Yes well I'm in Australia and the police know, but the people were effected do not want to press charges. I'm discusted that this person is still roaming the street and like you agree that he will offend again. Really, they're doing nothing. I was told that they now disfellowship these criminals straight away and have to report them to the police.
koko1
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what are JW doing about the cover-up of child abuse?
by koko1 ini know that paedophiles, child abusers was rampant within the jw.
i too know of a brother that was a molester and it was covered up.
he is now disfellowshipped, but only after the whole cover-up issues came to light and was publicised.
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what are JW doing about the cover-up of child abuse?
by koko1 ini know that paedophiles, child abusers was rampant within the jw.
i too know of a brother that was a molester and it was covered up.
he is now disfellowshipped, but only after the whole cover-up issues came to light and was publicised.
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I know that paedophiles, child abusers was rampant within the JW. I too know of a brother that was a molester and it was covered up. He is now disfellowshipped, but only after the whole cover-up issues came to light and was publicised. What I want to know is what is being done about it now and what changes JW made in regards to these criminals and who made the decision (within the organization) not to out these criminals straight away.
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Bethel Police pulled me over for a violation
by What-A-Coincidence inwearing faded jeans only as a bethelite is a cause for concern for the governing body.
i had jeans that were not totally faded as the "world" would consider them.
so one freaken' weekend as i passed by a wt building, a tightwod bethel elder (now just an elder) asked me how i was doing (bla bla bla).
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I just see a whole lot of men (elders, brothers) getting a kick out of telling people what to do. Seriously they obviously can't make it in the real world, so the use religion as an excuse to boss people around.
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Bethel Police pulled me over for a violation
by What-A-Coincidence inwearing faded jeans only as a bethelite is a cause for concern for the governing body.
i had jeans that were not totally faded as the "world" would consider them.
so one freaken' weekend as i passed by a wt building, a tightwod bethel elder (now just an elder) asked me how i was doing (bla bla bla).
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he he! yeah we used to get the lecture about having skirts with splits in them (so you could see our legs). Seriously, some of the brothers have nothing better to do than make up stupid rules and regulations.
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hello there
by koko1 injust wanted to pop my head in and say hi.
i was brought up a jw - never believed in the religion or god for that matter.
no matter how many people tried to convince me.
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I'm also lucky because I'm still friends with some of the people I grew-up with in the JW's. It's really helpful, as most of your outside friends don't have an understanding I what we went through.
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hello there
by koko1 injust wanted to pop my head in and say hi.
i was brought up a jw - never believed in the religion or god for that matter.
no matter how many people tried to convince me.
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yeah I'm pretty adjusted, but feel I am too much of a goody goody. I'm telling you I am more well behaved than most witnesses- apart from the swearing ;)
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hello there
by koko1 injust wanted to pop my head in and say hi.
i was brought up a jw - never believed in the religion or god for that matter.
no matter how many people tried to convince me.
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lol - so true. My mum must be one of those wasting her time!
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hello there
by koko1 injust wanted to pop my head in and say hi.
i was brought up a jw - never believed in the religion or god for that matter.
no matter how many people tried to convince me.
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Hi, Just wanted to pop my head in and say hi. I was brought up a JW - never believed in the religion or God for that matter. No matter how many people tried to convince me. Luckily never got baptised. Left when I was 16/17. My parents weren't too strict and let me question things. Dad didn't really believe in it - he would always make excuses not to go or fall asleep at the meetings - LOL. He's no longer one either; he's probably dis-fellowshiped not sure? If not, he should be ;) My mums still one and I really get along well with her. I think the JW works for her, so I am happy for her. Would kind of find it bizarre if she wasn't one, because it would mean she lost faith in God (which would be kind of sad). I admire people that have faith in a higher being. I struggled for many years with the fact that I could not fathom the concept of God - I thought something was wrong with me and made me very depressed. I think there a lot of lovely JW and most of them are sincere, but I also think there is a lot of screwed up people in that religion - especially in high authority. There are a lot of power trippers in the JW. The final straw for me is when; they said they were approaching bible studies in a new way. Basically saying if you weren’t baptised by a certain time-frame then don't bother with them. I thought "how dare they put a time frame on finding God". Every single one of my friends in the truth "fell out" or was "disfellowshiped". I'm much happier now that I'm not one and I'm content with not believing in a higher being. I think the being a JW, still has some effect on me today. Little things, like taking risks, being confident, trusting people, relationships etc Well there's heaps more, but that’s all I can think of at the moment.