hi friends!.
i normally post over on /r/exjw but i've been reading more and more over here on this forum and found it incredibly supportive and informative.
i hope to participate in this community and become an active member.
Hi mulder_scully, nice mash-up!
One of the elders emotively stated he felt sickened by what he heard, but then went on to say he can't remember what he heard, just that he remembers being sickened by it.
I think the court room rolled their eyes at that point.
No credibility.
i emailed mr. stewart about jackson's testimony, asking if the video link would be visible to the public.. this was his prompt reply:.
thank you dianne for your interest.
the it people tell me that mr jackson will be on the screen for all to see and hear.regardsangus stewart.
supposing you were called to give evidence by an inquiry.
how would you answer?
are you concerned that you may end up being called to give evidence for past involvement in judicial committees to future inquiries?
There is no process Mephis.
None of my BoE have any clue whatsoever about the legal side of the charity. Becoming an elder is purely about the WT organisation.
The one legal thing they do each year is hold an AGM and announce some figures to the congregation. Because our income is so low we don't even have to report our financials to the Charity Commission.
what do you think of the following line of reasoning for helping a jw start to think about what they are admitting.. (essentially, the organisations way of handling child abuse has been wrong, harm has been caused, god is now putting it right.).
reply:.
"i appreciate your honesty, in admitting that child abuse has not been handled in the right way in the past.
the royal commissions public hearing into the jehovahs witnesses will recommence in sydney on friday 14 august 2015 at 11:00am.. it is anticipated that the hearing will hear from one witness, mr geoffrey jackson, a member of the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.. .
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www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/2015-08/public-hearing-into-the-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-to-rec.
supposing you were called to give evidence by an inquiry.
how would you answer?
are you concerned that you may end up being called to give evidence for past involvement in judicial committees to future inquiries?
I've never been on any abuse cases, children or otherwise. The only ones I've been on involved consenting adults.
I'd not put myself in opposition to the law but give a full account of everything they asked. This isn't a recent stance, it is something I would always have done.
as has been observed in western congos, the decline is real.. usa is 12.475 % less -2015 vs 2014.
1. will jw.org implement all / some of the recommended changes?.
2. will jw.org proudly refuse citing that they will "obey god as ruler rather than men"?.
3. will news about the rc goes viral, and how will the world at large respond?.
why won't they (the wbt$ head honchos), simply change policy on sex offenders?
will they?..especially after the arc for eg?
it seems that with all the bad press and now the arc among other institutions that are exposing the wbt$ for a haven for paedophiles, why hasn't the wbt$ simply changed it's insane policy?.
By changing the policy to delete all abusers, they would lose many appointed men.
By becoming open and sharing the abusers names to protect the congregations, they would be liable for compensation claims.
By making any changes because the law says so, they demonstrate themselves to be less than the holy all knowing GB they try to portray.
By doing anything on a worldwide scale, they would expose their underlying problem to many who are unaware of it, and some would quit.
Expensive court cases would follow, bad publicity, loss of followers and ministry zeal, and loss of income.
what question would you ask geoffrey jackson, as a member of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses, to answer?
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jw leaks.
Tornintwo I'm wound up now
Yes, outrage is an appropriate reaction
*** w10 9/1 p. 11 Guard Against Being Deceived ***
Satan began deceiving mankind at the very start of human history. . . What a delusion to believe that the right to choose between good and bad means the right to determine what is good and what is bad! Unfortunately, we imperfect humans easily fall into that trap.
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