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I was going to pick this apart, but a more comprehensive view of the matter is provided by billingsgazette.com which gives enough information to debunk cynical speculation on the matter. I'll save my energy for something more challenging. "A state agency has determined that the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings likely discriminated against an inmate on the basis of her religious beliefs. The preliminary findings by the Montana Human Rights Bureau mean that the case will proceed to a formal hearing in Billings, after a requisite, 30-day effort at mediation failed last month. The bureau wrote in a February report that the investigators “found reasonable cause to believe unlawful discrimination occurred,” following a probe into several allegations contained in Mayson Simmons’ complaint, filed last August. Investigators did not find sufficient evidence to back up Simmons’ claims that she was denied a Jehovah’s Witness bible, or that she was discriminated against based on her disability. But the report states that the Department of Corrections likely violated the law by allowing inmates of other religious faiths to use the prison’s chapel for worship services, while denying access to Jehovah’s Witnesses. The state bureau punted on the other allegation: that the Department of Corrections discriminated against her on the basis of gender, by “providing male inmates (at the Montana State Prison) with opportunities to learn trade skills that are not provided to female inmates,” including ranch work, auto repair and veterinary assistant training. Prison officials interviewed by the investigators denied that any discrimination, religious or otherwise, had taken place, according to the report. In the case of the religious chapel access, prison warden Jennie Hansen said that religious services are sometimes redirected to other areas in the prison when there aren’t enough security staff to accompany the religious group. This policy applies to all religious services equally, Hansen told the bureau’s investigators. But Carlin Anderson, a Jehovah’s Witness congregation elder who has conducted worship services at the prison since 2005, said otherwise, according to the report. Anderson said that he had to speak with a prison official to convince her to stop taking the religious group off the chapel schedule after she designated the weekly services as a class, instead of a formal religious worship. A bureau investigator found Anderson to be a “credible and reliable witness,” according to the report, and determined that Simmons provided a preponderance of evidence to prove discrimination occurred. The other unresolved complaint — whether the women’s prison offers classes and vocational training commensurate with the much larger men’s facility in Deer Lodge — will also be decided during the formal hearing. That hearing is currently scheduled to take place later this month. The Department of Corrections insisted that the two prisons’ programs were comparable, and that differences between the two owed mainly to their unique settings and differences in population size. The men’s prison, which houses more than 1,600 inmates, is situated next to a 38,000-acre ranch operated in part by inmates. The prison complex itself houses a vehicle maintenance shop, furniture factory, print shop and license plate factory. The women’s prison, located on a 3-acre plot on Billings’ South Side, has “significantly less space at its disposal,” department officials argued. While the roughly 220-inmate facility includes a greenhouse, facilities for dog obedience training and embroidery and screen printing shops, “trades which require a lot of space for equipment, operation and storage are simply not feasible” at the prison, according to the report. Simmons, speaking by phone Wednesday, said the complaint is part of her long-running effort to push women’s equality within the state’s correctional system. “I want to see women empowered in this state,” Simmons said. “One of the big reasons women are not successful in the community when they get out (of prison) … they’re either working housekeeping, fast food or waitressing. They’re not getting the same kind of jobs that men are. They’re not able to make a living and raise a family.” The bureau’s report notes that comparing the two is complicated. Programming at both facilities is continually changing and limited by staffing shortages, and similar court cases in other states have acknowledged arguments similar to the department’s. A court in Oregon ruled in 1994 that “the number of classes offered should at least be proportionate,” according to the report. Ultimately, the bureau opted against reaching a conclusion on the sex-discrimination allegation. Because it had already found “reasonable cause” on a separate allegation, the entire complaint will be considered during the formal hearing. In a statement, the department denied any allegations of "unlawful discrimination," but added that it does not disagree with the results of the investigation. The statement also suggested the issues surrounding use of the chapel "might be the result of miscommunication or a mistake." "The Department of Corrections values the religious volunteers that take time and use their talents to provide faith formation within their facilities," Amy Barton, a department spokeswoman, added. Data provided by the bureau show that while discrimination complaints by Montana’s prison inmates are relatively common, findings of “reasonable cause” are rare. From 2014 through 2018, state human rights investigators concluded there was “cause” in only three out of 57 such complaints that have been closed. Another 47 of those complaints, or 77 percent, were either dismissed or withdrawn. The remainder was resolved through an agreement between the two parties — they either reached a voluntary agreement after mediation, or the plaintiff withdrew after receiving some sort of benefit."

As a general comment and not as a response to the poster. Whether cynically intended or not, this statement holds good. However, for Jehovah's Witnesses to accept such injust and inhumane treatment regardless of the pathetic notion that such treatment is "normal" for the prison environment, is to sanction it's use on anyone, for any alleged "offence", at the whim of the authority. Others do not have the resources available to faithful Witnesses of Jehovah to enable them to endure such treatment.

Unfortunately, not tenacious enough, as he succumbed to the "king's shilling". Anyway all is not yet lost. I keep thinking he is Orlando Bloom.

TASS report saying "the Finnish authorities "believe that Russia is a safe country" for Jehovah’s Witnesses"?? Sounds like propaganda from a propaganda machine: "Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) On July 10, 1925 the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) was founded and took over the main functions of the Russian Telegraph Agency as the central information agency of the country. TASS enjoyed "exclusive right to gather and distribute information outside the Soviet Union, as well as the right to distribute foreign and domestic information within the Soviet Union, and manage the news agencies of the Soviet republics". More:http://tass.com/history

No record can be set that Jehovah has not already broken. "Look! The heavens, yes, the heaven of the heavens, cannot contain you" 1Kings 8:27.

own blood

I have heard that a team of the best medical minds in the world are pooling their expertise and knowledge on the latest techniques in non-blood medical management to assist this poor little boy as a result of hearing about this sad and tragic case. Their immediate reaction was "How can we respond?" What an excellent and compassionate result has been achieved through the generous publicity provided by the editorial team of ZimEye, and the appeal for assistance by the hard-pressed, under equipped, and under resourced medical team at United Bulawayo Hospitals Long Live the power of the internet!

Don't worry about these things. You don't need to be so concerned about somewhere you will never get to be. Stop wasting the time you have now! 😉

As will the pathetically underskilled medical "professionals" and health administrators of that country, and small minded writers of this counter productive and emotively ignorant article.

Ex.1:6 "And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation." OH dear. Still trying to puzzle that one out? Why not phone a friend? Dr. Rosenmuller explains it, 'the sum total of the lives of contemporary individuals"

Seems to happen on the JW Library app. Certain media items notify the need for updating continually.

What is important about this text has nothing to do with money losing it's value either through obsolescence or inflation. It is more about the fact that Jehovah cannot be bought.

Quite the contrary. This makes him even more interesting! You can knock my door any time Bro.Morris!

The laws governing the use of currency images. (US) Reduce or Enlarge the Image – The image must be less than 75 percent the bill's actual length or more than 150 percent the of the currency's actual length. A dollar bill is 6.1 inches long, so it can only be used at 4.6 inches or smaller or at larger than one and a half times its actual size — at least 9.2 inches. Print One-sided Only – The printed piece cannot use the currency as a double-sided image. It can only be one-sided. You may show the front or the back but not both. Destroy Creative Materials – Scans, digital files, negatives, plates, and any other materials used in creating the currency reproductions must be destroyed, deleted or erased after final use. All complied with I am sure? 😊

Plenty quotations etc above dealing with this, but nothing really specific. My understanding is that whilst there are true anointed Christians with a heavenly hope still on earth, in the flesh, they will celebrate the Lords evening meal, regardless of the stream of time or the relative position of Jesus Christ in the heavens. The only time this specific celebration will end is when there are no more anointed Christians left here on earth to celebrate it. The scriptural basis for this is at : Matt.24:31; 2Thess.4:14-17; 1Cor.11:26. Although Jesus is ruling from the heavens as Jehovah's Messianic king, there are several executive actions he will be taking in the near future, one of which includes the transference of the full number of his 144,000 companions to where he is, in the heavens, to share with him in his heavenly rule. Once that is accomplished, the last Memorial (as we know it) will have been celebrated. As that transference has yet to take place, the Memorial is still being celebrated..

Keep on seeking.....................

Just like they know nobody called Father Christmas ever comes down their chimney.

You must be kidding? That foto of a floating flagpole falls on the first fence!

Baptismal regeneration is just another of the pompous terms giiven by apostates to a distorted interpretation of scripture presented as a "doctrine". It is not a bilble teaching. Baptism is a necessary part of the action of anyone wishing to come into an approved relationship with Jehovah through his Son Jesus Christ of course. But it is an act that, whilst directed by Jesus Christ (Matt.28:19) and therefore essential, has a symbolic significance and does nothing in a physical way to the individual. Peter made that clear at 1Pet.3:21.

Stop saying "obverse" which means "the opposite or counterpart of a fact or truth." You mean "observe". This is a critical error in a discussion like this.

Acts 2:37-38 +Acts 26:20

Acts 2:37-38

Not likely, they would have put one of those inuksuk thingys there!

Gibberish. And judging from her son's expression, he's not that impressed either.

"Permanent makeup is a cosmetic technique which employs tattoos as a means of producing designs that resemble makeup, such as eyelining and other permanent enhancing colors to the skin of the face, lips, and eyelids." (Wikipedia). Those who wish to indulge in such, if they are Jehovah's Witnesses, would first be asking: " Is it against Jehovah's expressed permission?" The answer to that is no, as the contextual posting from @James Thomas Rook Jr. makes clear. They would then consider, does it harmonise with Bible principles such as those underpinning 1Tim.2:9-10; Ph.1:10; 2Cor.6:3 and 1John 2:16 ? There might also be some practical considerations such as: the cost; the skill of the technician; the aesthetics; the impression given to others; the ease of reversal; the effects of aging This picture seems to offer no cause for controversy: This picture, however, does give cause for concern..... along with these.