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  Warning Talk on Chat Rooms

  by JWTom in

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  had a warning talk on chat rooms last night.

  not sure if they are really that big of a deal with jws.

  i have a been to a few and have talked with a few sisters actually.

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  I'm still waiting for the response to purrpurr

  I think you can take it for granted that every brother in your hall has looked at porn at some stage.
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  Apostasy Movie (For those who have forgotten)

  by KW13 in

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  2. friends

  this movie is out there now in the us and im guessing other territories and due to be released tomorrow in the uk in cinema and for streaming.

  https://www.curzonartificialeye.com/apostasy/.

  i didnt realise until recently the man behind it all shares a mutual friend with myself so im hoping to get to meet him because this film looks like it will do more for ex witnesses who need justification for moving on and for those who don't understand the religion, i think it teaches more than any documentary?.

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  justme: I appreciate your positive intentions, but posting those links are against the terms of service of this site. I do not generally care, but it would be great if we could support the film. Its not like its not available on various pay sites.

  Copyrighted material or trademark infringement

  Do not post material that you do not have the legal right to share or links to illegal downloads of music, movies, books or anything else. Please do not post instructions to circumvent the legal rights of others or abuse servies (e.g. how to download videos from YouTube).
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  Apostasy Movie (For those who have forgotten)

  by KW13 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this movie is out there now in the us and im guessing other territories and due to be released tomorrow in the uk in cinema and for streaming.

  https://www.curzonartificialeye.com/apostasy/.

  i didnt realise until recently the man behind it all shares a mutual friend with myself so im hoping to get to meet him because this film looks like it will do more for ex witnesses who need justification for moving on and for those who don't understand the religion, i think it teaches more than any documentary?.

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  Thanks for the heads up

  The Film Programme - Apostasy - @bbcradio4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bbt611

  He comes across as not having that much anger toward the organisation. Perhaps because he wasn't disfellowshipped himself and maintained his relationship with his mother. This seems to have worked in the film's favour though as all the most positive reviews praise it for its neutral perspective and the fact that it wasn't a hatchet job.
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  Watchtower Victims Memorial Day

  by dubstepped in

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  anybody here doing anything for it?

  i just learned of it's existence and its a cool idea.

  apparently it's today.

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  cobweb

  I was wondering how long this has been going on. There are photos there going back to 2014, but like you I hadn't heard of it. It reminds me of the silent lambs protests they used to do - didn't they used to put stuffed lambs on the kingdom hall gates? Now they suggest a teddy bear.
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  This Article Won't Change Your Mind - Great Read

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this article won’t change your mind - the facts on why facts alone can’t fight false beliefs.

  brilliant article in the atlantic by julie beck discussing the phenomena of cognitive dissonance and how it affects religious and political beliefs.

  it includes some interesting thoughts on how social media has magnified the problem.. spoiler - she is not optimistic about the possibility of successfully reasoning with members of religious cults.. the article also has a link to the 45 minute audio version.. link....

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  I'll give it a read. It sounds like a book I read by Carol Tavris called Mistakes were made but not by me. It explains a lot about the world we are living in now.
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  Guardian interview with Apostasy director

  by cobweb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a really long article about the film apostasy and interview with the director about his story and how he came to make the film.

  apostasy director: ‘it was liberating to leave the jehovah’s witnesses’.

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/15/apostasy-director-daniel-kokotajlo-liberating-to-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-interview?cmp=share_androidapp_copy_to_clipboard.

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  I just watched the UK trailer. The music is different to the US trailer. I can't decide which I prefer, they are both powerful.
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  Do You Think The Mayor of London Is Doing a Good Job?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  his city seems pretty dangerous especially since he has taken over and of course he just loves trump.

  lol .

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  Its worth bearing in mind that Trump has had issues with London before Sadiq came to office 2 years ago. This is what Boris Johnson said in response to him when he was mayor in 2015

  https://youtu.be/p4EAc0QFubs
  
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  Guardian interview with Apostasy director

  by cobweb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a really long article about the film apostasy and interview with the director about his story and how he came to make the film.

  apostasy director: ‘it was liberating to leave the jehovah’s witnesses’.

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/15/apostasy-director-daniel-kokotajlo-liberating-to-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-interview?cmp=share_androidapp_copy_to_clipboard.

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  cobweb

  This is a really long article about the film Apostasy and interview with the director about his story and how he came to make the film

  Apostasy director: ‘It was liberating to leave the Jehovah’s Witnesses’

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/15/apostasy-director-daniel-kokotajlo-liberating-to-leave-jehovahs-witnesses-interview?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard
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  Do You Think The Mayor of London Is Doing a Good Job?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  his city seems pretty dangerous especially since he has taken over and of course he just loves trump.

  lol .

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  Sharp jump in homicides and violent crime in London

  Politicians and police chiefs left scrambling to respond to public anger

  

  Forensic officers search a murder scene in Tottenham, north London, earlier this month © PA

  April 26, 2018 4:45 pm by David Bond in London

  There was a 44 per cent rise in the number of homicides in London last year as violent crime rose across the UK, putting more pressure on the government to rethink cuts that critics say have hollowed out the police.

  There were 157 homicides in the UK capital in the 12 months to March, up from 109 in the previous year. The increase can be partly explained by last year’s terror attacks at Westminster Bridge, London Bridge and Finsbury Park, which resulted in eight deaths.

  The Metropolitan Police also recorded a 21 per cent increase in knife crime and a near 36 per cent rise in robberies.

  Nationwide, knife crime rose 22 per cent in the calendar year to December 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics, and homicides rose 9 per cent. Sexual offences were up 11 per cent and rape cases increased by more than 18 per cent.

  

  There was no change in the number of fraud cases, however, at 3.2m, and there was a 28 per cent decrease in crime committed through the misuse of computers.

  The spate of violent crime in London, which has seen a series of stabbingsand murders since the start of 2018, has left politicians and police chiefs scrambling to respond to public outrage.

  In February, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, announced an extra £59m of annual funding for the Met, some of which will be used to fund a 120-strong violent crime task force.

  On Thursday, Mr Khan sought to frame the sharp jump in violent crime in London as part of a wider trend. “This is a national problem that urgently needs national solutions from the government,” he said.

  Martin Hewitt, the Met’s assistant commissioner, said London’s police force “continues to experience a very busy and challenging time against the backdrop of significant reductions in resources”.

  

  Flowers and tributes left for 18-year-old Israel Ogunsola in Hackney, east London, this month © EPA

  Despite the concerns, the Home Office said overall crime levels across the country were “stable”.

  Crime has been falling since its peak in the mid 1990s and even in London, the 157 homicides in 2017/18 were some way below the 205 recorded in 2003/04.

  But officials acknowledged that there has been a shift in the past two years, particularly in London and other large cities.

  Both Mr Khan and Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour party, have portrayed the recent increase in knife crime and murders as a consequence of the Conservative government’s austerity programme. Mr Khan has said that the Met has had to find £600m of savings in recent years and faces further cutbacks.

  Recommended

  • London’s violent crime wave can be beaten back

  According to the latest Home Office statistics, there were 121,929 police officers in the 43 police forces in England and Wales at the end of last September — the lowest number of officers since comparable records began in 1996.

  The increased focus on counter terror policing in a year when London and Manchester were hit by five separate attacks which resulted in 36 innocent deaths is also likely to have placed resources under pressure.

  Tom Gash, from University College London, said: “Counter terrorism is the only area where budgets have been protected. At the same time neighbourhood policing has been cut and it’s likely that has had an impact.”

  Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said the recent loss of 2,000 police officers from his own force was having a real impact on the public.

  “Quite simply we are having to prioritise those incidents where the greatest harm is caused more than ever before,” he said
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  Do You Think The Mayor of London Is Doing a Good Job?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  his city seems pretty dangerous especially since he has taken over and of course he just loves trump.

  lol .

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  cobweb

  can u cut & paste it. i can't get behind the paywall