Posts by scruffmcbuff

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/10/former-jehovahs-witness-elders-call-for-mandatory-reporting-of-child-sexual-abuse?fbclid=iwar13k3rzferkzvjj5lbxegzhjr1dkfw34gqchgms4gdmhjufcv24hpzjcco.

two former jehovah’s witness elders have called for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse, saying the organisation believes it is “answerable only to god”.. duncan corbett, who was an elder for 18 years, told the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse that the protection of minors and the handling of abuse claims must be taken out of the church’s hands.

“let them deal with the sin and the authorities handle the crime,” he told a hearing in london.. lloyd evans, another former elder who now campaigns against religious fundamentalism, said: “this is a group that feels they are answerable only to god … they don’t feel as though they need to yield to any regulations that are imposed on them.”.

scruffmcbuff

What inquiry was this for?

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Honest assessment of my life

by silent3 in

my old account was silent and i had to create a new account which kind of bums me, but here i am.. over the years i've really experienced some rough times emotionally and spiritually which led me down many paths.

being angry most all of time with a few outbursts really started to make me take stock of what was wrong with me.

further i started really going back and trying to figure out where i went wrong.. so i revisted all my previous posts on here.

scruffmcbuff

I rarely post on here but read daily and i can honestly say this is the saddest post.

Silent, look after your mental health mate. No one else will.

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How are you spending your lockdown time?

by pale.emperor in

how is everybody spending their lockdown time?.

i've been furloughed from work (forced "annual leave" with pay which doesn't affect my regular annual leave) for the past 2 months so i've had lots of time free to do whatever.. i've spent the time productively by doing all those things i've said i'd get round to doing "one day":.

learning french.

scruffmcbuff

Ive been flat out mate,

I own/run a utilities company digging and laying ducts.

Apparently this is essential.

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English is not my mother tongue, can you help me improve the caption

by WTDeserter in

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scruffmcbuff

Ditto, this dosent need any alternations. Nice work.

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Do you have dark tinted windows on your vehicle?

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

if you have one, do cops stop you to make sure it is not too dark?

.

scruffmcbuff

The rear windows of my truck are tinted for my kids.

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How old is old?

by joey jojo in

having a conversation with a pimi elder and i asked him how he deals with the fact that he never expected to get old.

i get the feeling that some dubs still have the original generation explanation hard-wired, even though they claim to accept the new version.

so my question is, how old do you have to be to be considered old?

scruffmcbuff

Im 30 and feel old!

Im also condidered an old father medically speaking

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What Did You Do With All Your Meeting Clothes?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i literally had dozens of suits.

i still have more dress clothes than anyone i know.

i did give some suits and clothing away and to be honest, i still like wearing a nice suit.. brothers and sisters, are all your “ meeting clothes” still in your closet?

scruffmcbuff

They where left at my parents when they kicked me out poat desfellowshiping!i actually emptied out my meeting bag on my bedroom floor and usef that.to pack the few essentials i could fit.

Incase your wondering it was a couple t shirts after shave and 1 pair of jeans... oh how the teenagers brain works in a crisis!

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Kingdom-Shop Hall

by scruffmcbuff in

i was driving through the high street in highbrooms, royal tunbridge wells, uk yesterday.. in amongst the shop fronts was something ive never seen before.

a large shop front with big glass windows,posters in the windows saying "start your free bible study today" (or something along those lines.

where the shop name would be there was a large jw.org logo and a blue banner.

scruffmcbuff

Its prime real estate with limited adaption costs for the new buyer!

@borg off yes im a local lad!