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  Covid 19 True Infection Rate / Proof of Misinformation

  by Simon in

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  this is interesting.. you've probably heard of "asymptomatic spread" which is, people who are infected with the virus and are spreading it, but who have no symptoms.. but is it accurate?

  is it supported by the statistics?.

  this video analyses the facts and concludes that we've been given misinformation due to faulty testing.

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  Phizzy

  LUHE wrote " I still can't get my head around the fact that all deaths within 28 days of a positive test count as Covid deaths - these are still the official statistics, AFAIK.".

  I agree, I think that is a bad statistic to hang too many conclusions upon, that figure does not divide out those who died of something else, even though they tested positive earlier. I guess in many cases it is difficult to be categorical, but certainly those who have not presented with Covid symptoms should NOT be in that figure.
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  The Secrets She Keeps

  by Simon in

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  2. entertainment

  anyone watching this?

  it's an australian production with the actress who plays lady edith in downton abbey.. great drama.. there was a surprise mention of jehovah's witnesses in episode 2. we just started watching episode 3 and, well, they are going to hate the kind of publicity this gives them!.

  it will build on the terrible reputation they have after the commission investigating abuse within organisations, which the wts tried to obstruct and obfuscate their responsibilities in.. well worth watching as a drama in it's own right, but especially as a potential talking point about the wts.. on cbc in canada..

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  Phizzy

  We watched this last year some time, I thought it was well done, entertaining enough. The JW part of the plot is very appropriate I thought. But , as you say Simon, JW's won't like it !

  The JW's will probably Nit Pick at the slight " inaccuracies", which are not really, I think they are maybe deliberate, and even if not, do not excuse the JW Org for what it is, and what it does to people !
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  Belgian Civil Rights Attorney's comments on the Ghent decision

  by vienne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this and several other articles are here: https://bitterwinter.org/excommunication-looking-for-a-balance-of-interests-between-opposite-freedoms/.

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  Phizzy

  I thought when I read the Article that the writer must be a JW, as he had repeated the lies the JW org use to cover up how evil the Shunning is. The the biggest lie is the untruth that JW's exercise their individual conscience and then practice Shunning, we who have been JW's know for sure that if you do not shun someone who is Disfellowshipped , action by the Congregation Elders swiftly follows.

  More than likely too, if an individual is no longer associating, but not actually DF'd, that the Elders would haul you in front of them for associating with that person

  How many JW's would actually shun if it was not imposed upon them ?

  The writer of the Article is either a liar, or has been duped in to lying.
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  Welsh Witness in court

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. social
  2. current

  must be a very understanding body of elders there is all i can say.

  lol.

  successful graduate spared jail after being exposed as paedophile by police.

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  Phizzy

  " "He felt ashamed about what he did, he said, but said he did not have a sexual interest in children," Mr Jones said "

  Mr Jones is the Prosecutor, surely he would have pointed out that Williams' contention he had "no sexual interest in children" was arrant nonsense ? The Article does not say he did so.

  I also fail to understand that because someone has only just been caught, so do not have a previous offence on Record, is some kind of mitigation ??

  This man should be on the Sexual Offences Register for life, anything less means he is a constant potential danger.

  I also find it sickening that the JW community around him still support him ! What is wrong with these people, would you want to support him if he had sent YOUR Daughter of 13 Dick Pics and suggested he wanted her to perform oral sex upon him ?
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  To The Australian Government .Have Jehovah`s Witnesses signed the Redress scheme ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  maybe i`m a just a bit more impatient than some ,but the govt.

  did say they will name and shame those who do not sign up to the redress scheme didn`t they ?

  and take away their special priveledges , etc.?.

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  Phizzy

  They have finally signed up, after missing several deadlines , and issued this statement :

  " “Now that the law requires charities to join the scheme, Jehovah’s Witnesses will comply. Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that it is their responsibility before God to respect and co-operate with the authorities.”

  So they are saying that they do not have a responsibility before God to treat the Victims with compassion and love, that the whole of their responsibility is merely to comply with the Law. A True God of Love might have something to say about that !
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  William Shatner is 90 years old but doesn't look like it-------Why?

  by pistolpete in

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  i can't believe william shatner is 90 years old but doesn't look like other 90 year olds that i've met.

  is it genetic?

  is it lifestyle.

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  Phizzy

  It is a well known Scientific hypothesis that if you travel long enough and far enough in Space, you age less than those who stayed behind on Earth, so maybe he really IS Captain Kirk !
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  Covid Virus and serving where the need is greater

  by eyeslice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i get the impression that many of those serving where 'the need is greater' have had to return to their home countries due to the current covid pandemic.. just over a year back the society was pushing people to go to places like india; not the easiest places to get to grips with at the best of times.

  now i see that the covid pandemic is pretty much out of control in india.

  it seems to me that 'needs greaters' were the watchtowers way of getting missionaries on the cheap.

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  Phizzy

  Being the old cynic I am, I bet the Org. is recalling them just in case, because if they left them "in post" there is a legal argument that the Org owed a " Duty of Care" , even if they are Volunteers, and if someone were to die of Covid, a Law Suit could follow and be successful.

  It is always about the $$$.
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  Canada: Jehovah’s Witnesses challenge constitutionality of B.C. privacy law

  by yalbmert99 in

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  2. scandals

  once again, watchtower doesn't want to respect our human rights.

  https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/jehovahs-witnesses-challenge-constitutionality-of-b-c-privacy-law.

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  Phizzy

  If memory serves this old man, they tried this excuse about them being the personal records of Elders under U.K Law, it failed, as being in a File that over the years that different Elders could possibly access, these were the Property of the Congregation and just as much came under the right to access that other records would.

  I hope the Court in Canada takes a similar view as to the general principle.
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  I Care a Lot (2020) One of the worst movies I think I've ever seen

  by TD in

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  2. entertainment

  my wife and i were intrigued by the trailer, which looked like a humorous, over the top, dark comedy.. the story centers around the unscrupulousness of a female attorney named marla grayson (rosamund pike) who makes her living by preying on old people.

  grayson has her victims declared mentally incompetent, locks them away in a care facility she has bought off and then liquidates and pockets their assets as their court appointed guardian.. (spoilers ahead).

  ms. grayson humorously makes the mistake of singling out a seemingly helpless retiree name jennifer peterson (dianne wiest) as her next target.. grayson however, quickly discovers that peterson has millions of dollars in diamonds in a safe deposit box and far from being helpless is the mother of roman lunyov, (peter dinklage) a russian mafia figure who is not terribly happy with this turn of events.. up to this point, the movie was great.

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  Phizzy

  Thank you for taking the trouble to Review this Movie T.D, you have saved me from wasting time watching it !
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  Announcing The WatchtowerHelper Chrome extension

  by wtwrhelpclub in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a new free chrome extension opens up watchtower study articles on jw.org to global discussion!

  the extension lets you highlight, comment, and add footnotes.

  you can also view other's highlights and posts, all without leaving jw.org!

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  Phizzy

  " I'd be wary of someone showing up wanting me to install a Chrome extension that can see everything I browse ... but that's just me, suspicious."

  And RIGHTLY so !