the following is an exchange of 3 emails between an elder in my wife's congregation and me.
it's a hispanic congregation in los angeles area:.
is it a cult or not??.
Oops!. Too late to edit. I guess too many clues are given (names [...]
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*I'm left speechless*
dino ali, elder, taking the stand now in the australian hearings.. he's talking about interaction with disfellowshipped persons.. watch it live: .
http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
-aude..
Dino Ali's life experience appeared in a WT mag article.
http://www.jw-archive.org/post/125416426183/we-need-the-branch-office-in-australia-to-train
i posted this as a reply to another thread, but thought it deserved it's own thread to draw attention to this important moment in the day 2 testimony.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl4fobrocc8.
i haven't married anyone in over a decade but i was the officiant for a wedding this past weekend.
Maaawwwiiddge! Da weddinggg widdd da wwwinnngggs! (from Princes Bride : - )
That's pretty cool Min, what outline did you use?
just about to start on next segment ...
I thought it very interesting that the photo chosen for the CNN news feature on the Australian Royal Commission's looking into the JW pedophile affair is that of a young man looking at a WT article entitled:
"WHO REALLY IS THE FAITHFUL AND DISCREET SLAVE?"
Who really should be held accountable for setting up the doctrinal procedures? None other than the Gobbering Body who claims they and only they are the "Faithful and discreet slave."
today i feel deep sad memories in my brain.. visiting bookstudy with my parents, doing my best giving answers at 7 years old.. doing fieldservice every weekend and on an evening.. i could write so much story's about it.. we believed from our hart and listened to what the organisation told us.. it makes me sad, what a scam it became.. today i can't stand it.. i can cry about it.
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gorby.
remember there was a talk about not listening to "false stories" about sexual abuse from apostates on jw's fantasy station?
did the governing body put it out there as preemptive damage control because they knew this was coming?
they must have had subpoenas giving them a heads up.
You betcha they knew it was coming.
Some JW zombies were on Facebook saying how we shouldn't pay attention to the lies on the news and that we were already warned this was going to happen.
I'm sure there were a lot of excited calls and emails going back and forth between Crooklyn and the Aussie Branch over the Royal Commission's taking a peek in their dirty laundry file cabinet.
i just heard this a few minutes ago by a jw friend who is still an elder in my old hall.
the kingdom hall i used to attend and my mom still attends was paid off many years ago and serves about 6 congregations.
one of the english congregations has a lot of financially well of members.
I bet those poor Elders are ready to either 1.) shoot themselves or 2.) shoot the C.O.
You forgot number 3---shoot the wife who sided with the Watchtower.
And/or #4 bring a concealed into Crooklyn and take care of the GB on a Wednesday when they have their pow-wow.
i'm wondering if this is just a hearing or if this commission has teeth?.
some very damning things coming out nonetheless .
I can see the WT throwing elders under the bus and blaming them for mishandling sexual child abuse cases, making it appear to the rant & file that the Organization didn't share blame. Sort of like a 1975-we-didn't-say-that situation. I think the vast majority will just go along and parrot the idea firmly convinced that the JW religion is God's organization but it's some imperfect men/elders who mishandled cases, and that now they know better and have been corrected.
The WT hierarchy is quite slippery and slimy knowing how to avoid blame.
