does the rank and file or the elders view us as disassociated or disfellowshipped or simply "weak" or possibly a "prodigal son" type?.
However, we have heard no more from he and his wife - probably as they have learned of my "official status" amongst the JWs!
Perhaps. But perhaps life gets in the way as it often does. In the same way they haven't contacted you, it sounds as though you haven't contact ed them.
does the rank and file or the elders view us as disassociated or disfellowshipped or simply "weak" or possibly a "prodigal son" type?.
Well, despite not going for twenty years I still class a fair few witnesses as my friends. We recently had a significant wedding anniversary and we had a party and invited a fair few of our old witness friends, some of whom we hadn't seen for 15 years. They all turned up and it was fine. It was nice to catch up.
nvi noticias, friday 10 march 2017. ten citizens are imprisoned in the isthmus for being jehovah's witnesses.
http://www.nvinoticias.com/nota/53600/encarcelan-diez-ciudadanos-en-el-istmo-por-ser-testigos-de-jehova.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/5153619030573056.
I can think of 7 more that can join them.
all exhibits for case study 54, jehovah's witnesses and watchtower, have been released by the arc.. http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/exhibits/10908a67-70c5-4103-94cc-dac096fdb585/case-study-54,-march-2017,-sydney.
exhibit list.
joint statement of o'brien and spinks.
Correct me if I am wrong but the WTB&TS do not have one comprehensive document covering the allegations and response to child sexual abuse from the organisation that Elders and the rank and file have access to when they feel the need to review it ?
I think their policy is 'phone the bethel'.
To be a little bit fair to them I do think I it's more difficult to produce a coherent policy in a pastoral setting. In education or a setting where you have DBS vetted people dealing with minors then it's fairly straightforward to have a written policy. In a setting like a religion or a church where the variables can be more disparate then perhaps asking for advice from bethel is the way to go.
Providing that advice is to act in the best interest of the abused and not in the in keeping their religion' should name out of the papers.
i often wonder if the current crop of witnesses, especially the youth and younger ones simply don't care about facts?.
i mean for some, even with knowledge of the past scandals, misleading teachings, mistruths, etc etc, they simply don't care.
"it is the truth after all".. they are so intertwined in the operations and activities of the society, that they cant see anything outside of it.
I think of all the blessings I have...first, I'm so called depressed about....uh? just because I can....then I think that if I'm depressed at least I'm depressed in-doors....I can open my refrig, I can lay on my bed...I have heat and hot water...I have a job...TV, cable, cellphone...nice clothes...good health most of the time...health insurance....car...must I go on....How dare I look God in the face and be depressed...
So what are you saying? That being a JW is your penance for having a normal life?
i think trump is an absolute idiot.
his tactics, however, are undeniably effective.
thought i'd just put together a short list of some of the things he does.
Farage has never even managed to win a seat in UK parliament, never mind win election outright.
Ah! But the potential damage from his "Brexit-inducing" words (misleading narrative, so proven in subsequent interviews) is already palpable way outside the UK...
Both true. Which is worrying considering we are meant to live in a representative democracy.
voters are going to the polls in the netherlands in the first of three crucial eurozone elections this year.
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the voter turnout might set a new record.. what do you hope will be the result?.
Rotterdam is less than 50% original Dutch. it is not called Rotterdam for nothing.
Tne whole of Europe is a mongrel nation. As is the US.
voters are going to the polls in the netherlands in the first of three crucial eurozone elections this year.
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the voter turnout might set a new record.. what do you hope will be the result?.
Well done to Holland for showing the way to the rest of Europe.
Anders - get a grip man. Your vote is too important to waste on dithering.
i'm a new member so wanted to say 'hi'.
i live in the u.k, was born in, fell away as an unbaptised publisher, got baptised in my 30s for reasons i'm retrospectively unsure of, and lost my faith about five years ago around the time of the original a.r.c.
now, being unable to leave is making me physically, emotionally and mentally ill.. i have been visiting this forum for a couple of years and wanted to post my first message to see if anyone has attended, heard or watched the zone visit broadcast thing happening this month?
WT....a truly captive organization. Sad.
A prison where the bars are purely in people's minds.
i'm a new member so wanted to say 'hi'.
i live in the u.k, was born in, fell away as an unbaptised publisher, got baptised in my 30s for reasons i'm retrospectively unsure of, and lost my faith about five years ago around the time of the original a.r.c.
now, being unable to leave is making me physically, emotionally and mentally ill.. i have been visiting this forum for a couple of years and wanted to post my first message to see if anyone has attended, heard or watched the zone visit broadcast thing happening this month?
Why cant you quit, you're a grown adult aren't you?
Learning to say no is an important life skill.
Bizarre, isn't it? It's the one thing that's amazed me since I've started coming here.
