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  Do YOU Believe That JWs Have A Huge Problem With Pedophiles?

  by minimus in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i don't think there are more pedophiles in the religion than there are in others.. i understand that one is too many.

  but i think some believe that it's an epidemic within the organization.

  i believe their 2 witness rule can help pedophiles secretly abuse kids.. but i don't think that this particular crime dominates those in the religion.. .

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  Not particularly, I just think their zeal to protect the image of the org is greater than their zeal to protect children - which is all wrong.
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  How do you view human authority?

  by sabastious in

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  2. friends

  between 1 and 100 rate how you respond to human authority.

  where 1 is being in favor of anarchy and 100 is being in favor of humans having full control over your life.. me: 25.

  -sab.

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  42. It's the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything.
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  It appears that I am being hunted down (visited by two elders)

  by maninthemiddle in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  recently two elders caught my wife at the door while i was away.

  they mentioned the need to talk to me about something on facebook.

  yes, i know how facebook can be, but i choose to use it anyway.. the strange thing is, i just spent a alot of time looking at it, and nothing is publicly available, so unless a one spouse of an inactive jw is looking at it, i don't see how they were able to get this information.. anyway, that wasn't my real question.. i haven't been to any kh in over 2 years, i haven't seen the elder (24 year old) in about two years and don't even know the other (he is recently out of bethel, but older 50ish?)..

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  Mickey mouse

  *sighs* and then some people question if it's really a cult.
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  Victoria, Australia: Brief Update - Steven Unthank is still Acting Prosecutor, etc.

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  court hearing results for december 6, 2011:.

  steven unthank is still the acting prosecutor (and that's why he could not comment on the case on the"dialogue" program), and all 5 cases are still before the courts.

  the crown informed the court that the office of public prosecutions are "acting as a facilitator at the moment"; and that the police investigation is "quite well progressed"; and that the police are awaiting response from the department of justice.. .

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  Mickey mouse

  This doesn't look as though it's going anywhere fast.
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  how elders chase faders

  by leftchica in

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  Mickey mouse

  Try using firefox or Google chrome to post.

  Compatibility with IE would be a really great development IMO.
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  My Husband's Kids Have Cut Him Off

  by headisspinning in

  1. social
  2. family

  well, my husband's worst fear has happened.

  he told his kids, ages 15 and 10 that he was coming to visit them over the holidays.

  his ex-wife limits his telephone contact to one call per week, so when he called them last week to arrange the specific days he would see them, his son told him that he got baptized back in september and would no longer be willing to see his father.. this came as a complete shock.

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  he could insist on his right to see them but what may be more effective is showing them unconditional love. Telling them his door will always be open to them. As teenagers they are bound to go through periods of questioning and doubt.
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  JW's and Chronic Fatigue Syndrone!

  by cornish in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  chronic fatigue syndrone, m e, yuppie flu.

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  i dont know if anyone else has noticed the alarming number of jws who claim to suffer from chronic fatigue syndrone,i mean hear in cornwall there tend to be several sufferers in every congregation,outside the jws out of the many people i know i dont know anyone,although there are obviosly many outside the jws who suffer this illness,percentage wise it seems that jws have a much,much larger occorance of the illness.. for example my brother in law has not worked and been living on invalidity benefits for more than 10 years since his mid twenties,his brother is also in the same boat, an m.e sufferer.. i wonder if anyone has looked into this a bit more?

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  Fibromyalgia is now a recognised condition in the UK. M.E is myalgic encephalomyelitis, basically the same as CFS (chronic fatigue).
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  Victoria, Australia: If you want information about Steven Unthank's December 6th court hearing...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  please call richard rawe's "dialogue" program (a special conference call program), monday, december 5th at 8 p.m. est in the us, or 7 p.m. cst, etc.. the phone number is 712-432-8710, pin #9925. .

  richard told me that if steven unthank is no longer prosecutor, being that the "crown" took over the filed criminal cases against five watch tower entities, he, steven, might be on the phone discussing the latest hearing and the indictments.

  if steven does not call in, someone else will report on what took place in court which in australia will be on tuesday, dec. 6th.. hopefully, this special conference program will take place without any snafu.. barbara.

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  Mickey mouse

  Richard told me that if Steven Unthank is no longer prosecutor, being that the "Crown" took over the filed criminal cases against five Watch Tower entities, he, Steven, might be on the phone discussing the latest hearing and the indictments.

  Not sure if I'm reading this correctly but has the Crown taken the cases over or not?
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  Recent C.O. visit: Bad news re: U.S. English meeting attendance

  by Open mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  visiting a nearby town during his thursday night service talk mentioned how poor meeting attendance is in the english-speaking u.s. congregations.

  he said that when the gb reduced the weekly meetings from 3 to 2, there was a brief surge in meeting attendance percentages.

  after a few months it began to slide and it hasn't stopped sliding.

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  LOL3rdgen. When I was a child our family would have blazing rows on the way to the hall, usually due to a combination of the pressure of everyone being forced to rush around and do something they didn't really want to. The funniest part is that as soon as the car door opened in the KH call park, we would be all smiles and sweetness and light. At the end of the meeting, we'd all pile back in the car and the row would recommence exactly where we had left off 2+ hours before.
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  Will the Governing Body Ever Make a Big Enough Mistake?

  by What Now? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  i am not scared of armageddon anymore.

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  Mickey mouse

  I think the real test will be the next major blunder during the internet age. If 1975 or even the generation change of '95 had occurred after 2000, the impact would have been far greater IMO.