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  Retired Montana Supreme Court Justice writes regarding JW defense of sex offenders

  by gone for good in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jim nelson's short 5 paragraph opinion piece in the helena independent record calls for a change to the law that allows perpetrating jehovahs witnesses to escape prosecution.

  and the facilitators (watchtower in this case) to be held accountable.

  https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/religion-does-not-give-sexual-predators-a-pass/article_f22cf868-64b0-56c0-8028-6e690731adb3.amp.html.

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  ScenicViewer

  I had the impression that Jim Nelson, the retired justice, wrote the article in a column called Guest View, Nelson being the guest contributor.

  The 'Dear Sir' was likely addressed to the newspaper's editor.
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  Retired Montana Supreme Court Justice writes regarding JW defense of sex offenders

  by gone for good in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jim nelson's short 5 paragraph opinion piece in the helena independent record calls for a change to the law that allows perpetrating jehovahs witnesses to escape prosecution.

  and the facilitators (watchtower in this case) to be held accountable.

  https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/religion-does-not-give-sexual-predators-a-pass/article_f22cf868-64b0-56c0-8028-6e690731adb3.amp.html.

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  Copy and paste of the article:

  
  

  GUEST VIEW

  Religion does not give sexual predators a pass

  

  Nelson

  JIM NELSON

  13 hrs ago

  Dear Sir:

  Assuming that the Montana Supreme Court’s recent opinion in the Jehovah’s Witnesses case (Nunez v. Watchtower Bible, 2020 MT 3) sets forth the state of the law, then the law needs to be changed.

  First, no person should be allowed to sexually or physically abuse another person — minor or adult — and be protected from the consequences of that heinous act by a shape-shifting religious rule, protocol or doctrine. Freedom of Religion, guaranteed under the First Amendment does not protect criminal conduct whether perpetrated by a deity’s ministers or by anyone else.

  Secondly, the perpetrators and facilitators of such conduct must be held accountable to the criminal laws. That means simply that perpetrators must be timely reported and criminally prosecuted. And just as important, those who facilitate or cover-up the perpetrator’s criminal conduct — no matter how high up in church hierarchy — must also be held accountable under the criminal law for aiding and abetting the perpetrator.

  This country and our state have witnessed far too many instances of sexual assaults by religious ministers, (not to mention trusted adults in athletics, scouting organizations, and other institutions). Sexual predators and facilitators must not get a pass, because they claim to be following their religious doctrines, protocols or beliefs.

  It is long overdue that our legislators remedy this situation, and it is long overdue that voters demand that they do.

  Jim Nelson of Helena is a retired justice of the Montana Supreme Court.

  View on http://www.helenair.com
  
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  Circus Assembly Jaw Dropper

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the co got on his hind legs for the public talk and repeated twice "tolerance promotes division".

  then backed it up by saying that if one group march for some right, another group will march for the opposite.. so jws are intolerant and proud of it.

  f@@@k me sideways.. may explain that the baptism tally was 0..

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  "tolerance promotes division"

  Nonsense.

  A forced unity doesn't count in Christianity - that's what human leadership does in oppressive Nationalism and in high control Religion.
  
  
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  Montana News

  by AuntBee in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/montana/articles/2020-01-08/court-reverses-35m-verdict-against-jehovahs-witnesses.

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  Question: Does the plaintiff have the option of appealing back, to a higher court? If so, is there any reason to think it would be worth pursuing?
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  Police and Fire Department Officials in Guatemala Benefit From Bible-Based Workshops

  by TheFadingAlbatros in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/guatemala/police-and-fire-department-officials-in-guatemala-benefit-from-bible-based-workshops/.

  i am surprised that a government authority is calling on a religious organization to give their police and fire department officials instructions to behave in a better way with the guatemalan population.

  the organization of jehovah's witnesses is well known to separate families (shunning) and have in the past protected numerous pedophiles within their organization ( maybe they are still doing it now somewhere in secret, who knows ?

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  I wonder if other religious organaztions are also invited to make presentations to the same police and fire officials. Something tells me that JWs are not the only ones doing this.
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  November 2019 Watchtower Study....Exaggeration at its finest

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the watchtower—study edition | november 2019. lessons we can learn from the book of leviticus.

  16 satan and his world have done much to make the work of that faithful slave challenging, even impossible, to carry out from a human standpoint.

  despite two world wars, relentless persecution, global economic crises, and unjust treatment, the faithful and discreet slave has continued to provide spiritual food for christ’s followers on earth.

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  The good news truly is being preached “in all the inhabited earth.” (Matt. 24:14) Without a doubt, Jehovah is guiding and generously blessing his organization today.

  No, the good news is NOT being preached in ALL the inhabited earth. There are billions of people that have never heard of a Jehovah's Witness. India and China are two major countries where JWs have hardly scratched the surface of preaching to the entire population.
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  ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES VIDEO

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  atlantis posted: 2019--16 leaked videos!.

  here is my review after watching the ''roles and responsibilities video''.

  the video begins with ''congregation members willingly contribute their money to ''jehovah'' to advance kingdom interests.''.

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  ''Congregation members willingly contribute their money to ''JEHOVAH'' to advance Kingdom interests.''

  It's sad how the Watchtower organization has made itself a substitute for God.
  
  
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  Creepy display

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  i dunno about you, but if i walked up to this display at an expo i'd be a little creeped out..

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  What airline is this?

  Funny. They do look like flight attendants, don't they? The men and the women each wearing the same uniforms.
  
  
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  Interesting news - Supreme court throws out case against Watchtower.

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so my mum sent me this link, i need to speak to her about how she feels about this.

  maybe she didn't even read it.

  but the website looks to pro jw.

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  Jehovah is misspelled several times on that page, including in the web address, and written with a lower case j - 'jahovah.' And whoever wrote it used everyone's favorite mispronunciation of the religion's name, 'Jehovah Witnesses.'
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  U.S. Supreme Court Denies Watchtower’s Certiorari Plea

  by Jerome56 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/19-40.html.

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  Agreed, they'll never "release" it...
  ...but that doesn't mean it won't come out some day soon.
  This is the Information Age, after all.

  I believe that is dead on. The best chance of having the child molester database revealed is if someone leaks it. So much other information has been leaked over the past several years, it gives hope that it could happen. This is what I'm hoping for.