Posts by Anders Andersen

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Dutch House of Representatives formally requests the government to start an investigation re. JW child abuse

by Anders Andersen in

today the dutch house of representatives unanimously voted to petition the government to start an investigation into jw child abuse issues.. the request from the house of reps. came after jw nl refused to listen to repeated and serious requests from the government to start an independent investigation themselves.. now it's up to the government to either accept the request by the house of reps. and start an investigation, or refuse to do so and explain to the house why.

it appears the minister of justice is not unwilling to start an investigation though.... collection of dutch news items here.

Anders Andersen

Today the Dutch House of Representatives unanimously voted to petition the government to start an investigation into JW child abuse issues.

The request from the House of Reps. came after JW NL refused to listen to repeated and serious requests from the government to start an independent investigation themselves.

Now it's up to the government to either accept the request by the House of Reps. and start an investigation, or refuse to do so and explain to the House why. It appears the Minister of Justice is not unwilling to start an investigation though...

Collection of Dutch news items here

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News spot for JW convention - keep barf bags ready

by days of future passed in

i could barely stand listening to it.

watching the jw pushers at the same time was too much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgix-5pfwf4.

Anders Andersen

Obesity kills more people than tobacco.

So why is Bro. Whalebelly on TV instead of in the gym lest he be DFed?

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Banners for London Protest

by Farmer Jim1 in

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friends

hi folks, i’m attending the london protest at the excel convention in august and am making some banners.

i’m aiming for short but memorable sentences that will stick in jws minds and also make them laugh a little at their own organisation.. my best so far is ‘this is not a protest, it’s an overlapping protest’.

has anyone got any ideas for more?.

Anders Andersen

It's better to make people curious than confused...

Try these on your banners:

Google "JW 4000"
Google "JW 1006"
Google "Case study 29"

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Countries investigating WT child abuse.

by zeb in

list the countries here which investigating... australia with the arc and not "apostate lies" according the gb member jackson 2015.. uk with charities investigation.

holland 2018 from their parliament.. .

Anders Andersen

Norway is rumbling too

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There is Important Dutch News: majority in Dutch Parliament require an investigation into child abuse within JWs

by AndersonsInfo in

there is important dutch news: majority in dutch parliament require an investigation into child abuse within jwshttp://translate.google.com/translate?u=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nederland/politiek/tweede-kamer-eist-onafhankelijk-onderzoek-naar-misbruik-jehovahs-getuigen&hl=en&langpair=auto%7cen&tbb=1&ie=utf-8.

the lower house requires independent investigation into abuse of jehovah's witnesses .

june 28, 2018 18:56 .

Anders Andersen

To clarify:

A couple of Representatives have filed a motion that asks the Minister of Justice to conduct an investigation into JW abuse issues.

Unofficially the motion appears to be supported by a majority, but the official vote will not be until later (next week Tuesday I think).

Then it's up to the Minister of Justice to either accept or ignore the motion. Unofficially has has said 'not to be unwilling' to accept.

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Olin Moyle

by Vincent Law in

olin moyle was a attorney for the wtbts during joseph rutherford reign.

his papers from wtbts are still at princeton in the rare books section and boxed up.

what is the likely hood that that there was political entanglement and that politics did not keep wtbts at arm's length but from time to time has used the wtbts for it's purposes.

Anders Andersen

@aclue

Moyle preached Judaism and was very much involved with the Zionist movement after leaving the Watchtower cult. So there's that connection.....

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Does anyone know of this guy, or agree with his statements on racial differences in IQ?

by Sugar Shane in

here are some quotes by the guy, from his youtube channel.

his name is stefan molyneux, and he’s apparently popular among the alt-right crowd.

he’s also widely quoted on these discussion boards, by certain ex-jws, who use him to help promote their political views.

Anders Andersen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligence

Besides all the serious concerns about the validity and interpretation of any claims that one 'race' (which is a social construct, not a biological one) has a higher IQ than another, this is what stands out to me:

Black Americans today have a higher IQ (on average) than white Americans two generations ago. Yet somehow our (lower IQ) grandparents managed to build and continue a thriving society with science, arts, and the whole shebang.

If our 'dumb white grandparents' could do it, surely any 'race' alive today can.

At for the quotes on subspecies and cleaning up the breeding area: they're both unscientific and immoral. Adolf Hitler made sure eugenics and Übermensch breeding was tainted forever.

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Whack-a-postate

by Fay Dehr in

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it seems that i played this game and suffered a hit.....

Anders Andersen

I would be interested to see if Watchtower attempt to take these videos down

"Your honorable kameradski judge, as we all know our religion has been banned in Russia, therefore Watchtower petitions the court to take these illegal religious videos offline...."

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I Ain't Got No Religion No More ... (But I Like to Get Myself Some Gospel Music)

by Simon in

i love gospel music.

i don't feel like i need to believe in "jebus" to appreciate the music.

i can't go into a gospel church because i might just get religion again - that or i'll be grabbing the mic on be on the stage waving my hands and praising the lord.. i particularly like dylan's gospel period.

Anders Andersen

I hate cults. I don't like organized religion at all. I don't think any gods exist, and the Bible God is an evil asshole.

That being said, I like me some gospel as well. I quite like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir....well at least some of their songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8tJthtX2G0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUsGdSpys7M

Goose bumps all the time. (No that's not my skin crawling of due to looking at brothers and sisters from another ''mother")

Oh and is "Hallelujah" considered gospel? One of my all time favorite songs...

Anyway thanks Simon, now I wasted my afternoon youtubing choirs and gospel :-D

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Whack-a-postate

by Fay Dehr in

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it seems that i played this game and suffered a hit.....

Anders Andersen

BTW I see a JW org email address in that screenshot.

On Friday, June 22, 2018, the worldwide brotherhood of EXJW decided to write letters of appeal to religious authorities at the highest level who were threatening to ban our activities throughout the internet. While it cannot be determined exactly how many of the letters reached the Watchtower authorities, several who wrote received formal letters of acknowledgement. Though the Watchtower leaders chose not to heed the respectful appeals and have misused their authority to attack the apostasy of our brothers, the campaign was a stirring display of the global unity of unorganized EXJW. It was also successful in sending the message to our fellow apostates everywhere that the whole association of brothers is ready to provide support.

A young girl in Bolivia participates in the campaign.

Apostates in Guinea meet together to write letters.

One EXJW explains: “When the brothers on Youtube heard that a global letter-writing campaign in their behalf was started, they knew that no matter the outcome in court, they were not alone in the faith.”