i felt it might be a good idea to post this so that sitting on the fence jw's or jw lurkers can see that this australia jw child abuse news of 1,006 jw child molesters not being reported to police by elders is a reality that has hit mainstream news media.
i thought this report was very well done.
here's the link : http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/07/28/australia-jehovah-witness-sex-abuse-hannigan-lklv.cnn.
I hope this keeps going. Its been 14 years since a damning dateline nicked their armor. Hopefully this sets a blaze. But it almost seems like the GB knew this was coming, and got people to stick their fingers in their ears early.
I am sure to the rank and file it makes their words seem....well.....prophetic.
if you have a facebook account head on over to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/flagsoftheworld/.
they're discussing the jw flags that showed up at the rc.. one jw seems to be asking why would it be strange for the wt to have a flag for their religion.. i dunno, maybe because flags can be symbolic idols according to previous wt teachings?.
Whats that normal everyday JW? You think the JW.org flag is a harmless reminder of a website that dispenses spiritual truth? the fact it flies overhead for all to see doesn't mean you revere it in an inappropriate way? You don't recite anything to it because a flag in and of itself cannot be worshipped anyways, but you do respect what it represents? Its just a meaningless symbol?
Well.......how very interesting.
http://nypost.com/2015/07/27/jehovahs-witnesses-hid-over-1000-sex-abuse-cases/.
ny post.
i hope many people see this information.
today i feel deep sad memories in my brain.. visiting bookstudy with my parents, doing my best giving answers at 7 years old.. doing fieldservice every weekend and on an evening.. i could write so much story's about it.. we believed from our hart and listened to what the organisation told us.. it makes me sad, what a scam it became.. today i can't stand it.. i can cry about it.
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gorby.
Its hard to reconcile happy memories, tied to behavior that ended up being the undoing of the basic human love that is supposed to exist in the family.
Its a great dichotomy. The only real revenge, is to get better. To let it out sometimes, and try to live well.
a friend of mine that is df went to hall today someone held door for him he thanked them ,soon after and elder aproached wispered in his ear "you cant talk to anyone" the pharisees .
The worst part is if he said what he should....being...
"huh? I just thanked someone for opening the door for me. How is that in violation of the bible?"
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/honolulu-star-advertiser/20150725/281848642300889/textview.
it sounds to me like he was a jw before he became a physician.
"kalauawa, who became a jw 31 years ago, said he had to overcome a major conflict between his religious and professional beliefs, because jws are opposed to blood transfusions.
Big difference in my opinion.
Higher education is "discouraged" more than forbidden. Some are not allowed to serve, but it is considered a danger, not a sin. Blood on the other hand is one of the BIG sins. You know the JW big sins. Taking blood, celebrating a birthday or holiday, talking to disfellowshipped people and going to a different religions ceremony.
So yes he went to college, but that wasn't a sin.
My thoughts revolve around how this works in real time in the hospital. He sees someone in need of blood. He makes the call that it may be neccesary, and then asks someone else to order it? Is that really the process? So he makes the decision, the diagnosis, the recommendation.....but doesn't place the order......and its all good?
several threads on here about the excellent bbc r4 programme this week ('the report') focussing on rape and abuse in barry, south wales, jws.
fat pervert mark sewell later got 14 years and i hope he is enjoying every minute of it.. the courageous ladies who spoke on the programme were articulate, reasonable and made a tremendous impression.. the quote in the thread title made an impression on me, and i hope, on all listeners.. forget religious, theological, 'biblical' issues and cut to the basics.
a rape victim was asked to demonstrate - to demonstrate, ffs - to three unqualified (middle-aged at least, presumably) men just how far her legs were apart when she was raped.. i have rarely heard anything so outrageous, and i used to investigate rape and abuse in my profession.
Vidiot,
Actually thr story made me look for her on facebook. I sent a request......nothing yet. I should mention I think both our lives ended up very well. I am happily married with kids, and she was always a serious go getter.
several threads on here about the excellent bbc r4 programme this week ('the report') focussing on rape and abuse in barry, south wales, jws.
fat pervert mark sewell later got 14 years and i hope he is enjoying every minute of it.. the courageous ladies who spoke on the programme were articulate, reasonable and made a tremendous impression.. the quote in the thread title made an impression on me, and i hope, on all listeners.. forget religious, theological, 'biblical' issues and cut to the basics.
a rape victim was asked to demonstrate - to demonstrate, ffs - to three unqualified (middle-aged at least, presumably) men just how far her legs were apart when she was raped.. i have rarely heard anything so outrageous, and i used to investigate rape and abuse in my profession.
VIDIOT
Sorry i didn't get back to you sooner. Yes we did. But we were also young, and kind of doomed. She was a good person. I do not believe she is a JW still at all.....but she probably still wouldn't welcome my call if you know what i mean.
http://chrisfugue.tumblr.com/ weirdly fascinating lett take 2 (sorry for 1st error)
has anyone else heard this said more frequently lately?
"even if it's true..." i have seen it said on here a few times in quotes from in family or friends responding the negative things about the org.. i heard it tuesday night again.
in a pioneer sisters comment.
I'm so far away from this mentality now that it seems incredibly bizarre, and when I speak to JW's.....I must seem like an alien to them.
The STANDARD coping technique and well as the STANDARD excuse for wrongdoing amongst elders is that any retelling of a story, experience, or even if you were directly involved......is suspect and impossible for the hearer to really "know for sure".
I mean this is engrained in their mentality.
Yet somehow any story that makes its way back to headquarters from wherever in the world is touted at each convention....anonymously.
