it's great that the following is officially mentioned in the royal commission's report:.
when asked if the governing body members saw themselves as ‘jehovah god’s spokespeople on earth’, mr geoffrey jackson answered that it ‘would seem to be quite presumptuous to say that we are the only spokesperson that god is using’.
mr jackson’s response seems to be inconsistent with the documentary evidence before the royal commission, which shows that jehovah’s witnesses believe that the governing body is the ‘channel’ by which jehovah’s ‘will’ is communicated to them..
G.Jackson was trying to use theocratic warfare tactics which didnt quite work on Angus Stewart .
Surely the statements the GB /JW put in print such as the official magazine the Watchtower and their many published books ,tracts,pamphlets etc. would someday catch up with them ?
Inconsitentcy is the only consistent thing Jehovahs Witnesses publish or preach.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/28/australian-jehovahs-witnesses-protected-over-a-thousand-members-accused-of-child-abuse-report-says/.
over the course of about six decades, more than 1,000 members of the jehovah’s witnesses were accused of sexually abusing australian children, according to a new report.
victims were ordered to keep quiet.
This is good news barbara ,how is the Washington Post Newspaper regarded in mainstream america?
Is it widely distributed ,read by many americans across the country ?
Are their articles syndicated through other newspapers throughout the country ?
It would be great if all the above were true , this exposure of the JW religion in Australia does need to be made known as widely as possible in all parts of the world if at all possible.
Hopefully our friends here on this board can make that happen through social media.
Thanks for posting this Information .
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-28/jehovahs-witness-handling-of-child-abuse-condemned-in-report/8063798.
by michelle brown.
jehovah's witnesses use of 2,000-year-old protocols when dealing with abuse complaints has been condemned in a report by the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.. last year, the commission examined the experiences of two abuse survivors within the jehovah's witness organisation.. it also looked at evidence from case files that recorded reports or complaints of abuse by just over 1,000 jehovah's witnesses.
Thanks for posting this Barbara .
so it looks like now i'm a return visit.
i don't have it in me to be mean to the j dubs when they drop by so i chat with them.
on thanksgiving morning one of them dropped by (my wife previously asked them to stop coming by).
Some Elders just love the thought that they were responsible for weeding out a dissenter /apostate and keeping the congregarion spiritually clean.
Not unlike the religious police in Muslim countrys
So lets know how it goes IrKr .
australian child abuse royal commission rejects dr monica applewhite's evidence and testimony.. [quote] dr applewhite acknowledged that her report did not identify the basis on which she had formed her opinions.657 she accepted that her report failed to identify the ‘current standards’ of other religious organisations658 or which ‘religious organisations’ she referred to in writing her report.659 dr applewhite told the royal commission that her understanding of material provided to parents and families about sexual development in children by other faith-based organisations was ‘anecdotal’.660.
dr applewhite accepted that it would be difficult for the royal commission to accept the opinions expressed in paragraphs 36, 45, and 46 of her report because her report did not identify the basis on which those opinions were formed.661.
we do not consider that dr applewhite’s report and the opinions expressed therein assist the royal commission in its inquiry for the following reasons:.
Dr. Monica Applewhite was shown up as a "witness" for JW`s with no credability in the ARC.
She should be ashamed of herself .
And as jwleaks says , hopefully organizations around the world will carry out due dilligence before considering hiring the services of Dr Monica Applewhite.
10 response of the jehovah’s witness organisation to the sexual abuse of children.
having regard to the various matters we have discussed in this report, we have reached a number of general conclusions on the jehovah’s witness organisation’s response to the sexual abuse of children.
we do not consider the jehovah’s witness organisation to be an organisation which responds adequately to child sexual abuse.
Thanks Steve2 ,for that summary , by the way you got it right the first time 2017
link to pdf:.
http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/getattachment/c2d1f1f5-a1f2-4241-82fb-978d072734bd/report-of-case-study-no-29.
reading it now...no comment yet.
Thank you wifibandit that has been very helpful .The more we can spread this message around the greater awareness to be had in the general community about the failings of the Jehvahs Witnesses religion to protect their own against child sexual abuse.
if in the wts earthly-paradise fantasy, the wolf won't eat no more the lamb and they will be the best friends, will human continue to kill lambs to eat?.
the earthly paradise is vegan?.
Jehovahs Witnesses need to really see some serious " Nature Videos" to get what happens in the real world and not fantasyland.
Every living thing lives off the death of another living thing and its always been the case.
And it would have had to have happened if the Garden of Eden was to have survived .
turning 42 and celebrating my second birthday!
there's some strange crap only we could understand..
Happy birthday NJ ,and it`s good to hear your dad left after you & Kudos to your dad for not shunning you.
the february 2017 wt had stated that the gb is "neither inspired nor infallible" and that it can make errors in doctrine.. the language of the online wt issue now says, “the governing body is neither inspired nor perfect.
therefore, it can make mistakes when explaining the bible or directing the organization.”.
why the change?
Its not the first time they have done that and it wont be the last .
What about Judge Rutherfords "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" talk .
Changed to ,
"Millions Now Living May Never Die"
The Governing Body speak out of both sides of their mouth .
They hedge their bets .
They have each-way bets .
If you pin-point them down on one statement they just bring up their alternative statement explained as new light.
