Posts by Mad Sweeney

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FMF Rant on Abuse and JW Apologists: The Single Root of the Whole Issue(s)

by freemindfade in

for the jw apologists, they debate certain factors to down play all the recent sex abuse information in the jehovah's witness organization.

and there is so much focus on "two witness rule" and "parents can report" the "elders aren't legal authorities" and many other smoke screen issues.

a lot of these issues and discussion are down stream from what i believe to be the root of the issue.

Mad Sweeney

Justice: "Is it appropriate?" (forcing a young woman to describe sexual details to three MEN who are friends of her father)

Elder: "There might be a better way of doing it."
Justice: "What is that better way?"
Elder: "I don't know." (aka. I'm not allowed to think of stuff like that and remain an elder in good standing)

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Will Child Abuse Issue Keep Growing Like A Forest Fire?

by OnTheWayOut in

i don't know if a commercial will come up and i can't find this on youtube as it is probably copyright material or i am just not in a good search pattern today.

anyway, try to view this if you haven't seen it:.

https://rutube.ru/video/0ba7a3ee7e89dbbc730c4af32032e33b/?ref=logo .

Mad Sweeney

I would expect the UK and other European nations to be next. The USA will be last to follow most likely.

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Wakey wakey Jehovah's Witnesses! Your real world is being exposed

by Half banana in

the posts here are flooding in on the subject of the watchtowers toleration of sexual abuse being publicised in the world media.

sure they print and say its wrong like everyone else does but what their policies show above all is the lack of genuine, humane care and considerate welfare for its members.

there must be so many voiceless jw victims and perhaps now they can speak out..

When that justice asked about the news, what I found dumbfounding was the fact that the elder knew he would be testifying for weeks or months ahead of time and never bothered researching anything relating to the topics he was likely to be asked about. No preparation whatsoever.

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Is the two-witness rule really unreasonable?

by stillin in

i'm picturing a situation in which a savvy 12 year old doesn't like the house rules that mom's new husband has put into place.

or something along that line.

i can certainly agree that protection of children is paramount, but who protects the real victim in those cases?

Mad Sweeney

Another important thing to remember is that this two witness rule comes from the same book that says the rapist's punishment is supposed to be to marry the girl he raped. Why aren't the Borg elders enforcing that part?

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Dissent on JW-Archive

by bemused in

in the posts about the australian royal commission there have been several references to discussions on jw-archive.

i'd not heard of that site, so checked it out.

it seems to be used by many active jws - its tumblr style archive is full of pictures of jws doing their thing.

Mad Sweeney

They can't delete comments fast enough, lol, because there are more exJWs than active JWs on the Internet. We're winning at life.

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Is the two-witness rule really unreasonable?

by stillin in

i'm picturing a situation in which a savvy 12 year old doesn't like the house rules that mom's new husband has put into place.

or something along that line.

i can certainly agree that protection of children is paramount, but who protects the real victim in those cases?

Mad Sweeney

The ENTIRE point is that the authorities are trained and qualified to determine whether witnesses are credible, and to also gather other evidence. For them sometimes one witness is sufficient and sometimes not. The police and child protection services are not culty enough to have a blanket rule like the Borg has. They have actual thinking ability where it is clear from the testimony so far that your typical Borg elder does not. The elders are not equipped to do such things. They shouldn't even be addressing the issue in-house until guilt is determined by professionals. THEN if the person is guilty, they can DF or determine repentance or whatever they want to do on a religious level.

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Wednesday Hearings LIVE LINK NOW

by Mad Sweeney in

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

Mad Sweeney

Lunch break.
If you're behind, the previous two days are on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvrp6E1AymHbf7yUeuKKXw

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Wednesday Hearings LIVE LINK NOW

by Mad Sweeney in

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.

Mad Sweeney

This clown hasn't even read BCG's statement nor watched yesterday's testimony nor read any press in the meantime. He's a blank slate. As unprepared as any of the other clowns in this clown show.

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Australian Witnesses shock bombshelled!! Arrogant Elders at Commision on Pedophiles!!

by Witness 007 in

getting alot of e-mails from angry brothers saying things like i qoute "this is the straw broke the camels back.." "bloody idiots.." etc.

last nights news featured the australian commision into jehovah's witness elders not reporting pedophiles.

it was very damning!

Mad Sweeney

They clearly have done plenty of research and have gotten good advice and the scoop on how the Borg functions. I would guess Steven Unthank based on his past activism in Australia on this issue, but haven't heard his name in connection with these current hearings, though.

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Australian Witnesses shock bombshelled!! Arrogant Elders at Commision on Pedophiles!!

by Witness 007 in

getting alot of e-mails from angry brothers saying things like i qoute "this is the straw broke the camels back.." "bloody idiots.." etc.

last nights news featured the australian commision into jehovah's witness elders not reporting pedophiles.

it was very damning!

Mad Sweeney

This isn't just an Australian problem. The problem in the UK and the USA is just as bad, if not worse.