http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=7ba22716-556c-43c2-9fc6-76697afad440&type=exhibit&filename=wat.0001.004.0076&fileextension=pdf
It reads: "Although the elders make the recommendation, the final decision is always made by the branch office, not by the local elders"
My question is if the above statement has been modified. As far as I know, currently, was not the Circuit Overseer who makes this final decision??? Am I right?
for the jw apologists, they debate certain factors to down play all the recent sex abuse information in the jehovah's witness organization.
and there is so much focus on "two witness rule" and "parents can report" the "elders aren't legal authorities" and many other smoke screen issues.
a lot of these issues and discussion are down stream from what i believe to be the root of the issue.
this australian investigation is astounding to watch.. the elders clearly don't see child abuse as criminal, if a jw confessed to murder, the police would immediately be called.
yet child rape is a spiritual issue..... ridiculous.. this is what happens when 7 window cleaners lead a bunch of dangerously loyal, ignorant middle aged men ...... in managing 7 million people..
This is what happens when 7 window cleaners lead a bunch of dangerously loyal, ignorant middle aged men
This problem emerges for discouraging secular education.
this "confession" should be aired on the tv channel in regards to the investigation into jw's cover up of child abuse.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8cctyxnr-w. quite fitting, don't you think?
xd.
20:28 - jesus' shed blood, thus related to murder.
with the words of augustine firmly in mind we now ask this important question:.
abstaining from blood(shed) preserves life!
Firstly I have to say that not always we can get the logic of the christian theologians of the first century. However, it is interesting the quote that mentions what Augustine heard about the policy : "abstain from blood", because it seems that the prohibition of eating unbled animals was already mentioned in the abstention of "things strangled". This is why Tertullian at the end of the second century mentioned that christians do not eat sausage of blood. So, it makes sense if "to abstain from blood" meant "do not murder".
we know that after the 1975 fiasco there were some revolts and disappointments in the brotherhood, which finally caused the removal of raymond franz and overseers like james penton, and so on.
so, may be these news could cause the revolt of some members in the leadership.
any thoughts?
has anybody confronted any jws with the royal commission reports on the news yet?
i showed my 8-year old daughter a newspaper headline about it, and when she told my jw wife that the jws in australia were in trouble for not reporting over 1,000 child abusers to police, her response was "oh, really?
well, i don't know what the rules are over there.
The brother emphasized to the congregation that if they expect Jehovah to give them everlasting life in the paradise earth, then they will stay away from any "News" or internet articles that badmouths the Watchtower.
To listen to such news is "Touching the Unclean thing"
Interestingly, they think that they are being sanctified by avoiding TV reports against them. In the same way, they think that they are saints because they do not donate blood.
Religion is still the best way to hide crimes.
we know that after the 1975 fiasco there were some revolts and disappointments in the brotherhood, which finally caused the removal of raymond franz and overseers like james penton, and so on.
so, may be these news could cause the revolt of some members in the leadership.
any thoughts?
in the australian royal commission enquiry into child abuse and the way institutions handle such is underway.. today the judge said the following in response to the way judicial committees operate:.
(not verbatim...but the gist of his comments are:).
"so a young woman, a suspected victim of abuse or someone accused of a sin, would have to appear before three older men in a 'judicial committee' and relate in detail her ordeal?
http://nypost.com/2015/07/27/jehovahs-witnesses-hid-over-1000-sex-abuse-cases/.
ny post.
i hope many people see this information.
