Posts by JWdaughter

by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.

JWdaughter

I think the WT holding on to money while impoverishing the CCJW is nefarious. I hope the courts end that shell game.

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Country Crock Ad.. . .by Bethelite?

by JWdaughter in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j54qnhasng.

so, i saw this ad and it felt so uncomfortably familiar.

and weird somehow.

JWdaughter

On demand. . .demands that I wait through commercials. Remember when we could fast forward? But yeah, this felt so JW'y to me.

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Country Crock Ad.. . .by Bethelite?

by JWdaughter in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j54qnhasng.

so, i saw this ad and it felt so uncomfortably familiar.

and weird somehow.

JWdaughter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j54QnhASng

So, I saw this ad and it felt so uncomfortably familiar. And weird somehow. Then it struck me, it was created possibly by the same people who did Caleb. It wasn't just the graphics. Its the sappy preachiness. I know that graphics programs can be similar, but I swear the voices were, the expressions were, and the entire story line seemed remnicent of the WT kid vids.

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Being a Rude Jerk, It's Awesome!

by Simon in

maybe it's a british thing, but we tend to be polite.

too polite.. even if someone is inconsiderate, we apologize as though we did something wrong.. prime offenders?

people in supermarkets, specifically costco.. they have nice wide isles and yet somehow, for some reason, some idiot will find a way to put their trolley sideways and keep a hand on it while reaching for something, thus blocking the entire isle.. or another favorite ... you're going through the entrance and someone just stops, maybe to answer their phone.. how about you wait in a queue at a checkout for ages and when it's their turn, then they start looking for their purse.. how many times have you thought "idiot" or muttered under your breath?.

JWdaughter

I never thought of Brits as being too polite. They are usually just rude in a smug supercilious way. I never thought you were too polite specifically, and forget that you are British. You are an immigrant to Canada, right?

I'm glad that you are having fun being rude out loud IRL to those who are rude to you. I can see that giving you hours of endless amusement.

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Finally, after almost 3 years, they want to visit with me

by StarTrekAngel in

so i ended up going to the meeting yesterday.

i have been absent for almost 2 months.

my wife was also absent as long but mostly out of chance.

JWdaughter

You handled this situation nicely. The iPad bit was obnoxious, but you didn't let them get to you.

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Florida - Palm Beach Post: Priest sues diocese claiming it punished him for reporting sex abuse

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/crime--law/priest-sues-diocese-claiming-punished-him-for-reporting-sex-abuse/eb6segzlbqlrawrdpgoxtn/.

west palm beach — .

a former priest at holy name of jesus catholic church on wednesday sued the diocese of palm beach, claiming it punished him for exposing a pedophile priest rather than covering it up as they wanted.. the lawsuit, filed in palm beach county circuit court, accuses the diocese and bishop gerald barbarito of defaming the rev.

JWdaughter

So, the issue boils down to whether the church discouraged him from reporting or whether they in fact reported it immediately to the authorities.

Time will tell, it seems there are some facts that can be established in this. Was he punished for telling or for claiming that the church was trying to force him into silence when they claim he is lying about their role? Was he silenced or is he defaming the church? Interesting.

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Hospice and JW

by Terry Clees in

i am a bereavement coordinator with a hospice company.

i have noticed that most often jw patients decline chaplain care and also the family ends up declining bereavement care.

where i work our chaplains do not proselytize at all...they merely walk with the patient in their faith at the end of life.

JWdaughter

Terry, I am not going to get an attitude about what you do. I have spent time with a lot of family members during these times of crisis and while many have "their own faith". If you have told them your role and they kind of reject you, you could at that point, since your role is ultimately to listen, just ask them to tell you about their belief system and how that it comforts them. They might try to convert you a bit (I'm sure you are immune), but it gives them a chance to express themselves and know that you are a safe person. They do not want their belief system challenged as they are about to meet their maker. Or not, as the case may be. It might be a comfort for a JW or their family to express their belief as to what happens after death and how it comforts them. If they know you can listen, then if they(patient or family member) is feeling alone or scared, they will know you are a safe person to turn to for comfort. As you knowing, dying is not something that is particularly efficient or organized or predictable(as to details, obviously, we all die!). There will likely be times and opportunities that will bring you closer to them. If they keep rejecting your chaplain services, then take off your nametag and just bring them some cookies and hold their hand. That's my best suggestion.

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ARC Analysis Summary of Case Files

by Richard Oliver in

i have been doing research on the arc as some people on here have suggested.

i find it interesting on the case file analysis some of the findings.

it looks like queensland and new south wales had the biggest problems with this.

JWdaughter

So many of the accusations were made when MOST people did not report at all. So, that they were willing to report to the elders is kind of interesting. But here is a fact, at the time that most people, in general, did not report, I was a JW. I know what they were teaching about such things then. I KNOW that reporting anything against a "brother" that would make the WT look bad was specifically discouraged. Reporting ANYTHING to worldly authorities as said to be unfaithful to Jehovah. That is a plain fact, "Richard Oliver". So, this makes one ask-how many were REALLY abused in the congregation that never GOT to even the elders (because of a general restraint from discussing or reporting sexual abuse)? Then how many had someone's father address the issue to the perp and NEVER go to even the elders? If there was THAT MANY reported abuses during the decades when few reported this kind of abuse at all is telling. How many more were never reported?

This is disgusting. NO matter who did it or who they did it to, there is no justification for those numbers or statistics. All that history does is tell us that much worse happened than we will ever know.