No you haven't. You have not shown 1 scripture whereby Jehovah has commanded his followers to demand a child must 2 eyewitnesses, nor have you shown me the scriptural basis whereby Jehovah demands his followers may not accept a child's account of their rape or his followers may not accept the eyewitness account of a non-believer.
Show me. I say it again and again. Your refusal or inability only shows this arbitrary and evil rule is non biblically based. Therefore it is reasonable to conclude that since the child abuse policy you are so smug about is not based on the Bible but rather on the teachings of men. Did not John (in Revelation) warn what the consequences were for those who added to the Bible?
1.JWs do not transfer known child molesters to different parts of the country to continue to serve as elders.
Prove it.
My father was ordered to leave the Cedar Hill congregation in Dallas, Texas and transferred to the Carrollton congregation. Of course, he was only a ministerial servant so I guess that doesn't count, right?
I have shared some personal stories with the idea that I want you, and anyone lurking to realize that I am 1 person in 1 city. Imagine for a moment how many times this same scenario (or worse) has happened in hundreds of small towns or large cities across the United States. And then imagine how many more times these same hideous events have occurred across the planet in thousands of congregations.
And even if, for the sake of argument, it has only happened ONE time, would you not agree that is one time too many? I asked you earlier, to show me what the Society is doing to correct these problems. You ignored me. The reason why is clear: they do nothing. In which case it is tacit approval. My biblical basis for saying so are those kings in the Hebrew scriptures who did not "pull down" false gods and stop false worship. Jehovah, through his prophets, clearly said those kings bore the responsibility to stop the evil, even when they did not actively participate.
Jehovah's Witnesses are morally bankrupt, more interested in the letter of the law and countless picayune rules, rather than the spirit of love whether it be love of God or love of their fellow man. Jesus once talked about a group of people who were more with following law rather than living the spirit behind it.
2. Known child molesters are never allowed to be servants in the congregation for the rest of their life.
See this is the kind of platitude that looks and sounds good but in practise is actually empty air. Operative word: known child molestors. And whom do the Society consider to be known? Those who were witnessed by 2 baptized members of Jehovah's Witnesses.
After I quit going, my wife moved to another congregation. Interestingly, in that congregation there was a pedophile who molested at least 4 pre-school age children. Only one of those children was willing to defy the elders. The elders had told each set of parents not to "bring reproach on Jehovah's name" by reporting the abuse to the police and that there would be consequences. Only one had the courage to not only face up to the offender but the elders and the congregation by reporting and then testifying. The creep was convicted.
When he was released, he returned to the same congregation and was assigned to the same book study as the one victim who testified against him. Coincidence? The congregation as a whole shunned this family, while welcoming this pedophile back with open arms. Eventually the family was forced to move. And this convicted sex offender, who has to legally register as a sex offender, was allowed to attend a children's only roller skating party. My children were at that party. Thank God nothing happened.
Why so much support for a convicted sex offender? Because the child could not present 2 witnesses to their abuse. The elders refused to accept the child's testimony and the pedophile refused to confess. So, according to Jehovah's Witnesses and their teachings, this child must therefore be a liar. And if they spread the lie, by reporting to the police, it is slander. And the elders reasoned that they were justified in shunning this child and their family because they spread slander and were liars. And they reasoned they were justified in welcoming this convicted sex offender because there were not 2 witnesses.
That you, and others like you, refuse to see the hideous nature and absolute evil of this rule says a great deal about what your sect is really about. Again I say, the actions of your sect make your platitudes a lie.
3. JWs disfellowship practicing child molesters whether they are elders, ministerial servants, Bethelites, COs, DOs, pioneers, publishers, or whatever their position in the congregation. It does not matter. Catholics and other religions have no such policy to remove individual members from their organization
Indeed. And what do you consider to be "practicing"? What is your standard of proof that a pedophile is molesting children? Oh wait I forgot you demand 2 eyewitnesses. The elder's son I spoke of earlier is now grown and is an elder himself. How do you suppose that happened? No action was ever taken against him, despite the fact he was literally witnessed abusing his nice.
And how many times has that same scenario played out across this country and others? And what is the Society doing to correct this problem?
And we're caught in that endless loop. It's not about reality is it? It's about making look and sound good. Much like another certain religious group 2,000 years ago who were convinced they were Jehovah's chosen people. They too liked to look good.
If Cano would have been caught by JWs before the police caught him, he would have been immediately kicked out of Bethel and DFed just as he was after the police caught him.
Wait a minute. What happened to the need for 2 witnesses? So that's thrown out the window if the case is made public? Well that's interesting.
So I guess the mistake I and thousands of other victims made is that we were just weren't lucky enough to have our rapist talked about on the national news. And I guess that means that Jehovah doesn't care about abuse victims unless the discovery of the offender will bring "reproach on his name", eh?
Justice be damned. Ignore the pain thousands of people endure daily. Ignore reality. It's all about spin control isn't it?
4. Child abuse victims of Catholic priests have been awarded over $1.5 billion dollars by the courts of the land. Money awarded to those bringing lawsuits against the WTS concerning child molesting: -$137,000 dollars. That's right. That figure is a minus $137,000 dollars. The WTS has actually been awarded a net total of $137,000 dollars in cases of child abuse lawsuits brought against them.
Ah, so it's all about money then. You don't need 2 witnesses to believe a child was abused. You need monetary judgments. So that's what will prove it.
You do realize by the way that there are currently dozens of tort actions relating to child abuse pending against this across this country.
Again I ask you, what is the Society doing to address the problem?
