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  Former JW Elder who sexually abused teenager gets only 6 months

  by behemot in

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  2. child-abuse

  david nelson, a former elder at the madison park congregation jehovah's witness church in phoenix, admitted to authorities that he sexually abused a teenage boy on several occasions in the early 1980s.. with a confession from the suspect, it seems like a slam-dunk case but not for the maricopa county attorney's office, which brokered a slap-on-the-wrist plea agreement that nelson signed, the terms of which landed him in county jail for six months.

  in addition to the jail time, nelson was sentenced to three years' probation and must register as a sex offender.. when asked for an explanation of the seemingly light sentence, mcao spokesman jerry cobb told new times that among other reasons the victim in the case (whom we'll refer to as kevin) was okay with the plea agreement.that wasn't true.

  in fact, after learning nelson had pleaded guilty to two reduced charges not the six class-two felonies on which he was initially indicted kevin tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head just four days after nelson pleaded guilty.. "thirty-one days [kevin] had a tube down his throat [in the hospital following the march 12 suicide attempt].

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  PaintedToeNail

  A pathetic miscarriage of justice. My heart bleds for 'Kevin' and his family.
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  Wow, this bit of info surprised even me!!!

  by LeKook in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just spoke to a witness friend (has been a witness 25+ years), who said that the elders in her congregation told her that witnesses had better be prepared to begin going door to door, not to announce "good news", but to denounce people who refuse to accept "the trvth".

  has anyone else heard about this?

  i thought it was a joke at first, but she said no, that's where the elders told her things were headed.

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  I can remember hearing talk of 'condemnation' preaching where we would all go out and denounce everyone and they in turn, would be furious with us and persecute us. I was just a kid, somewhere in the early 70's and it scared the crap out of me. I already hated going in service and to have the condemnation message just waiting to be delivered was terrifying to say the least.
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  Hurricane Irene and a KH build

  by PaintedToeNail in

  1. social
  2. current

  the northeastern usa is under hurricane warnings, evacuation notices, people are being told to have emergency supplies and that the east coast will have possibly 10 million or more without power...and yet they are still planning on doing a hall build in our area.

  we are listed in the 'to be hit by irene area'.

  does anyone else think this is a ridiculously foolish thing to do?

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  If things continue as they are going, we will definitely be in the hurricane zone. People should either evacuate or stay home if they safely can. Driving to a hall build in hurricane conditions, trees down, power lines down, severe flooding and so forth-to hold hammers and lumber is stupid. Maybe the gov't will ban non-emergency travel on the roads for the duration.
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  First post, so Hey Everyone!

  by thinking_1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just thought i'd introduce myself.

  i've been lurking for a few months and want to get in on some of the conversation.. also here's a song that's taken on a new personal meaning for me.

  (i was born in to a witness family and have recently woke up to the fact that it is just a group of people following just men.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Howdy and welcome!
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  Hurricane Irene and a KH build

  by PaintedToeNail in

  1. social
  2. current

  the northeastern usa is under hurricane warnings, evacuation notices, people are being told to have emergency supplies and that the east coast will have possibly 10 million or more without power...and yet they are still planning on doing a hall build in our area.

  we are listed in the 'to be hit by irene area'.

  does anyone else think this is a ridiculously foolish thing to do?

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  The northeastern USA is under hurricane warnings, evacuation notices, people are being told to have emergency supplies and that the east coast will have possibly 10 million or more without power...and yet they are still planning on doing a hall build in our area. We are listed in the 'to be hit by Irene area'. Does anyone else think this is a ridiculously foolish thing to do?!
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  Hooray for the Gibeonites!!

  by Kensei01 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey all does anyone here remember the story of the gibeonites and joshua?

  remember how they pretended to be from far away;but really weren't to curry favour with josh and the boys?

  then josh had to let them in since he gave his word?

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  @ding-how true, it doesn't make sense. Everything written isn't about them (GB).

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  Did YOU Feel Abused By The Elders?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i know some here have said they pretty much hated the elders.

  did you personally feel the elders were abusive men?.

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  I never really did, I always thought the elders' lot was a difficult one and their families lot in life is even worse. Hubby/daddy never home, giving every other kid time and your kids are put last. Wifey gets to be a single mom and has to be on display all the time as the good, meek, mild, supportive wife, whilest troublesome sisters who won't take advice monopolize hubby's time. (No I was never married to an elder, and had the good sense to never want to be).

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  is it wrong to pray to die

  by needhelp101 in

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  needhelp101-I agree with sizemik and mouthy, please get some professional help, life can be such a wonderful and beautiful thing, and most of us on this planet are truly worthy to be happy. Depression can be such a debilitating thing and it can be helped-as someone who has been getting help for depression for 15 years, I can truthfully recommend getting real professional help-it will change your outlook.

  My very best regards,

  CJ
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  JAPAN - What happened to the JWs in Japan?

  by Black Man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  remember when japan was held up as the model to follow in terms of zeal in the ministry?

  they used to regularly set new marks in pioneer hours and numbers.

  the organization used to browbeat the work of other countries like the u.s. basically implying they were slackers compared to the japanese.

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  I remember all those examples and wonder what happened too.
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  *sigh*

  by C.O.B.E.Beef in

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  2. friends

  this is my first time participating in a site like this , so please.

  forgive me if my approach is clumsy.. my story is not extraordinary and hardly interesting, so thanks.

  in advance to this forum for extending the bandwidth for my own.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Hi & welcome. I wish you the very best and have the deepest empathy for you and your family's situation.