anyone who works with children and does not report child sexual abuse should be prosecuted, the final report of a huge, seven-year inquiry has recommended.. this could be huge for elders in the uk.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63318342.
Certainly the legal requirement to report must include religious leaders including JW Elders and their equivalent in other groups . It needs to be couched in the legal language that is watertight. A situation may not meet the threshold for JW judicial action but who knows what a criminal investigation might throw up?
It was good to see the exJW people interviewed on the BBC . The Beeb knew where to go straight away for child abuse comments.
episode 203 of netflix ... i am a killer looks at the murder of christopher chavez in texas.
christopher chavez was a 22 year old ministerial servant and a born-in son of an jw elder.
after a thursday night meeting and a quick bite to eat afterwards with friends at a local restaurant, he was kidnapped, taken to a gas station and forced to drive his killers around for hours while they were in the back seat.
I have always understood the WT advice to be as is stated in that quote above . Christians never should commit violence but if personally threatened Witnesses are perfectly free to fight back , even harm their assailant if they can . Nobody ever said that God would save you, He doesn’t. They are not pacifists, just neutral on national conflicts.
An old Cong Presiding Overseer of mine disturbed a young lad interfering with his car . He called him out , the lad raised a hand and they struggled…. then another lad joined in and our Overseer came off worse . He had his arm and hand bounced up for a week or more … Nobody criticised him , it seemed rather funny at the time.
from luke 22:14 .
so when the hour came, he reclined at the table along with the apostles.+ 15 and he said to them: “i have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before i suffer; 16 for i tell you, i will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of god.” 17 and accepting a cup, he gave thanks and said: “take this and pass it from one to the other among yourselves, 18 for i tell you, from now on, i will not drink again from the product of the vine until the kingdom of god comes.”+.
19 also, he took a loaf,+ gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying: “this means my body,+ which is to be given in your behalf.+ keep doing this in remembrance of me.”+ 20 also, he did the same with the cup after they had the evening meal, saying: “this cup means the new covenant+ by virtue of my blood,+ which is to be poured out in your behalf.+.
John 13 makes it clear that Judas left before the covenant was enacted. The others may not include that detail but that does not make them disagreeing . As far as I know John was there , at Jesus’ right hand , so he ought to know.
i have run across another jw death where the final wishes are for no service.
3rd or 4th instance.
another wanted a celebration of life which the elders squelched as far as i know.
I have known a couple of instances in recent times where there was no funeral as such. The family just handed the body to the undertaker to cremate alone. They still had a K/hall memorial meeting though, a little later.
the tourist guide as obtained from the kingdom rule book chapter 5 paragraphs 1-6. the book states..... the spirit of the truth .
will guide you into all the truth.”.
the spirit is jesus’ means of teaching his followers whatever they need to know about god’s kingdom—right when they need to know it.. me: who are your tourist guide today?.
So how does the believer know whether the teaching is really revealed by H/s or whether it is just the GB getting ahead of things?
it seems that they themselves don’t know when the Spirit is on them or it isn’t, I guess it all seems right at the time and only later proved wrong.
The safest thing is to assume it never is on them. And that is the conclusion that most of us have come to.
has this question ever been raised before by jehovah`s witnesses?
and what`s the significance, if any ?.
Someone called it “barbaric “ …really?
The Mayo Clinic site says this…
” Circumcision might have various health benefits, including:
have you seen this video about the covid vaccines?
have you got any views on the information?
i find it worrying at least.
Well , I am still going for another booster this week.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/oct/02/the-silent-witnesses-jehovahs-witnesses-covered-up/.
the silent witnesses: jehovah’s witnesses covered up child sexual abuse in washington state for decades, lawsuit alleges.
sun., oct. 2, 2022. by wilson criscioneinvestigatewest.
Terrible story... The reality is that back in the 70’s child abuse was just not taken seriously, as it is today.. since it always takes place in private it wa often assumed that the kid was making it up.
You would think though that even the dumbest elders, in the absence of an official laid down policy on it, would have alarm bells ringing if multiple claims against the same person were made? Evidently not...
we shall watch with interest.
https://youtu.be/pdtwglldsza.
I watched GJ’s talk… it was nothing about spiritual Jerusalem or that sort of thing. He said how the end is sooooo close! He discussed the situation in 1st century Jerusalem, the rebellion in 66ce. I think he wanted to show his research into the period and the various revolts that drove the Romans out.
His point was that JWs need to be decisive and not be “ fooled into. trusting worldly institutions that look impregnable now” , but flee the city as they did in 66ce and were spared when the Romans came back and destroyed it…..
Thats all. I think we all made a bold decision when we quit the WTS . I know that I have never doubted that decision since.
https://youtu.be/vktqyahg0tg.
there seems to be a difference of opinion between geoffrey jackson and tonny morris on how to deal with their feelings towards worldly people.geoffrey jackson made a point to say in his talk that jesus wept for the wicked in jerusalem but following that bloodthirsty tony morris in his talk wants the demon stirred wicked humanity gone..
Road To Nowhere.
Thanks for your considered reply.. All the best wishes.
