So today a friend recommended that I ask the Witnesses about the news in Australia. I am in Mexico, in a city called Mazatlán.
Two weeks ago I talked with some JW's on the cart about the Septuagint and the different Bible versions. So we had had a decently amicable conversation back then (I have never admitted I was a JW).
So today I saw them again, same place, same time. I said, hi, how are you? Did you have a chance to investigate more about the Septuagint?
They both were like, "Oh, no, sorry. I was too busy with work... you know how things are".
(Yes, cults keep people so busy that they don't have time to think).
After that, I said, "Hey, did you know you guys are in the news?"
They kinda glowed for a minute, possibly expecting me to tell them that they were good news about JW's (in Mexico, 80% of news about JW's are good... they must pay the papers or a JW works in the papers or something)...
I told them, "Well, they are news from Australia. There was an investigation on child abuse, and you were investigated, and it turns out, that you hid 1006 pedophiles for the past 60 years."
They inmediately went "Oh, that can't be true!! Where did you hear that????"
I said, "Well, a very reputable source, CNN."
They said, "CNN or whatever, we don't care who says that, it musn't be true." (They almost... almost said "Satan misleads the media to tell lies about us". I could see their mouths almost opening up to say that. But they knew better).
I said, "Seriously? That's how you answer this? I bet you that if I went to a Catholic right now, and asked them about the sexual abuse within their church, no one would deny it. They would accept it, grudgingly perhaps, but accept it... Why don't you accept your own?"
I continued, "Besides, it was one of YOUR PEOPLE who admitted this. That they knew but hid the evidence".
They said, "Well... I don't know, maybe they did it like that, but we [implying, in Mexico] don't do things that way. Maybe the brother who said that was afraid."
Me: "They said things under oath. Placed hand in the Bible, said "I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth...""
They: "Well, I don't know about them, but each person will be responsible before Jehovah."
One of them then showed her real personality: "I don't agree with that"
I said, "With what"?
She said, "I don't agree with what they did (in Australia). I think that the law is the law and it must be applied to EVERYONE. If they have committed a crime, they SHOULD pay."
I wanted her to repeat that, so I said "Seriously? So if you knew that one of your people did something like that, would you denounce him to the police?"
She said: "Absolutely"!
And the other JW woman said: "Me too"!
I left it at that. The second they know that JW official policies would have them expelled for trying to protect children, I am sure they will INSTANTLY wake up.
