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  EU court upholds an employer's right to ban religious symbols

  by careful in

  1. social
  2. current

  first i should say that i do not like islam for multiple reasons, not the least of which is the moslem treatment of women.

  still, the free exercise of anyone's peaceful observance of their religion, including moslems, trumps my personal preferences.

  also, living in america, i evidently enjoy a greater degree of religious liberty than i see in recent years in continental europe, something that continues to baffle me.. today the european court of justice, the same group that has stood up for the rights of jws, has decreed that it is ok for employers to ban the wearing of religious symbols among employees.

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  should a Jew be forced to take off his kippah or a Catholic woman her cross?

  They're not. They're free to choose their employment elsewhere. And (without having followed this specific ruling) I'm quite sure the employer has to make a case as for why the religious symbols are unwanted in a certain function?

  In my country smoking on the job is illegal. Does that force people to stop smoking?

  Can a hospital demand from its JW medical employees that they provide care according to existing standards, including use of blood products?

  Can a shop owner demand from his JW employee that he assists the customers with any purchase they make, including tobacco products and porn magazine?

  Are the JW forced in those cases?
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  Crop circles

  by Chook in

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  what causes them ?.

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  GODDIDIT!

  Unless you think crop circles aren't beneficial, in that case

  SATANDIDIT!
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  What's your degree of anti-JWness?

  by Landy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is absolutely pro-jw, 5 is neutral and 10 is youtubing nutjob apostate, where do you stand?.

  i'm probably around a 6. i have the view that jws are a nothing marginal religion.

  if i hadn't been brought up as one i doubt they would have ever entered my consciousness.. the reasons it's a 6 and not a 5 is that i have some concerns over their child baptism and safeguarding procedures, but i think it's down to them being a bit dim rather than any pro child abusing ethos.

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  1. I feel pity for most individual brain washed JW members.
  2. I absolutely detest and hate the Watchtower religion cult and it's lying, deceptive, and controlling leadership. Hateness level on your scale = 20.
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  "You know that the Memorial is April 11 right?"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  ah, yes, so mid-way through a conversation about work, a family member just had to say "oh, you know the memorial is tuesday april 11, so i guess you will have to schedule your work so you can make it right?".

  i simply said "oh is it?

  " and then went back to what we were talking about.. has anyone else had the pressure to attend put on them?.

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  • You know my birthday is June 21 right?
  • You know Christmas is December 25 right?

  SO????
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  The A.R.C. broadcast on March 10. When to watch in your time zone.

  by ScenicViewer in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  planning on viewing or recording the live stream of the australian royal commission's investigation of watchtower on march 10, 2017?

  i believe the stream begins at 10 am aedt (australian eastern daylight time); you will need to figure out when that is in your local time zone.

  here is a time zone converter.

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  All of the ARC's proceedings are televised and are available to view from its website and/or youtube.

  
  

  But the ARC doesn't provide recordings for later viewing. They'll only present a live stream. Recording that live stream is up to us...
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  I've been awake 1 year today!

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was a year ago today that my life changed completely.

  i'll never forget it.

  i had zero friends in the kh and was never included in the "guys" drinks, football games, parties etc.

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  Happy anniversary Pale Emperor!
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  Does the two witness rule still stand on minor sins?

  by Homer notsimpson in

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  2. friends

  its been pointed out to me that two eye witnesses are always needed for elders to form a judicial case.

  the sister could have sex with a brother.

  she confesses and he denies, he gets off free, sure.

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  A JW mock trial needs

  1. Two witnesses to the same event
  2. OR two witnesses to separate events of the same 'sin' (e.g. 2 JW both saw him smoking but at different occasions, or 2 victims that claim he touched their underage genitals, etc.)
  3. OR a confession from the sinner to 2 elders*
  4. OR two witnesses that personally heard a confession from the 'sinner' (e.g. he told his two best friends he shagged his GF, doesn't confess to elders himself, but his treacherous friends do tell on him)

  Note that this information gathering is done before a JC is even started. A JC is only started when it's clear the 'sin' has been commited. During the JC they'll only verify the details of the case in order to verify how bad the perpetrator is and thus how many time he has to say a hail-Mary...erm I mean how long he'll be put on restrictions. Only in rare cases can an accused (who didn't confess) show the JC he actually didn't do whatever he's accused of. And in that case he might still be reproved for contempt of authority.

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  *) These elders will preferably then not be part of the JC, but will function as witnesses to the prosecution, just as the witnesses in point 4
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  Wish me all the best

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i called in to my local walgreens pharmacy to get my blood pressure medicine refilled.

  i go to the pharmacy to pick it up and they tell me that the doctor has denied filling it saying to them, "prescription refill not appropriate".

  i asked them what that means and they say you'll have to contact your doctor on that, sorry.

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  @LTPF,

  Kudos to you for calling for help and at the same time encouraging and helping others!

  There is no shame in asking and accepting help. On the contrary, it takes strength to acknowledge that we're not capable of doing everything by ourselves.

  Good luck and much strenght to you!
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  RC 2017

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  due to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).

  the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .

  as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.

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  • Safeguard Your Children From “What Is Evil”

  • Train Your Children in ‘the Way They Should Go’

    Yes, please teach your children to stay away from cults, sex-crime cover ups and groups that harbor pedophiles.
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  THIS Is How Muslim Mother “Fixes” Rape Of 2-Year-Old Granddaughter By Grandfather

  by Hecce in

  1. social
  2. current

  saw this dated 2/26/2017, seems to be from 12/2015.. .

  even in a religious culture that advocates the murder of victims as honorable, fathers and brothers are typically the perpetrators of horrific violence against female family members whose only crime was to be the victim of another, the killing of a child by its mother stands out as particularly unnatural and depraved.such a heinous act occurred recently in sohag, egypt when a mother of a two-year-old child took the life of her child rather than protect it from violent sexual assault by its own grandfather.. a muslim mother identified only as “merfat” was awakened by screams in the middle of the night and found her father, faraj, in the act of raping her daughter.. .

  rather than acting out of a natural, protective instinct, the 23-year-old mother chose to shield her father from scandal as taught by muslim theology and sharia law.. merfat told authorities that she took her daughter, little grace ahmed, from the grandfather, placed her in a tub and held her head under water until the child drown.. alik akhmim, chief detective of the police in sohag told egyptian reporters that “traces of blood” had been found in the little girl’s anus, evidencing the degree of force and injury the child endured at the hands of her mother’s father.. this kind of act is referred to as an “honor killing” thought to place the reputation of the family above that of any individual member, and which is used to punish the victim rather than hold the perpetrator accountable.. murdering rape victims is common in countries and communities that adhere to sharia law where the crime is rarely reported for fear of exposing the family to shame.. “honor killing” is no longer limited to predominantly muslim countries or the middle east.

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  I have an almost 2 year old daughter. If I woke up to her screams like that, whoever hurt her wouldn't live to tell. Or would live just enough to suffer.