Human rights issue

by possum in

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hi, i am possum and have been posting for a short time just thought i would introduce myself with much trepidation.

i am a third generation ex witness.

grandparents originally lured into cult in 1920 after the death of a precious child.

millie210

Welcome Possom and thank you for sharing your story. You are accomplishing a lot now with your life and I love what you said about sunshine. So true!

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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 .

millie210

I really appreciated the point made in the OP about the "Cosby effect".

I think that is where this battle will gain momentum. Each case building on the one before.

Like Blondie mentioned, a lot of brave folks have gone before...

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Is it justice to see elders in hot seat australia

by poopie in

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now they no what it feels like to be on other side of the questions more fellow feeling now.

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”

― Martin Luther King Jr.

(Attributed to MLK but was him quoting someone else, sorry, I cant remember who it was)

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Questions that don't deserve their own topic thread (QTDDTOTT)

by Saintbertholdt in

i haven't seen a topic thread like this one, so i thought i might start one.

as the title suggests, this is a topic thread for anyone's questions that have quick or one line answers.

for example: how many meetings do the witnesses have per week?

millie210

blondie2 hours ago
Explain CTR in a few words............

Ok I'll take a shot at that one

Turn of the century charismatic eccentric, who adopted and added to the work of Miller, using his family fortune to start his own religion.

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Dr Applewhite and Child Abuse

by snare&racket in

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i am shocked that an expert would simply examine only the literature given to her by the organisation she was defending and simply accept it.

also the ease she has in making huge sweeping statements when comparing the jw's to all other international religious organisations simply undermines her professionalism.. i am also thoroughly shocked at her blatant, 'expert for hire', 'will defend anyone' apparent decision making, the organisation is responsible for covering up thousands of abuse victims by its own records, in australia alone!

never mind their judicial process being heartless and traumatic!.

millie210

Continuing in the vein of thought that "experts" are easy to find, this is a Wickipedia

link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Joo/Context_debate_on_Catholic_sex_abuse_cases

Recently charges have been sought against Dr. Monica Applewhite for her prominent role in not reporting and covering up child abuse allegations. Along with Dr. Applewhite New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Rev. Ed Chiffriller - Immediate Past Superior General of the Society of St. Joseph, and the General Council of the Society of St. Joseph.

The black and white evidence is particularly disturbing especially in that Applewhite confirms in a letter that she received complaints, asked no questions or details and did no investigation of follow-up concerning the child abuse allegations reported to have taken place at a Catholic School by school administrators / teachers.

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Is It Time to regroup?

by John Aquila in

how much do you want to bet that the organization has already started preparing articles for the watchtower magazines, convention talks, circuit overseers talks and letters to bodies of elders, to refute what is happening in australia?

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right now the most important thing for the wt to do is protect their image that they are gods visible organization.especially in the u.s. and latin american countries.

millie210

I think they (the Almightly Org) take themselves extremely seriously.

So I would imagine they take any negative publicity extremely seriously. After all they are

Gods brethren, Jesus body, well lets just say it "god on earth" (in their minds).

To the degree they "react" to this will be to the degree their disillusion is functioning.

If they were smart (which they cant be because their ego is crowding out the room where intelligence would reside) they wouldnt react. Instead they would act.

Something new and shiny, some bells and whistles that people can ohh and ahh over.

another thing they could do, although this would be too shrewd and I dont think cooler heads will prevail to actually get it done...is to turn themselves in to a pedophile crushing machine. Saturate their literature, clean out their congs, form support groups and liason committees for the molested.

In short, jump in front of things to such a degree that they act as though they invented pedophile protection for the world.

You know, kind of the like the way they are acting like they invented web sites, television and the internet now?

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Are we seeing an unprecedented influx of newbies recently ? Welcome Guys/gals

by smiddy in

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are we in fact seeing more people joining this site in the last month , than what has been happening previously ?.

i tend to think there is , and i hope their is .. is anybody else seeing this ?.

i`m not delusional am i ?

millie210

Hi Sabin!

Welcome!

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Do you feel vindicated by the exposure of the WT Society in Australia? It seems like a feeding frenzy on here! I love it. You?

by Wasanelder Once in

are you pleased with the exposure of the society in australia?

do you feel personally vindicated by it?

do you think it gives you credibility with others now that all the things you said were going on, actually are documented?

millie210

Sofia Lose27 minutes agoNot a peep in the Spanish congs. Completely oblivious. If not for coming here, I would not suspect a thing.
SL

Same here...not one iota of interest or exposure from the media.

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What are the possible end results from the RC?

by Bob Loblaw in

sorry if this has already been discussed, but,...besides, of course, a black eye on the org, what can come of this royal commission hearing legally or criminally?

according to the rc's website:.

"the royal commission holds formal public hearings to hear evidence about child sexual abuse within institutions.

millie210

The truest statement in that report is "Jehovahs Witnesses are not unique"

For Gods people on earth who are supposed to carry the identifying mark that Jesus spoke of, that statement itself is an indictment.

Of course the Royal Commission didnt mean it that way but maybe some individual JWs somewhere will give pause and think about it.

Sadly, I think this is only huge news to us who already have our eyes open.

JWs as individuals are not paying much attention. The Org itself will make a few forced changes and life will go on.

The only thing that will ever make a dent in the momentum of the Org is something financial. If this can have some kind of financial impact then maybe it will be more than just a black eye so to speak.

We can hope so because black eyes heal. Once they do they are forgotten.

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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.

millie210

The owner is an "edgy" In JW.

IMO, He is loving the web traffic this gives him and will walk the line on this one.

millie210

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“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”