by RULES & REGULATIONS 25 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
The elders will use prying questions
Elder: Was there an orgasm
Teen: You mean orgasms!
Elder: Oh I see UH was there ejaculation
Teen: yeah enough to make a baby!
Elder: Are you making fun of the theocratic arrangment?
Teen: Well I know about fun
Elder: What do you mean?
Teen: Fun is when you underwear sticks to the wall
I find it interesting that when a minor is being questioned by law enforcement, there has to be a legal guardian present. Yet, the elders can question and berate a minor without a guardian present. Elders and the WTBS feel that they are over and above everyone and everything.
My wife was telling me the story of when she was placed on Public Reproof when she was 16. Her mother was not present while the elders ripped into her for being pregnant. They had their meeting with her before the meeting began that day and then made the announcement before the meeting got underway. She had to sit there the entire meeting feeling like crap and crying while everyone looked at her like she had the plague. It is nothing more than wearing a scarlet letter.
So much for being tactful and understanding. Shortly thereafter, she stopped attending the meetings.
the object is to save the individual...not to punish...why cant the elders see that
tijkmo......um......because they have their collective head up their tunnel vision?
I would love to have attended my husband's JC, to provide some support. They railroaded him good. By the end he was confessing to things he imagined he could have done, and came home convinced the entire thing was blessed by the Holy Spirit.
Can you imagine a 16 year old (alone) being able to defend themselves in a court of law?
Excellent point, it really puts it in perspective.
The Society has no love or understanding of children.
They pay lip service to it, but their actions speak louder then anything they can say or print.
My mother was present for my judicial committee when I was 16. She cried through the whole thing. My non-JW father was invited, but chose not to come since it was on such a silly matter.
She was also present for my big JC just 5 days before my 18th birthday. I told the elders I'd meet with them if my mother wasn't present, but when I got there, my mom was there. Only because she told me right then and there that I was dead to her did I allow the JC to go on. Funny story on this one- all 3 of the elders cried before my mother did.
Now, I did have to meet with the Elders several times when I was younger, but mom was never present for those- she was letting the elder's say things she didn't know how to say (i.e. having sex, lying about things at school, etc)
