Posts by daniel-p

JWs leaders need to mandate elder bodies to uniformly report abuse to the authorities no matter what jurisdiction; Prohibit elders from being involved in any investigative process to decide guilt or innocence in place of the authorities; Do away with the two-witness rule to determine, as if they were magistrates, guilt or innocence of someone accused; Prohibit so-called repentant molesters from engaging in the door-to-door ministry, and always inform the congregation if a convicted or confessed molester is meeting with them.
To improve their image, the directors of the Witness organization need to provide a safer environment for children; transparency into their directives; open their classified data-base of molesters to police, and stop disfellowshipping internal critics who are then shunned by the flock who assume the disfellowshipping took place because there was some secret sin involved. If they would just do the right thing, there then could be a spirit of good-will.
By not attending to the evils that were exposed through lawsuits, which were actually a result of WT leaders opening their own Pandora’s Box by publishing that long ago Awake! magazine, and to continue to put the interests of cunning child molesters ahead of the most vulnerable of their flock by enforcing deplorable guidelines, there will continue to be consequences, not only monetary ones in more out-of-court settlements, but a spiraling downward in membership.

It's so ironic that what you are giving the WTS, is, in effect, a blueprint for rectifying policy which will only contribute to their downfall. You are giving them free professional advice for improving their public image, but they know if they do this it will mean suffering short-term legal liability, at least until all lingering lawsuits fade away.

They're probably afraid they wouldn't be able to survive a generational wave of child abuse lawsuits, and are thus in a mode of fight or flight.

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Opening Pandora's Box - By Barbara Anderson

by flipper in

barbara wanted me to ost this information about her discussion at a seminar which was held in europe first, then chicago just a week or two ago.

you'll find this link interesting.

all comments welcome.

daniel-p

Observing what has happened lately in Watchtower’s world, it appears WTS officials are expecting to soon receive some sort of government restrictions here in the United States and that's why they are making deep changes in organizational structure and operation, such as down-sizing the number of workers needed for their publishing concern; moving all magazine printing for North America to the Canadian Branch; putting up for sale all their real estate in Brooklyn, and telling Bethelites to have a suitcase packed in their room ready for them to take when they have to flee headquarters. (I kid you not!)

Barbara, can you expand on this??

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November 15 Watchtower (Study Edition) - discourages showing affection to your spouse

by CrazyBlonde in

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another gem from the same edition - article to be studied december 28 - january 3 (which most will miss lol coz of summer vacation) entitled "what do your prayers say about you?

" page 6 para 19 reads:.

19 when we are being represented in public prayer, we need to display reverential "fear of god.

daniel-p

This has long been a policy for Bethelites during the Monday night WT study and morning worship. Basically, no body contact is allowed, just the very indescrete holding of hands.

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Did You Ever Spank Your Kids?

by minimus in

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were you spanked?.

is spanking "wrong"?

(they say your iq might be affected adversely from being spanked)..

daniel-p

If you want to include more groups, it could look like the following:

A) Spanked as children --> spank their children

B) Spanked as children --> beat their children

C) Spanked as children --> don't spank/beat their children

D) Beaten as children --> spank their children

E) Beaten as children --> beat their children

F) Beaten as children --> don't spank/beat their children

I would hypothesize that Groups A and F are by far the most common among the population of ones who were administered corporal punishment as children, with Group E as moderately common, but not as common as A and F.