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  JW Reaction to Royal Commission Reports

  by maksutov in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  has anybody confronted any jws with the royal commission reports on the news yet?

  i showed my 8-year old daughter a newspaper headline about it, and when she told my jw wife that the jws in australia were in trouble for not reporting over 1,000 child abusers to police, her response was "oh, really?

  well, i don't know what the rules are over there.

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  Passwordprotected - well said!
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  Sad about the past

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today i feel deep sad memories in my brain.. visiting bookstudy with my parents, doing my best giving answers at 7 years old.. doing fieldservice every weekend and on an evening.. i could write so much story's about it.. we believed from our hart and listened to what the organisation told us.. it makes me sad, what a scam it became.. today i can't stand it.. i can cry about it.

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  Great thread! I remember all the meetings and bookstudies and how serious I took it all. The revelation book was so deep but made so easy to understand by the society. I was so impressed and felt I was a real bible student. I felt pity for the worldly people I knew and would always wonder how I could get them to listen to me. But like a lot of witnesses I didn't really try super hard to convert people because I was nervous and maybe a bit embarrassed by some of the teachings. Weird mix, on one hand I totally believed everything but on the other I was sort of embarrassed and hid the fact I was a dub at work and school.

  I get sad because I feel that if I was a better husband my wife would have folowed me out. It is probably not true but it's its a feeling I,sill have to live with. At least my kids are out.
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  JW Reaction to Royal Commission Reports

  by maksutov in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  has anybody confronted any jws with the royal commission reports on the news yet?

  i showed my 8-year old daughter a newspaper headline about it, and when she told my jw wife that the jws in australia were in trouble for not reporting over 1,000 child abusers to police, her response was "oh, really?

  well, i don't know what the rules are over there.

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  I keep hoping that if the local elder testimony has been so damning that the branch representatives will really put the nail in the coffin. Then the news can report what the leaders of the WTS Australia say and not just a local elder or CO. Let's face it most people these days want to hear from the head honchos not just a local priest or elder.

  I am really hopeful that the news stories will grow and expand and not disappear by some other large event.
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  Governing Body, painted in a corner, now what?

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the governing body have painted themselves in a corner, so to speak.

  if they acknowledge their response to abuse claims was insensitive, unloving and inadequate they are denying the belief that "god's way" is best and risk losing abuse cases.

  if they stick with it and say it is "god's way according to the bible" they will be seen as cult leaders and risk losing abuse cases.

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  It would be great if the Royal Commission could require the GB to appear before them. Maybe if the local branch representatives say that they call Headquarters (GB) for direction then the Royal Commission will continue to climb up the chain of command.
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  Uh-Oh, JW's are confused by the news reporting... Getting texts from active members

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  you can refer to me as a still in mole.

  anyway, i've been getting texts from jw's about the australia news.

  the general census is that the jw's are very, very confused.

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  Depressedsoul you have a unique situation being a mole and all. I can't get my wife's real opinion on anything because she immediately puts up the cult personality as soon as the letter J comes out of my mouth. I would love to know what she's thinking about this, if she's heard and your post gives me hope.
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  Uh-Oh, JW's are confused by the news reporting... Getting texts from active members

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  you can refer to me as a still in mole.

  anyway, i've been getting texts from jw's about the australia news.

  the general census is that the jw's are very, very confused.

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  I haven't heard anything yet from the JWs I know. One of them being my wife. In order for most JWs I know to see this it needs to be on the front webpage of MSN, CNN or be a segment on Good Morning America or Today show. If it makes one of those outlets a majority of witnesses will see it.

  I keep checking CNN and MSN to see if an article or video makes it to the headlines. I keep hoping...
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  Australian hearings on JW.org child abuse featured on CNN

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  just about to start on next segment ...

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  Google news has lots of articles on the Royal Commission from all over the world and ony a couple on the regional conventions - not what the GB were hoping for this summer I am sure.
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  Australian hearings on JW.org child abuse featured on CNN

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  just about to start on next segment ...

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  CNN America or CNN UK? Or are they the same?
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  Speculation ( not theory ) on child abuse inquiries.

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  most of you, like me, keep yourself informed as to what's happening in jw-land.

  like me, you make it your business to know what's going on.

  so i'm wondering why the wtbts is allowing eldubs to appear in these inquiries in australia??

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  What can the Commission do as a result of the hearings? What power do they have?
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  Canada's CBC reports on Australia's Royal Commission

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this story will not be kept silent.. thank you cbc.

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  http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jehovah-s-witnesses-church-hid-child-abuse-cases-for-decades-australian-inquiry-told-1.3168944.

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  Orphan Crow said,

  I have a feeling that the rather silent King of the North will soon be busting out with JW child abuse cases.

  Woe! I never even considered that. Russia seems to have it out for the witnesses. I could totally see them seizing upon this and running with it in their own country. Never even crossed my mind.