Posts by ABibleStudent

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Plaintiff awarded in punitive damages -21M & 1 dollar. Total award, 28M & 1 dollar. Here's more info

by AndersonsInfo in

the plaintiff, candace conti's goal from the very beginning was to bring enough attention to this problem to incentivize watchtower to change its policy of secrecy.

the award can be explained as it was decided: separate compensatory and punitive damages.

the punitive award is established in law to punish wrongdoing - here, the conscious disregard for others - and deter that conduct in the future.

ABibleStudent

Thanks Barbara and Kuddos to Candice for going the distance for a jury verdict!!

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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since i left the jw's in 2008. i have since struggled with feelings of anger at people in power and religous leaders.i feel that in this world you just can not trust anybody.i have given up trying to see the good in people and i just feel deattached from people..

ABibleStudent

A little cynicism about leaders is be a good thing, because people can be very self-centered to very caring about others. As you meet more non-JWs you will develop your ability to detect whether a person is self-centered and narcistic verses caring about other people.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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It's Back! . . . Round 2.

by ABibleStudent in

if you are an american citizen, please visit http://wh.gov/tfk and sign the "protect millions of americans from dangerous orgs: modify usc title 26 501 tax exemption requirements" petition that i created on june 1, 2012 on the white house website.

i assume that only americans can sign this petition, but i do not know.

it takes about 2 minutes to register and sign the petition.

ABibleStudent

Thanks a million to the 16 people, who have signed the White House petition at http://wh.gov/tFK .

Please visit the "Protect Americans from Dangerous Orgs" Facebook page at http://on.fb.me/wh-petition if you would like to learn more reasons why to sign the White House petition and how to remain anonymous if you want by reading the FAQ box that is pinned to the top of the Facebook timeline.

Today I sent emails/electronic messages similar to the message in the quote box below to the following organizations:

United Nations Children’s Fund - www.unicef.org
ACTION for Child Protection - http://actionchildprotection.org/
Child Protect – Children’s Advocacy Center - http://www.childprotect.org/
Center For Child Protection - http://www.centerforchildprotection.org/
Amateur Athletic Union - http://aausports.org/
Child Protection Center, Inc. - http://www.cpcsarasota.org/
National Coalition for Child Protection Reform - http://nccpr.info/
St. Luke's Health Care Foundation - http://www.stlukescr.org/foundation

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

Dear Child Protection Center, Inc. Representative,

Do you want to prevent victims of child molestation or abuse from being victimized by their community? Do you want to motivate non-profit organizations to notify government authorities about child molestation or abuse as soon as possible? If you want to protect children from predators as well as prevent victims from being victimized by members of non-profit organizations, then please support modifying USC Title 26 §501 (and possibly § 170) to clearly define public policy that non-profit organizations must promote child protection, as well as, basic rights of freedom of religious belief and speech to their members and/or employees.

One step towards helping protect children would be to email links in this message to interested people, who you know, about visiting the White House petition “Protect Millions of Americans from Dangerous Orgs” at http://wh.gov/tFK before June 15, 2012; post a link to the petition on http://www.cpcsarasota.org/; “Like” the White House petition link above and the Facebook link below; and/or write and promote writing letters to the President, U.S. senators, and U.S. representatives. When writing to the President, U.S. senators, and U.S. representatives, please emphasize that non-profit organizations should be required to protect children from molestation, abuse, and/or endangerment.

The following videos show how children are not protected by non-profit organizations that they or their parents are members of:
· “Ultra-Orthodox Jews Shun Their Own Reporting Child Sexual Abuse” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_DSjrtoZ0s ,
· “NBC DATELINE - Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower - Child Sexual Abuse Settlement” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeBDXYISzJc ,
· “Catholic bishop indicted for unreported child abuse” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmm1SIzEZc ,
· “Are Jehovah's Witnesses child murderers? A look at blood transfusions.” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcZyLIPfupE ,

This is my second attempt to promote the “Protect Millions of Americans from Dangerous Orgs” petition on the White House website – the first petition expired on May 26, 2012. If 25,000 people (Americans only, probably) sign the petition by June 30, 2012, the White House Staff will review this petition. If more than 150 people sign this petition before June 30, 2012, the petition will be viewable by all White House website visitors and appear on internet search browsers.

For more information about this petition, please read information on the Facebook page “Protecting Americans from Dangerous Orgs” using either http://on.fb.me/wh-petition (short url) orhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Protecting-Americans-from-Dangerous-Orgs/264002310365016 . Most of my ideas for identifying a dangerous org (e.g., cults), I learned from reading Steve Hassan's book “Combatting Cult Mind Control” and relating it to my personal experiences with Jehovah's Witnesses. Steve Hassan signed the White House petition and tweeted about the petition through his website (www.freedomofmind.com).

Thank you in advance for reading and responding to my message.

Sincerely,
Robert

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Will another "Steven Unthank" eventually charge the WBT$ with racketeering under the RICO act?

by Fernando in

judge rutherfraud:.

"if the claims or pretenses made by the catholic organization are false, then it must be conceded that the people are being imposed upon to their injury and that those who are responsible for such pretenses or false claims are therefore racketeers.".

(from the 1937 jr wbt$ book "enemies" on pages 156/7.

ABibleStudent

Too bad the leaders of the WTBTS do not follow what they preach about other religions. It reminds me of children pointing at others to deflect punishment from themselves.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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It's Back! . . . Round 2.

by ABibleStudent in

if you are an american citizen, please visit http://wh.gov/tfk and sign the "protect millions of americans from dangerous orgs: modify usc title 26 501 tax exemption requirements" petition that i created on june 1, 2012 on the white house website.

i assume that only americans can sign this petition, but i do not know.

it takes about 2 minutes to register and sign the petition.

ABibleStudent

Today, I received the following email from the National Organization of Women. The email is probably just a nice "thank you note and don't bother us again", but you never know. I also included my reply in the quotes below.

If you are a woman and feel that the WTBTS adversely affected your life, please write about your experiences to [email protected] or complete the electronic mail form at http://www.now.org/comments.html.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

From: Robert [Deleted]
To: " [email protected] " < [email protected] >
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: comments concerning Helping Victims of Dangerous Orgs
Dear NOW Staff Representative,
Thank you for reading and responding to my request to at least send an email blast to NOW members to visit the White House petition “Protect Millions of Americans from Dangerous Orgs” at http://wh.gov/tFK and/or Facebook page “Protecting Americans from Dangerous Orgs” at http://on.fb.me/wh-petition . In the one dangerous org that I am most familiar with about 600,000 American women are taught to be subservient to men, and about 4.2 million in the World.
From personal experience, I like most Americans was unaware of mind-control techniques used and harm caused by dangerous orgs until I met a Jehovah's Witness, who tried to recruit me into the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society (WB&TS). Dangerous orgs like the (WB&TS) are very good at promoting a positive image of the org by using mind and emotional control techniques to coerce and intimidate its members to promote the org. Steve Hassan's website ( www.freedomofmind.com ) and the "Protecting Americans from Dangerous Orgs" facebook page contain valuable information about identifying dangerous orgs and how to help victims of dangerous orgs.

Sincerely,
Robert [Deleted]
From: NOW < [email protected] >
To: 'Robert [Deleted]
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 7:11 AM
Subject: RE: comments concerning Helping Victims of Dangerous Orgs
Dear Robert,
Thank you for contacting NOW. With a paid staff of less than 30 and 1/2 a
million member activists NOW works on a variety of issues that affect the
lives of women on a daily basis, but unfortunately we can't address all
issues that are worthy of attention.
The disproportionate effect of dangerous cults on women is an important
issue and your comments are noted. NOW appreciates learning from all those
concerned about women’s rights.
Best,
NOW Staff
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert [Deleted]
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 7:38 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: comments concerning Helping Victims of Dangerous Orgs
Name: Robert [Deleted] Member: no
Contact Information:
N/A

E-mail: [Deleted]
Comments:
Dear NOW Communication Administrator,
Does NOW believe that women (and men) have basic rights of freedom of
religious belief and speech and wants to help victims of dangerous orgs? If
NOW does, please send an email Blast to NOW members about visiting the White
House petition “Protect Millions of Americans from Dangerous Orgs” at wh.gov/tFK before June 15, 2012; post a link to the petition on the NOW
website; “Like” the White House petition link above and the Facebook link
below; and/or write letters to the President, your U.S. senators, and your
U.S. representative.
Women are abused by dangerous orgs more than men, because men lead most
dangerous orgs. Warning: watching the first 30 seconds of the video “Women
and Religious Cults (1 of 5)” ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvvnU59BIdc&feature=related ) shows the dark side of
some dangerous orgs.
This is my second attempt to promote this petition on the White House
website – the first petition expired on May 26, 2012. If 25,000 people
(Americans only, probably) sign the petition by June 30, 2012, the White
House Staff will review this petition. If more than 150 people sign this
petition before June 30, 2012, the petition will be viewable by all White
House website visitors and appear on internet search browsers.
For more information about this petition, please read information on the
Facebook page “Protecting Americans from Dangerous Orgs” using either on.fb.me/wh-petition (short url) or www.facebook.com/pages/Protecting-Americans-from-Dangerous-Orgs/264002310365 . Most of my ideas for identifying a dangerous org (e.g., cults), I
learned from reading Steve Hassan's book “Combatting Cult Mind Control” and
relating it to my personal experiences with Jehovah's Witnesses. Steve
Hassan signed the White House petition and tweeted about the petition
through his website ( www.freedomofmind.com ).
Thank you in advance for reviewing and responding to my email.
Sincerely,
Robert [Deleted]

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It's Back! . . . Round 2.

by ABibleStudent in

if you are an american citizen, please visit http://wh.gov/tfk and sign the "protect millions of americans from dangerous orgs: modify usc title 26 501 tax exemption requirements" petition that i created on june 1, 2012 on the white house website.

i assume that only americans can sign this petition, but i do not know.

it takes about 2 minutes to register and sign the petition.

ABibleStudent

Thanks a million to the 13 people, who have signed the White House petition at http://wh.gov/tFK .

Yesterday and today, I wrote to the following people and/or websites to support the White House petition at http://wh.gov/tFK and to visit the "Protect Americans from Dangerous Orgs" Facebook page at http://on.fb.me/wh-petition to learn more about the petition.

The Salvation Army USA Commissioners, http://www.salvationarmy.com/,
Post Mormon website, http://www.postmormon.org/,
ExMormon Foundcation website, http://exmormonfoundation.org/,
Mormon Expression website, http://mormonexpression.com/,
I am an Ex Mormon website, http://www.iamanexmormon.com/, and
Life After Mormonism website, http://www.lifeaftermormonism.net/

Before writing to the Salvation Army, I used Steve Hassan's database of dangerous organisations to verify that the Salvation Army was not in his database.

If you would like to learn more reasons why to sign the White House petition and how to remain anonymous if you want, please read the FAQ box that is pinned to the top of the Facebook timeline at http://on.fb.me/wh-petition. Please let me know how I can improve the Facebook page to be easier to read or have a greater impact on readers to sign the White House petition.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

Example of messages sent to the aforementioned websites:
Commissioner Nancy L. Roberts - National President of Women's Ministries
The Salvation Army National Headquarters
615 Slaters Lane
P.O. Box 269
Alexandria, VA 22313
Dear Commissioner Nancy L. Roberts:
Do you believe that people have basic rights of freedom of religious belief and speech and want to help victims of dangerous orgs? If you do, please email links in this email before June 15, 2012 to Salvation Army members and other interested people, who you know, about visiting the White House petition “Protect Millions of Americans from Dangerous Orgs” at http://wh.gov/tFK ; post a link to the petition on http://www.salvationarmy.com/; “Like” the White House petition link above and the Facebook link below; and/or write and promote writing letters to the President, U.S. senators, and U.S. representatives.

Women are abused by dangerous orgs more than men, because men lead most dangerous orgs. Warning: watching the first 30 seconds of the video “Women and Religious Cults (1 of 5)” (www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvvnU59BIdc&feature=related) shows the dark side of some dangerous orgs.

This is my second attempt to promote this petition on the White House website – the first petition expired on May 26, 2012. If 25,000 people (Americans only, probably) sign the petition by June 30, 2012, the White House Staff will review this petition. If more than 150 people sign this petition before June 30, 2012, the petition will be viewable by all White House website visitors and appear on internet search browsers.

For more information about this petition, please read information on the Facebook page “Protecting Americans from Dangerous Orgs” using either http://on.fb.me/wh-petition (short url) or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Protecting-Americans-from-Dangerous-Orgs/264002310365016 . Most of my ideas for identifying a dangerous org (e.g., cults), I learned from reading Steve Hassan's book “Combatting Cult Mind Control” and relating it to my personal experiences with Jehovah's Witnesses. Steve Hassan signed the White House petition and tweeted about the petition through his website (www.freedomofmind.com).

Thank you in advance for reviewing and responding to my letter.
Sincerely,

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It's Back! . . . Round 2.

by ABibleStudent in

if you are an american citizen, please visit http://wh.gov/tfk and sign the "protect millions of americans from dangerous orgs: modify usc title 26 501 tax exemption requirements" petition that i created on june 1, 2012 on the white house website.

i assume that only americans can sign this petition, but i do not know.

it takes about 2 minutes to register and sign the petition.

ABibleStudent

Thanks a million to the 11 people, who have signed the White House petition at http://wh.gov/tFK .

Today, I wrote to the following websites to support the White House petition at http://wh.gov/tFK and to visit the "Protect Americans from Dangerous Orgs" Facebook page at http://on.fb.me/wh-petition to learn more about the petition.

The National Organization of Women website, www.now.org,
Religious Tolerance website, www.religioustolerance.org,
Scientology Cult Recovery website, www.scientologycultrecovery.com,
ExMormon website, www.exmormon.org,

If you would like to learn more reasons why to sign the White House petition and how to remain anonymous if you want, please read the FAQ box that is pinned to the top of the Facebook timeline at http://on.fb.me/wh-petition. Please let me know how I can improve the Facebook page to be easier to read or have a greater impact on readers to sign the White House petition.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

Dear NOW Communication Administrator,
Does NOW believe that women (and men) have basic rights of freedom of religious belief and speech and wants to help victims of dangerous orgs? If NOW does, please send an email Blast to NOW members about visiting the White House petition “Protect Millions of Americans from Dangerous Orgs” at wh.gov/tFK before June 15, 2012; post a link to the petition on the NOW website; “Like” the White House petition link above and the Facebook link below; and/or write letters to the President, your U.S. senators, and your U.S. representative.
Women are abused by dangerous orgs more than men, because men lead most dangerous orgs. Warning: watching the first 30 seconds of the video “Women and Religious Cults (1 of 5)” ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvvnU59BIdc&feature=related ) shows the dark side of some dangerous orgs.
This is my second attempt to promote this petition on the White House website – the first petition expired on May 26, 2012. If 25,000 people (Americans only, probably) sign the petition by June 30, 2012, the White House Staff will review this petition. If more than 150 people sign this petition before June 30, 2012, the petition will be viewable by all White House website visitors and appear on internet search browsers.
For more information about this petition, please read information on the Facebook page “Protecting Americans from Dangerous Orgs” using either on.fb.me/wh-petition (short url) or www.facebook.com/pages/Protecting-Americans-from-Dangerous-Orgs/264002310365016 . Most of my ideas for identifying a dangerous org (e.g., cults), I learned from reading Steve Hassan's book “Combatting Cult Mind Control” and relating it to my personal experiences with Jehovah's Witnesses. Steve Hassan signed the White House petition and tweeted about the petition through his website ( www.freedomofmind.com ).
Thank you in advance for reviewing and responding to my email.
Sincerely,
Robert

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This could be used as a model of how to deal with the Watchtower religion

by Terry in

michael d'antonioauthor of heaven on earth, fall from grace and an upcoming book on the international sexual abuse crisis in the catholic church.. fraud and the next catholic crisis.

one can only guess what the pope might be thinking.

in rome, his butler has been arrested in connection with a "vatileaks" scandal that has revealed venomous internal conflicts over the church's finances, child abuse scandals and doctrine.

ABibleStudent

Hi Terry, I may be wrong, but I feel that until JWs are freed from WTBTS's mind control that JWs will continue to be afraid of reporting crimes that involve JWs and/or the WTBTS. Catholics are not as brain-washed as JWs, so Catholics are more likely to go to the police. Also, if civil suits are filed against the WTBTS the WTBTS will pay and obtain a gag order to keep the case quiet.

On of the main reasons that I am promoting a White House petition to protect millions of Americans from dangerous orgs in the thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/226465/1/Its-Back-Round-2 is to either get orgs like the WTBTS to stop brain washing JWs or to cause the WTBTS significant reduction in revenue.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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UK Anti-Cult charity under threat of closure

by cedars in

jw
friends

i'm wondering what you all make of this story from the guardian regarding the cult information centre - a uk charity that aims to raise awareness of cults.

it seems that it's on the verge of having its charitable status withdrawn (or, at least, this was the case three months ago).

unsurprisingly, the complaints that have led to its potential closure stem from cults such as the church of scientology.. here is the story:.

ABibleStudent

Cedars - ABibleStudent - sorry, I don't have a facebook account under "Cedars" yet, but I'll take your advice on board!

Hi Cedars, Depending on your vision for the Facebook page and how much time is left before expiration of the e-petition, may influence your urgency of creating a Facebook page. My vision was to inspire people to care enough about the issue by providing a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) box, video links about cults, and then providing links to websites that I thought provided balanced and relevant information about the dangers. Learning how to use Facebook's Timeline feature to organize and show links to videos first and educational links second got easier after two months had past since the account was created.

Creating a website using Wordpress or Google might have been easier than using Fadebook, but I did not want to spend ~ $20 for a website url from GoDaddy! for a short-term event supporting the White House petition. Has anyone thought of creating a website to promote political activism against dangerous orgs?

Best of wishes for the UK e-petition.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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UK Anti-Cult charity under threat of closure

by cedars in

jw
friends

i'm wondering what you all make of this story from the guardian regarding the cult information centre - a uk charity that aims to raise awareness of cults.

it seems that it's on the verge of having its charitable status withdrawn (or, at least, this was the case three months ago).

unsurprisingly, the complaints that have led to its potential closure stem from cults such as the church of scientology.. here is the story:.

ABibleStudent

Hi Cedars, Have you created a Facebook page for the UK e-petition, like the Facebook page (i.e., http://on.fb.me/wh-petition) that I created for the White House petition "Protecting Million of Americans from Dangerous Orgs" (i.e., http://wh.gov/tFK)? The Facebook page should be searchable by internet browsers and spread to other Facebook users by people liking the Facebook page.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert