Anna Marina
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Black Lives Matter—Do You Agree With Their Philosophy?
by minimus ini agree with people who say all lives matter.
i think blm is a racist group.
if white people pushed an agenda saying white lives matter, some people would have a conniption..
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Do you think you will ever see News like this ?
by Phizzy inthis sort of thing ?
"jehovah's witnesses state that black lives matter, as all lives matter".
" jehovah's witnesses join black lives matter rally".
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Anna Marina
When I explained what had happened to me at the hand of the Watchtower to a Quaker who is somewhat involved in politics, he immediately said, "they act like the Labour party." (Left Wing in UK).
I wasn't aware of that. But I was aware of Fabianism which is associated with Left Wing politics and also people like H G Wells who wrote not only The Invisible Man but also God the Invisible King.
When I started studying, I was very suprised to see Watchtower literature quote H G Wells as some kind of authority because in academic circles I had never heard his named mentioned. He was just a novelist.
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Black Lives Matter—Do You Agree With Their Philosophy?
by minimus ini agree with people who say all lives matter.
i think blm is a racist group.
if white people pushed an agenda saying white lives matter, some people would have a conniption..
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Anna Marina
What if a dog got badly injured by another dog. A man doesn't have his dog under control and couldn't care less that the other dog was badly injured.
Now, there is a vicious dog in a public area, whose owner is not controlling it. Say the other owner goes and reports it to the police but describes the other one as a 'gypsie'.
That would be a big no, no using the identity of 'gypsie'.
But the one reporting it is not using hate speach, any more than if she calls the person Spanish or Romanian. She is just trying to give information about identity in the only way she knows how.
Language used in relation to identity is sensitive.
Now, say someone writes a sign that says, 'Gypsies Lives Matter' because the man with the uncontrolled dog felt persecuted by the police. It would be undermining the authorities and acting in opposition to public safety.
Because gypsies lives mattered the woman reported the dog to the police. It was even to protect the children of those she called 'gypsies' and everyone in that area.
By not stirring up trouble and acting to protect others - would this this woman's story get into the press? Because she used the words 'gypsie' innocently would it mean that the police were now too scared to intervene in case it stirred up social unrest if the journalists got hold of the story?
How would you do the statistics to find out how many people suffered because they were not allowed to report things like this and therefore danger had persisted when it was not necessary. Where would the records be held, if it were even possible to keep such records?
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JW imprisonment
by BourneIdentity inthis is on the jw news site.
news alert | crimean supreme court sentenced brother artem gerasimov to six years in prison.
on june 4, 2020, the crimean supreme court sentenced brother artem gerasimov to six years in prison for his peaceful christian worship.
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Anna Marina
Oh I never thought of the convicted felon bit. Yes he did struggle to find employment - it was very hard for him. Not only that but he was not in his homeland and had to learn another language to get work.
Poor man. From what I saw, he was a very fine person who must have endured a terrible mental breakdown.
I was one of the last people he spoke to before he left the country. He was desperate to warn me - the alarm in his voice was very great.
What he didn't know was that I had already witnessed some of the things done to him and felt for him. One elder was particularly harsh towards him. That same elder, about 15 years later took the lead in chucking me out last year. I didn't mind because I knew their game by then and didn't view them as Christians, elders, Jehovah's Witnesses or anything like. Just misguided, bitter men who were keen to bully people who wouldn't follow them in their foolish ways.
Incidentally that elder who took the lead in throwing me out was noted for getting on the platform and talking about intimate matters in a way that made the congregation feel very uncomfortable. At least one other elder tried to stop him doing this. But it was to no avail.
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JW imprisonment
by BourneIdentity inthis is on the jw news site.
news alert | crimean supreme court sentenced brother artem gerasimov to six years in prison.
on june 4, 2020, the crimean supreme court sentenced brother artem gerasimov to six years in prison for his peaceful christian worship.
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Anna Marina
Too many details could identify him. But I can tell you this, he was not the only one who had his life destroyed like this. And the same set of elders were involved (plus some others). The elders appeared to be a clique, which these two were not part of.
Being a clique, they protected those they had a soft spot for (not necessarily other old boys).
I have no evidence for this but on occasion I have wondered whether elders like sitting on judicials and hearing grubby details. Those in the know tell the one who has done wrong how to say sorry and get off the hook. Then the elders let that one off the hook and rub their hands waiting for more grubby things to happen so they get to listen to another installment.
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Black Lives Matter—Do You Agree With Their Philosophy?
by minimus ini agree with people who say all lives matter.
i think blm is a racist group.
if white people pushed an agenda saying white lives matter, some people would have a conniption..
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Anna Marina
I got told by a dark sister that if I went with her to her homeland I'd get treated like a celebrity because of my skin colour.
Um - what's that all about?
Having respect for others is good but if your sense of self worth is so low that you put others on a pedestal, you need know how precious and loved you are. Your life matters, A LOT whoever you are.(John 3:16) . . .“For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life. . .
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JW imprisonment
by BourneIdentity inthis is on the jw news site.
news alert | crimean supreme court sentenced brother artem gerasimov to six years in prison.
on june 4, 2020, the crimean supreme court sentenced brother artem gerasimov to six years in prison for his peaceful christian worship.
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Anna Marina
I know someone who got sent to prison as a JW for Christian neutrality. Because I knew him personally I feel he did it for all the right, sincere reasons. Because he cared and he wanted to be peaceful.
After being released, he moved countries, settled, had a family, provided for them and got treated with utter contempt by the elders. His life was destroyed. Guess what? He left and never spoke to any of us ever again. Shame because I'd love to tell him what happened to me. I think it'd make him feel a lot better and give him a good laugh.
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Black Lives Matter—Do You Agree With Their Philosophy?
by minimus ini agree with people who say all lives matter.
i think blm is a racist group.
if white people pushed an agenda saying white lives matter, some people would have a conniption..
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Anna Marina
No I wasn't looking for domestic violence. I was trying to find examples to show that violence is across the board. Domestic violence is horrible though. I know a lady who suffered the most terrible injuries and fear. What happened was, her friends rallied around and enabled her to escape because they cared about her. Her life certainly mattered to them.
Also she had the wisdom to grab her chance and get out of an abusive situation.
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Black Lives Matter—Do You Agree With Their Philosophy?
by minimus ini agree with people who say all lives matter.
i think blm is a racist group.
if white people pushed an agenda saying white lives matter, some people would have a conniption..
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Anna Marina
Why is it that if I do a Google search on 'white woman beaten by white man' I get nothing but stuff about black men and women being beaten?
Is Google being controlled by WTBS? Brothers used to say 'if the Society called white black and black white, I'd believe them.'
Now where's that thread on media bias?
Oh found this now - I had to put in the word 'heartless.'
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Black Lives Matter—Do You Agree With Their Philosophy?
by minimus ini agree with people who say all lives matter.
i think blm is a racist group.
if white people pushed an agenda saying white lives matter, some people would have a conniption..
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Anna Marina
Civil Rights
Human Rights
The Rights of Man
The are all slightly different but I understand Civil Rights as referring to a city.