Posts by rebel8

796 infant skeletons have been found discarded in a septic tank at the former mother and baby home run by the catholic church in ireland between 1925 and 1961.. unwed mothers were sent these "magdelene asylums" to be treated like criminals.

their babies - if they survived - were taken from them.

if they did not survive their bodies were thrown into a septic tank and forgotton.

rebel8

Ok, so the septic tank thing is still unverified, and the person originally reporting it is claiming it's being exaggerated.

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What have Jehovah's Witnesses copied from the Mormons

by konceptual99 in

have jws pinched anything other than family worship from the mormons?.

could we see jws implement a type of meeting structure similar to the mormons to try and engage different ages in different ways?.

could we ever see a jw feel free to do anything like...?.

rebel8

I did a project a few years ago with ex-Mormons to compare ourselves. There were some really surprising similarities.

A Comparison: Ex-Mormons and Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses

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Getting kicked out.

by bobert in

jw
friends

sometime this week.

my parents are getting a lot of heat from the congregation, and tension in my house was already super high.

i know it's inevitable.

rebel8

How old are you?

Do you know of any relatives or friends you could rent a room from?

Can you get more hours at your job, or get a 2nd job?

You mentioned your parents are legally obliged to support you. Will that be an instant thing or would you potentially have to go through the legal system to enforce that? I'm just thinking perhaps you need to make both short- and long-term plans. Can you get a credit card account to help you through the short term, if you need to?

This happened to me too, btw.

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800 Infant Bodies Found in a Septic Tank at Roman Catholic Children's Home

by cofty in

796 infant skeletons have been found discarded in a septic tank at the former mother and baby home run by the catholic church in ireland between 1925 and 1961.. unwed mothers were sent these "magdelene asylums" to be treated like criminals.

their babies - if they survived - were taken from them.

if they did not survive their bodies were thrown into a septic tank and forgotton.

rebel8

I noticed the article quotes a church official as saying he will organize a fundraiser to get a plaque in memory of the children. It kind of turns my stomach that he mentioned a fundraiser. I think they can afford a farking plaque without asking others for money, in this instance. Holy crap.

One would hope brainwashing would be counteracted when you're standing at a septic tank, getting ready to throw a body overboard. Just shows you how far people will go to do evil.

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800 Infant Bodies Found in a Septic Tank at Roman Catholic Children's Home

by cofty in

796 infant skeletons have been found discarded in a septic tank at the former mother and baby home run by the catholic church in ireland between 1925 and 1961.. unwed mothers were sent these "magdelene asylums" to be treated like criminals.

their babies - if they survived - were taken from them.

if they did not survive their bodies were thrown into a septic tank and forgotton.

rebel8

I guess I'm missing how the OP relates to Hitler, slavery, ritual human sacrifice.

The story mentioned in the OP states:

County Galway death records showed that the children, mostly babies and toddlers, had died, often of sickness or disease, during the 35 years the home operated from 1926 to 1961

and

The researcher, Catherine Corless, has said her discovery of child death records from the home run by Catholic nuns in Tuam, County Galway, suggested that many of the children's remains lie in the site of an old septic tank.

and

A 1944 government inspection recorded evidence of malnutrition among some of the 271 children then living in the Tuam orphanage alongside 61 unwed mothers. The death records cited sicknesses, diseases, deformities and premature births as causes. In the first half of the 20th century Ireland had one of the worst infant mortality rates in Europe, with tuberculosis rife.

So neglect resulting in an early death rate greater than that of the rest of the country (which was already one of the worst rates in Europe), and a "suggested" disrespectful burial practice, along with admitted maltreatment of the moms. That's bad enough.

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Troll Accusations

by Frazzled UBM in

i have noticed that some of us are a bit too eager to label new posters as trolls.

while it is clear that there are some posters who just like to stir up trouble or are out and out apologists there are others who are witnesses starting to have genuine doubts and so ask questions but then when they see the responses the cognitive dissonance kicks in and they push back and argue with what they are being told.

this can lead to very negative reactions from jwn members and accusations that the person is a troll.

rebel8

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Payment for sins

by InChristAlone in

if death is the payment for one's sins, and a person lives through armageddon and beyond without dying, how does that person pay for their sins?

how would a jw answer that?.

rebel8

Us weaker vessels pay for it by having painful periods and childbirth.

You penis people are SOL.

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two Jehovahs Witnesses were paid millions to restrict WA blood transfusions

by Watchtower-Free in

source: supplied.

rebel8

It happened in Australia.