Mikctr,......Are you one of JW's? Have you experienced their brand of civil/legal and scriptural compliance of laws/principles regarding child-molestation? What a number of us are concerned about is the obvious descrepency between written policy and actual application. Supporting the perpatrator while discrediting the victim is a very real dynamic in this organization. And as we are finding out, not as uncommon as we were led to believe. This type of manipulation is, at the least, tacit approval for the woefully inadequate policy for protecting children from untreated offenders. All in all, the WBTS is being forced to look at this problem.
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Dateline
by Jacinta inmy mom (a jw) watched the dateline program.
i asked her the next day what she thought of it.
she told me that erica was not a jw and that is why they did not support her in court.
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WT officially admits their system is NOT PERFECT
by Insider infollow the link to wt official admission.
second to last paragraph contains the admission.. .
http://www.jw-media.org/releases/default.htm?content=bg_molestation.htm
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I can just hear it know ' Brothers, there is new light. Yes, oh yes, we were all gathered together in that special room and we received new light on how to refine our child-molestation policy'. 'Er, excuse me brother, but does this new light have anything to do with the likes of Bill Bowen, Barbara Anderson, and Erica'. 'Quick, someone seize that instigator and throw the postate out!!!'...all in all, whatever it took for this tragic denial to be brought out in the open, I am truly grateful.
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Aftermath
by Bendrr ini guess everyone's speculating on the reaction of the wts to last night's dateline.
seen a few reactions posted here so far, but nothing to indicate what the gb is going to do about it.. i think the average r&f dubs are going to have a far more adverse reaction than many think.
while the face put on to the public and to people like us may say "apostate attack", the private personal reaction we don't see is the one to consider.. how can this not cast doubt in all but the most hardcore dub?.
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Interesting thread.......makes me think of previous post about the diffent stages of a cult's demise. In the p.r. race, they may have sat a bit too long on their laurels. The hare couldn't catch the tortoise.
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Amazing Survived Major Heart Attack
by AlanF ini just spoke on the phone to amazing (jim whitney) who is in intensive care in a chicago hospital.
on monday he had a major heart attack, had a stint put in an artery to unblock things and may have bypass surgery.
he's comfortable enough right now, but of course will have to make some big lifestyle changes.
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Amazing,....Peace to you, may you have a speedy recovery. Thank-you for all your honest, loving, balanced thoughts on this site. You have truly helped us.
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How Many Silent Lambs Do you Know?
by Cassiline ini thought it would be interesting if we started count here on this board.
please list how many you know personally, then add from the previous results, to keep a running tally.
i realize it wont be an accurate count but perhaps an estimate of those that we know or are aquatinted with.. i'll start.. 3 +.
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We stopped at 45
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JWS Definitely Know About Dateline!!!!
by MarchOn inif they did not know before this past friday's airing of dateline they do now.
dateline previewed this tuesday's show.
my jw mom calls me the next morning to tell me about it.
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Nancee Park....checked that thread and nothing about Greenlees.
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SATURDAY: 3 LATEST SILENTLAMBS NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
by AngryXJW inallegations along the watchtower .
by elisa batista .
2:00 a.m. may 25, 2002 pdt .
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SloBoy
Thanks for the post..... I was wondering how many of you out there have had the privildge of getting together with a couple of these 'loving' elders for a session of spiritual re-adjustment. What a bunch of hypocrites!!! Putting things in writing is one thing, experiencing one of their Gestapo inquisitions is certainly illuminating, among other things.
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Watchtower Media preps for Dateline!
by Dogpatch inwatchtower spin doctors!.
dr. gail bethea-jackson tells us that we didn't know what child abuse was 18-20 years ago.
gag on this one!.
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Way to go everyone!!!!!...they keep spewing and the world just gets better acquainted with their rotten, slimy, fecund, diseased, pustular, stench-ridden fruit; 'by their fruits, you will know these men'.
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Who is going to Kentucky Vigil?
by Hyghlandyr inwho among yall are goin to the vigil?
as it turns out i will probably be leaving tomorrow morning early so i can make it first to evansville and then from there go to benton.
does anyone wanna hang out with hygh and jiloawybhon (mark) on thursday night?
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For reasons that I have e-mailed Bill, I will not be able to attend. Godspeed to you all. With you in spirit.
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So Are All Your Problems Brooklyn's Fault Then?
by Englishman inin another post, jan h said about this site:.
...there is a very angry crowd there, for obviously and understandable reasons, who will accept no dissent regarding their core dogma: that the wts is responsible for all ills and problems in life.
if what he says is correct, then i am very alarmed at this.
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No doubt WBTS would like that to be the theme on sites as these, but alas, that is not the case, as has well been demonstrated. At times I describe my experience with WBTS as an across the board 'neutering'; emotionally, spiritually, and physically. I am in the process of coming to terms with my co-operation with this 'proceedure'. This type of inner reflection probably seems foreign to the Borg. It's called ''PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ''