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  Hartlepool UK JW groomed girl for sex

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/crime/jehovah-s-witness-from-hartlepool-groomed-girl-for-sex-1-7504907.

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  HomebytheSea

  I agree with Tornintwo. Not sure what the statute of limitations is in the UK, but it might help to protect kids in the future.
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  Hartlepool UK JW groomed girl for sex

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/crime/jehovah-s-witness-from-hartlepool-groomed-girl-for-sex-1-7504907.

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  HomebytheSea

  Maybe more will have the courage to come forward since he's been arrested! That seems to have happened in some of the other cases, at least.
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  Hartlepool UK JW groomed girl for sex

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/crime/jehovah-s-witness-from-hartlepool-groomed-girl-for-sex-1-7504907.

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  HomebytheSea

  I'm devastated by your story, false prophet. You did what you could under the circumstances. I think all of us who even hear rumors of these things will report to the authorities now, & let them sort it out. The ARC really showed us that. You told everyone you could & dealt with a ruined reputation! I don't know how they can sleep @ night!
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  Jehovah's Witnesses - People of Integrity

  by Saved_JW in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i think of integrity, a lot of positive connotations come to mind.

  i think of individuals grounded in principles, who do not operate on opinions that change based on the breeze of political or social change.

  a life that is directed by a code of morality, not on capricious emotions.

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  HomebytheSea

  People of integrity don't turn a blind eye to child abuse and say, "Don't worry, Jehovah will take care of it!"
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  Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse

  by Dissonant15 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  all states in the us mandate health care workers and teachers to report suspected child abuse to law enforcement.

  this year our commonwealth expanded the law to include clergy, and to include a mandatory two hour training on what to look for and how to report, required for all mandatory reporters.. my coworker at the hospital said she and her husband did the training together, because her husband volunteers in the sunday school at the church, they required him to take it too.

  i asked several witnesses when this law came into effect if all the elders and ms are going to be taking the training and everyone looked at me like i was an alien and they had no idea what the heck i was talking about.

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  Aside from the importance of getting mandatory reporting made into law in all states, I can't believe elder's don't report just because it's the right thing to do. Their ability to do the right thing is nonexistent! They've turned into robots!!
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  Child Discipline, new article to address Jackson's Royal Commission testimony

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have published a new article at watchtower corporal punishment, as a response to the testimony that geoff jackson gave at the royal commission.

  it includes the relevant part of the transcript, along with a string of watchtower quotes to show that what he presented was not accurate, and that watchtower translates rod as a literal implement to hit children with.

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  HomebytheSea

  Paul,

  Do you have any idea approximately when the RC will publish their recommendations?
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  YOU MIGHT BE A J.W.

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if getting ready means putting on a suit........ you might be a j.w.. if going out to the field has nothing to do with grass, baseball diamonds, or football ......... you might be a j.w.. please continue my friends.......i know ya got some.....; ).

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  HomebytheSea

  If you'd child memories involve a song about "bees that were molested"... you must be a JW.
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  Sad Reality...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ...is that most jws don't know anything about the financial news that is happening right now.

  sure it has trickled down to the elders and those who volunteer for construction but the average jw has no idea.

  no one in my hall has said a thing about it.

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  HomebytheSea

  I agree, JW_Rogue. Even after my parents talked about Bethel layoffs tonight, they still think it's Jehovah's direction. I don't think there's any way to permeate the wall around them, no matter how much I hope for it.
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  "The Shack" by William P Young helped me to Deal with Life's Big Questions

  by HomebytheSea in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i would probably call myself an agnostic, but this book helped me to deal with many of life's questions in a way wt never could.

  if helped me alot when i started questioning wt teachings.

  has anyone else read it?

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  HomebytheSea

  It was one of the most spiritually uplifting books I've read, along with a few books written by the Dali Lama. I think you can receive spiritual insights from many places, you just have to be open to them. I also think that, if there is a God, he or she has revealed himself in many places, since different people are drawn to different things.
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  "The Shack" by William P Young helped me to Deal with Life's Big Questions

  by HomebytheSea in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i would probably call myself an agnostic, but this book helped me to deal with many of life's questions in a way wt never could.

  if helped me alot when i started questioning wt teachings.

  has anyone else read it?

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  HomebytheSea

  I agree that it was slightly "sappy", but the thought that everything will be alright in the end was really helpful. I thought of it because of the mass shooting in Oregon. It helped me to deal with the fact that everyone is broken in some way, & that maybe someday we'll all be OK, not just the 1% who are JW's.