It was only a matter of time...

by MrSlate 9 Replies latest watchtower child-abuse

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  MrSlate

  Look what I found... http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1993/10/8a/article_01.htm How hypocritical

  You know.. Like my mother taught me, if you are going to be a burgler, be the best there is. If you are going to be anything, be the best there is, SO if the WTC is going to be crooked, then be as crooked as you can be. I am glad my ties have been severed, I only wish they would have come after me when I quit going, (They never did) They just let me go.. must have known I was never one of them even though I was raised in it.
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  ItsJustlittleoldme

  Ohh, good find:

  From the JW website listed above::

  In various countries disturbing reports have surfaced about religious cults that abuse children with sadistic sexual practices and torture. Often, those who report that they were victims of such crimes are treated with incredulity, not compassion.

  So child molestation is neither new nor rare; it is a long-standing problem that is epidemic today. Its impact can be devastating. Many survivors suffer profound feelings of worthlessness and low self-esteem. Experts in the field have listed some common aftereffects of incest on girls, such as running away, drug and alcohol abuse, depression, attempted suicide, delinquency, promiscuity, sleep disturbances, and learning problems. Long-range effects may include poor parenting skills, frigidity, distrust of men, marriage to a pedophile, lesbianism, prostitution, and child molestation itself.

  And at the bottom of the article, it states,

  Appeared in Awake! October 8, 1993

  Didn't our friend, Mr. Brown state that they didn't know that child molestation 'hurt' children? Hmmm, it was only a matter of time before their lies were once again exposed!!!

  Edited by - itsjustlittleoldme on 8 July 2002 22:24:53

  Edited by - itsjustlittleoldme on 8 July 2002 22:28:38
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  Xandria

  These aftereffects are not inevitable for a victim; nor could anyone rightly excuse wrong conduct solely on the grounds of having been assaulted in the past. Abuse does not predestine its victims to be immoral or delinquent; nor does it dissolve all their personal responsibility for the choices they make later in life. But these common outcomes for victims are real dangers. They add urgency to the question, How can we protect children from molestation?

  Okay.. lets look at this above quote ... when they say abuse does not predestine its victims to be immoral or delinquent.. then why do they judge rape victims as immoral or delinquent ?

  "Don't ever tell. It will be our secret." "No one would believe you." "If you tell, your parents will hate you. They'll know it was your fault." "Don't you want to be my special friend anymore?" "You don't want me to go to jail, do you?" "I'll kill your parents if you tell."

  AFTER using children to satisfy perverted lusts, after robbing them of their security and their sense of innocence, child molesters still want something else from their victimsSILENCE. To secure that silence, they use shame, secrecy, even outright terror. Children are thus robbed of their best weapon against abusethe will to tell, to speak up and ask an adult for protection

  Now this is sick.. the double standard here. So we go to them for assistance for what ? They apparently are not going to take the steps to protect the victim. An which one of these methods above, they don't use ? Out right terror, shame, secrecy, to silence the victim. So they don't bring reproach upon Jehovah and his Organization? An how do they KNOW that they are THEE Organization of JEHOVAH's ? ( A little off subject I know, but it brings up alot of questions).

  Tragically, adult society often unwittingly collaborates with child abusers. How so? By refusing to be aware of this danger, by fostering a hush-hush attitude about it, by believing oft-repeated myths. Ignorance, misinformation, and silence give safe haven to abusers, not their victims.

  For example, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops concluded recently that it was a "general conspiracy of silence" that allowed gross child abuse to persist among the Catholic clergy for decades. Time magazine, in reporting on the widespread plague of incest, also cited a "conspiracy of silence" as a factor that "only helps perpetuate the tragedy" in families.

  Um.. shouldn't it say .. tragically the SOCIETY collaborates with child abusers. What about the "general conspiracy of silence" that allows gross child abuse to persist among the WTS Eldership & KH for decades. This article apparently is one sided and is a smoke screen for the WTS. It addresses the "problem" by making it look like everyone else's issue but their own.

  Xandria
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  ItsJustlittleoldme

  http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1993/10/8a/diagram_02.htm

  If your child discloses sexual abuse, you will no doubt feel shattered. But remember: Your reaction will play a major role in the child's recovery. Your child has been carrying an unbearable burden and needs you, with all your adult strength, to lift it from her or his shoulders. Praise the child for being so brave as to tell you what happened. Repeatedly reassure the child that you will do your best to provide protection; that the abuse was the abuser's fault, not the child's; that the child is not "bad"; that you love the child.

  Some legal experts advise reporting the abuse to the authorities as soon as possible. In some lands the legal system may require this. But in other places the legal system may offer little hope of successful prosecution.

  What, though, when the abuser is one's own beloved mate? Sad to say, many women fail to take decisive action. To be sure, it is never easy to face the ugly reality of a mate who is a child abuser. Emotional ties, and even financial dependency, can be overwhelmingly strong. The wronged wife may also realize that taking action could cost her husband his family, his job, his reputation.* The hard truth is, though, that he may just be reaping what he has sown. (Galatians 6:7) Innocent children, on the other hand, stand to lose much more if they are not believed and protected. Their whole future is at stake. They do not have the resources that adults have. Trauma can scar and shape them adversely for life. They are the ones who need and deserve tender treatment.Compare Genesis 33:13, 14.

  Uhhh, Praise the child, show him love, after all it was the child that was the victim!!!

  Then they go on to say in some lands the legal system does not work (The only land I see that as a 100% truth in is WT land -- where the victim, if s/he cannot cough up 2 witnesses is the perpatrator of a false accusation, and treated as such!!!, while the molestor goes about his preaching work, door-to-door !!!)

  And, of course, the cold hard truth of the matter is that you reap what you sow!!! Unless of course, there are NOT two witnesses to the crime, in which case the child accuser who is now scared beyond belief of acts of retalliation by the molester himself, suddenly becomes the 'bad one' and is told not to spread false witness!!! Heck, the kid is probably even marked for a time.. Such a re-assuring atmosphere to step forward and report abuse!!!!
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  SpiceItUp

  Experts in the field have listed some common aftereffects of incest on girls, such as running away, drug and alcohol abuse, depression, attempted suicide, delinquency, promiscuity, sleep disturbances, and learning problems.

  This has truly made the tears form.... I was reading this last paragraph and realized that I suffered from 90% of these growing up. I will take great care not to harbor any long range effects.

  It is very sad that more don't realized the things that are just WRONG!!

  Spice
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  crawdad2

  that's great stuff to use on the gov body's lawyers, when they try to discredit the victims in court, saying that they are not credible, because of all the problems they have......... there it is, in their own publications, explaining that child abuse victims often have trouble with drug abuse, alchohol, running away, depression, suicide, promiscuity........
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  ItsJustlittleoldme

  Couldn't agree with you more Crawdad.. And, it would be interesting, as doesn't the WTBTS have a video of some lady on their website that states that they did not know the effects of Child Abuse on children? Hmmm..
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  weebeefw

  I HOPE YOU DO NOT MIND IF I ADD MY TWO-CENTS. I WAS BAPTIZED INTO THIS CULT IN 1956. I WAS AN ELDER MOST OF THAT TIME. NOW I LOOK BACK AND WONDER HOW I COULD HAVE BEEN SO STUPID. I RAISED MY TWO BOYS IN THE CULT AND AM HAPPY NOW WE ARE ALL FREE FROM IT. I PRAISE BILL BOWEN FOR DOING WHAT HE IS DOING. IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE. I FEEL THE SAME WAY MANY OF YOU THINK ABOUT THE W.T.B.T.S. I HAVE ENJOYED ALL YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR THEM ALL. THEY D.F. ME ON MY BIRTHDAY LAST YEAR FOR CAUSING DIVISION. MY BIRTH DAY IS SEPTEMBER 30th. BY THE WAY THAT WAS JUST 9-DAYS BEFORE THEY RESIGNED FROM THE U.N. WHAT A SCAM, AND THE THINGS THEY HAVE DONE AND SAID SINCE THEN REALLY GET ME MAD TOO. THE W.T.B.T.S. HAS SO MUCH MONEY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. IF THEY DID NOT HAVE ALL THIS MONEY THEY WOULD NOT HAVE WON ANY THING IN THE COURTS. NOW THEY ARE DEALING WITH SOME THING THEY CAN NOT WIN, CHILD MOLESTERS. THEY WILL GET INTO COURT, WITH WOMEN ON THE JURYS, AND THEY WILL LOSE EVERY TIME. I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR JEHOVAH TO STOP THEM FROM DRAGGING HIS NAME THROUGH THE MUD. I HAVE ASKED HIM TO TAKE ALL THEIR MONEY FROM THEM AND GIVE IT TO THE HURT ONES. HOW ABOUT THE MONEY THEY HAVE BEEN STEALING FROM THE GOVERNMENT? THE TAX THAT THEY HAVE WORKED AROUND, BEING IN A RELIGIOUS BRACKET. SOME ONE SHOULD GO AFTER THEM FOR THAT
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  weebeefw

  SORRY, I GOT CARRIED AWAY AND RAN OUT OF SPACE. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO ME. I SHOULD HAVE PUT A "TOO" TO END MY THOUGHT. I WANTED TO GIVE MY E-MAIL TOO, IN CASE ANY ONE WANTED TO TELL ME OFF. AT THIS TIME WE SHOULD ALL PRAY TO JEHOVAH, THAT THEY GO BROKE PAYING THE BILLS. IT DOES NOT TAKE TOO SMART OF A PERSON TO SEE THAT JEHOVAH WOULD NEVER SUPPORT WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THANKS AGAIN FOR LETTING ME TALK. [email protected]
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  crawdad2

  hi weebee,......... i loved your post!........... please pray for heidi meyer and the other un-named victim, to have strength, while they go into court to help other victims,.... pray that the judge and jury see right through the corrupt gov body, and their lawyers, who have conspired to harbor pedophiles and silence victims, so that their organization appears to be clean.

  Edited by - crawdad2 on 10 July 2002 0:27:35