is it getting any better?
or is it still happening at the same rate?
was listening to o'reilly tonight as i was eating dinner and heard him say that virtual child porn is actually legal, that sort of blew my mind a bit..
The kids I feel most sorry for are the ones who are being abused by someone in their home.
If a child is abused by a JW outside the home we could hope the parents would be determined enough to make sure he or she had no access to their child again.
But those kids who have to go home with their abuser - they are doubly in danger. The abuser knows nothing will be done and the child now believes there is no help.
is it getting any better?
or is it still happening at the same rate?
was listening to o'reilly tonight as i was eating dinner and heard him say that virtual child porn is actually legal, that sort of blew my mind a bit..
Generally within the larger population sexual abuse is happening at about the same pace as it did 50 years ago. I see no reason why this wouldn't apply to the Witnesses. In fact it might occur more because perpetrators are not reported and therefore can continue to abuse whenever the opportunity arises.
is it getting any better?
or is it still happening at the same rate?
was listening to o'reilly tonight as i was eating dinner and heard him say that virtual child porn is actually legal, that sort of blew my mind a bit..
They get around the reporting of crimes by calling them sins. Then they can use a scripture about what to do if a brother sins against you and that means this:
Trap # 1: If your brother sins against you:
Few children have the ability to confront their abuser on their own so they naturally go to their parent if they tell anyone.
Many parents are so horrified by this that they immediately go to the elders before they confront the accused. So they skip the first part and the second part drag the elders in. They mistakenly consider this crime to be a sin. And well it is but as a crime they need to go to the worldly authorities.
Trap #2 is this: Never, ever bring shame on Jehovah's name or on the congregation. Sexual abuse stirs up a lot of shame in people. If they go to the authorities then they mistakenly think they are bringing shame on Jehovah and the congregation. They don't want anyone to know and this goes doubly if the accused is a JW.
Trap # 3: If the accused denies the claims there isn't a thing the elders can or will do. Unless there are two witnesses to the abuse they claim they claim there is nothing they can do. They "can", in rare cases, accept that a "sin" has occurred if two different children claim the abuse happened by this person. But "can" and "must" are two very different things. Even so their "authority" lies solely on scriptural issues only. The mistake many JWs make is that scriptural and legal are not the same thing.
Interestingly there is no issue if the accused is not a JW. Then parents and the elders immediately go to the authorities. After all there is no shame if the accused isn't one of them. Elders can rightly claim they would send the parents to the authorities. But no where do they specify that this only happens when the accused isn't a JW.
i cannot believe the difference in my vision.
even with glasses my vision in the left eye was poor.
but i can now read a 12 font fairly clearly without the glasses.
I changed the title so people don't think I had the surgery yesterday
i cannot believe the difference in my vision.
even with glasses my vision in the left eye was poor.
but i can now read a 12 font fairly clearly without the glasses.
Well 8 days post-op
Left eye continues to improve. Colors are sharper and clearer.I can read a size 10 font with no problems without glasses. I can't read anything now with the left eye with the glasses. That is just a blur. Distance reading is vastly improved also.
I am knitting an afghan using white wool. The weirdest thing happens when I look at what I am making. I get one image but the right side of the afghan is white and the other side is pale tan.
I want this second surgery so bad and hate that I have to wait another 7 weeks for it.
ok so we have all be jws so that isn't unusual.
supply pictures if you can.. i have ridden an elephant.
ok so it was at the zoo but it was still an elephant.
This is just a wonderful feel good thread. Thanks to all of you for sharing.
ok so we have all be jws so that isn't unusual.
supply pictures if you can.. i have ridden an elephant.
ok so it was at the zoo but it was still an elephant.
rebel I don't think I could have handled that last one
ok so we have all be jws so that isn't unusual.
supply pictures if you can.. i have ridden an elephant.
ok so it was at the zoo but it was still an elephant.
I used to ride 100 km a day 3 times a week. Wish my wheelchair would go as fast.
peppers I suspect you weren't Marine of the month the ssame month you threw the rock -- then again.. lol
I like the idea of parasailing. I got some amazing shots of a few guys doing it one fall day years ago. It looked awesome. I'll take a pass on the weed and bungie jumping (bad back), but would love the hot air balloon.
I did ride a horse and after 5 minutes felt like I belonged there. After 2 hours got off and felt great. Although when the horse spotted the barn he decided to race and I almost fell off but managed to stop him.
I've watched those crabs run sideways. They are pretty fast critters. Wouldn't want to try catching them though.
Fernando. You aught to make that available to others if you haven't already.
i cannot believe the difference in my vision.
even with glasses my vision in the left eye was poor.
but i can now read a 12 font fairly clearly without the glasses.
ok so I can't type lol
hi guys,.
i was going through some old threads (love this site) and i came across someone mentioning in a post that this site started as gathering place for jw's and somehow became an "apostate" site.
lol .
Thank you so much Angharad. I tried that yesterday and it took me to the .net pages but now it is going to the .com
