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Candace Conti Beats the Watchtower Society!
Submitted by Teeny on August 27, 2012 - 9:22 pm 104 Comments
Yes, that’s right, Candace Conti, our White Knight, has won her court case against the Watchtower Society!
I’ve just spoken with Candace’s mum, Kathleen and here’s what she told me:
The Judge asked Candace if she was happy with $11.2 million punitive damages. Candace was happy with the amount! If she wasn’t, the Judge would motion for a new trial, but again, that would only be if she wasn’t happy with the amount awarded. But there will be no retrial as Candace is happy!
If the Watchtower Society does not pony up the $11.2M now and decides to file an appeal next month by the 19th September, they [that's the buffoons in Watchtower HQ] will have to start paying 10% interest on $11.2 each year which would be over $1M every year on top of the very expensive process of paying for the appeal itself. Either way, they’re screwed!
Now go share this info with the planet!!!
And that my friends is how the Watchtower unleavened cookie crumbles. Expect Jehovah to start asking you all (current Kingdom Hall going Witnesses) for money.
Guys, I can’t stop smiling, neither can Andrew. We’re over the moon.
We’re also in talks with Rick Simons, Candace’s lawyer about publishing a joint press release. There are other current and ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses who have suffered sexual abuse due to the Two Witness Ruling. Due to her boldness and courage, Candace has proven to be our White Knight and the shining light of hope for those that are either too scared to talk or simply because until now, thought it impossible to break through the Watchtower Society’s legal team.
If you know someone that has experienced sexual abuse, now is the time to speak up. Please email the JWB Team and we’ll do our best to put you in touch with the right people.
Our friend and fellow JWBite, Barbara, has all the Conti files listed on her website. You can view them by going to http://www.watchtowerdocuments.com/cases/conti.html
Candace Conti Beats the Watchtower Society!,
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Way to go, Candace! Really inspired by your story and what you’ve accomplished.
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Teeny Reply:
August 27th, 2012 at 10:04 pm
I would like to thank Kathleen for keeping us up to date with the news.
I’ll start a Mexican wave. Who’s with me?
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Tim Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 10:29 pm
The tyranny of the JWs is at its end! Let’s get em while they’re weak. post comments EVERYWHERE, exposing their lies!
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Brinjen Reply:
September 9th, 2012 at 7:43 am
BTW… this religious organisation also teaches 99.9% of the world’s population deserve to die… now that’s hatred.
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Teeny Reply:
August 27th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
I’ve already emailed my contacts in the local newspapers here in Cyprus about this and will issue a press release tomorrow for them.
Let’s keep the ball rolling on this one. If you really want them “sued out of existence,” let’s do it!
Regards,
Jaymes
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B_Low Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 7:43 am
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Andrew Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 9:59 am
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Bruce Stevens Reply:
September 9th, 2012 at 12:42 am
Brinjen Reply:
September 8th, 2012 at 6:26 am
Ask yourself… if this was any other religion involved… if they were demanding two witnesses for a child molestation claim and discouraging police involvement what would your response be then?
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Andrew Reply:
September 8th, 2012 at 8:02 am
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B_Low Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 7:53 am
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Andrew Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 9:59 am
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unsignedhype Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 1:37 am
c’mon. what would you do? your child gets molested. you report it to the authorities. you can’t blame someone else for not reporting it when you FIRST have a responsibility to protect your child. I would forgive my mother for sucking as a parent, but I probably wouldn’t visit much. I’m just sayin’…
Andrew Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:14 am
B_Low Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 2:32 am
thought i was suspended from making comments, so i made an alias
Andrew Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:18 am
Loren. Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 9:43 am
Your words are so cruel. Its shocking.
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Loren. Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 10:02 am
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Brinjen Reply:
September 7th, 2012 at 11:43 am
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Kathleen Conti Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 12:27 am
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nessa B. Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 2:17 pm
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B_Low Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 8:05 am
FOOD FOR THOUGHT, SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DIGEST
Warren Dahmer Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 11:28 am
The pious ignorance of indoctrinated and brain washed JW’s never fails to astound me.
I have heard of Elders begging for money directly from the platform in the past. The Kingdom hall I used to attend needed decorating and a refit. They told the congregation they needed to stump up £70,000 for the work. What was done? Some new furniture, curtains and a lick of paint. £20,000 worth of work at tops. Then they even had the cheek to annouce they got the VAT rate incorrect on materials and needed more money in donations!! If there’s one thing over the the other hundreds of reasons I hate the JW’s, is because of the blatent GREED.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT? I CAN’T DIGEST BULLS**T B-LOW.
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Andrew Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
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unsignedhype Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 1:48 am
If you ever see a witness asking for money, then they aren’t acting in accord with the faith. therefore they are not really witnesses are they. ever own a pair of Jordans? if your Jordan logo is doing a lay-up, then they ain’t real J’s homie, and in your case, they ain’t real JW’s
Andrew Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:16 am
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September 9th, 2012 at 12:57 am
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December 4th, 2012 at 9:34 pm
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Andrew Reply:
December 5th, 2012 at 1:33 pm
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Poetic justice being what it is, the Watchtower is being sunk by their own deceit! Gotta love that poetic justice!
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B_Low Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 8:07 am
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August 29th, 2012 at 8:07 am
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August 29th, 2012 at 8:09 am
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Wow !! Amazing!!
Time for celebration down here in the south pacific.
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B_Low Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 8:10 am
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In any case, the REAL victory is that she exposed those lying, cheating, rat bastards. I’m hoping she is the first of many to dry the coffers and force the old men being cared for in some shitty nursing home with the meanest staff who spit in their food and let them sit in their piss-filled Depends!
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August 29th, 2012 at 8:12 am
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I am truly and deeply sorry that this young lady was abused, I really am, but to blame Jehovah’s organization for this and to then swindle the American legal system, which is clearly the case, is an act against Jehovah. You were all Witnesses once, weren’t you? Have you all lost your heads that much? Why not sue the evil fiend that did this. Expose him, not the society.
I was in Brooklyn, New York in 2009 and went on tour. You can see Jehovah’s spirit at work. So once again, I need to ask why there’s all this hatred against the society? Do you remember what it was like before you became witnesses? Maybe some of you were drug addicts, or even homosexuals. The society changed you. Please remember that and the good times. Do you remember the fine fellowship that was bestowed on you? My sister was disfellowshipped and until she returns to Jehovah will remain out in the cold. She’s lost her friends and her family like you, thinks she knows better. You can run and try to hide from Jehovah, but never can you really feel liberated. Not after you’ve known all the wonderful things our God has done for you.
We’re constantly warned against apostates and I can honestly see why. To be honest, I feel the most sorry for the author of this website. He/she seems to be extremely clever and bright and is a good author, but your wires are twisted. How old are you? Where are you from? Were you born as a witness or convert later. Also, what is your real name? Why do you hide behind the name “Teeny”? Do you feel guilty with your actions and so need to hide your identity? The end is so close now. Just take a look at this world. It’s dying. Do you, Teeny really think Jehovah will allow it to die? Wise up and get real please. Your life and all your lives are at stake. Jesus died for us. Don’t throw that away, please.
Again, I am truly sorry for anyone that has suffered abuse, but you can’t blame the society for the mistakes of an individual. That’s just not right. I do hope that the young lady can donate her proceeds to a charity or even find it in her heart to not accept the societies money. The money that they’ll give you is from our hard earned donations. Please think about what you’re doing. Both my husband and I are pioneers and have been for 21 years. You all know what that means. We have dedicated our lives to Jehovah. We could have gone onto higher education and earned a great deal if we wanted careers in this dying system, yet we chose Jehovah’s way. In that time, we have helped many come to the light and I hope this comment of mine can restart your hearts.
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Brandon J Hanes Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 7:28 am
All of them are out of your precious “truth” now.
Keep pioneering in blind faith and tell yourself what you need to hear.
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nessa B. Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
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August 29th, 2012 at 3:52 am
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August 28th, 2012 at 7:44 am
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August 28th, 2012 at 8:00 am
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August 28th, 2012 at 8:52 am
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August 28th, 2012 at 9:14 am
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August 28th, 2012 at 9:20 am
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Ryan Kent Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Fact is this: the Organization by law must protect its members. The courts don’t care if a make believe God forgave a dangerous pedophile. The law says they aren’t allowed near children.
Because of Watchtower policy, the Elders let a man they knew to be a pedophile go out on service alone with a 9 year old girl.
The girl told them she was molested by this pedophile they paired her up with and they said because she didn’t have two witnesses (only one other victim at the time), the sick pervert was to be viewed as innocent. And let’s face it, Watchtower policy says that if she continues to accuse a man the Elders deemed innocent, it’s spiritual slander and she’d be disfellowshipped.
So when this horrible monster molested ANOTHER girl in the congregation, the Watchtower Society was responsible. That’s not twisting the legal system, it’s how the law works. Those responsible for crimes are found guilty of those crimes.
Now here’s the thing: You claim Jehovah is in control of the Society. So you acknowledge he is protecting pedophiles, people who support and protect pedophiles like yourself, BUT he’s letting children be hurt.
Some JWs have common sense, but sick perverted losers like yourself that defend an organization loaded with murderers and child molestors, you need to be branded so we can see your sickness from miles away.
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Andrew Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 4:37 pm
Loren. Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 9:06 am
But hey thanks for posting. You have scary outlook.
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Jason Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 2:07 pm
I don’t see why you should be proud of the fact that you have wasted your life by serving a mythical god whose english name was invented by a catholic priest. Educate yourself about the cult you belong to before you throw stones.
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Derangedjdub Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
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Geowyn Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
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Catherine Metcalfe Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
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Brandon J Hanes Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 9:44 pm
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_narcissism
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignant_narcissism
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Jake Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 10:32 pm
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August 28th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
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August 28th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
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August 28th, 2012 at 10:36 pm
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August 28th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
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Ryan Kent Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 11:03 pm
First, if your little Mickey Mouse tour showed you Jehovah’s Spirit at work, then your God is working overtime for the mormons. They’ve got ten million more believers than the WTS and spend less money and time to make converts than any Congregation of JWs. So maybe you should become a mormon if you want to go where your God is working.
Second, you’re going simply by Penny in an effort to hide the fact that you’re on a website the Governing Body didn’t pre-approve for you. You’re a coward who’s so committed to Jehovah, you’ll violate what you believe are his commands by coming on here. Then you try to discredit Teeny as shady because Teeny isn’t her real name. Only Apostates speak out of both sides of their mouth. Just like you.
Third, but most important, Conti was raped by Kendrick as a child, but that wasn’t what the trial was about. The Watchtower Society was put on trial to determine if they a)knew about the rape, b)knew prior to the rape that Kendrick was a pedophile, and c)enlisted a known pedophile to go out on service with a child alone.
The Watchtower Society, THROUGH TESTIMONY OF THEIR OWN ELDERS, knew all three things. They knowingly gave a dangerous pedophile access to a member of their congregation. By law, when performing any duties for a church, church leadership is responsible for the protection and well being of it’s people.
They had their chance to do right. They let a pedophile rape a little girl repeatedly and when that girl reported him to the elders (as you’re told to do), instead of being human beings and reporting this to authorities, the Elders followed Watchtower policy. Obviously, a pedophile isn’t keeping two extra people around to witness his vile actions. Obviously, if he knows he can get away with screwing a 9 year old just by denying it, he’ll deny it.
So as per Watchtower policy, a child gets told “we know you were raped but there is nothing we can do. You didn’t bring any friends to watch you get raped and hey, the guy says it didn’t happen. So don’t go saying he did this or it’s spiritual slander and we’ll boot you from the church so you can’t talk to friends or family under pain of them getting booted too. Oh! And we won’t say specifically to not go to the cops, but if you make this accusation to anyone at all after this meeting, you’ll be punished. But you have the right to choose, after all.”
You Penny, are sick and immoral for defending people that protect pedophiles. You Penny only need to have the worst things happen to you for defending those who would hurt children.
And for good measure, the Watchtower Society could spin gold and raise the dead. It doesn’t change the fact that they protect pedophiles and threaten the victims. Save a hundred lives, you’re a hero. If you suck one d**k, you’re a c**ks**ker. Guess which one the Organization is.
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tim Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 5:51 am
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Marc Reply:
October 28th, 2012 at 9:55 am
I’ve never been a JW but I talk to them a lot. Half of them, eventually, tell me how pure WTS is and blah, blah, blah. (you know what you’ve been instructed to say)
I’m also from Sydney and, just in case you’ve forgot, there was a massive investigation (and media coverage) into EXACTLY the same scenario in Wollongong (a city 100 kms south of Sydney). Many young people had been molested by a known paedophile and the WTS covered it up and even “allowed” the animal to do it again.
What I thought was the “funny” thing about all of this was that one of the victims became an Anglican minister who runs a church right next to the JW Australian headquarters.
Anyway, the more things change…
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Don’t they claim to be a religion that puts all their efforts into ‘spreading the good word’, funded entirely by donations?
I’m really asking, as I don’t have a complete understanding of the organisation (or finances).
Would appreciate being enlightened.
And congrats to Candace. Hopefully this will save some other innocent children in the future.
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AK Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 9:27 am
The internet is exposing this “truth” group, and their leaders try to hide it from them every way possible. and THAT is the Truth!
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August 28th, 2012 at 10:24 am
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unsignedhype Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 2:29 am
the reason they are worth so much more than your average church is because the average church doesn’t have even a second church or a third. it’s usually one church, 1 pastor. Watchtower has kingdom halls all around the globe. what people think Christianity is, makes up about 2/3 of the world population. that 2/3 say JW’s aren’t Christian & JW’s say the 2/3 is compromised Christianity or in other words, not Christianity. therefore among those 33,000 denominations that make up the 2/3 or compromised Christianity, this church has their money from their members and that church has that money from it’s members but they don’t put it together because they are NOT together. that is, because they are not all in agreement. the church only has the offerings from their own members. the Watchtower only has the money from their members, but since their organization or “church” is so big, they have more money
A time for Ex-JWS to celebrate the slow but sure demise of a society that has gone ALL WRONG for so LONG!!!
I’m very happy that there is still justice in the USA courts.
Cheer up all! That nasty lil beasty in the bottomless pit is starting to see its butt!
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Lohengren Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 10:10 pm
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Aureus Reply:
August 28th, 2012 at 10:27 pm
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Mike Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 1:55 am
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August 29th, 2012 at 6:36 am
Loren. Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 12:41 am
Keep well and stash a little cash away for your future as it will be bright.
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Aureus Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 2:42 am
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Loren. Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 7:03 pm
I went to art college too.
Good luck.
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http://www.watchtowerdocuments.com/cases/conti.html
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Yes I think the GB is in a spot of finacial trouble to ask that,I hope sis Candace enjoys spending the money,I hope that some of it was my contribution lol
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What the public and even majority of JWs themselves dont know is that there are thousands of child abuse cases within the org and most of these cases never reach the authorities. Majority of victims are threatened by elders to keep their mouths shut or else, i know because that is exactly what happened to a friend of mine.
The KH is supposed to be the safest place on earth, when children come to meetings with fear in their hearts that is not love. When you have paedophiles in the congrgation and no one knows about it except for elders that is not love.
The two witness policy is a mistake that needs to be changed. Paedophiles have taken advantage of this 2 witness policy for a long time now and its about time some one puts a stop to it. Thousands of lives have been affected because of it.
If the Watchtower Society really really cared about their fellow members they could have changed the 2 witness policy long time ago, if they do change it now that is good news but do you think it is done out of love ?
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Andrew Reply:
August 29th, 2012 at 10:31 am
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This has paid off, this is a great victory for all friends of liberty and truth.
At present you just keep your head high in front of all those who will be hurt once.
You’re young, taking full advantage of your freedom. Carpe Diem !
Wholeheartedly with you. Regards, FT
De tout coeur avec toi. Amicalement, FT
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They will appeal this case to the United States Supreme Court on principle alone. They are image driven. If they can print in their publications “we won on appeal in the Supreme Court” it is all that matters to them. Many corporations must be cognizant of their financial resources and how a court of law impacts those resources. Many times they will take the punishment and stigma to stop the financial bleeding. WBTS is richer than God with American dollars and will use those to any extent to save face. This will only stop when they lose in Supreme Court. That is highly unlikely because the one with the most money wins.
We can all be optomistic but this is the harsh reality.
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Ryan Kent Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 6:02 pm
The Watchtower Society hasn’t been the financial giant it’s been. They’ve had to sell off equipment, cut their monthly publication’s page number in half, sell off over a billion dollars in real estate, just to afford a new, cheaper headquarters.
They’ve had to install credit card readers in Kingdom Halls because they aren’t getting money the way they used to.
As for the idea they’ll win the appeal because the one with the most money always wins, the Conti family won when they were $11.2 million poorer than they are now. So the one with the most money takes a backseat to the one with the better argument.
I do agree with the other part of your statement that the Watchtower is only concerned about how it looks and will look for every angle to exploit for their image. They’ve been doing it for a century.
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It was a hard situation for someone who sue’s a fellow worshipper specially if an ordinary member would sue someone with a position in the congregation or in wt itself. My friend who I am telling you about suffered severely because a lot of people who knew what she did, that she fought for her rights, got mad at her and thought the very same thing any narrow minded JW would think, that she is just being used by satan. Her family also turned their backs on her.
It was shocking how she was treated. But NOT EVERYONE THOUGHT THE SAME THING, OTHERS RESPECTED HER DECISION TOO (at least, good for her). But if there is one thing that I taught from her experience it is to not mock God. I do understand how a lot of you feel, how much you hate the evil people in this society but I hope that you could at least, RESPECT the belief of others by not mocking God’s name. Hate the society and the mean and selfish people in it but please NOT GOD.
My friend is currently still fighting for her rights in the court of law and is hoping to have the same faith and support as Candace had. I am sure she will be happy that even though justice is not sure for her, at least someone else in this world got it, at least there is hope. At least we can hope that an action of a person like Candace has taught them a lesson by now.
If we expect God to do miracles and control everything in this world like these court cases, then why not expect him to do miracles too, to save every suffering child or person, to stop global warming, to solve each person’s problem.. well because God has a timetable, reasons beyond our human imperfect brains can understand, because he has already told us why in the Bible. so let’s refrain from mocking him because he let justice prevail in Candace’s case. It explains why, because God does not want child abuse and if someone is wrong, even if its the WT itself, he let’s them suffer too. Maybe not in the same ways, maybe not immediately but what matters is that we can see it is not impossible to make anyone responsible for a crime to pay. God has nothing to do with human imperfection, sins and wickedness. God shouldn’t be mocked or blamed.
We hope that all abusive members of WT and elders would pay somehow, someday. But blaming God about everything or telling him what to do or when to do it is just wrong. there are also broad minded people inside this religion who can see clearly and understands the fact that these elders are human, imperfect and can be wicked. (though a lot of people like penny is already clouded)
the WT is making God look bad by making him look like a God of cover-ups. Though he is not. As we can see, the sins of the people who wrote the bible were also reported, like Moises, David & Solomon. So it simply means one thing- God is not in favour of cover-ups. It is also a very crooked belief that suing a co member is against God’s laws because in many references we can find if we read that suing a co member is not bad. It is not prohibited. So for narrow minded people out there, I simply don’t know what to say. They keep on hating the victims who just fought for their rights, without knowing that every member of the congregation has rights to sue.
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Andrew Reply:
August 30th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Why is god controlling the court cases? Where was your god when the child molestation was happening in the first place? Before the lives of children were devastated? What possible excuse is there for allowing children to be harmed when you can stop it? No, your god, if he exists, is worthy of mockery and not worship. The bible says god has everything to do with suffering – he invented it as punishment for Adam and Eve and yet we all have to suffer as well even though we had nothing to do with Adam and Eve. It’d be like punishing my child instead of me if I committed a crime. It’s nothing short of immoral and vile. god isn’t love, he’s evil pure and simple – just read the bible and you can see how he condones slavery, permits and orders the murders of innocent men, women and babies, orders rapes, killed every animal on the planet save a boat load, and then to fix it all, murdered his own son (or himself, whatever you believe). That isn’t moral. I for one am glad he doesn’t exist, and if he did, I’d happily die rather than worship a Hitler-like totalitarian dictator such as him who sits idly by while children are raped. F*&k god and stop making excuses for him.
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Sorry to say that but it is the truth Jesus is a God of love and if you love your family,friends and God the true haven who is the one who can not be seen in the sky there you will go when God will take you.I don’t want to say something bad about you but this is what I know.
Please do not say who send this information and don’t say the mail adress.
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