Posts by Mad Sweeney

the press is reporting that over 1,000 cases of abuse were hidden from authorities in australia.. australia has around 68,000 publishers.. if you that ratio applied to the u.s. also, there could be over 14,700 cases that were covered up here.. if the ratio held the same worldwide, that would be over 117,600 cases.. just let that sink in a little..

Mad Sweeney

That's the number of perps, not the number of victims? OMG, and some of these pervs rape dozens of kids. Horrible.

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9news Report on the Royal Commission Hearing. WOW!

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/07/27/03/35/jehovah-s-witnesses-face-inquiry.

jehovah's witnesses destroyed notes about child sexual abuse to stop them falling into the wrong hands and to "protect their wives", a church elder has told a national hearing in sydney.. the opening day of a royal commission hearing into abuse within the controversial church has heard how more than 1000 cases of child abuse since 1950 were dealt with internally and never reported to police.. it has also heard that victims were made to confront their abusers and left feeling as if they had sinned.. max horley was an elder for the jehovah's witness congregation in narrogin, western australia, in the late 1980s when a woman, known as bcb, was interviewed about her relationship with another church elder, bill neill.. in evidence on monday, bcb told how neill, who is dead, groomed her from the age of 15. he would tongue kiss her and spy on her when she was in the shower at his home.. when the abuse was revealed, she was asked to attend meetings where on one occasion the abuser joked about what he had done.. .

aap 2015. read more at http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/07/27/03/35/jehovah-s-witnesses-face-inquiry#e7o7r25y3t0xptiv.99.

Mad Sweeney

I didn't know about this stuff until I was in my 40s and it happened in my own family to my closest friend and relative. That's how good they are at covering this stuff up. What's sad and sickening is she's still IN. I'm the only one who left (partly) because of it. :(

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The Australian Royal Commission hearings on the JWs handling of child abuse begins here in the US later today. It will be streamed.

by AndersonsInfo in

the royal commission hearing starting on monday, july 27, 2015 - australian day and date - (and it could go on until august 7th depending on how many witnesses testify) regarding jehovah's witnesses handling of child abuse is supposed to be streamed.. it could be that the hearing will only be audio not video although we were informed it will be streamed.

we'll find out in a few hours.. i live in the central time zone of the us and right now here it is sunday, 3: 45 pm.

in sydney, australia, it is 15 hours ahead of us.

Mad Sweeney

The CO mentioned Letters eh? Good. Lets get those secret letters put into the official record now, too, while we're at it.

This case can set real international precedent. Exciting stuff to see justice on the horizon.

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Probable Discovery of Life on Comet Philae

by cofty in

according to leading astronomers the probe philae that landed on the comet 67p last november may have discovered microbial life..... sadly neither the probe nor the orbiter rosetta are equipped to test directly but the evidence is interesting.

these are not easily explained in terms of prebiotic chemistry.

the dark material is being constantly replenished as it is boiled off by heat from the sun.

Mad Sweeney

I wonder whether we'll recognize "life" the first time we encounter it in a non-carbon form. This is amazingly cool stuff and I hope to be alive still when life is confirmed out there.

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IS THE GOVERNING BODY NOW THE FAITHFUL AND DISCREET SLAVE?

by Vanderhoven7 in

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i know the anointed never get consulted.

but is it true that the governing body has modified the definition of the faithful and discreet slave to exclusively apply to themselves and to not include the thousands of other anointed..

Mad Sweeney

The transformation of the doctrine is complete. Interesting to see the evolution of it all, as Gilgamesh points out.

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Fun at The WT This Morning

by OneFingerSalute in

so ofs was at the wt this morning, and on par.

14 the question was, "what trust can a faithful christian whose relative is disfellowshipped have?".

after awhile when no one else raised their hands ofs did, and was called on.. ofs commented, "one of jw can have the trust that god will lovingly give them the ability to uphold the disfellowshipping arrangement by totally shunning family members.".

Mad Sweeney

This is an issue that is incredibly inconsistent across JWdom. Some JWs shun but don't call it shunning. Some JWs shun and proudly call it shunning. Some JWs don't really shun but pretend to in front of each other to avoid "stumbling."

Sounds kind of like your congregation is mostly the former.

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The "Ice Cream Video" - is it real?

by freddo in

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the "don't buy ice cream give us the money video" that is the subject of other threads.. i am not very good with computer stuff - would someone tell me where it is to be found on jworg please?

i can't find it.. thanks..

Mad Sweeney

All this money-begging from the Borg lately tells me they're worried and that the donations aren't coming in as much as they used to.

In the countries that aren't in poverty, lots of JWs are leaving. The ones who remain are so hardcore that they don't earn any extra to donate. In the countries where JWs are still growing, everyone is so poor they don't have extra to donate either.

But the real estate sales in Brooklyn ought to fund them for awhile yet, unfortunately.

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Young Girl Exposes Jehovah's Witnesses at school video goes VIRAL last 2 days 273,000 views

by Watchtower-Free in

original thread here.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/291080001/brave-high-school-student-exposes-abuse-corruption-within-jehovahs-witnesses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdvt_gyq-ls.

Mad Sweeney

She put so much work into it and is clearly so genuine and heartfelt.