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124Lloyd Evans Patreoff Pool - September 2023
by DerekMoors income join the fun and place your bets for how many patrons lloyd evans will lose for september 2023. .
this month, we start the count at today's tally, 487. we'll check his stats on september 4th (to allot for the weekend after the 1st) and see who gets the closest.
your prize is bragging rights for a full month!.
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Lloyd Evans Patreoff Pool - September 2023
by DerekMoors income join the fun and place your bets for how many patrons lloyd evans will lose for september 2023. .
this month, we start the count at today's tally, 487. we'll check his stats on september 4th (to allot for the weekend after the 1st) and see who gets the closest.
your prize is bragging rights for a full month!.
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Tahoe
Loses 6 = 480
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Emails reveal Jehovah's Witnesses response to child sex abuse allegations (FOX43)
by Tahoe inhttps://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/jehovahs-witnesses-emails-child-sex-abuse-allegations/521-d7ead034-ae47-4451-82e4-337190539602.
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A Press Conference of Hate: False Accusations of Sexual Abuse Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses 7~24~23
by Tahoe in.
https://bitterwinter.org/a-press-conference-of-hate-false-accusations-of-sexual-abuse-against-the-jehovahs-witnesses/.
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Tahoe
@EasyPrompt, you’ve summed it up perfectly!
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A Press Conference of Hate: False Accusations of Sexual Abuse Against the Jehovah’s Witnesses 7~24~23
by Tahoe in.
https://bitterwinter.org/a-press-conference-of-hate-false-accusations-of-sexual-abuse-against-the-jehovahs-witnesses/.
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Jehovah's Witness Sends Alex Murdaugh Telling Text on Day of Murders
by Tahoe injehovah's witness sends alex murdaugh telling text on day of murders.
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Former Jehovah's Witness in Osaka shares regret over abusing son in name of religion
by Tahoe inhttps://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230119/p2a/00m/0na/033000c .
osaka -- a former jehovah's witness, who spoke about her regrets over abusing her son in the name of religion, is among many people coming out about their experiences linked to children being raised as "second-generation followers" in the wake of the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe.. the woman in her 50s, who goes by the pseudonym ryoko, lives in the western japan city of osaka.
even after 30 years, she still remembers her son crying and the pain she felt on her palm as she spanked her child over her lap as punishment for not sitting still at a religious meeting.. although she contemplated whether she should really spank her son, aged 2 at the time, she followed the teaching that "it's for the sake of the child to hit them.
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Tahoe
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230119/p2a/00m/0na/033000c
OSAKA -- A former Jehovah's Witness, who spoke about her regrets over abusing her son in the name of religion, is among many people coming out about their experiences linked to children being raised as "second-generation followers" in the wake of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The woman in her 50s, who goes by the pseudonym Ryoko, lives in the western Japan city of Osaka. Even after 30 years, she still remembers her son crying and the pain she felt on her palm as she spanked her child over her lap as punishment for not sitting still at a religious meeting.
Although she contemplated whether she should really spank her son, aged 2 at the time, she followed the teaching that "it's for the sake of the child to hit them." The practice of "whipping" children based on biblical descriptions was rampant among some of the followers.
Ryoko, who did not have a religious upbringing, moved to Tokyo when she was 19 and married a man from her workplace. She was 21 years old when she gave birth to her son. Her husband, who she later divorced, became violent toward her after she got pregnant, and her body was covered in bruises. He also hit their newborn child for crying. As she struggled, wanting to leave her abusive relationship, a follower who lived nearby approached her and asked, "Why don't you come to a Bible study session?"
When the woman attended the meetings, all the followers were kind to her. Since she was lonely and didn't have anyone she could talk to about her family problems, she deepened her faith as if to fill a gap in her heart. "I wanted to be loved by someone. In religion, you have a one-on-one relationship with God. I felt fulfilled by being loved by God," she explained.
The meeting venue had a dark kitchenette the size of one tatami mat. There was a rubber whip in the sink drawer. Parents would use that room to whip their child when they would not sit still during Bible studies.
Back then, it was a common saying among followers that "there's not enough whips." Followers even got involved in other family's whippings, as if they were keeping an eye on each other.
At first, Ryoko was very hesitant about the practice, and questioned why she had to hit her child. When she asked, "Is this really for the children's sake?" the elder leading all the followers admonished her, saying, "Not whipping them would mean that you hate your child."
Urged by others to do so, she began to whip her son. She would cover her son's mouth to stop him from crying and screaming. She became numb after repeatedly hitting her son, and came to think that she "was doing the right thing."
The woman got divorced in her son's early elementary school years, and she lived alone with her son. She had her son baptized in his second year of junior high school to make him a full-fledged evangelist, but his faith only grew weaker.
When her son was in his third year of junior high school, Ryoko pulled his hand to force him to attend the meeting, but he stubbornly refused. She cried, feeling lonely at the venue, but her son treated her kindly when she came back home.
Little by little, Ryoko began to doubt the teachings. If a follower deviated from the doctrine, they would be ostracized. Even family members were hardly allowed to speak to each other, and relationships were severed.
"Is this what a loving God would do? There must be something wrong with their interpretation (of the Bible)," the woman recalled thinking. The teachings predicted that the world comes to an end, which didn't look like it would happen anytime soon.
Second-generation followers who had left the religious community had written about the abuse they suffered as children online, saying they were still emotionally scarred even after growing up. She realized that she had also inflicted the same kind of scars on her son. She became more and more unable to forgive herself for what she had done.
Many followers of Jehovah's Witnesses, who devote their lives to evangelism, do not go on to university. When her son entered high school, Ryoko told him, "If you want to go to university, I'll pay for it." She recalled thinking, "Since I can't leave any money for him. I at least want him to have a good education."
When the Great East Japan Earthquake struck on March 11, 2011, Ryoko called her son, who was attending a university in east Japan's Kanto region, and asked him, "Where are you? Are you safe?" She invited him to stay at her parents' house in Osaka, and they spent about a month living together in peace.
Ryoko saw her son off to the platform at Shin-Osaka Station on the day he returned to the Kanto region. Just before the shinkansen bullet train departed, she held her son's hand and said, "When you were little, I hit you many times. I did something that cannot be undone. I'm so sorry."
He gently squeezed her hand back and nodded with a smile. After the train departed, she received a text message from her son, which read: "Even if God and Christ won't forgive you, or you can't forgive yourself, I'll forgive you."
At that moment, Ryoko made up her mind to leave the religious community. She loved her son, but her son had shown her deeper affection. "The way I loved my son, which left him with no other choice than to forgive me, was wrong."
Ryoko still has dreams of her stopping herself from hitting her young child, and thinking, "I'm so glad I didn't hit him," before waking up with a sense of relief. She then looks at her palm and comes back to reality. She told the Mainichi Shimbun, "My son forgave me, but the fact that I abused him can't be erased. I will carry this guilt with me for the rest of my life."
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Jehovah's Witness already suing Boston over Covid-19 policies files second suit
by Tahoe ina boston police officer who is already part of a suit seeking millions of dollars in damages from boston over its rescinded indoor vaccination requirements today filed a separate suit seeking at least another $2 million because the city fired him last month after rejecting his request for a religious exemption from covid-19 vaccinations.. in his new suit, filed today in suffolk superior court, saviel colon said the city forced him into a "hobson's choice" even though it knew he was a jehovah's witness when it hired him and he began working as a police officer in december, 2019 - and even though he filed all the paperwork the department required for a religious exemption.
colon says the city rejected his exemption request and put him on an unpaid leave in october, 2021, and then fired him last month.. in addition to the "financial and emotional distress" - including headaches, exhaustion and sleeplessness_ - he says he's suffered, colon adds:.
defendant's decision on disciplinary action was embarrassing and was made publicly in front of all his colleagues at the police station.. .
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Tahoe
A Boston Police officer who is already part of a suit seeking millions of dollars in damages from Boston over its rescinded indoor vaccination requirements today filed a separate suit seeking at least another $2 million because the city fired him last month after rejecting his request for a religious exemption from Covid-19 vaccinations.
In his new suit, filed today in Suffolk Superior Court, Saviel Colon said the city forced him into a "Hobson's choice" even though it knew he was a Jehovah's Witness when it hired him and he began working as a police officer in December, 2019 - and even though he filed all the paperwork the department required for a religious exemption.
Colon says the city rejected his exemption request and put him on an unpaid leave in October, 2021, and then fired him last month.
In addition to the "financial and emotional distress" - including headaches, exhaustion and sleeplessness_ - he says he's suffered, Colon adds:
Defendant's decision on disciplinary action was embarrassing and was made publicly in front of all his colleagues at the Police Station.
He says he also lost retirement payments because his firing came before he was fully vested in the department program.
In addition to the minimum of $2 million he is seeking, Colon also says he is entitled to additional damages for "emotional distress, embarrassment, humiliation, anxiety, sleeplessness, and emotional trauma" as well as costs and attorney's fees.
Although Colon raises his religion throughout his complaint, he did not make a violation of the First Amendment one of his formal counts, instead charging the city with such state-level violations as intentional misrepresentation and deceit, tortious interference with a business relationship, intentional infliction of emotional distress and assault - the last because "the actions of the Defendant placed the Plaintiff in fear and apprehension of imminent bodily harm."
Jehovah's Witnesses as an organization do not oppose Covid-19 vaccinations:
Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Opposed to Vaccination?
No. Jehovah’s Witnesses are not opposed to vaccination. We view vaccination as a personal decision for each Christian to make. Many of Jehovah’s Witnesses choose to get vaccinated.
Earlier this year, Colon joined another suit against Boston over its one-time requirements that people show proof of vaccination to get into most public indoor venues.
As part of that suit - brought in federal court by the same attorney handling his new state lawsuit - Colon raised the issue of his being put on unpaid leave despite his religious beliefs and further alleged that the requirement to show proof of vaccination, he was "unable to go to restaurants, museums and zoos with his family."
Both suits were filed by Richard Chambers, a Lynnfield attorney.
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Watchtower looses Norwegian Appeal
by Diogenesister inwatchtower has just lost its appeal in the norwegian courts over the withdrawal of the funding it receives from the government as an officially recognised religion.
the initial decision will now stand due to what the court termed 'exclusionary practices' which includes the witnesses barbaric practice of shunning minors, even by family members in their own homes.
the ministry of children and families have decided they are now no longer eligible for the state grant of 16 million norwegian kroner given to officially recognised religions.. the following is a statement has been issued, i have summarised if it isn't readable: .
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