Posts by OrphanCrow

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How Radicalised are Jehovah's Witnesses?

by snugglebunny in

back in the early 70's, the wt stated that all persons who had lived and died would be resurrected after armageddon.

only non believers would be killed at armageddon, never to return.

in short, if you died before the big a, you were guaranteed to return.. this gave rise amongst several ex's to concerns that their well-meaning jw parents might just consider the possibilty of having their offspring "lovingly" bumped off so as to ensure their resurrection!.

OrphanCrow

Are the JWs radical?

I think so. In a few ways.

The religion attracts that element of population who are dissatisfied with 'current affairs' and who buy into the idea that 'this system' (government) is 'Bad'. The JW religion gives a safe haven to people who are already 'radicalized' or 'marginalized' by their political viewpoint of 'the world'. The JWs are made up of people who are 'anti- government' and 'anti-establishment' and 'anti- religion', etc.

As many have already said - the JW child sacrifice rituals are radical. Their self-sacrifice on the altar of blood is radical.

They preach radical teachings - anti-Christendom, anti-UN, anti-Russia, anti-government, anti-fill in the blank...

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How is Joe Publisher reacting to all the TV coverage on the abuse cases?

by 4thgen in

please pardon if this a repeated topic.

i have had virtually no contact with any witnesses beside my mother for the past few years.

she watches tv constantly and claims she has never seen anything on the watchtower abuse cases.

OrphanCrow

This is why we should all be twittering and instagraming ex-JW celebrities. THEY will bring attention to the issue. Imagine just one person on a major talk show mentioning child sexual abuse in the WTBTS.

Good luck on finding that one celebrity that will speak out, DD.

Whenever I have heard exJW celebrities speak about their past religion, they are usually apologetic.

I am thinking of Sherry, who used to be on "The View". She would say nothing bad about the JWs,and was always defending them.

Celebrities have their own image to protect and the ones who have left the religion seem to still suffer from the 'protect the organization' effect.

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I'm bemused - Vladimir Putin as a Christian Warrior - Do Russians see him as a fighter for Jesus?

by fulltimestudent in

i accidentally came across this youtube video, "why the west fears putin.

" curious, i watched it.

you may find it interesting also.

OrphanCrow

kaik: ...the communist bastards in the past.

Ah, yes...my Grandfather, literally with his dying breath, raised his fist in the air, and said, with a strong Russian voice, "God, DAMN the Bolsheviks...to HELL for what they did to my family." And then he died.

DJS: But that is what Putin is, and he plays well to the old guard and the rank and file who seek a strong leader.

Russian politics and history are a passion of mine. Could you please enlarge on who you mean when you refer to "the old guard"? I need some historical context for the expression - the meaning shifts through time.

DJS: Not Ukrainians? May I ask who/what is a Ukrainian? You seem to be dismissive of the idea that a large proportion of the population may (most likely are) ethnic Russian.

This is true.

The areas of Russia in question is where I have family roots - I count family members in the numbers of casualties you have posted.

The Ukrainian/Russian designation is somewhat fluid, depending on how far back you go in history. The borders that separate the countries have shifted many times historically, and migration of the Cossack clans in previous centuries has shifted the demographics in those regions.

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Nahuatl among Jehovah's Witnesses of Hueyapan, Morelos: A case of spontaneous revitalization

by OrphanCrow in

nahuatl among jehovahs witnesses of hueyapan, morelos: a case of spontaneous revitalization.

by - magnus pharao hansen.

abstract.

OrphanCrow

NAHUATL AMONG JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES OF HUEYAPAN, MORELOS: A CASE OF SPONTANEOUS REVITALIZATION

by - MAGNUS PHARAO HANSEN

Abstract

"The sociolinguistic situation of Hueyapan, Morelos, is similar to those described in other studies of modern Nahua communities: the language is in a rapid process of decline. This article describes the situation within one particular subcommunity of the town: the congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Here the Nahuatl language has experienced a revival within the last five years, to a degree where congregational meetings are now held mostly in Nahuatl, and where young Witnesses are probably the only group of youths in Hueyapan to communicate daily in Nahuatl. It is argued that this situation arose as a result of the combination of the general sociolinguistic background in Hueyapan and the specific value system and social dynamics that exist in the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses."

The article can be downloaded as a pdf

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Yet Another Putdown of Women! – KM March 2015

by SAHS in

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friends

this weeks service meeting part (week starting march 23, 2015) in the our kingdom ministry under the heading meetings for field service that accomplish.

their purpose includes a little sub-article entitled when a sister must conduct.

the direct link is: http://www.jw.org/en/publications/kingdom-ministry/ click the little document download button under the one labeled km15 03-e us and then choose a format (pdf looks best)..

OrphanCrow

SAHS:“The service overseer should try to anticipate unusual situations and give appropriate instructions so as to minimize awkwardness.” Awkwardness? So, it’s really that much of an “unusual” and “awkward” situation for a woman (female) to conduct a little field service group?

SAHS, I believe you can find the reason for that awkwardness a bit farther down in the directive.

Or perhaps there is an adult brother who is restricted from conducting the meeting or offering congregation prayer for reasons known by the elders. Without revealing confidential information, the elders should let the assigned sisters know that they should conduct and pray even if he is in attendance.

The directive is laying out the procedure for what to do if "an adult brother who is restricted from conducting the meeting or offering congregation prayer" is in attendance.

And why would he be restricted? Well, it would be for "reasons known by the elders".

And would the sister conducting know what that brother had done so she could assign him to an appropriate group? Hell no. "Without revealing confidential information, the elders should let the assigned sisters know that they should conduct and pray even if he is in attendance."

And how will that brother who is on restrictions be spared the embarrassment of attending and having to have a woman pray for him? Well, that's simple. “The elders might also let the brother know which days sisters are scheduled to conduct the meetings for field service.”

And there you have it - how women are to be kept in the dark about a rapist/pedophile in the field service group.

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JW's caught laughing at Child rapist accusers"

by Newly Enlightened in

jwvictims has done an excellent but disturbing article on how jw's feel about the child abuse problem.. http://jwvictims.org/2013/11/23/jehovahs-witnesses-caught-laughing-at-child-rape-accusers/.

OrphanCrow

Ugh. that was horrible.

The speaker made a big deal out of a young girl who said her father "touched her'. And then the speaker listed all the bad consequences that happened to the family...and THEN the young girl recanted, trying to put her family back together.

Of course she tried to sign a document saying her father didn't do it - she was being pressured to do so by what happened to her family because of her father's actions.

And yet, the speaker makes her out to be the one who victimized the family, along with the law.

The speaker's interpretation of events is truly disgusting and lacks any intelligent or reasonable explanation for the young girl's actions - rather than interpreting her "lie" as a maneuver to save her mother and family from the consequences of her father's actions, she is painted as the one who did something wrong.

The message I got is that victims shouldn't report their abuse because saying something about it will hurt the family. He reinforces the destructive practice of keeping secrets.

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Deplorable Website Promotion

by HBH in

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my siblings mother in law died recently, and there was a condolence posted with the borg website.

i googled the name of the poster, and found the same condolence on 100s of funeral home websites!!!

many of these sites dont have mods or a way to report a website promotion.

OrphanCrow

Wow, spamming the family of the deceased.
A new low.

The Jws who engage in this behavior are ghouls.

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Jehovah's Witnesses now trying to infiltrate a Hospital

by Watchtower-Free in

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/spiritual-care-volunteers-at-jackson-hospital-support-sick-welcome-babies/article_83c3872e-66df-5cbd-8db8-d4c6b31d3f0a.html.

5 hours ago by frances moody jackson hole news & guide.

(0) comments.

OrphanCrow

The JWs have been 'infiltrating' hospitals for many years. The protoype for the HLCs were trialed in Canada starting back around 1970.

Visiting groups for JWs in hospitals were in place long before that. This is not something new.

I am not alarmed by the visiting groups established to offer support for JW patients. I see nothing untoward about it.

However, what does alarm me is the number of JWs who are working in hospitals trying to influence the medical community on blood management.

Here is a JW who has taken their affiliation with the Watchtower and transformed the blood doctrine into an opportunity to influence the medical care of the population at large.

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/edward-blakeney/50/b11/453?trk=pub-pbmap

Some of Edward Blakeney's experience (visit link to find more):

Blood Conservation Program Coordinator
Tenet Healthcare
August 2009 – Present (5 years 8 months)Hired to create, oversee, and market the Blood Conservation Program. Blood utilization was reduced and the patient population increased as a result of the program.
Accomplishments:
Managed Program at two hospital campuses
Developed Policies and Procedures
Created new patient forms
Wrote marketing brochures
Established Anemia Clinic
Facilitated contract with Jehovah's Witnesses Headquarters
Featured on Channel 10's Health Beat report
Responsibilities:
Serve as patient advocate and physician referral
Speak at employee orientations, department in-services
Market program at community functions
Arrange program content, guest speakers, location
Participate in Health Fairs
Present lectures to corporations, groups
Interviewed for print publications, published in Miami News
Served on Ethics Committee

Edward Blakeney is only one of the many JWs who work in the medical field influencing health decisions at the administrative level.

The field of blood management is infiltrated by JWs all over the world.

And let's not forget about Shannon Farmer and Axel Hoffman et al who have successfully influenced and infiltrated a whole country's hospital system in Australia.

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Yet Another JW Child Molester in the news and again its South Wales

by jimtheman699 in

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3007905/south-wales-jehovah-s-witness-36-sex-15-year-old-schoolboy-avoids-jail-sentence.html.

married jehovah's witness, 36, who had sex with boy, 15, after inviting him to sleepovers with her children avoids jail sentence .

she was spared jail by a judge at merthyr tydfil crown court today.

OrphanCrow

Judge Twomlow told Richards he had decided ‘with some hesitation’ not to send her to jail.

Cultural gender bias appears to be difficult to overcome. If 'she' was a 'he' the Judge would likely not have hesitated to send a male perpetrator to jail.

It is still the prevailing attitude of male judges (and the public) that the boy was 'lucky to have scored' rather than having had the course of his life changed.

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Trademark?

by OrphanCrow in

a while back, there was some controversy over whether or not jw .org qualified for registered trademark status.. yesterday, i was given one of the 2015 memorial invitations and there is a small tm next to the jw logo.. did the wts get the logo approved for trademark?.

or, am i looking at an invitation to the janitor world's jesus celebrations?.

OrphanCrow

Ah...I did not understand that. Thanks Cappytan for clarifying.

So...the TM is just an attempt to appear legitimate and carries no weight at all except for appearance.

Okay.

:)

*oops...posted too soon...I see the extra info now...thanks cappy.