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  "Criminal Minds" quote

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just watching an old episode of criminal minds and there was this description of cults:.

  "cults commonly have their own language.

  they invent or redefine certain words only the cult members understand.

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  Corney

  Surprisingly, every community has its own jargon
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  Finland: significant (nearly 1/10) reduction in number of Kingdom Halls

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  according to a recent helsingin sanomat article, there are over 200 kingdom halls in finland.

  and over the last three years, 22 khs have been sold and five new halls have been built.

  currently, seven khs are listed for sale and two new ones are under construction.

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  Updated statistics: https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/muskf8/finnish_government_published_updated_jw/
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  Article in The Australian: Jehovah's Witnesses facing tax turmoil

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.theaustralian.com.au/.../64acd93d531eb6b7301d.... .

  sorry, the article is behind a paywall.

  however, here's a copy of it without the photo:.

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  The corrected version of the article says:

  Mr O'Brien said any suggestion that the commission had revoked the organisation's charitable status was "simply false" and "misleading".

  It is correct that the Commission notified Watchtower Australia (by the November 24 show cause notice) of concerns possibly warranting revocation of charitable status - namely that the organisation have not ensured its directors act in its best interests and failed to "take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of vulnerable individuals outside Australia" when donating overseas (nothing indicates the Commission questioned the very practice of sending funds to foreign entities); both issues involve insufficient paperwork, I guess. The November notice also asked Watchtower for comments, sent on 18 March.

  The lawsuit is about preventing the ACNC from revoking Watchtower's charitable status; its subject is the proposed revocation decision.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Apparently, the Commission subsequently informed the org, either formally or informally, that it decided not to deregister Watchtower as a charity; once (and if) it is official, the court case becomes moot and will then be quickly withdrawn/dismissed.

  The sources (the corrected article and the court application) are available here (not reader-friendly, though): https://youtu.be/OJeszWNAWOk
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  5 kingdom halls in New Addington for sale

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had it confirmed today that 5 kingdom halls on one site in new addington are for sale.

  price being asked £3.5 million.. every witness in london worked on that site.

  am in shock.

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  The sale of the remaining Pioneer Place properties is confirmed: https://www.acorngroup.co.uk/commercial/property-sales/leisure-institution-other-for-sale-in-5-pioneer-place-croydon-surrey/50189

  Read also: Case Study for sale in Croydon
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  Watchtower fined in Belgium

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovah's witnesses in belgium have to pay €12k fine for shunning policy.

  news.

  you have probably heard of the trial going on in belgium about the shunning policy of jws.

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  Corney

  That was the point of the Judges ruling. He said that the JW disfellowshipping policy was promoting something that is a violation of ones basic human rights. He wasn't talking about forcing anyone to talk to someone if they chose not to, he was talking about your right to choose for yourself who you talk to and the rights of the disfellowshipped person to being treated justly and within the laws of the land rather than by additional laws made up by a religious organization.

  0. Have you been able to read the judgment? I hope you don't make conclusions based on a short quotation from a media report. Because...

  1. Your words about "rights" is nothing but demagoguery. There is no "right to be treated justly", and the "right to be treated within the laws of the land rather than by additional laws made up by a religious organization" is, dependent on what you mean by it, either not existing, or any claim about it is circular.

  2. In a free and pluralistic society, people are free:

  • to associate or not associate with anyone;
  • to influence how others exercise that right;
  • to exercise the said rights jointly, through associations and communities, including strict ones, that may create and enforce their own rules, as far as it doesn't involve violence or other means of coercion.

  At this point, it is not clearly established, to say the least, that ostracizing and boycotting constitute unlawful coercion. There are reasons for this. For sure, shunning as practised by the Jehovah's Witnesses often cause pain and suffering. But other forms of boycotting and similar behaviour - not institutional, less organized, less strict, both collective and individual - can have the same effects. So, where to draw the line? Don't forget that it not the role of government and law to protect people against everything causing them distress. And notwithstanding the attempts to deny or minimize that, the issues in question seriously affect fundamental rights like the freedom of speech, association, and conscience, and the right to private life.

  That said, I'm not suggesting the recent decision is necessarily wrong. I would like to read and examine it and future decisions before making ultimate conclusions. What I'm cautioning against are oversimplification, tricky arguments, and hasty conclusions not based on careful consideration of facts and arguments. For example, "religious rules are not above the law" is a nonargument because the real question is what exactly "the law" says.
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  Try To Be Less White

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.

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  this is ridiculous!.

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  Jeffro

  There are countless instances of the insane Woke religion being promoted and imposed by government agencies and public schools, not just by corporate bureaucracy. The Coca-Cola case is just another brick in the wall, so i doubt someone needs to dig up for evidence.
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses Facing Norway Data Regulator’s Privacy Audit

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  jehovah’s witnesses facing norway data regulator’s privacy audit.

  https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/jehovahs-witnesses-facing-norway-data-regulators-privacy-audit.

  https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/datatilsynet-opnar-sak-mot-jehovas-vitner-etter-brennpunkt-dokumentar-1.15377099.

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  Official sources:

  https://www.datatilsynet.no/contentassets/b20c236c5d634ab7b652ec6ef00695ef/krav-om-redegjorelse---innsyn-i-og-sletting-av-personopplysninger---jehovas-vitner-.pdf

  https://www.datatilsynet.no/aktuelt/aktuelle-nyheter-2021/krever-redegjorelse-fra-jehovas-vitner/
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  5 kingdom halls in New Addington for sale

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had it confirmed today that 5 kingdom halls on one site in new addington are for sale.

  price being asked £3.5 million.. every witness in london worked on that site.

  am in shock.

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  Update: the same Shia group is going to purchase the second Pioneer Place property for £1,450,000, with the combined sale price of the complex totalling £5,950,000.

  https://www.hyderi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SGM-16th-February.pdf
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  In Los Angeles today-Facebook LIVE at 11 am PST. The Zalkin Law Firm has big News Conference

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.facebook.com/zalkinlawfirm/ - facebook live today at 11 am pst.

  the zalkin law firm - in la today, big news conference about a childhood sexual abuse survivor filing a lawsuit against the jehovah's witnesses..

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  For the record, the case (complaint, press release) has apparently been settled last September, which makes it the second molestation lawsuit against Watchtower prosecuted by Zalkin Law Firm in California and settled in or about that month.
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  Mexico: 2020 Census results released; bad news for the org?

  by Corney in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a decade ago, the 2010 census found there were 1,561,086 jehovah's witnesses in mexico (census page > tabular data > basic questionnaire > religion).

  and according to the recently released 2020 census results, the number of mexicans identifying as such has declined by 2% to 1,530,909. both figures greatly outnumber those reported by the organization (e.g., peak publishers: 710 thousands and 874 thousands respectively), which means the former ones include children and free-riders.

  for comparison, the total population has grown by 12%, the catholic, adventist (sda) and mormon (lds) populations - by 5%, 16% and 6% respectively.

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  JJ

  There are links in my post, leading to the site of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI). I'm aware that in countries such as the USA, France, China, Russia etc. etc., censuses don't collect information on religous affiliation, but that is not the case everywhere.

  slimboyfat

  Thank you for interesting observations. I wasn't aware the Mormons had specific instructions regarding recent censuses (1; 2). As to the wording or design of religious affiliation question, it doesn't seem to change at all (3, question 6; 4, q. 4).

  Also, have you noticed this information? - https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/gku8os/interesting_statistics_from_finland/