Posts by cappytan

other churches and organisations have strict policies to protect members from sex offenders but they do not 'notify' in the sense that i think these people want.. so the wt response to that particular question will be 'no.

cappytan

My earlier comment that was accidentally deleted was that it doesn't matter what the legal obligation is.

There is a MORAL obligation to warn the parents. The law of the land may not require it, but the laws of human decency do.

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Texan Billboard

by Pubsinger in

didn't the judge rule in the candace conte trial that wts did not have a responsibility to notify the congregation only to protect them?

i think this is hugely missing the point.

other churches and organisations have strict policies to protect members from sex offenders but they do not 'notify' in the sense that i think these people want.. so the wt response to that particular question will be 'no.

cappytan

As an aside: Whew! I thought I got Simon mad about something I wrote and couldn't remember my exact words.

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Anti-JW billboard going up in Texas

by sunny23 in

the first ever billboard has been crowd funded on reddit and will be going up.

i'm curious to know if it will cause a spark in any jw's who already have questions or doubts and lead them to research into the child abuse cases and lead them to the thought that the wt and gb are not inspired or gods mouthpiece.

at the very least it will provide people a topic of conversation and questions to the jw's who knock on their door: "so whats this whole sex abuse in kingdom halls thing about i saw on the billboard down the road?

cappytan

It seems the design changed since this iteration.

JW-THINK.ORG is what they went with.

Hyphens will not be remembered from a billboard, and people will go to the wrong address and give up.

JWAWAKE.COM would have been better, but I own that one. (There's nothing on it.)

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Anti-JW billboard going up in Texas

by sunny23 in

the first ever billboard has been crowd funded on reddit and will be going up.

i'm curious to know if it will cause a spark in any jw's who already have questions or doubts and lead them to research into the child abuse cases and lead them to the thought that the wt and gb are not inspired or gods mouthpiece.

at the very least it will provide people a topic of conversation and questions to the jw's who knock on their door: "so whats this whole sex abuse in kingdom halls thing about i saw on the billboard down the road?

cappytan

Ummmmmm...that URL goes to a Chinese website.

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Coping With Atheism (Long-ish Post...sorry!)

by humblepotato in

jw
friends

long time lurker (2009-ish), first time poster.

first of all, i want to say thank you everyone who contributes to these boards and provokes stimulating conversations and thought processes.

all the opinions and different perspectives are very enlightening.

cappytan

I WANT, so badly, to believe in a God... and I keep looking for shreds of evidence that he exists (or if he does exist...that he cares about us). No, I can't tell you where the universe came from...but neither can you tell me where God came from!

I know EXACTLY this feeling. I call it the Mulder effect.

How did you cope knowing that there was no eternal reward? No afterlife? How do you view your life now? Do you live your life differently?

Honestly, man, when I was waking up, I was having very scary suicidal thoughts. Wanted a quick trip to paradise. Convinced myself that Jehovah would forgive me because he's a reader of hearts and he knows what I'm going through.

Once I let go of the belief in God, I started to feel much more centered and treasured the little time I had left on this planet. It's hard to let go of. For a few weeks I had nagging doubts that I was being stupid.

But eventually a calm and peace set in.

I realized that I couldn't definitively know if there was a God or not. I did know that there was no evidence of God. So, you have to be okay with saying, "I don't know." We're trained as Witnesses that there are answers for every question, when that just isn't true.

I also realized that in the extreme remote and unlikely chance that there is some kind of God, what better motive for being a moral person and treating my neighbors and earth with love and care could there be than doing so because it's what you WANT to do? Surely, being a moral person because it's what you WANT to do is a far better motive than doing it for some reward or out of "fear of God."

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Convention Cartoon

by freemindfade in

so last night they played the convention cartoon.

there were a few laughs from the audience, overall though people seemed a little taken aback and tight lipped.

like no one gushed about it afterwards, no applause, just like it was nothing new at all.

cappytan

There sure was a lot of mentions of "showing appreciation" though. That has been used in the past as JW speak for "donate."

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How To Revoke Durable Power of Attorney "Blood Card"

by lambsbottom in

hello all,.

wife doesn't want to ask elders for her dpa blood card, but wants it nullified legally.

what is the best way to do this?.

cappytan

A more recent version of a DPA trumps all previous ones. Just draw up a new one and specify the reversal on the blood issue. Getting it notarized will also make it hold legal superiority than the stupid DPA that they made us keep in our wallets.