And another one, in Wiltshire, England.
Lost in the fog
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Child Abuser
by Lost in the fog inand another one, in wiltshire, england.
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https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/18072231.4-wiltshire-courts-2019-sexually-assaulting-children/ .
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Make Shunning A Hate Crime
by Lost in the fog inthe humanist organisation in the uk wants to protect non-religious people who leave their church/religion from being punished for doing so.
they want the religious hate crime legislation in the uk to be extended to people who are not religious.
i hope they will succeed.
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The Humanist organisation in the UK wants to protect non-religious people who leave their church/religion from being punished for doing so. They want the religious hate crime legislation in the UK to be extended to people who are not religious.
I hope they will succeed. Because then shunning would be considered a hate crime and charges could be brought against those doing it. But I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.
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Jehovah's house for Sale?
by JohnTron72 inwhen i drive by the kingdom hall i grew up attending at but, was sold directly to a church, i get angry.
the elders who handled the sale didn't even remove the watchtower shaped bricks on each side of the sign near the street so, now they advertise for a baptist church.
how many times as i grew up i heard things like: you should not do work ( such as clean carpets for a church) you wouldn't want to work at a cigarette making plant or a facility that makes bombs for the military.
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There is a hall in Northern Ireland I think that bought their property directly from the Presbyterian Church.
It annoyed a lot of the congregation at the time that they were giving their hard earned savings and a loan from the WT society directly to Babylon the Great. But since the elders and the CO had pushed it through by signing the contract, they had to agree to it. And of course when the building was dedicated to Jehovah the bad vibes were taken away. Besides the CO was adamant that when Babylon the Great falls and Armageddon comes all that wealth will be spoils for the taking.
Made no sense then, makes no sense still.
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It made me laugh.
by Lost in the fog ini am sharing this for no other reason than it made me laugh.
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https://www.salon.com/2014/05/31/11_kinds_of_bible_verses_christians_love_to_ignore_partner/ .
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I am sharing this for no other reason than it made me laugh.
https://www.salon.com/2014/05/31/11_kinds_of_bible_verses_christians_love_to_ignore_partner/
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Christmas Trees.
by Lost in the fog inwe are all very familiar with the fact that jws do not celebrate xmas.
we probably used the same speech as we had been told from the platform that since xmas had its roots in paganism everything associated with it was a big no-no.
xmas trees, definitely a no-no!
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We are all very familiar with the fact that JWs do not celebrate Xmas. We probably used the same speech as we had been told from the platform that since Xmas had its roots in paganism everything associated with it was a big no-no.
Xmas trees, definitely a no-no! However I was talking to a new friend of mine who attends a Baptist Church and it was enlightening to get his take on the subject.
Here's a link that he sent me. See what you think of it. It is quite a balanced approach.
https://answersingenesis.org/holidays/christmas/do-christmas-trees-have-pagan-roots/
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Besides Everlasting Life What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Offer To Anyone?
by minimus ini have been thinking... why would anyone want to join the religion or actually stay in the organization.
i understand that people don’t want to lose their loving family and dear friends so some stay in.
but what does anyone really ever get because they are jehovah’s witnesses??.
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We used to have a circuit overseer who had a phrase he used over and over again. "In the world it is get now but pay later. In the truth it is pay now (with our time, goods, finances, energy, youth, etc) and get later."
Promises, promises.
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Fast and Furious Actor, ex-JW.
by Lost in the fog inluke evans still finds birthdays ‘weird’ after being a jehovah’s witness.
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https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/13/luke-evans-still-finds-birthdays-and-christmas-weird-after-being-a-jehovahs-witness-for-16-years-11097283/.
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Luke Evans still finds birthdays ‘weird’ after being a Jehovah’s Witness.
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I got a Sympathy Card in the mail
by Butterfly607 ini haven’t been to a meeting in months.
just got a sympathy card in the mail from a “sister”.
i don’t know her beyond her face.
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We used to have a brother in our congregation who suffered from a serious mental health issue. He was well intentioned and if he heard a talk from the platform about sympathising with the brothers and sisters who were not well he was genuinely concerned and moved to action.
The only trouble was he would buy Sympathy cards to send... as in the cards you buy offering sympathy following a death. You can imagine how freaked out some of the recipients were getting those in their mailbox!!
The elders took him aside and instead of acknowledging his good intentions and suggesting that he buy Thinking of You cards instead, they read him the full riot act and put restrictions on him. He tried to kill himself, and ended up in hospital. When he was well, he was then chastised for trying to kill himself.
In the end, he left the religion. I don't blame him. But I always think about him because he was treated badly especially in view of his emotional state by power hungry men.
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are the witnesses now considered "clergy " ?
by lancelink inyears ago when i was a jw, one of their cornerstone teachings was that they were nothing like babylon the great.
i remember being taught that the witnesses not using any type of clergy class distinction was proof that they had the right religion.. well, recently we had this article in the local paper, and an elder who was no doubt the presiding overseer tried to use the clergy class excuse to get out of answering questions regarding a child abuse case.
here is the statement that really got to me.
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I know that you can choose to opt out of doing jury duty in the UK if you are a minister of religion.
So brothers and sisters were stating on their application form that they were so they could get out of doing it. Then the WT Branch sent out a letter saying that only congregation elders could use this cop out clause.
So the irony is that on the one hand every witness is told during the baptism talk "today you are qualified as ministers of God" they aren't allowed to say so in any secular setting until they have qualified as an elder.
Elders can choose to use their rights as a Minister of Religion to not be on a jury, BUT it is a conscience matter. The brother who is the coordinator of the congregation I used to be in, was twice on jury duty. He told us about one case which was a murder with his words "but we nailed the bastard!" I reckon you can all guess what he is like on judicial committees as well...
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It isn't only the witnesses.
by Lost in the fog inat last we have a statement that it's not all about the jws because to listen to them you would think that it was.
u.s. commission on international religious freedom database lists religious prisoners across globe - washington times.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/6/us-commission-on-international-religious-freedom-d/ .
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At last we have a statement that it's not all about the JWs because to listen to them you would think that it was.
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom database lists religious prisoners across globe - Washington Times
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/6/us-commission-on-international-religious-freedom-d/