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Opposing Watchtower Sex Abuse Policies

Opposing Watchtower Sex Abuse Policies

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Someone has put some of the coverage of the Silent Lambs in Nashville up at YouTube. Check it out. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlRHaO0y4ro[/youtube] Over a five day period in February, 16 civil child sex abuse lawsuits against the Watchtower Society (the Jehovah’s Witness headquarters in New York City) were quietly settled in three states (CA, TX and OR). The victims involved were essentially coerced into signing ‘gag orders’ that prevent them from discussing the cases. One Jehovah’s Witness elder who was sued was…

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Sadistic Foster Mom a Devout Jehovah’s Witness

Sadistic Foster Mom a Devout Jehovah’s Witness

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I had intended to do a summary of recent stories on Jehovah’s Witnesses in the news, but I can’t put this in as a story among others. It illustrates the extreme of a general tendency fostered by Jehovah’s Witnesses, however they may try to deny it. Twice-divorced foster mom Eunice Spry, of Tewkesbury, Glos, has been found guilty at Bristol crown court of 26 charges of cruelty and assault. This Jehovah’s Witness has shown no sympathy for her victims, nor…

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Watchtower JW Family Shunning

Watchtower JW Family Shunning

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Another from the “Ask a Former Jehovah’s Witness” mailbag: My father was disfellowshipped when he was a teen in the 80’s and because of that he and his father do not speak. Ever. Are there any scriptural sources that I could use when speaking to my grandfather about this that would show this is wrong? When I talk with him about it he starts spewing scripture. Previous to July 2002 it was said that “Those who simply cease to be…

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Breaking down a Watchtower message to the Great Crowd

Breaking down a Watchtower message to the Great Crowd

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When my friend Janet sent me a link to this piece from a very recent talk (given by James Rayford at a Kingdom Hall in Houston Texas), I actually forced myself to listen to it. I’m going to comment below, so that you can begin to understand what happens to the self-identified “Great Crowd” (who believe they will inherit a paradise earth after Armageddon) in all those hours of listening at the Kingdom Hall. This is why they can feel…

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Daniel Allen Cox – Former JW

Daniel Allen Cox – Former JW

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Listen to Daniel Allen Cox’s interview (from December 2nd) Canadian national radio, CBC Radio One. The author discusses his life as a Jehovah’s Witness teenager as well as his new novel, the cult hit Tattoo This Madness In (Dusty Owl Press). Reviews: “Daniel Allen Cox unravels the twisted truth in the heroic rebel yell of queer youth.” – Richard Burnett, HOUR Magazine “If William Burroughs and Clive Barker had a love child and fed it only BooBerry cereal, its literary…

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Yes, I’m Saying Happy Holidays

Yes, I’m Saying Happy Holidays

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Happy Holidays! Warmth, light, comfort laughter, love and joy to you and yours to all of us May your spirits be energized, brightened, and filled with caring for others. An important note on the so-called “war on Christmas”: Should there be some reminder that Christmas is a celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace? How does turning Christmas into a time of strife set a Christian example? My greeting to you includes the holidays that I personally celebrate,…

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