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  Reveal News Article: Jehovah’s Witnesses double down on Scripture used to ignore abuse by Trey Bundy

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  https://www.revealnews.org/blog/jehovahs-witnesses-double-down-on-scripture-used-to-ignore-abuse/.

  jehovah’s witnesses double down on scripture used to ignore abuse.

  by trey bundy / november 9, 2017. gary breaux, a senior jehovah's witness official, speaks on the religion’s official internet video channel.

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  They pick and choose scripture like choosing dessert from a buffet - to suit themselves.
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  2 witness rule

  by punkofnice in

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  i'm gobsmacked.. the 7 rock star popes in warwick know darned well that the 2 witness rule allows child rapists to get away with their crime.. geoff (whacko jacko) jackson was at the australian royal commission and should have seen first hand what a vile man made law the 2 witness rule is.. my question is, why do they still insist on this pervert protecting rule?.

  i know it's a highly controlling cult but still...........................stuff my old boots, mate!.

  the above is more a rhetorical question.

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  You are conflating seperate issues. Your guy in china example is not what most of us here are talking about.

  *Young people who are close in age but one is legally underage.

  *Citenzenship.

  *How should society treat those charged and found guilty of child sexual abuse.

  I agree that a 19yr old with a consenting seventeen yr old (for eg) should not be branded for life.

  But, these cases are a distraction from the the majority of what most people consider to be child abuse. That is someone of legal age touching a child sexually that is too young to know what's going on or how to say no.

  Many pedophiles spend time grooming victims are charming "nice" psychopaths or narcissists that earn the trust of the child or threaten the child if they "tell." It's the duty of orgs to know what is now common knowledge of the psychology about this stuff and structure their policies around that IF and that's a big IF, IF they care about protecting the children they force to go door to door and to meetings and the children in the houses their members visit for bible studies.
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  True or False did the Watchtower Corporation create false doctrines intentionally to enhance the proliferation of their own publications ?

  by Finkelstein in

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  much as been revealed over the years to the date setting doctrines made by the wts.

  such as ( 1874, 1914, 1925 , 1975 this generation, the last days, the end times etc.... which were not created by other christian based faiths.. as to critically examine why might reveal a hidden agenda to all these date setting proclamations.. the point in question is did the wts and its leaders intentionally manipulate or exploit the preaching of the gospel to enhance the proliferation of their own printed publications ?.

  i would say convincingly yes, no question.

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  As George Costanza said "If you believe it, it's not a lie."

  And I do believe Russell believed it. Poor deluded bastard.
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  Is There a TV Show or Movie That You Just NeverGet Sick Of?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i love the rifleman!

  i’ve seen it a million times and still will watch it !

  and goodfellas, the movie as well as the sopranos.

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  I can catch old eps of Seinfeld and find myself still laughing at the "show about nothing."

  I hate to admit it but there were a few of the older animations that I will still laugh at such as the Simpsons, Daria, Futurama etc silly but funny and strangely on point regardless of the time period they are viewed in.
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  True or False did the Watchtower Corporation create false doctrines intentionally to enhance the proliferation of their own publications ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  much as been revealed over the years to the date setting doctrines made by the wts.

  such as ( 1874, 1914, 1925 , 1975 this generation, the last days, the end times etc.... which were not created by other christian based faiths.. as to critically examine why might reveal a hidden agenda to all these date setting proclamations.. the point in question is did the wts and its leaders intentionally manipulate or exploit the preaching of the gospel to enhance the proliferation of their own printed publications ?.

  i would say convincingly yes, no question.

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  The thing with WT literature it's so convoluted it's almost impossible to read unless you''re already indoctrinated that's why there are seperate more topical subjects for the public and different reading section for the members.

  I don't think their goal was to simply proliferate the books as religious works in themselves because most of it goes into a cupboard or the garbage unread. Having said that WT have always loved to brag about the numbers of books printed and placed for the sake of providing proof to the claim that they are "blessed by Jehovah."

  So the mulitiude of books and mags tally would serve that purpose whether they were read or not. I think WT would prefer that anyone with half a critical thought in their head didn't read their religious claptrap.
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  Reveal News Article: Jehovah’s Witnesses double down on Scripture used to ignore abuse by Trey Bundy

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.revealnews.org/blog/jehovahs-witnesses-double-down-on-scripture-used-to-ignore-abuse/.

  jehovah’s witnesses double down on scripture used to ignore abuse.

  by trey bundy / november 9, 2017. gary breaux, a senior jehovah's witness official, speaks on the religion’s official internet video channel.

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  Too bad if that "witness" is a baby or small child.

  Heartless, obstinate for the sake of it bastards!
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  2 witness rule

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm gobsmacked.. the 7 rock star popes in warwick know darned well that the 2 witness rule allows child rapists to get away with their crime.. geoff (whacko jacko) jackson was at the australian royal commission and should have seen first hand what a vile man made law the 2 witness rule is.. my question is, why do they still insist on this pervert protecting rule?.

  i know it's a highly controlling cult but still...........................stuff my old boots, mate!.

  the above is more a rhetorical question.

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  The point is not that child a sexual assaulter should have life in prison it's WT reporting all crime to police and informing members to do the same. If JWs are in car crash they wouldn't tell the elders and let them handle it. It's common sense and common decency to report crime and let authorites do their job. Why is the concept of common decency for a group proclaiming to be God's bestie so difficult for you to comprehemd JD. It's not about law with JWs it's about "warm christiam love."
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  True or False did the Watchtower Corporation create false doctrines intentionally to enhance the proliferation of their own publications ?

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  much as been revealed over the years to the date setting doctrines made by the wts.

  such as ( 1874, 1914, 1925 , 1975 this generation, the last days, the end times etc.... which were not created by other christian based faiths.. as to critically examine why might reveal a hidden agenda to all these date setting proclamations.. the point in question is did the wts and its leaders intentionally manipulate or exploit the preaching of the gospel to enhance the proliferation of their own printed publications ?.

  i would say convincingly yes, no question.

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  Can we move on from Russell he's not relevant to anyone anymore, current witnesses couldn't care less what he wrote or published. And frankly who is?

  The Life How did it Get Here book, the Trinity brochure, the Revelation Book all full of slyly worded twisted reasonings, logical fallacies, half truths, outright lies and out of context quotes. The purpose is not to sell books but to indoctrinate members. It's a bloody cult after all and a clever one at that.
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  2 witness rule

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm gobsmacked.. the 7 rock star popes in warwick know darned well that the 2 witness rule allows child rapists to get away with their crime.. geoff (whacko jacko) jackson was at the australian royal commission and should have seen first hand what a vile man made law the 2 witness rule is.. my question is, why do they still insist on this pervert protecting rule?.

  i know it's a highly controlling cult but still...........................stuff my old boots, mate!.

  the above is more a rhetorical question.

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  Pedophlia is not just any other crime like stealing a car etc. What kind of idiot thinks that pedophiles are like "oopsy I sexually molested a child, oh well, I've learned my lesson now so I'll just go join a community group that has young families and kids, I'm sure I'll be fine I won't have the urge again, I'm cured now right?" Oh I know a WT apologist or a pedophile sympathizer or a lawyer for a pedophile.

  Either willful ignorance as to the nature of pedophilia or someone whose job it is to twist words, play semantics and cry "rights of corporations, orgs and groups" in order to defend them. I spose defending WT is dirty job and someone's gotta do it.
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  Picture in latest Watchtower . . . What is it?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in this picture from the latest watchtower, what in the world is the guy watching on the left side of the picture??

  it looks like a female vampire holding a lightsaber.

  am i missing something?.

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  @average joe - Hot Fuzz and Sean- arguably both modern "masterpieces" lol😉!