hi all, just got this letter (sorry about formatting - anyone clean it up?).
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When she was asked, didn't "Dr." Applewhite say she thought the ragazines were published twice a year?
Maybe they should take her suggestion and reduce publication to two issues per year. For two reasons:
okay, i know the royal commission hasn't started yet.
but i'm confident enough that he will be telling some whoppers.
so i thought i'd be the first to get a thread started for something that will begin... very soon now!.
BTW. This is my first post... the RC stuff compelled me to register
Welcome Alcyone!
a gb helper was at the rc.
this guy was decked out.
fancy expensive suit and cuff-linked shirt, super fancy cuff-links.
For some reason, when I see the phrase "GB helper", I think of something like "Hamburger Helper"!
Just brown a governing body member in a skillet, then add the enclosed seasoning packet and pasta. Simmer until done.
Pfft. GB Helper is way cheesier than Hamburger Helper!
a gb helper was at the rc.
this guy was decked out.
fancy expensive suit and cuff-linked shirt, super fancy cuff-links.
in today's wt study it makes the point that just glancing at the opposite sex is flirting and can lead to sex!.
so are jw's now to wear blinkers?.
also jw's are told to go and confess to the elders if they have any immoral thoughts?!!.
Ummmmm billy....umm errrr.....yours.....is...not well....just a lil bit.....well not sexy dude
brandnew, I've hexed your comment with a " Dislike"
lostwun here, i joined 2 months ago but am now just finding the courage after doing more research to formally introduce myself to the board and embrace my new beginnings as an ex-jw.
i am a second-generation jw.
i grew up with parents who are well known and very respected in many circuits.
in today's wt study it makes the point that just glancing at the opposite sex is flirting and can lead to sex!.
so are jw's now to wear blinkers?.
also jw's are told to go and confess to the elders if they have any immoral thoughts?!!.
Newsflash! WT is banning the following Internet avatars for being too flirty and causing immoral thoughts:
lunacy?
insanity?
without a doubt.
I listened to Jackson, and others before him, talk about family headship this and family headship that, as though family headship presented some supposed biblical principle making it wrong for elders to report child molestation to authorities. But I never heard one articulate why this was the case.
It creeped me out when they used the scripture, "each one must carry his own load." So a child has been abused and the "responsible parent" is a mind-controlled wreck, unwill/unable to report this crime to the police. This turns into a terrible load for a child to bear. Why did they neglect the scripture that says to help bear the burdens of one another?
Their picking and choosing of verses makes people disgusted at JWs. It will also make them disgusted at the bible.
lunacy?
insanity?
without a doubt.
And he said elders couldn't report it scripturally because the bible says that the family is so highly respected and it's their private family business to decide whether or not to report this crime to the police. The elders can't possibly interfere with what goes on inside the home and what decisions the family makes.
Yeah, this bullsh!t from an organization that has "bedroom laws" regarding a couples sexual activities.
geoffrey jackson's unfailingly diplomatic responses during friday's royal commission hearings have undoubtedly limited damage to the reputation of the jw organization - but i could never again imagine the watchtower and awake!
magazines criticizing other religions over their responses to child sexual abuse within their parishes.
too close for comfort.
Jackson suggested the possibility that the GB might consider redress if the scriptures allow such a thing. And he's pretending to be some kind of bible and linguistic scholar?
It's pretty obvious in Jesus parable of the good Samaritan that the right thing to do was to rescue the victim and provide financial support paid to the innkeeper for the care of the victim. I'm confident that WT will instead walk around the victim on the other side of the road and continue on their way telling themselves, "I'm a priest on my way to the temple. Taking care of such victims is the responsibility of someone else like the local innkeeper. I haven't seen any law explicitly requiring me to help someone that has been beaten and robbed."
