my mother became a witness right after i was born.
1951. i was indoctrinated from that time forward for 50 yrs.
during that time i did not hear anything about the 2 witness rule as applied to child molestation.
There is that “thing” about who knows what. If a young sister got pregnant she would be disfellowshipped because it became obvious however, the young brother wasn’t if no one knew it was him. Maybe he would get a private disapline. I always thought that wasn’t right.
It just is incredulous to me that a brother could rape/molest a child and nothing will happen to him yet the child would be messed up for life. Amazing. And they thought that was Gods will.
my mother became a witness right after i was born.
1951. i was indoctrinated from that time forward for 50 yrs.
during that time i did not hear anything about the 2 witness rule as applied to child molestation.
Well. I guess I wasn’t paying attention or I just never connected it to child rape. I understood it as applied to other things. I’m also thinking crime vs sin. I’m sure it must have been going on but was kept very quiet. That rape/molestation being a sin and not a crime. As a sin....it is just missing the mark...a natural human failing of imperfection. That’s pretty outrageous. It is in keeping with patriarchal thinking. So, it’s been applied since the 50s? So would that be Knor or b4. When did they start making the so called “elder” training. Have there always been secret teachings like for the congregation overseers? It boggles the mind that the parents of a child victim would put up with that.
my mother became a witness right after i was born.
1951. i was indoctrinated from that time forward for 50 yrs.
during that time i did not hear anything about the 2 witness rule as applied to child molestation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/us/politics/coronavirus-jehovahs-witnesses.html.
the pandemic has put a stop to the activities of one of the nation’s most visible religious groups, jehovah’s witnesses.. read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/us/politics/coronavirus-jehovahs-witnesses.html.
How much money do these 2 have and where did they get it
i was a jw from infancy.
we had a melting pot type of congregation.
i grew up with all types of witnesses , all with different backgrounds.
I did notice in the publications there were no interracial couples when picturing the New System.
i was a jw from infancy.
we had a melting pot type of congregation.
i grew up with all types of witnesses , all with different backgrounds.
a circuit overseer mentioned that overcoming segregation in the south was very difficult
i have been studying with jehovah's witnesses for approximately two years.
initially, i liked the studies and felt that i was growing closer to god.
however, as the studies progressed, they seemed to become increasingly negative and i did not like what i was being taught.
Dont feel afraid or bad or anything. The person studying with you will drop you like a hot potato if you are baptized and disfellowshipped for whatever. The person studying with you "counts your time". In other words, they are being spiritually paid for your studies. That's a feather in their cap in the congregation.....see how devoted to Jah they are. Then they turn that in and the organization uses this to prove the preaching work is speeding up, or culminating or whatever they want to use you for. It's all a man made scheme to benefit an organization financially. Period.
back in the day - yeah, i know, most things i write start like that!
however - back in the day there was an implicit rule ratio of 2 to 1 when it came to counting time.
two witnesses witnessing to one person for one hour would count one hour each.
It sure seems that the amount of hours claimed is pretty ineffective compared with converts.
i've noticed how this religion is kind of narrow.
all they ever do is preach, study the watchtower, or their meeting or convention.
no other organized functions that i know of.
They are an isolated group with it's members isolated from each other.
What I don't understand is people thinking that Modern day Israel is in any way related to ancient Israel. They are no longer and have not been since 70ce "the chosen" of god.
