jehovah's witnesses are mentioned in this excellent article that begins by reporting on an especially awful mormon child sexual abuse case.
the article then discusses the issue of the penitent privilege exemption which former jws working through scaars.org are trying to influence state lawmakers to eliminate.. .
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-child-welfare/2020/04/21/bisbee-man-confesses-hes-molesting-his-daughter-church-tells-bishop-not-report-abuse/2876617001/.
This was a fair point in that articls.
"And, she asked, why do lawmakers allow religious law to supersede secular law?
"If this was Islamic law, do you think the American courts for one minute would think it's reasonable to cover up sexual abuse?" she said."
i’ve been thinking about it for a few weeks and i’m sort of surprised that no one else has introduced this topic!.
what better time than now for a fader to fade?
no meetings, no field service, no elder visits, no assemblies, no convention, and no other bullshit busy work going on.
By Golly, it is different where some of you are ! You speak of elders phoning the flock, chasing up lectter writing , blimey !
My wife hears nothing from her elders. Any info ,like how to use zoom has to be asked for and dragged out of them . They don't care. . When we have tuned to zoom, a lot are casually dressed and we block the camera so our presence is shown by an avatar and just a name... No way would they see US !
a hunch has just struck me.we get frequent accounts in the literature and videos of people whose dysfunctional lived have been turned around by studying with the jw's and coming to belief in the org (sorry, jehovah).
evangelical type christian groups also use similar testimony stories.here's the hunch:the purpose of these is quite different among jw's compared to other religions.other groups use these testimonies primarily to persuade non-believers.the jw's use them to reinforce the beliefs of those already in the "truth.
"any thoughts?.
The WTS Claim that every published experience is factual and checked out... some of them do seem pretty far fetched but..... I cannot say for sure.
The purpose is indeed to encourage the flock who are seeing no "fruitage" in their locality. They are supposed to feel that it does happen , just not here. In practice I have found many find them discouraging. They feel "why ar'nt I blest with such happenings? " If it happens "over there"... they don't want to know.
Many have told me they would rather hear of others enduring a lack of interest the same as them.
i've been reading that in asian countries if you go outside without a mask on, your looked at oddly and with disapproval.
it seems they have been wearing masks for years.
yet uk/us/canada/ and other countries do not.
" A mask might help. But mandatory masks are only a gateway to communism, "
I find that statement strange. I hope I have not missed the context.
We already accept Government laws that restrict our freedom for the good of others. In the UK it is illegal to, smoke in a building , drive a car without a seatbelt, ride a motorcycle without a crash helmet and I am sure there are other examples.
These laws are not only for our benefit, they protect the lives and comfort of others, for the common good. That is how I see face masks at the present time. If one is asymptomatic he will not know that he is spreading the virus but he may well do so.
It is not communism it is for public protection. Here, masks are not yet mandatory. I wish they were.
during our family worship tonight a thought popped into my head while watching this weeks video on demon influence.
why is does jehovah not like certain things?
like why is homosexuality wrong?
The first step ........asking "Why?"
That's why the Borg don't allow it.
how many of you remember these?
(since these are old i don't think the tower will get a hernia.).
a stroll down memory lane!https://docdro.id/ylyfur6peace among men of good will.
All the talk titles are familiar. I would have attended the conventions in Britain, tbe big ones at Twickenham.
That is when we had real assemblies! Everything live, no damn videos. ... Sessions until 9 pm at night , then off on the tube or bus to where your "digs" happened to be ( I stayed in some strange places ! ) One might have paid perhaps 7shillings and sixpence per night. That is old money.
I shared in rooming work once when they held it local. That accommodations form looked familiar.
That film, Heritage, I know of it but never actually saw it. I must have been ill the weekend they showed it at a Circuit Assembly. What was that WMAL TV ? I have never heard of that.
Thanks Petra....for making me feel old !
(Edit to say LOL Smiddy
"What has Gods Kingdom Been Doing Since 1914 " ? The same as now SWA ,{ Sweet F**K All }"
this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
In the U K we have had 21000 deaths and hundreds added every day. The numbers are a little les lately but nobody pretends the figures are complete.
True, we cannot stay in lockdown forever ,but when to ease things? That is a judgement call that I am glad I do not have to make.
When one hears of the death of people that we know on this board, and the infection of others, it brings it all home to you. A good friend of our locally has it too, we hope for the best .
humans are basically social animals.
see most any isolated mammal, whether in a zoo or even an outcast of its pride and you'll see one mentally disturbed creature.
maybe, after this pandemic has faded and humans are able to interact once more, some jw's might think twice before being so quick to shun.
Come on, the dubs are loving this, it is nothing like being d/f’d.
They have picked up the Zoom app ok . Now they can have the meetings at home, and have a sneak look at their brothers homes. They see each other on screen , are encouraged to phone one another . The young ones offer to shop for the elderly. The support network is in force.
To cap it all there is the smug satisfaction of “we told you so” . These are the last days , they say ,prophecy fulfilled. Some believe it is the beginning of the end.
Never been a better time to be a dub!
very sad news .i am zing's partner.
first time on any kind of blog so please forgive any mistakes.
we have lost zing to the coronavirus this saturday gone, in the early hours.
So sorry. This is a loss to our community but a much bigger loss to his loved one. We will miss Zing.
This rotten virus is a ( expletive) ! Why does it take the good ones?
Best wishes, and thanks for letting us know, to Zing’s partner.
co is coming and expecting to zoom it in july.
also there is no talk about starting to slowly go back to the hall.
like having 1 group at the hall and the rest on zoom, etc.
Yes , I sat alongside a while when the meeting was Zoomed today. The announced attendance was good and Wt participation seemed good as well. The flock seem to have got the hang of it and like it.
At least they don’t have to get up and go out. Mostly they still wear a collar and tie though. Will this lead to lasting changes?
