Posts by ScenicViewer

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Can this be true: GB to court - NBC ??

by Festus in

is this a bad joke or "fake news"?.

nbc new york is claiming "attorneys are expected on monday to announce the filing of lawsuits in king's county supreme court against eight members of the governing body of the jehovah's witnesses for alleged child sexual abuse claims.".

eventhough i would enjoy to see this happen i am very suspiciouse concerning nbcs reliability with this case.. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/happening-today-nj-water-cosby-appeal-epstein-probe-536740491.html.

ScenicViewer

Attorney Irwin Zalkin had previously said that Governing Body members would be sued in court. Perhaps this is what he was referring to.

The following is from the link posted by Xanthippe...

On Friday, attorney Irwin Zalkin held a news conference in Manhattan announcing that two alleged victims, Heather Steele and Michael Ewing, will file lawsuits in state Supreme Court in Brooklyn on Wednesday. The lawsuits will name as defendants eight members of the Governing Body of the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs).

Now located in Tuxedo Park, N.Y., the JWs World Headquarters occupied a building with a large Watchtower sign in Brooklyn.

“Litigation by the Zalkin Law Firm has exposed a database maintained by the JW containing information about known child molesters within the organization that dates back decades,” according to a news release from the law firm. “The JWs have defied numerous court orders compelling them to produce this database in several of the lawsuits.”

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Step 1 : Steal a cadaver (Check!)

by Terry in

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friends

step 1. steal a cadaver (check!).

i live in fort worth.

fortunately, he preceded me by half a century!.

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The History Channel's 'Haunted History' series did an episode on HH Holmes in 2013.

It's entitled Murder Castle, (Season 1, Episode 3). I stumbled on it completely by accident when channel surfing to see what's on.

They go heavily into the 'haunted spirits' angle, meaning the ghosts of Holmes victims are still roaming through his hotel in Chicago. This is nonsense to me, but when I hit the channel there was a photo of Holmes on screen that was one of the photos that Terry had posted. What a coincidence. It got my attention immediately and I watched a few minutes of it.

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Criminal Charges against Jehovah's Witnesses for Trial Fraud!

by Atlantis in

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friends

just in case this wasn't posted yet.. criminal charges against jehovah's witnesses for trial fraud.

(a video is provided on this same page.).

use google translate.. https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/strafanzeige-wegen-prozessbetrugs-gegen-zeugen-jehovas,zeugen-jehovas-104.html atlantis!

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TD: Members would be put under pressure if they accept blood transfusions in the event of life-threatening illnesses.

Thanks for the better translation. That makes much more sense!

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Criminal Charges against Jehovah's Witnesses for Trial Fraud!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

just in case this wasn't posted yet.. criminal charges against jehovah's witnesses for trial fraud.

(a video is provided on this same page.).

use google translate.. https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/strafanzeige-wegen-prozessbetrugs-gegen-zeugen-jehovas,zeugen-jehovas-104.html atlantis!

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...members of the religious community are pressured to accept blood transfusions...

Did Google Translate misfire here? Shouldn't it read that 'members of the religious community are pressured to reject blood transfusions?'

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In Sydney, and ex jw gathering, with an apperance by Angus Stewart!

by nonjwspouse in

this happened yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pfyty9bs3i.

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Thank you Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho for explaining that!

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Again, thank you Amber Scorah

by newsheep in

this week alone this lovely person has been on bbc, late night comedy show, and now i read about her in toronto's globe and mail log inadchoices.

opinion.

i was raised a jehovah’s witness.

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That was one of the most eloquent, accurate and gripping descriptions of disfellowshipping and shunning that I have ever read.

And the similarities between Chinese brainwashing and Jehovah's Witness indoctrination is eye opening.

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Watchtower volunteer injuries

by neat blue dog in

i was recently talking with a zealous 'sister' who for years was assigned to use a certain chemical while taking care of wt property, only to have it irreparably damage her immune system partly because she wasn't trained properly.

she said there was a potential lawsuit but she didn't want to bring reproach on jehovah's organization.

has anybody else heard of similar situations, of people being hurt or injured in service to the org, maybe even because of them, and taking the loss so the org wouldn't look bad?.

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... Watchtower actually asked for an official lawsuit because that is what is required for their insurance to pay out.

Are you sure that Watchtower isn't self insured in these matters? I'm not sure, just asking.

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A different spin on birthdays

by FatFreek 2005 in

about birthdays.

several days ago i was waiting at the deli for the next batch of fried chicken when a man in his sixties came in.

he had called in his order two days earlier.

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And that's exactly why birthdays and all other common occasions that bring families together are forbidden. New recruits stop being with their families. This creates a rift and resentment in the family.

Bingo!

JWs often claim the main reason they are not a cult is because they are not isolated from others by living in a commune. They may not live in a commune but they are as isolated as anybody on earth via no birthdays, no mother's day, no father's day, no Thanksgiving, etc. These are the very things that bring most families together.

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Bound vol question

by rockemsockem in

did the wt reprint bound vol.?

if so how long after the first printing did they reprint?

also how do you tell an original from reprint?

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Oops, double post.

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Bound vol question

by rockemsockem in

did the wt reprint bound vol.?

if so how long after the first printing did they reprint?

also how do you tell an original from reprint?

ScenicViewer

The Watchtower and Awake magazine volumes were reprinted in the early 1980s as Vienne has mentioned.

The Watchtowers were reprinted back to 1950 (I believe), but the Awakes only went back to 1970. At the time I wondered Why the difference? since they had long been considered 'companion' magazines.

Apparently this was the Organization's way of hiding the 1975 information because most of it was published in the Awake magazines of the late 1960s.

Information such as in this thread would now be hard for JWs to find.