Posts by jwleaks

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Atlantis--Do You Have This File?

by Atlantis in

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atlantis, do you have the: [ i pledge file ] in a download?.

hi becky, sure.

it's the file on the national federation of the blind and so forth.. .

jwleaks

Thanks to "Otterbox for donating an item". That's right ... an iPad cover on an Apostate iPad. [see Atlantis' link for more info.]

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Ronald L. Lawson Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Queens College – Papers on Seventh-day Adventism, with some comparisons with Jehovah’s Witnesses

by jwleaks in

ronald l. lawson ph.d., professor emeritus, queens college, cuny – papers on seventh-day adventism, with some comparisons with mormons and witnesses.

9 january 2019. link.

a question that continues to draw research in the sociology of religion is what factors spur the growth of religions (kelley 1972; iannaccone 1994; bruce 2002; hoge and roozen 1979; stark and finke 2000)⁠.

jwleaks

steve2 - try here for the PDF version

https://ronaldlawsonnet.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/theseculartransition.pdf

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Ronald L. Lawson Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Queens College – Papers on Seventh-day Adventism, with some comparisons with Jehovah’s Witnesses

by jwleaks in

ronald l. lawson ph.d., professor emeritus, queens college, cuny – papers on seventh-day adventism, with some comparisons with mormons and witnesses.

9 january 2019. link.

a question that continues to draw research in the sociology of religion is what factors spur the growth of religions (kelley 1972; iannaccone 1994; bruce 2002; hoge and roozen 1979; stark and finke 2000)⁠.

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Ronald L. Lawson Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Queens College, CUNY – Papers on Seventh-day Adventism, with some comparisons with Mormons and Witnesses

9 January 2019

LINK

A question that continues to draw research in the sociology of religion is what factors spur the growth of religions (Kelley 1972; Iannaccone 1994; Bruce 2002; Hoge and Roozen 1979; Stark and Finke 2000)⁠. In line with with these previous studies, this article examines three well-known Protestant/Other religions that share many characteristics (supply-side factors): Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Seventh-day Adventists. Data on the memberships of these three religions was gathered from 1960 through 2006 for almost every country around the world where they have a presence. Growth rates for those countries were analyzed while controlling for country-level characteristics (demand-side factors). The results of this analysis indicate that both supply- and demand-side factors are important in determining growth. The strongest predictors of growth are: organizational momentum in a country, the level of economic development, and several country-level characteristics.

Originally published in Sociology of Religion, 71(3), 2010: 349-373. Click here for online access to the paper: https://academic.oup.com/socrel/article-abstract/71/3/349/1727777
Click here for a PDF version of this paper: The Secular Transition

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November 2018 Watchtower study....attacking weak members, their personalities, and apostates

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower society always attempts to disprove or discredit valid arguments or statements by criticizing the ability of individuals to think, reason, ask tough questions and make their own decisions!

if they can't logically attack the message, they attack the messenger!!

the name calling of apostates or anyone who doesn't agree with all the wtbts flip-flops ( the light gets brighter) never stops!

jwleaks

https://youtu.be/gBE_oof1RzE

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November 2018 Watchtower study....attacking weak members, their personalities, and apostates

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower society always attempts to disprove or discredit valid arguments or statements by criticizing the ability of individuals to think, reason, ask tough questions and make their own decisions!

if they can't logically attack the message, they attack the messenger!!

the name calling of apostates or anyone who doesn't agree with all the wtbts flip-flops ( the light gets brighter) never stops!

jwleaks

“Sadly, some today have failed to hold on to the truth. Some were stumbled by ... what a prominent brother said or did.”

Here it is... Governing Body member Geoffrey Jackson being questioned under subpoena before the Australian Child Abuse Royal Commission.

https://youtu.be/erWV8YnTFto

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Toxic Christianity - Clergy abuse of women - An ABC (Aust) story

by fulltimestudent in

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this is a feature story today on the australian government owned abc media site:.

"women who were married to abusive priests are for the first time revealing their experiences of sexual assault, control and fear.

they say the church has known for decades that some clergy abuse their wives but has done very little to fix the ongoing problem.".

jwleaks

Might just want to check the date.The story was published over a year ago. Still relevant though. Thanks for the link.

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Hilarious article on Sentinelese in today's Guardian

by LoveUniHateExams in

i say 'hilarious' because it shows the guardian's ridiculous bias.. this article is dripping with noble savage hippy-ness.. nearly all contact with outsiders have been violent.. here's an excerpt about one of the two 1991 visits that were non-violent: “they are a peace-loving people,” tn pandit, an anthropologist who conducted one of the first successful meetings with the tribe in 1991, told an indian news outlet this week.. and here's what wikipedia has to say about it: 'on later visits, pandit's boats were confronted by sentinelese who turned their backs, which pandit took as a sign their visit was not welcome; but they were able to leave gifts, which islanders came to take.

he observed that the men carried bows and arrows, but the women did not.

on one visit in 1991 the islanders took coconuts from the hands of pandit's party, but would not allow them to enter the island'.

jwleaks

Simon: The big threat to the Sentinelese is likely disease and viruses - if they have been so isolated some numpty showing up for a photo op could decimate them.

JW preacher: But the Good News MUST be preached to all the inhabited earth and THEN the end will come.

And just like that some numpty JW missionary spread disease and pestilence among the Sentinelese and they perished with a Watchtower magazine on the end of their spear.

JW preacher: See, proof we are living in the Last Days. Jesus foretold there would be pestilence in one place after another. Who else on earth today is fulfilling Bible prophecy?

And just like that some numpty JW preacher died from blood loss in hospital after refusing a blood transfusion following being pierced in the side by a Sentinelese spear.

And there was silence.

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New Academic Paper “Shining a light on Reproductive Coercion White Paper” includes references to religious coercion and Jehovah’s Witnesses

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shining a light on reproductive coercion white paper.

“the jehovah’s witness religion i grew up in made me feel immense pressure to maintain my virginity.

i dreaded the prospect of being trapped by a lifelong commitment to a husband in a community that would dictate what we did in the bedroom and i started to realise that i did not belong because i didn’t want to be married or have children in that stifling community.” – ella, victoria, australia.

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Shining a light on Reproductive Coercion White Paper

“The Jehovah’s Witness religion I grew up in made me feel immense pressure to maintain my virginity. I dreaded the prospect of being trapped by a lifelong commitment to a husband in a community that would dictate what we did in the bedroom and I started to realise that I did not belong because I didn’t want to be married or have children in that stifling community.” – Ella, Victoria, Australia

Reproductive Coercion is a hidden form of violence and control that can have life altering consequences.

Reproductive coercion is behaviour that deliberately prevents a person from making decisions about their reproductive health. It includes:

contraceptive sabotage including “stealthing”
Pressuring another person into pregnancy
Forcing a person to have an abortion or continue a pregnancy
Forcing a person into sterilisation.

When recalling her experience of life in a high control Jehovah’s Witness community, Ella highlighted that women in particular not only experience reproductive coercion driven by the culture of the community*, there are also economic drivers that perpetuate and compound reproductive coercion. Ella outlined that decisions of when to start and end reproduction rests with the typically male provider as the woman is expected to be silent or “in subjection”. Ella describes how lack of income, coupled with lack of control over one’s own body results in fear, obligation and guilt and increases reliance on the public health system. In her recovery, she needed psychological counselling, visits to specialist physiotherapists to relax her shallow breathing and to women’s hospitals for a vulva disorder caused by hyper-contraction.

Ella’s full story as a female raised within the Jehovah’s Witnesses is found on pages 49-51 of the White Paper. See link below:

https://saysorry.org/2018/11/27/shining-a-light-on-reproductive-coercion-white-paper/

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