Posts by Village Idiot

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Clip of shocking testimony from Day 2 of the Royal Commission hearing

by cappytan in

i posted this as a reply to another thread, but thought it deserved it's own thread to draw attention to this important moment in the day 2 testimony.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl4fobrocc8.

Elder Exposed as a LIAR at the Australian Royal Commission

by The Searcher in

the lawyer at the australian royal commission (arc) hangs the elder out to dry on his own statements!.

wonderful to see the org's little dictators being subjected to their very own personal judicial committee hearing - but in front of millions, and not in secret!.

from 43 minutes onward.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv8ptogc6k0#t=2607.

elderINewton:

"its going to be interesting to hear what the branch reps say on the stand. I can easily say the only recourse for them at this stage is to let the elders hang and say they were the problem not following direction."

They can try but one of the pieces of evidence that the commission produced was the Flock book which is damning evidence against the whole hierarchy.

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If Disfellowshipping pedophiles protects the congregation, what does it do for "Those Outside" they are expelled to?

by Wasanelder Once in

we all know the wt basis for disfellowshipping, (1 corinthians 5:9-13) 9 12 for what do i have to do with judging those outside?

do you not judge those inside, 13 while god judges those outside?

remove the wicked [man] from among yourselves.. if removing "the man" is a protection for the congregation and no police are called, what does it say about the witnesses view of the world?

Village Idiot

It is easier to be a pedophile in the congregation than outside of it since there is more "trust" within the congregation.

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Elder Exposed as a LIAR at the Australian Royal Commission

by The Searcher in

the lawyer at the australian royal commission (arc) hangs the elder out to dry on his own statements!.

wonderful to see the org's little dictators being subjected to their very own personal judicial committee hearing - but in front of millions, and not in secret!.

from 43 minutes onward.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv8ptogc6k0#t=2607.

Village Idiot

(Deuteronomy 19:15) . . .No single witness may convict another for any error or any sin that he may commit. On the testimony of two witnesses or on the testimony of three witnesses the matter should be established.

(Deuteronomy 22:25-27) 25 “If, however, it is in the field that the man found the girl who was engaged, and the man grabbed hold of her and lay down with her, the man who lay down with her must also die by himself, 26 and to the girl you must do nothing. The girl has no sin deserving of death, because just as when a man rises up against his fellowman and indeed murders him, even a soul, so it is with this case. 27 For it was in the field that he found her. The girl who was engaged screamed, but there was no one to rescue her.

Good catch fastJehu. I never caught the contradiction between those two verses.

I'm sure that if it's an elders wife that is raped they will forego the two witness rule.

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Wednesday Hearings LIVE LINK NOW

by Mad Sweeney in

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

Village Idiot

FadeToGrey:

"the commision asked about murder if they would report that if it happened in the congreation

"the idiot said if a brother confessed to murder. They would not tell the police. But only encourage the bother to see the police.

"The commissioner was gob smacked"

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Inside the famous Denisova cave in Siberia

by fulltimestudent in

when our ancestors first migrated out of africa around 60,000 years ago, they were not alone.

at that time, at least two other species of hominid cousins walked the eurasian landmassneanderthals and denisovans.

as our modern human ancestors migrated through eurasia, they encountered the neanderthals and interbred.

Village Idiot

FTS: "People who have Neanderthal DNA in their genetic makeup can be identified."

Now I know why my High School JW crush had brow ridges. Seriously.

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Hundreds of JW Child Molesters in Australia not Reported to Police- CNN News you tube

by flipper in

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.

Village Idiot

1,006 individuals in Australia out of 66,000 Witnesses. That's 1 out of 60 members and it doesn't take into account that:

There are likely to be several molesters for every single one discovered.
There are mostly likely to have been multiple victims by each individual.

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Going to a bad place when i die

by 060702015 in

i've thought and said too much to ever gain jehovahs forgiveness and love if i want to be a christian again.

i made a topic on my unforgivable sin and blaspemy of the holy spirit.. i feel saddness everyday having no relationship with god, no religion and fear of the afterlife.

even when i was kid i feared death and the end of the world.

Village Idiot

I feel it in my sprirt in my deep soul, that GOD doesnt love me and will never love me again

060702015, you need, in cooperation with your therapist, to root that feeling out.

Also, if you haven' already, see a psychiatrist and get on some good anti-depressants. From personal experience they have worked for me and I was at a point in my life where I was going to commit suicide.

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Australian hearings on JW.org child abuse featured on CNN

by Simon in

just about to start on next segment ...

Village Idiot

I wonder how exposed to this information the general Australian public is. Will the Australian Witnesses see a backlash from people in their door to door activities?

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Bible and Mentally Challenged, what does it say.

by James Mixon in

special olympics today here in los angeles, the smiles on those kids faces.. i wonder how were they viewed in jesus day, demon possessed.. it's strange how the bible omit some issues, like slavery and mentally challenged.

folks.

thank god for humanitarian..

Village Idiot

You can infer, though not show directly, that Jesus was likely to have thought of mental retardation as demon possession due to the range of non-mental infirmities that were described as being caused by demons.

In Luke 13:10-13 Jesus is said to have healed a crippled hunchback woman "...who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.".

In Matthew 12:22 it is said, "Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see."

And in Luke 11:14, "Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed."

If grossly physical ailments could be considered to be demonic then anything, including retardation, would be most likely to have been thrown in with the rest.