i ask because my gf, who knows all about my jw upbringing, convinced me to grow a goatee, just to see how it looks.
we both decided it looked good so i decided to keep it.
i tried to explain to her that as a jw, i wasn't allowed to grow one, but then drew a blank when she asked me why.
One cannot say that beards are banned. In some ways it is also a cultural issue.
When attending an assembly jn Denmark, one of the Elders giving a talk had a beard and several in the audience as well.
In Sweden and Norway however, beards are not accepted among witnesses.
Also, beards are common among JWs men in countries like the Netherlands and Ireland (this is something I have been told, but Denmark I know for sure).
does anyone know if this is a temporary decision?
will it continue?
or is the hearing completed?.
does anyone know if this is a temporary decision?
will it continue?
or is the hearing completed?.
does anyone know if this is a temporary decision?
will it continue?
or is the hearing completed?.
Does anyone know if this is a temporary decision? Will it continue? Or is the hearing completed?
Also this was stated in a newspaper articles yesterday:
«The commission was due to conclude its hearings into the Jehovah's Witnesses on Wednesday but Justice McClellan said he will now call Geoffrey Jackson, a senior member of the church's governing body in New York who is currently in Australia, to appear next week. - See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2015/08/05/abuse-victims--face-cruel-choice---inquiry.html#sthash.ziVwn4S1.dpuf
Is this a valid scenario?
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/aug/04/jehovahs-witness-church-says-it-will-comply-with-mandatory-reporting-of-child-abuse.
august 4, 2015. australian associated press .
the jehovahs witness church says it will comply with mandatory reporting obligations when they learn about sexual abuse crimes against children in their congregation.. a royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse has heard that the theocratic church records more than one child abuse allegation every month yet in 60 years has never reported them to police.. in the second week of a hearing into the churchs handling of abuse incidents, the head of the communitys service desk, rodney spinks, acknowledged they dealt with matters internally and did not encourage reporting to police.. the service desk under the auspices of the churchs legal entity, the watchtower bible and tract society australia, is the first point of contact for elders looking for advice on how to deal with child abuse reports.. spinks said the first issue addressed is the safety of the child, and elders are referred to watchtower publications on the matter.. they are also given generic advice based on a handbook that says they should never suggest not reporting the allegation to police.. spinks acknowledged they had not had a practice, against the wishes of the victim or otherwise, to directly report to police.. the commission chair, peter mcclellan, pointed out there were mandatory reporting obligations when a crime had been committed.. spinks said he had been made aware of this in these hearings and the church would accept and comply with mandatory reporting, regardless of our strongly held religious belief that individuals should have the right to decide what is done with that information.. he said when there were mandatory reporting requirements with some sort of uniformity across the country we will happily and willingly comply.. mcclellan pointed out that uniform laws were not yet in place and they would differ from state to state but they would impose a criminal sanction on a person who knows [about an abuse crime] and does not report.. spinks said he understood that.. mcclellan said the church needed to have a very good look maybe with the help of the churchs lawyers at what the law provides.. the commissioner also pointed out that what the jehovahs witnesses were doing was different to what other churches might be doing because you might be taking allegations and resolving, as you see it, the truth of the allegation by reason of your process.. the commission has heard that the jehovahs witness process is based on a biblical rule that the wrongdoing is only proven when there are two witnesses, and expect the abuse victim to confront the abuser..
Happy to live in a country where JWs actually do report to police in matters of child abuse.
http://www.nrk.no/norge/slik-svarer-jehovas-vitner-nrk-1.10660487
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/08/04/jehovahs-witnesses-change-abuse-rules.
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jws in australia agrees to change procedures in regards to reporting abuse..
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/08/04/jehovahs-witnesses-change-abuse-rules
JWs in Australia agrees to change procedures in regards to reporting abuse.
i was born into the jw's religion.
was an active jw for over 30 years.
i remember when i was a child my mom would take me in the bathroom and switch me so hard with the nice little switch she got from the tree outside.
Abandoned decades ago in Scandinavia.
We have laws that prevent it...
already on its first day of hearing, this case makes headlines on the other side of the globe.
swedish regional newspaper carries this coverage:.
http://www.vk.se/1496701/jehovas-vittnen-dolde-sexovergrepp.
Major Swedish newspapers have also picked up the news, as well as Finnish news media and Danish newspapers:
http://ekstrabladet.dk/112/jehovas-vidner-i-australien-skjuler-sexovergreb-mod-boern/5662257
paedophiles repeatedly promoted to positions of authority in jehovahs witness church royal commission told.
1 hour ago july 27, 2015 12:45pm.
counsel assisting the royal commission, angus stewart sc has told the royal commission that church elders could now face criminal charges.
