Posts by disposable hero of hypocrisy

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Defending JW Child Abuse Policy at blogspot

by Iown Mylife in

this website has been mentioned on previous topics but i just happened onto this current article "elijah" has posted.

you have to scroll down to get to thursday's article (yesterday), titled jehovah's witnesses child abuse policy.

it's at defending jehovahs witnesses dot blogspot dot com and there's no where to comment that i could find.

Defending JW Child Abuse Policy at blogspot

by Iown Mylife in

this website has been mentioned on previous topics but i just happened onto this current article "elijah" has posted.

you have to scroll down to get to thursday's article (yesterday), titled jehovah's witnesses child abuse policy.

it's at defending jehovahs witnesses dot blogspot dot com and there's no where to comment that i could find.

Jehovah’s Witnesses' Child Abuse Policy When you compare Jehovah’s Witnesses with all other religions or secular organizations, Witnesses have the best record for protecting its members from child molesters, fornicators and other perverts. Most other religions did nothing about priests and ministers who were child molesters and homosexual deviants, and continued to simply transfer these clergy to other congregations when found out. But, Jehovah's Witnesses would instantly remove these individuals from serving in any teaching capacity when they were found out and disfellowship them. What is reprehensible is that other religions constantly criticized the Witnesses for their disfellowshipping policy. Now, these religions, Protestant and Catholic, are facing thousands of legal cases and paying enormous settlements. At the same time, any legal charges against the Watchtower Society has repeatedly been dismissed by the courts because they determined that Witnesses have NEVER hidden child molesters nor have they ever just transferred Elders accused of molestation to another congregation. So historically Witnesses have the BEST legal record of any religion. Even the recent adverse decision by one rogue jury in the Conti case was not because we transferred a known child molester–the man had already been reproved and removed from any position in the congregation. And the jury went completely contrary to the legal precedents set in similar cases against other religions. That is, no religion has ever been legally required to make a public announcement of a congregant’s specific sexual misdeeds. In fact, doing so would have broken the law in most countries. While thousands of Protestant clergy and thousands of Catholic priests were charged with child abuse in the last decades, only a little over a dozen Witness Elders have been charged in the last 100 years (See: Jehovah’s Witnesses care for victims of child abuse - Jehovah’s Witnesses Official Media Web Site - Archive) In official polls between 25% and 40% of clergy admitted that they had engaged in sexual behavior with some member of their flock and about 15% of clergy are homosexual. And most religions do almost nothing about these clergy! So, a more valid question would be to ask if other religions have continued to allow fornicators, homosexuals and adulterers to be ministers, priests and teachers?!! But, among the Witnesses the very few elders who commit immoral acts are instantly removed and most likely disfellowshipped. The media and opposers like to sensationalize a couple of cases where someone was not removed immediately, but those cases are anomalies and occurred only because the organization’s policies were improperly ignored by individual elders. Also many like to misrepresent the “two witness” rule. This rule has NEVER prevented removal of a child molester. It never took more than one witness for someone to be reported to the authorities for molestation and even before the current government laws on reporting molestations were passed, Witnesses still investigated all accusations and disfellowshipped many without requiring two witnesses. And definitely, when someone was accused of molesting *different* children then there are two witnesses and they would be disfellowshipped. In actuality, I've seen the courts several times dismiss charges against child molesters who have been disfellowshipped by Witnesses. To see the actual facts regarding this subject go to: http://thirdwitness.com/childabuse/default.html http://defendingjehovahswitnesses.blogspot.com/2009/11/jehovahs-witnesses-and-child-protection.html SOURCE: This is an answer by BAR_ANERGES to a question at Yahoo Answers.

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I went to one of my previous halls remodel today and they did not recognize me...

by confusedandalone in

i definitely look like a worldly person by jw standards... however i went to my old hall because they are remodelling and they are in the final p[hase.

it was not on purpose.

i had bnusiness on the street and happened to drive past.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Wow . Poignant , sad, informative , and downright hilarious at the same time !

Glad it doesnt hurt so much dude, well done ..

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Is it true that elders lurk the forums?

by make yourself in

it seems like it is one huge contradiction.

but are they doing it for the purpose to try to guess exactly who in the congregation is on ex jw sites?

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disposable hero of hypocrisy

Not publicly !

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Really interesting thread from Jwtalk..is this guy an undercover apostate?

by defender of truth in

http://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/14122-an-interesting-fact-and-statement-by-our-spirit-directed-faithful-slave/.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Wow.. Here's a quite from further down....... "I have also thought about that. And yes. I would definitely want to know. But purely for selfish reasons. If I knew how long we had to wait, it would help me decide treatment options for my son. Without knowing we are still trying for a cure. If I knew it was within 2 years or so we wouldn't. So yes, I want to know in a heartbeat. But it makes no difference in sticking it to satan and making Jehovah's heart glad" GET THE KID A CURE YOU IDIOTS!

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Is it true that elders lurk the forums?

by make yourself in

it seems like it is one huge contradiction.

but are they doing it for the purpose to try to guess exactly who in the congregation is on ex jw sites?

.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

They definitely do . I got outed.

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Your Experience with Resigning as an Elder

by committeechairman in

i'm considering resigning as an elder.

i'm not planning to fade or stop as one of jehovah's witnesses, just stop serving as an elder.. i have responsibility in the congregation and in circuit, district, rbc, etc.

and i'm completely exhausted.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Do it. Your family will love you for it! Mine did. The stress was immediately noticeably lifted and my missus likes me far more now! The slack will be taken up and if you're treated any less as a brother as a result? That's their loss, and unchristian to boot.

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From a Non JW Critic Post Memorial: Your Religion is Changing

by kneehighmiah in

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a non jw relative who is a staunch critic of the wt attends the memorial with us every year, but just because she enjoys worshiping with her relatives.

she fought against my parents becoming witnesses before i was born.

she owns the book 30 years a wt slave and suggested i read it.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Ooh I picked up on that in our talk too, the misrepresentation of the born again standpoint. Did she mean where we said that the born again crowd decide for themselves that they're saved, but that they're clearly wrong cos some scripture or other says that it comes from ABOVE, it's not from ourselves..? cos I always understood that they gave themselves to Christ then at some future point they felt something to that end..

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A point which virtually every JW will miss in this week's book study

by sir82 in

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from this week's book study, the "draw close to jehovah" book, chapter 5:.

biologists have identified well over a million species of living things on earth; yet, opinions vary as to whether there may be as many as 10 million, 30 million, or more.. .

wow!