OrphanCrow

Joined

• started 195 topics
• posted 4,799 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by OrphanCrow

• 
  11

  TV - Revealed: JWs in the Philippines - Investigative Documentaries

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  note: although some of the interviews in the following video are in english, the majority is in tagalog/filipino, if that's a problem please don't watch it.. investigative documentaries: jws in the philippines.

  broadcast on thursday 22 december 2016 on the gma news tv in the philippines.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mydu2bq-lwm.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  OrphanCrow

  Not available in Canada.
• 
  207

  Honest Questions About Child Abuse

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have two honest questions for everyone here.

  i understand that most here want retribution from the courts against watchtower for child abuse allegations.

  but let us take away the instances where someone was accused of child abuse and then later put back into a position of authority, such as an elder or an ms. let us just take the cases where a regular publisher or even an appointed person, with no previous accusation of child abuse has come up against that person.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  OrphanCrow

  Yes, it is gross, Bud.

  I cannot imagine being married to someone who gets all dressed up in a suit and tie and goes down to the KH to question a child about sex. I cannot imagine being the wife of one of those elders.

  I cannot imagine being a child who has had to talk about sex with a bunch of men - men who smile and pat the child on the head when they see them at the KH afterwards - all along while they know that some guy had stuck his penis in the child's mouth. And that the child had to describe that to them.
• 
  207

  Honest Questions About Child Abuse

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have two honest questions for everyone here.

  i understand that most here want retribution from the courts against watchtower for child abuse allegations.

  but let us take away the instances where someone was accused of child abuse and then later put back into a position of authority, such as an elder or an ms. let us just take the cases where a regular publisher or even an appointed person, with no previous accusation of child abuse has come up against that person.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  OrphanCrow

  Richard: Why is it that more and more people here aren't encouraging each other to try and work with your state or national legislatures to get laws changed for everyone to to be mandatory reports of child abuse?

  Because mandatory reporting is already in place in all of Canada. It has been for years. The law is not the problem here...the problem is the WTS that tells their members to not drag Jehovah's name through the mud. The problem is the way the WTS treats the victims and tells the elders not to report.

  For every single suspected case of child abuse, the elders are told to phone headquarters for legal advice. In Canada, that advice has been wrong.

  The problem is the WTS, because their lawyers do not follow the law even when mandatory reporting is in place. Even in Australia, where not one case was reported, some of those cases occurred in mandatory reporting areas.

  Yes, mandatory reporting would be great - what would be even greater is if the Watchtower Society lawyers followed the laws already in place and told the elders to report all suspected cases of child abuse to the proper authorities (ie...people with the professional training on how to question a victim and how not to lead a victim in questioning - which the elders do all the time- and how not to harm the victim further with those questions). The elders follow the advice of the WT lawyers. The elders don't follow the law and they don't follow correct handling of questioning - the elders are NOT trained properly and they are NOT professionals. And the WT lawyers do NOT give correct advice.

  Instead, the elders are told to take on the responsibility of determining if a criminal act of a sexual nature occurred by questioning a minor child in front of the person accused of inappropriate sexual action - the elders get to question all involved and discuss the nature of the actions that occurred to determine if a sexual sin happened and was acted out on a minor child.

  I am disgusted by the way that accusations of a sexual nature are handled by JW non-professional men only behind closed doors - men who have no clue about how to engage with a victim or about what a crime really is. My stomach heaves to think of all the victims of child abuse being subjected to questioning by a panel of men...men only...questioning a child about sex...another man. And what that man did to their bodies sexually. The elders dig and dig for every single little detail that they can. On the guise of saying it is to determine guilt - as in...how many fingers did he use? Did he make you touch his penis? etc, etc....

  What I don't understand is why JW elders go along with this perverse activity. Why? Why would a man agree to question children about sex abuse? Why? Why has there not been an internal revolution by men who know that this is wrong, wrong, wrong???

  Where are those men who care? Have they just left?

  Or is it just men left in the JW org who get off on the secretive nature of those JCs (combined with the secretive nature of the sex with children)?

  Which is it? Do the JW elders like dealing with child sex abuse or do they think it should be handled by professionals?

  
  
• 
  11

  107 years of “Advertising the Kingdom” from Brooklyn, NY, what is it New Yorkers will remember about JWs after their move in 2016?

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/commercial-real-estate/10-biggest-nyc-real-estate-stories-2016-69239.

  december 23, 2016. the 10 biggest nyc real estate stories of 2016.

  wikimedia: jud mccranie .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  OrphanCrow

  nopassword: Seeking copy of letter read to all Congregations in USA wanting $ so Watchtower could buy Squibb Bldgs. back in 60's.

  Here is the letter thanking JWs for sending in funds for the purchase:
  

  http://www.brownstoner.com/history/jehovah-witness-history-brooklyn-squibb-1969-donations/

  
  
  
• 
  29

  Watchtower April, 2017 Overview

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'll start with the first study article.. this study article deals with vows made to jehovah.

  three main vows are discussed.. 1) your dedication to jehovah.

  we are told that it is not possible to claim that our baptism was not valid .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  OrphanCrow

  "...acknowledge that we do not have all the facts"

  no truer words than that

  The JWs never have all the facts. And neither does anyone else, including courts, police, the public....nobody has all "the facts"

  
  
• 
  11

  Link to the English version of the Quebec (French) documentary, "The Kingdom's Dirty Secrets" (About JW's hiding child abuse)

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  here's a link to the english version of the quebec documentary, the kingdom's dirty secrets that aired in canada at the beginning of december.

  i was told that it's okay to share the documentary and post on social media.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ajphgmt9jibarbara

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  OrphanCrow

  IownMylife: I think this film touches on almost all the info we know about the subject. The personal experiences are told very well and effectively.

  And I would like to add...in this film, Barbara's poise and intelligence shines brightly as always. The producer did a fine job of showing the viewers the history of how all this has come about and Barbara's vital contribution. The early photos of Barbara and Joe were great
• 
  11

  Link to the English version of the Quebec (French) documentary, "The Kingdom's Dirty Secrets" (About JW's hiding child abuse)

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  here's a link to the english version of the quebec documentary, the kingdom's dirty secrets that aired in canada at the beginning of december.

  i was told that it's okay to share the documentary and post on social media.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ajphgmt9jibarbara

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  OrphanCrow

  Thank you for posting this Barbara.

  It is an excellent production and should be shared far and wide.

  dsp: pity they've decided to go with subtitles in CAPITALS on this new version, though the voice over is in English and original English interviews have been kept
  But, it's just a rehash of this? yes?
  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4895699349012480/new-documentary-on-pedophilia-english-subtitles

  No. this is not "just a re-hash".

  This is a version that has been done by the crew at Radio Canada - the crew who produced it to begin with. This is an official translation and they have been generous to put the work into the voice overs and editing required to give us an official copy to distribute.

  Much thanks to the people in Quebec who spent the time to do this for us.
• 
  14

  Question on the Special Order... document and its implications

  by careful in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  several times on this forum posts have been made about the "order of special full-time servants" in the wts and the document that must be signed by those entering it, bethelites, cos, and so on.

  the reason given for the whole thing has usually been for tax purposes, that by signing this document full-timers become exempt from taxation by belonging to this special group.

  basically then, end of story.. however, there is a clause in said document stating that any money made by the full-time worker beyond the allowance given by the society has to be turned over to the society.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  OrphanCrow

  careful: Does anyone have any reliable info on this matter of having to sacrifice their independent income? Has the GB become so money hungry that even this source has wound up being "collected"?

  Those who sign a "vow of poverty" - Bethelites, COs, special pioneers, etc - are required, to turn over secular income to the religious institution they belong to, or lose their vow of poverty status

  http://www.churchlawandtax.com/cltr/2015/march-april/secular-income-and-vows-of-poverty.html
  
• 
  30

  Is it morally wrong to put Watchtower behind?

  by Darkknight757 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  with our latest and final run in with the elders, the wife and i had a very long talk about what's next in our life.

  do we try to help others see the light as it were concerning watchtower or do we just let it go and move on with our life?

  we have made it perfectly clear that we will never go back to watchtower and we are finally happy.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  OrphanCrow

  DK: We just want to move on. Is that wrong?

  Absolutely not

  Just do it. You owe it to yourself. The org is just a bad debt - write it off and look to greener pastures
• 
  10

  Draining your smartphone - JW app hits top 10

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  avast unveils top ten apps draining your android phone.

  jehovah’s witness: this official app produced by jehovah’s witnesses was the heaviest user of smartphone storage.

  it allows users to download their bible (in all languages) and browse a library of video tutorials and introductions in high-resolution.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  OrphanCrow

  Avast Unveils Top Ten Apps Draining Your Android Phone
  

  • Jehovah’s Witness: this official app produced by Jehovah’s Witnesses was the heaviest user of smartphone storage. It allows users to download their Bible (in all languages) and browse a library of video tutorials and introductions in high-resolution. All this rich, multimedia content comes at a cost – our tests indicated around 2GB for downloading the scripture and 3GB for watching the introduction videos.