Posts by not bitter

30

How important are birthdays?

by Disillusioned Lost-Lamb in

jw
friends

extremely, cause it's mine!.

go shorty it's my birthday.

gonna party like it's my birthday.

Emailing my sister RE: Child abuse conviction - NEED HELP!!

by What Now? in

so the other night, my family was together and my dad brought up the recent child abuse conviction for the society.

big surprise, my sister hadn't heard anything about it, so of course she got right on to the jw.org website and emailed me the link to the watchtowers official statement.

this is my reply:.

not bitter

If you refer your sister to JW-media.org she can read for herself what their official policy is and its not what she says it is in her reply to you.

Here is the link http://www.jw-media.org/aboutjw/article23.htm

I don't know where she got her information from but its in complete contradiction to officail JW policy

22

Watchtower Talk Removed From YouTube As "Shocking And Disgusting Content"

by DT in

jw
friends

there was a youtube video that contained an excerpt of ciro aulicino's talk "you will be with me in paradise".

at some point it was removed by youtube.

it now shows the message, "this video has been removed as a violation of youtube's policy on shocking and disgusting content.".

not bitter

OMG. I only listened to the first 5 mins. I can't cope with anymore of it. I'm half laughing and half crying. Did I used to listen to this as a child?

There are children in the audience!

Its when he goes on about the gays being destroyed and he takes joy in that. The audience laugh.

I just don't know what to think.

25

Here is their policy on child abuse from JW-media.org

by not bitter in

http://www.jw-media.org/aboutjw/article23.htm.

.

fokyc - you say its there only for the public to see as if the policy is acceptable to the public. Well I'm a member of the public and I can tell you that what is on that website is dispicable as a set of rules.

I feel physically sick by all this

22

Update: I'M HAVING A BABY!! Yay! but...

by lil.lady.03 in

i don't no why, but i tend to lurk more than i do post.

sometimes i feel like i don't have anything to worth while to talk about.

lol.

not bitter

Congratulations.

Trust me, birthdays, Christmas and all the other holidays will more than make up for the happy memories you have of assemblies and the like. When you see your childs little face light up on those occassions it will more than make up for it and you will wonder what you were ever worried about. And the older they get, around 4/5 they get so excited. Its all lovely.

25

Here is their policy on child abuse from JW-media.org

by not bitter in

http://www.jw-media.org/aboutjw/article23.htm.

.

not bitter

To me, what they have here for the public to see is bad enough. I'm going to show this to my non JW friends and see what they think. I can't beleive they're allowed to have this policy. I particularily hate the part where they put the child and rapist in the same room and question them again. How can this be allowed

25

Here is their policy on child abuse from JW-media.org

by not bitter in

http://www.jw-media.org/aboutjw/article23.htm.

.

not bitter

http://www.jw-media.org/aboutjw/article23.htm

6

How do I explain to my parents how upset I am about their child abuse policy

by not bitter in

this whole case is really bothering me.

but i think what is upsetting me most is the fact that my dad is an elder and to think of him actually going along with this policy on child abuse and protecting an abuser just sickens me.. i have a 5 year old daughter whom my parents help look after and really adore her.

so i'm thinking of going over there and saying to them -.

not bitter

The policy is on the JW-media.org site but unfortunately since yesterday eve (UK time) its been down.

6

How do I explain to my parents how upset I am about their child abuse policy

by not bitter in

this whole case is really bothering me.

but i think what is upsetting me most is the fact that my dad is an elder and to think of him actually going along with this policy on child abuse and protecting an abuser just sickens me.. i have a 5 year old daughter whom my parents help look after and really adore her.

so i'm thinking of going over there and saying to them -.

not bitter

My problem is that I don't want to let on that I go looking at apostate websites or that I have knowledge of the flock book because that will just get their backs up and they will shut down mentally. So I can only use the recent news articles and the JW official website. They know I dont have any JW literature. I want my dad to know that if I ever found out that he has or ever does get involved in a child abuse case that I would expect him to ignore the society policy and do the human and right thing and go to the police and warn the congregation even at the risk of getting in trouble himself. I want him to know that anything else in unforgivable. I don't for a minute think my mum knows anything about their policy. I hope she will be shocked. Especially if I use her grand daughter as an example

6

How do I explain to my parents how upset I am about their child abuse policy

by not bitter in

this whole case is really bothering me.

but i think what is upsetting me most is the fact that my dad is an elder and to think of him actually going along with this policy on child abuse and protecting an abuser just sickens me.. i have a 5 year old daughter whom my parents help look after and really adore her.

so i'm thinking of going over there and saying to them -.

not bitter

This whole case is really bothering me. As it should anyone. But I think what is upsetting me most is the fact that my dad is an elder and to think of him actually going along with this policy on child abuse and protecting an abuser just sickens me.

I have a 5 year old daughter whom my parents help look after and really adore her. So I'm thinking of going over there and saying to them -

What would you say if I told you that S was being sexually abused? I imagine they would be immediately shocked and upset and I'm guessing they will ask when, who and have I reported it to the police.

I was then going to tell them she is safe and nothing has happened but that I'm glad they have responded that way so can they please explain to me how they as loving parents and grandparents support the WTS policy. Then I'd hand over the policy they have on the JW media site and go through it with them. I thought this way would be safer because I can tell them that I've only heard about all this recently with the Candace Conti case which is all over the news and so I looked up on the JW official website to check their policy for myself only to find that the court ruling was correct.

They can't argue with that.

My brother suggested that after asking them what they would do if I told them S was being abused and they respond with reporting to the police, that I should say that I've not done that yet but instead I've got S and the accused in a room and questioned them both about what happened. That he has denied it and because there were no other witnesses to the alleged abuse, I've had to leave it but I've promised to keep an eye on him. Also that I've phoned my solicitor to get her advice on the matter.

Any suggestions?