Man, I hate these tragedies ...........

by TheOldHippie 5 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  TheOldHippie

  Jehovah's Witness shoots wife, self

  A Bible-thumping Bronx man gunned down his estranged wife and then killed himself after accusing her of straying from their faith and sleeping with another man, police and neighbors said yesterday.

  The victim's 21-year-old daughter found the bloodbath at 10:30 a.m. yesterday in her mother's Soundview apartment after the woman failed to show up to work as an Avon sales representative, neighbors said.

  Sharoll Medina, 39, was sprawled on her bed with a gunshot wound to her head. Her estranged husband, Julio Lopez, 45, lay dead nearby with a revolver beside him, police said. "My mother! My mother!" her daughter screamed as she walked out of the Watson Ave. building.

  Lopez and Medina, both Jehovah's Witnesses, separated about 18 months ago. But Lopez would often show up unannounced at Medina's fifth-floor apartment, neighbors said.

  She routinely refused to let him inside, but rather than go away he would sleep in his truck. Their fighting got worse when Lopez found out Medina was dating another man - and he later argued with her about it, neighbors said.
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  Nathan Natas

  Why does violence exist in the very organization claiming to follow Christ? Because Christendom has proved hypocritical through and through. Therefore her actions have been the very opposite of her claims. Just as it was foretold concerning these “last days,” Christendom has had a “form of godliness,” a “form of godly devotion,” but she has all along been “denying the power thereof,” or “proving false to its power.”
  -- The WATCHTOWER, July 1, 1972, page 391
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  badboy

  AMEN,BROTHER!
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  Gretchen956

  This is very tragic and certainly not restricted to JWs. Domestic violence crosses every socio-economic line and into every belief system. It certainly is enabled by a religion that insists the woman be in subjection, that makes an abuser feel entitled. But this plays out too often in too many places. Domestic violence is the LEADING cause of death for pregnant women in our country (US).

  There is a big lesson here for anyone experiencing abuse. LEAVE and do not allow any contact. There are many many agencies that can assist you to safe places.

  Sherry
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  TheOldHippie

  Words of wisdom, Gretchen, words of wisdom !
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  banished1

  Leaving your mate for another can lead to this tragedy.
  
  You never know if your ex is the type to explode and take revenge.
  I think even the Bible talks about a man's rage.
  Its all part of his strong jealous love.
  Even a woman can be so jealous as to seek revenge.