So the adverse publicity is not going to go away any time soon!
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  Royal Commission National Redress Scheme. Average of $65,000 per victim, not including psychological fees and admin costs.

  by Lemonp in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the royal commission published it's redress report today.

  it is a 668 page document, but it is very interesting.

  all the recommendations they make are in harmony with what all other institutions will accept.

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  Petraglyph

  From the Executive Summary, page 41:

  Standard of proof

  We are satisfied that the standard of proof for a redress scheme should be lower than the common law standard of proof. In all of the circumstances, we are satisfied that ‘reasonable likelihood’ should be the standard of proof adopted for the redress scheme. Although in many cases it may make little difference whether the standard is plausibility or reasonable likelihood, we consider that reasonable likelihood can be applied as a higher standard than plausibility.

  
  Recommendation

  57. ‘Reasonable likelihood’ should be the standard of proof for determining applications for redress.
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  Royal Commission National Redress Scheme. Average of $65,000 per victim, not including psychological fees and admin costs.

  by Lemonp in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the royal commission published it's redress report today.

  it is a 668 page document, but it is very interesting.

  all the recommendations they make are in harmony with what all other institutions will accept.

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  Petraglyph

  1,006 was the number of cases.

  The number of victims was at least 1,857.

  $65,000 x 1,857 = $120,705,000