Off to Philly !!
truthseekeriam
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Let's Talk Baseball ! Who's your Favorite Team ? Love My S.F. Giants !
by flipper inand they are now in 1st place in the n.l.
west with a 6-1 record !
and the hated l.a. dodgers are in last place !
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Let's Talk Baseball ! Who's your Favorite Team ? Love My S.F. Giants !
by flipper inand they are now in 1st place in the n.l.
west with a 6-1 record !
and the hated l.a. dodgers are in last place !
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truthseekeriam
I agree poopsiecakes!!
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Let's Talk Baseball ! Who's your Favorite Team ? Love My S.F. Giants !
by flipper inand they are now in 1st place in the n.l.
west with a 6-1 record !
and the hated l.a. dodgers are in last place !
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truthseekeriam
It was a nail bitter tonight Flipper!! Nice win Giants :)
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I love my hair
by mrsjones5 ini saw a story about the following video on the news last night and thought it was cute.
i then showed the video to my daughter and she smiled.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enpfde5rgmw.
here's the tv story: http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/sesame-street-teaches-self-esteem-22512445#video=22520085.
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truthseekeriam
I've been wanting to get my daughters hair relaxed for my selfish reasons (less work) But everyone warns me it will ruin her hair so I've held off. It just drives me crazy spending hours blow drying and flat ironing only for a sudden rain storm to move in :(
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I love my hair
by mrsjones5 ini saw a story about the following video on the news last night and thought it was cute.
i then showed the video to my daughter and she smiled.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enpfde5rgmw.
here's the tv story: http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/sesame-street-teaches-self-esteem-22512445#video=22520085.
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truthseekeriam
How cute is that!! I just called my little mixed girl into the room to watch it. She's at that age were she wants her hair to look like everyone else so we spent lots of time with a straightener and blow dryer :(
Tomorrow is another wet rainy day so she's going all natural with those beautiful curls
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Jehovah's Witness jailed for grooming and abusing boy
by betterdaze in19 october 2010last updated at 09:16 et.
jehovah's witness jailed for grooming and abusing boy.
gold was put on the sex offenders' register for the rest of his life.
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truthseekeriam
Sorry bottleofwater,
The elders get their instructions from someone. I always ask myself when reading these stories.."what would any elders gain from not doing the right thing?" I'm sure the majority of men would find it absolutely disgusting if a grown man/woman would take advantage of a small child like this. What keeps them from calling the police on the spot? What keeps them from disfellowshipping them on the spot? The only thing I could come up with is they are being told what to do.
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Our Independence Day - Getting Disfellowshipped Tonight!
by SweetBabyCheezits inwell, it's the big day.
time to go over the checklist..... .
shoes shined.
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truthseekeriam
And the shunning begins
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Jehovah's Witness jailed for grooming and abusing boy
by betterdaze in19 october 2010last updated at 09:16 et.
jehovah's witness jailed for grooming and abusing boy.
gold was put on the sex offenders' register for the rest of his life.
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truthseekeriam
Okay, this one makes me really sick!! Why wasn't the creep disfellowshipped on the spot? He was molesting this child from the age of 7, instead they say if you continue to do it you'll be disfellowshipped? *shaking head*
Why did they leave it to the molester to go to police? How is that protecting anyone?
This religion makes me crazy when it comes to this crime
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Our Independence Day - Getting Disfellowshipped Tonight!
by SweetBabyCheezits inwell, it's the big day.
time to go over the checklist..... .
shoes shined.
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truthseekeriam
Nice to see your face Tim
I'm sure your going to feel such a weight lifted off of you once that announcement is made.
Hey, Just in time to hand out candy for Halloween
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Jehovah's Witness jailed for grooming and abusing boy
by betterdaze in19 october 2010last updated at 09:16 et.
jehovah's witness jailed for grooming and abusing boy.
gold was put on the sex offenders' register for the rest of his life.
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truthseekeriam
Jehovah's Witness Jailed for Child Abuse in UK
October 19, 2010 10:39 AM EDT (Updated: October 19, 2010 11:01 AM EDT)
views: 189 | 4 people recommend this | comments: 7
A 45-year-old UK man has been sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh for sexually abusing a boy.
Thomas Gold has admitted to committing the abuse between November 1996 and November 2003.
The child was 7 years old at the time the abuse started, abuse which continued until he alerted his congregation leaders as a teenager.
Gold, who was unemployed, would take the child out in the door to door preaching of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Instead of alerting authorities of the abuse the leaders of the church informed Gold that his wrong behavior must stop or they would expel him from the congregation.
Interestingly enough, the "wrong behavior" according to church leaders, wasn't that he was molesting a child, but instead his homosexual acts were the issue since the child is a male.
An article at the BBC states the leaders did attempt to persuade Gold to go to the police.
Lord Bannatyne, the judge for the case, spoke of how Gold's criminal conduct placed a "considerable impact" on the victim, and added how the background report on Gold shows he "systematically groomed" the child so he could sexually abuse him.
Gold has been placed on a sex offender’s register where he will remain for the rest of his life. He has been sentenced to serve six years and eight months in prison followed by a 40-month supervision.
This abuse leaves emotional scars which often do not heal, and it is sad to know how so many children are victimized. What is even more disheartening is when we hear about such cases where a trusted member of the community or church member has preyed upon our young people.
This is not the first time the Jehovah's Witnesses, or other religions, have come up in a negative light in regards to sexual abuse. Many feel the Jehovah’s Witness religion tries to cover up such allegations since they are not always reported.
Although the church leaders did urge this man to go to the police with his crimes, why not alert the authorities themselves to protect the boy?
Should the congregation be responsible to report such allegations, or is it up to the family to make such reports?