Posts by konceptual99

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Parents remove child from hospital fearing blood transfusion?

by Randomthoughts in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28978655.

konceptual99

BBC Radio have a read a statement from (presumably) Bethel confirming the family are witnesses but that they are not aware of the reasons for the child being removed from hospital.

The BBC were also at pains to say that, at the moment, the motivation is not clear - it could just be they want to take the child away for a holiday. Even the police were not able to confirm if the child was a Ward of Court. If not then what the parents choose to do is still their right and no crime has been committed.

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Child with brain tumour taken from UK hospital by JW parents

by Fe2O3Girl in

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28978655.

a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour has been taken without consent from hospital by his parents, sparking a major police hunt for the family.. ashya king was taken from southampton general hospital and is now believed to be in france with his parents and six siblings.. police said he needs constant medical care and there are "serious concerns" for his life if he is not found today.. brett king, 51, and naghemeh king, 45 removed him from the ward on thursday.. ashya's father was pictured taking him from the hospital"everyone is sending their love now.

we love you so much and we want to see you very soon and i love you so much and can't wait to see you.".

konceptual99

Thanks kneehighmiah.

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Child with brain tumour taken from UK hospital by JW parents

by Fe2O3Girl in

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28978655.

a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour has been taken without consent from hospital by his parents, sparking a major police hunt for the family.. ashya king was taken from southampton general hospital and is now believed to be in france with his parents and six siblings.. police said he needs constant medical care and there are "serious concerns" for his life if he is not found today.. brett king, 51, and naghemeh king, 45 removed him from the ward on thursday.. ashya's father was pictured taking him from the hospital"everyone is sending their love now.

we love you so much and we want to see you very soon and i love you so much and can't wait to see you.".

konceptual99

Terrible story but I cannot find any reference in the report to the parents being Witnesses.

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Cults - Steven Hassan's BITE model.

by ithinkisee in

combatting cult mind control : the #1 best-selling guide to protection, rescue, and recovery from destructive cults.

by steven hassan.

isbn: 0892813113

konceptual99

Would it be possible for Simon to implement pinned threads? I've not seen this thread after >2 years on the board and it is one of the best threads I have read. It is not easy for everyone to read Steven Hassans' books so this focus on how the BITE model is implemented in the WTS is essential reading.

BTTT every week I say!

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Will the WT get a twitter account?

by bohm in

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with the recent success of the website which really seem to be working beyond at least my expectations, will the wt get a twitter account in the near(ish) future?.

those who guess right win the bragging rights.

my guess is no since twitter invite to much discussion, however they will eventually jump on a popular twitter-like social media service when one arise that is more easily controlled..

konceptual99

I seriously doubt the WTS will engage in twitter, facebook etc. as they would spend so much time deleting abusive comments. I would not be surprised if they have bagged a number of jw.org/WTS type account names however.

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Fudging the Numbers: Is the WTBTS in decline?

by Coded Logic in

it's no secret that the wtbts has a cash flow problem.

over the past three years they have closed 20 of their 116 branches.

they have sold off most of their properties in and around ny (including some kingdom halls), drastically reduced the # of printed pages for the watchtower and awake magazines, reduced the printing of books and other materials, increased the number of single page tract campagnes, installed cc machines at their assembly halls, and are now seizing of controll of property assets from local kingdom halls using renovation projects.

konceptual99

There were 63 baptised in Scotland at the convention. Add on those baptised at the circuit & special days and you are maybe talking about 140 for the year. That's in a country of 5.5 million people and is mostly made up of JW kids getting their rite of passage dunk at 14 - 16 years old. So maybe 50 have come in through the ministry. That is a tiny amount and doubtless typical of most european countries. The WTBTS has definitely gone ex-growth now in the 1st world.

There were around 340 (ish) baptised at Twickenham and I recall the number for all the conventions around the UK being somewhere around 700. I know many waited for Twickenham so I expect the numbers at SA/CA events to be less. I still expect growth for the UK at around 1-2%.

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New - JW Flash Mobs...

by konceptual99 in

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... all this emotive stuff they have been gorging on recently is making some dubs go really vocal.... .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc2cra-rwm8.

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konceptual99

... all this emotive stuff they have been gorging on recently is making some dubs go really vocal...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC2cra-rwm8

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the insanity of Sam herds talks at the convention

by purrpurr in

i've picked up two that stood out to me but i'm sure others will have noticed more:.

he gave an illustration about fearing god and he said it is like a wife who has spent all day preparing the evening meal for her husband and she hears him come home and perhaps she is trembling a bit out of fear that he might not like the meal she has cooked for him....!!!!!!!!????.

the other was about verbal abuse and how it should not be used but rather than site the effect it has or the forms it can take he said that we shouldn't call each other " dumb dumb" or "knuckle head" .

konceptual99

I agree about the deep rooted sexism Paris. I am not suggesting that's what I thought about Sam Herd, just reflecting the concensus of opinion I heard from conversations with various ones. Even some of the most independent sisters I know thought he was lovely. It's the cult of personality.

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Heard Lett gave a talk also.

by hamsterbait in

was this his usual delusional crap too?.

konceptual99

Lett did not give a face to face talk at Twickenham. He presented the audio drama via a pre-recorded video preeee-sentation.

There was audible laughter at his facial expressions. The guy looks like a nut job.

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the insanity of Sam herds talks at the convention

by purrpurr in

i've picked up two that stood out to me but i'm sure others will have noticed more:.

he gave an illustration about fearing god and he said it is like a wife who has spent all day preparing the evening meal for her husband and she hears him come home and perhaps she is trembling a bit out of fear that he might not like the meal she has cooked for him....!!!!!!!!????.

the other was about verbal abuse and how it should not be used but rather than site the effect it has or the forms it can take he said that we shouldn't call each other " dumb dumb" or "knuckle head" .

konceptual99

@Apognophos

Sorry, which convention was this? Not this summer's RC?

He came out with this at Twickenham. He might have used it elsewhere if he did the same talks I expect.

The "knuckle-head" thing just made people laugh. It's cultural. We don't say that in the UK but the point was understood. People found it endearing.

The wife fearing her husband raised plenty of smiles as well. Of course people had raised eyebrows but it's not unusual to hear old school brothers come out with claptrap like that. People don't take wholesale umbridge. They just think he's an old boy and brush it off.

Sam Herd came out of his time at Twickenham with a shining reputation. They loved him. They thought he was gentle, humble, understanding, concerned and not what they were expecting.

The knock backs I got when blowing cold water over his talks were quite pointed.