If we walk away with nothing from this whole issue on Dateline
i think the following is so important
let us compare the Appointed Elders who are asked to look into the matter of child molestation,
guys who spend thier working hours doing cleaning, janitorial work, plumbers and mostly low paying or blue collar jobs-
while in and of themselves there is nothing wrong with such jobs,
i dare anyone to honestly state that with such a background
they are equiped to handle and question persons who have been molested
in fact even college educated persons ------are not usually trained in this special area -
they may be great structual engineers, but more than likely very little in their formal training prepared them to deal with this type of issue.
yet wt has entrusted such persons to do just that.
many of us who have served as elders recall very vividly how we were constantly told how we recieved the greatest training in the world
we were COMPLETELY EQUIPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK INCLUDING CHILD MOLESTATION ISSUE.
in fact the avg jw has been told so many times in their life to
TURN TO THE ELDERS IT AIN;T EVEN FUNNY
it is not sad to think that a bunch of guys who hand out Cheese on Crackers at Walmart for a living are convinced to believe that they are qualified to handle such issues
and when they call bethel for help and they are talking to some bro on the Service desk - in most cases they are talking to a guy who came to bethel at 19 worked in the laundry, cleaning or factory, was a good yes man, and moved up from the manual labor work at bethel to a desk job as a secretary and later got his own secretary and now he has 35 yrs of bethel service with or without a HS Diploma and now our Cheese Cracker bro is on the phone talking to our YES man on an issue this involved- with it's emotional , psycholgical and physicall ramifications on this person's life and the first question is :
"Bro What state do you live in?"
yes you got a clown on both ends of the phone and now some little 7yr old girl will have life and happiness decisions made in here behalf that will impact her for years to come
how sad indeed
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what is even funnier is how they could convince the rest of the rank and file jw to accept a guy who hands out Cheese Crackers at Walmart to be viewed and esteemed as the ALL WISE AND KNOWING one among them.
well when the Sh#t hits the fan this is how wt explains about the quality of thier Elders:
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JR Brown WT Spokesman: when asked about the calibur of the elders he stated :
"Elders are basically Untrained volunteers"
so much for that spirit directed stuff-----
now can you imagine that you are sitting on the runway in a 747 at LAX and they annouce over the PA
this is to inform you that in the cabin today is Leroy, Fred and Ralph they are all Untrained Volunteers who will be flying us overseas
yes this is what it is like my friends
this quote below explains what needs to be done and why THEY ARE AT LEAST TRAINED:
1) go to the police FIRST. They are trained and expereinced investigators.
2) The child should be interrogated by a TRAINED EXPERIENCED person FIRST, social worker or police, who are trained
3) The accused needs to be interrogated by TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED person FIRST..social workers or police
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JUST MY 2
jAMES
202-336-8792 WASHINGTON DC
