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Watchtower Society/Jehovah’s Witnesses GUILTY – Must Pay Millions in Punitive Damages in Child Sex Abuse Case

Watchtower Society/Jehovah’s Witnesses GUILTY – Must Pay Millions in Punitive Damages in Child Sex Abuse Case

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I am overjoyed to see some traction on this issue at last. The jury found that the elders who managed the Fremont congregation in the 1990s and who were under the supervision of Watchtower knew that Kendrick, a member, had recently been convicted of the sexual abuse of another child, but they kept his past record secret from the congregation, said Simons. Kendrick went on to molest the plaintiff, who was a Jehovah’s Witness member in Fremont, over a two-year…

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Remembering the Jehovah’s Witnesses

Remembering the Jehovah’s Witnesses

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I’m not yet ready to write about the loss of my old friend Lee, but I will soon. Learning that he died from complications of a hospital staph infection has brought back thoughts about the congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in which we both grew up – or… er… started to grow up. As much as I’ve ranted about the Witnesses on this blog, those experiences have given me so many reference points in my own experience that I can’t bring…

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Rewriting the JW Implanted Belief List

Rewriting the JW Implanted Belief List

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As a therapeutic exercise, I attempted to rewrite the list of possible EX-JW Dysfunctional Beliefs from Mindful Construct in terms of my own perspective. I meant this to be simple, but it didn’t work out that way. Some of it is rewritten, some of it is explanatory, some of it is questioning – but I’ll honor where this took me and not go back and make the form of the responses consistent. Jehovah’s Witnesses are the only ones who know…

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Former Jehovah’s Witnesses – Take care, please

Former Jehovah’s Witnesses – Take care, please

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I am becoming a bit concerned about the safety of former Jehovah’s Witnesses. When I received this latest email, I asked permission to post it. Reports of various annoyance activities toward vocal former Jehovah’s Witnesses seems to be increasing. I will try to do a post very soon about how things are heating up in the public sphere for JWs. Already Ex-JWs are demonized – at any sign of escalation, please never hesitate to contact the police. Barb and I…

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Videos about Jehovah’s Witnesses

Videos about Jehovah’s Witnesses

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On the practices and policies of the Watchtower Society [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt47lPS_QEw[/youtube] Some background on early JW days – most contemporary JWs are unaware of their own history [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-40YmWfg9sQ[/youtube] One testimony of what it was like to leave the Jehovah’s Witnesses [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H-Y1mSf0xk[/youtube] On the Street with a Jehovah’s Witness – Gloats Gripes (and Damage Done) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-llW8QUM7g[/youtube] Jehovah’s Witnesses Should Not Look at this One [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biuJ74qu_pc[/youtube]

JWs at My Door

JWs at My Door

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Two pleasantly plump Jehovah’s Witness women have just departed, their undelivered invitation to the upcoming District Convention in hand. They were still huffing and puffing a bit from the exertion required to climb the driveway when they rang the bell. For a moment, I was tempted to pretend not to be home. Sigh. Nah. I instructed Ben to go play elsewhere in the house so that I could talk to them. Follow the Christ. Sigh. I let them go through…

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