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  How would you respond to this defense made on behalf of The Watchtower's Child Abuse lawsuits?

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  details of the society's child abuse policies have been published in jehovah's witnesses' publications, although more specific guidelines are only made available to elders, or on request.

  press releases issued by the watch tower society's office of public information confirm that if a person accused of molestation repeatedly denies the charges of his victim, and there is no other witness to the incident, "the elders cannot take action within the congregation at that time", but would report to authorities if required by local laws.

  our families jehovahs witnesses and child protection.

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  This long-winded letter doesn't even come close to addressing childrens rights, families rights, victims rights or basic humanity.

  Not good enough.
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  The tale of Angelo and Dan! Have you heard this one??

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  long story, short; angelo was bad, he went to prison.

  dan was bad, he went to prison too.

  dan became a dub and studied with angelo.

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  That story about the theif and the bible is one of many variations I have heard-same story different names and places.

  Too coincidental not to be a recycled urban myth.

  I don't blame you for being suspicious about that story Ddog.
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  Double-life, sounds like a prison sentence....or maybe not?

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  question: do you think the "double-lifers" have the best of both worlds?.

  just asking, because i have wondered, if i had an outlet to express my utter.

  disgust and general dissatisfaction with wt teachings and cong-life while i. was still in, ie on forums etc, maybe i would never have left.. just a thought, anyone else have any?.

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  Thank you all for your honest responses.

  Leaving the borg is bloody hard some days, so much so that occasionally

  I wonder if going back and lying to everyone is a reasonable compromise.

  Crazy talk I know.
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  Double-life, sounds like a prison sentence....or maybe not?

  by sparrowdown in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  question: do you think the "double-lifers" have the best of both worlds?.

  just asking, because i have wondered, if i had an outlet to express my utter.

  disgust and general dissatisfaction with wt teachings and cong-life while i. was still in, ie on forums etc, maybe i would never have left.. just a thought, anyone else have any?.

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  Question: Do you think the "double-lifers" have the best of both worlds?

  Just asking, because I have wondered, if I had an outlet to express my utter

  disgust and general dissatisfaction with WT teachings and cong-life while I

  was still in, ie on forums etc, maybe I would never have left.

  Just a thought, anyone else have any?
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  Bill Cosby - too much smoke for no fire?

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  it seems like the list of people who are accusing him of rape and sexual assault is growing every day.

  i'm skeptical of single accusations but the number of people and the similar stories seem overwhelming now.. it's not a conviction but to the court of public opinion ... guilty?.

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  Yes, the drug knownas spanish fly was supposedly an aphrodisiac.
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  The Awake “Faithful and Discreet Slave” July 15, 1960 WT

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  great stuff.. .

  overwhelming credentials.

  25 does the faithful and discreet slave class have any more credentials?

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  My credentials are bigger than your credentials- or so say the FDS.
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  How and why?

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  once upon a time, there was a world in flux, undergoing change and diversity at an imperceptible pace.

  only with hindsight was it possible to catalogue the various paths being born that led to a word and humanity so very different one hundred years later than compared to any time in the homo sapiens past.. technology, warfare, the universe, the discovery of atoms... born in stars, all things forced upon the fragile minds of mortals in a short period of time.. these overwhelming changes led to the birth of many things, including comforts and hopes that were far to readily available to grasp ahold of.

  as the founders of these comforts could not themselves grasp the world they found the self in, they sought the worlds they knew, the past, 4000 years in the past......the technicalities and truths were to be ironed out at another time, a time never reached.. some had no choice in the matter, the grasping was done by their parents, their grandparents, their great grandparents.....when the time came for personal analysis, not only had they inherited comfort but great, great fears.

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  If you make an agreement based on a lie, is it reasonable to renig on that agreement, once you discover it is a lie?

  Abso-bloody-lutely it is. Give up on the lie people and step off into the rest of your life.
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  So its the Elders School this Weekend.......

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is the focus for this one.

  is it "well lads ring the legal department but if anything goes wrong, you are on your own.

  the cs deals with all that".

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  How to enforce GB rules in the congregation.

  How to be an asshole basically.
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  IS THIS SICK? LYING TO DISABLED CHILDREN!!

  by Bloody Hotdogs! in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone watched the videos for children on jw.org?

  i feel sick.. in one video a little girl dreams about paradise: the blind can see again, the deaf can hear again, and of course, she gets to hug a cute little panda cub.

  not until the end of the video is her wheelchair revealed.

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  How is this not "Sunday School" for kids?

  I remember JWs bragging for years we didn't need a seperate lesson just for kids.
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  Went to a non-Witness memorial service

  by CaptainSchmideo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was a service at a southern baptist church for the father of a teacher at my son's school.

  we had developed a friendship with her over the past few years, and i had met her father, knew about his terminal illness, and i wanted to pay my respects.. i have to tell you, it was a better show than the average jw "ceremony".first, lots of personal tributes about the man they were memorializing.

  uplifting stories, funny stories, serious stories, describing a real life individual that many in that room knew and were going to dearly miss.. lots of singing!

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  It is interesting to experience the way different groups of people celebrate someones life when they pass,

  as you say not the dry, unappetizing infomercial we hear at the hall. I attended several different groups

  before becoming a witness so I already knew how bland the JW services were in comparison.