by NeverKnew 2 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse
This is an online version of a news article regarding a child porn arrest from a newspaper. The article is not the point and the defendant is not a JW. BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THE RELATED ARTICLES!!!!
Hopefully 5 of 6 look the same to you as they did to me.
Question: Do I send this to my JW friends to read????
*edited to include hyperlink*
Neverknew: I laughed when I saw it. Jehovah witnesses take the spotlight away from the Catholics. Yeah! I would send that to ALL my j-dub friends.
Kojack
New development. Talk about timing.
I sent the link then came back to JWN and opened the tragic news about Oompa being gone. The JW I sent it to calls me while I'm in a teary eyed state. He stated that he wanted to comment on the links. He could hear my sadness in my voice, I know. I told him I just couldn't talk about anything JW-related. I'm on the phone blowing my darn nose. He was quiet.
I'm sorry... I just didn't give a crap about his rebuttal or whatever he was going to give me. I'm just sick.
He asked why I was upset and I must've sounded nuts. I told him I had just learned that a distant "friend" who had been reaching out for help may have committed suicide. I told him I had never met the guy in person, but that I did have access to him and I wish I could have done something.
Knowing there's something wrong, he'll go back to BOTH topics within the week. Maybe it'll be an opportunity to get him to hear me..... I may need help to understand what thinking questions might be most effective.
Right now, I'm going along the lines of
Do you know personally know anyone who has committed suicide? Were they JWs?
What about sexual abuse of children or even women?
Right now, emotionally, I can't concentrate.
