Posts by Scully

Don't give the PITB doctors a second thought. That's how they "evolve" during their training. You shouldn't let that keep you from looking after yourself. They get paid good money to help you, don't let them intimidate you.

Now, for "Pharaoh's Revenge", try the BRAT diet (Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast) for a couple of days to give your system a chance to rest. Make sure you're getting enough fluid. If you're concerned about water quality, you should boil your drinking/cooking water for 5-10 minutes, then store it in sterilized containers. If you're making ice cubes for your drinks, make sure you use the sterilized water.

You should also be looking at electrolyte replacement if you're having persistent vomiting and/or diarrhea.

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THINNER-Me? Maintain/gain weight

by JWdaughter in

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anyone ever read stephen king's book "thinner"?

) i kind of forgot how it ends, but being king, i don't think it ended well for the protagonist.. anyway i feel like that is what happened to me.

only i didn't sell my soul.

Scully

You should definitely see a doctor. It could be something easily fixable, like a hyperactive thyroid, or it could be something else. You want to know if it's something bad, right??

Anyway, Thinner is the only Stephen King novel I've ever read. The guy pissed off a gypsy, who stalked him for a while and uttered the word "thinner" to him and cursed him. He ended up wasting away and dying.

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It's still bugging me...

by mrsjones5 in

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but instead saying something i most likely would regret later i'm going to rant here.. this was touched on on otwo's thread.

there's a jw woman who's kids go to the same school as mine.

my oldest son is friends with this woman's oldest son.

Scully

Start with some plausible misinformation.

Doesn't have to be crazy or silly, just plausible. That way everybody wins. Your mother gets gossip about you/your family (albeit false information), and the go-between feels useful. Your privacy is maintained and you get to wear a $h!t-eatin' grin like the cat that ate the canary.

"Smile - it makes people wonder what you've been up to."

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Aortic Stenosis

by Mall Cop in

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eight years ago before simon changed over to this site, i was known as blueblades.

i mentioned back then 7/21/03 that i was diagnosed as having a narrow aortic valve.

well, the time has come to update all my friends back then and now.

Scully

Hope it goes well!

I was just wondering what had happened to you (blueblades) the other day. Thanks for the update.

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What is with abusive atheists?

by Fernando in

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sorry folks, i know the "candace conti case" is where all our time attention should be for now.

i just had this much less important issue on my heart and wanted to make a quick note of it, as i am struggling with remembering all the details as clearly afterward.. although i am a non-religious believer and simple follower of jesus, i have had some constructive interaction with atheists and agnostics on jwn.

i do enjoy learning more about their perspective.

Scully

I'm atheist, and I try to keep a live-and-let-live attitude toward people who value religious belief, provided they extend the same live-and-let-live courtesy to me.

Like a bumble bee, I will mind my own business tending to the flowers, until someone offends me into brandishing my stinger. You will know it when it happens.

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Watchtower's April 9 BOE Confidentiality Letter - Child Abuse - Did Jane Doe lawsuit play a major part?

by SweetBabyCheezits in

i'd bet my left.... pinky toe that the wt's monster 4/9 confidentiality letter was put out as a direct result of the jane doe/candace vs wt case as they were preparing to go to trial.

there had already been a year of legal proceedings - surely the wt knew the shit was about to hit the fan.. thanks goes to atlantis for posting the boe letters originally as pdfs.

the person that a restraining order is a personal legal matter that does not involve the congregation.. thereafter, the elders should call the legal department immediately for direction..

Scully

I have to wonder whether the announcement that so-and-so Is No Longer One Of Jehovah's Witnesses™ is a breach of minister-congregant confidentiality.

Y'know... since they're so eager to protect confidentiality.

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Newspaper Contra Costa Times Reports Jehovah's Witnesses must pay more than $20 million

by BlindersOff1 in

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20867874/jehovahs-witnesses-must-pay-20-million-fremont-sex.

Scully

Jim McCabe, an attorney for the congregation, said he was very disappointed with the verdict and plans appeal it.

"The Jehovah's Witnesses hate child abuse and believe it's a plague on humanity," McCabe said. "Jonathan Kendrick was not a leader or a pastor, he was just a rank-and-file member. This is a tragic case where a member of a religious group has brought liability on the group for actions he alone may have taken."

Just like the WTS likes to point the finger at the Catholic Church for behaviour of pedophile priests.

WTS:0, Karma:1

"But if she was, in fact, abused then we feel horrible, and hope she can make a full recovery and lead a normal life," he said.

Translation: We won't feel horrible about her allegedly being abused until she proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt.

@$$holes

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Newspaper Contra Costa Times Reports Jehovah's Witnesses must pay more than $20 million

by BlindersOff1 in

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20867874/jehovahs-witnesses-must-pay-20-million-fremont-sex.

Scully

Jehovah's Witnesses must pay more than $20 million in Fremont sex abuse case

By Chris De Benedetti Oakland Tribune
Posted: 06/15/2012 03:15:15 PM PDT
Updated: 06/15/2012 08:26:30 PM PDT

OAKLAND -- A jury has ordered the Jehovah's Witnesses to pay more than $20 million to a woman who accused the religion's national leaders of setting a policy of secrecy that led a Fremont congregation's elders to protect a convicted sex offender who she claims molested her in the 1990s.

An Alameda County Superior Court jury on Thursday awarded $21 million in punitive damages -- and another $7 million in compensatory damages the previous day -- to plaintiff Candace Conti, a San Joaquin County resident.

"It was the nation's largest verdict for a victim of sex abuse involving a religious institution," said Rick Simons, the plaintiff's Hayward-based attorney.

The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York -- the organization overseeing the Jehovah's Witnesses -- must pay Conti nearly $24 million, covering all of the punitive damages and 40 percent of the compensatory damages.

Jonathan Kendrick, the congregation member whom Conti accused of molesting her, has been ordered to pay 60 percent of compensatory damages.

Jim McCabe, an attorney for the congregation, said he was very disappointed with the verdict and plans appeal it.

"The Jehovah's Witnesses hate child abuse and believe it's a plague on humanity," McCabe said. "Jonathan Kendrick was not a leader or a pastor, he was just a rank-and-file member. This is a tragic case where a member of a religious group has brought liability on the group for actions he alone may have taken."

Conti, now 26, was repeatedly molested by Kendrick from 1995-96, when she was 9 and 10 years old and a member of the North Fremont Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Simons said.

The lawsuit claims Watchtower formed a policy in 1989 that instructed the religion's elders to keep child sex abuse accusations secret. The North Fremont congregation elders followed that policy when Kendrick was convicted in 1994 of misdemeanor child molestation in Alameda County, Simons said.

"That abuse case had been reported to the elders," he said. "But they kept it secret and didn't do anything to stop him from molesting more kids."

Kendrick, a registered sex offender, was convicted in 2004 of molesting another girl in Contra Costa County, Simons said.

"That policy is still in place and it was a secret until, through the power of the court, it was put into evidence," he said. "That policy was what this case was all about."

Criminal charges have not been filed against Kendrick in the Conti case, but Simons said authorities are investigating. Sources confirmed the investigation but declined to comment further.

McCabe said there is a lot of dispute regarding the plaintiff's accusations.

"But if she was, in fact, abused then we feel horrible, and hope she can make a full recovery and lead a normal life," he said.

Kendrick, now 58, lives in Contra Costa County, according to the state sex offender registry.

Conti said she had two main goals in filing the lawsuit last year against Kendrick, Watchtower and the North Fremont congregation: She wanted to protect children in the future and to encourage sex abuse victims who've been hurt by the policy of secrecy to come forward and make their voices heard.

"Nothing can bring back my childhood," she said. "But through this (verdict) and through, hopefully, a change in their policy, we can make something good come out of it."

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Watchtower sends Cease and Desist order on SPARLOCK items!

by sacolton in

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just got notice that all sparlock t-shirts, cups, bags, etc.

will be pulled from my shop.

watchtower corp. has filed a complaint to cafepress on all sparlock items.

Scully

Sparlock Building System

Maybe we should be looking at ways to get this company to claim copyright infringement and issue a cease and desist order against the WTS.

- defaming their name and product with religious bigotry and association with "making Satan happy"

- discrediting their charitable work and negatively impacting their business profile

etc.