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.. .
Anyone who seriously believes that this is just about being able to legally perform marriages is naive.
The only real benefit the Org gets from registration is the regular checks they’d receive from the taxpayers’ coffers.
Which, once again, begs the question, “why would they need financial assistance from the government so badly?”
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a fascinating look into the human mind, cults, religion, child abuse, and mental illness colliding with government bureaucracy.. 3rd gen and i watched this tonight.
impossible not to see some similarities between watchtower teachings, fear-mongering, and its "compounds".. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scz2x7r_xxc.
That’s funny.
Being terrified of folks that don’t actually give a shit about you.
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we have all watched some of the documentaries about the church of scientology hiring detectives to stalk and harass their former members,( their "apostates").
i have heard of individual cases of rabid jw elders stalking ex-jws, and of course, one would expect some enforcement of corporate copyright infringement on anti-jw websites.. what were the most outrageous jw "stalking" or investigation stories you remember?.
tonight's 60 minutes into ebay stalking a middle-aged couple who writes a newsletter reminded me a lot of the menlo park congregation watchtower "takeover", closure, and stalking of local elders to mind.
Remember, folks..,
…the moment you use heavy-handed (or under-handed) methods in your efforts to claim the moral high ground…
…you forfeit the moral high ground.
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!
Agreed.
Top-Shelf gives off an Angry Old Lush vibe, not a Kiddy-Fiddler vibe.
‘Course, I’ve been wrong before.
a fascinating look into the human mind, cults, religion, child abuse, and mental illness colliding with government bureaucracy.. 3rd gen and i watched this tonight.
impossible not to see some similarities between watchtower teachings, fear-mongering, and its "compounds".. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scz2x7r_xxc.
IMO, one of the biggest mistakes the Feds made during that whole thing was their failure to grasp that the Branch Davidians actually fully subscribed to their beliefs, and as a result, the government’s actions simply reinforced the Davidians’ convictions, and made them dig in even deeper.
we have all watched some of the documentaries about the church of scientology hiring detectives to stalk and harass their former members,( their "apostates").
i have heard of individual cases of rabid jw elders stalking ex-jws, and of course, one would expect some enforcement of corporate copyright infringement on anti-jw websites.. what were the most outrageous jw "stalking" or investigation stories you remember?.
tonight's 60 minutes into ebay stalking a middle-aged couple who writes a newsletter reminded me a lot of the menlo park congregation watchtower "takeover", closure, and stalking of local elders to mind.
Yup.
And in the end, McFree prevailed, because it became painfully obvious to the court that the Org was being petty and vindictive.
anybody remember hearing this?.
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is that comment in print anywhere?.
Yup.
Credit where credit’s due…
…the rank-and-file’s always been real good at policing itself.
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looking for references that talk about witnesses not being able to hold any private interpretation or belief that isn't in line with official doctrine.
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i know i've seen them before but of course now i can't find any of the more in your face statements..
I had private beliefs.
I was smart enough to keep ‘em to myself, though.
we have all watched some of the documentaries about the church of scientology hiring detectives to stalk and harass their former members,( their "apostates").
i have heard of individual cases of rabid jw elders stalking ex-jws, and of course, one would expect some enforcement of corporate copyright infringement on anti-jw websites.. what were the most outrageous jw "stalking" or investigation stories you remember?.
tonight's 60 minutes into ebay stalking a middle-aged couple who writes a newsletter reminded me a lot of the menlo park congregation watchtower "takeover", closure, and stalking of local elders to mind.
The Org has borrowed pages from Scientology’s playbook before, but they seem to prefer using lawyers more.
i've read a lot of crap in my life (not just wts) and i have finally found the phrase to describe almost every religious wrting i've read.
"confirmation bias" affects how jws look at historical facts, how dems and repubs look at economic facts, or how all people look at information presented to them.
i still go to meetings every once in a while to make my wife and my boss feel better about me, but sometimes i can't believe how idiotic some things are.
SweetBabyCheezits - “… Identifying them is, I believe, a pretty important step in suppressing them.”
Or, at the very least, keeping ‘em on a fucking leash.
