http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html#.
the national organization for jehovah's witnesses was ordered to pay $13.5 million to a san diego man who says he was abused as a child by his bible teacher.
nbc 7's rory devine reports on oct. 30, 2014.
There are far more cases hidden due to WT's "gag order" settlements, but three recent cases highlight how badly WT is getting their collective butt kicked. Imagine how bad it really is:
1. Candice Conti: $28 million
2. Campos: $13.5 million
3. Oregon case: $20 million
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I wonder how quickly JW donations would dry up if parents knew they were giving the children's inheritance to WT...and all it was paying for is the fallout from decades of stupidity on the part of WT?
i hope i don't come across as judgemental but having read a lot on the current child abuse cases and the different threads on here, i am left wondering why on earth a parent of an abuse victim would go to an elder with the problem first and not straight to police?.
as a parent myself i know that if anything like that happend to my child (this applies to when i was still an active jw as well as now) i would not hesitate in going to the authorities as soon as i found out, it wouldn't of crossed mine or my husbands mind to go to an elder.
maybe after we had reported it but definitely never as the first port of call.
happyatlast: The sad thing is that JWs are not told to think for themselves and everything has to be done via thier rules
Essentially, this is the core of a JWs mentality. They are convinced, through massive and relentless indoctrination, that Elders are appointed by god, directed by god, and therefore are so much smarter than everyone else. The JW is convinced that an Elder will use wisdom and do the right thing everytime. It is only after personal experience this same JW realizes what a fallacy this entire concept is.
The sad reality is that the Organization (WT) in general, and the elders in particular, are focused solely on self-preservation, not justice or common sense. Protection of "Mother" supersedes everything else, and, unfortunately, throwing molested children and their parents under a bus is the means that justifies the end.
just a random thought - but isn't it interesting that somebody like ashton kutcher can communicate with 16 million followers at the snap of his fingers on twitter, but god apparently needs 7 old dudes in brooklyn to pass a message along to half that many people?.
doesn't that seem just a tad bit inefficient?.
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smiddy: One witness looks at the other and says "What truth are we telling them today "
LOL.
God prefers JWs use the old, slow, inefficient methods. Imagine a Tweet revealing new truth going out on Monday and a re-Tweet by Friday with a "new light" change.
At least the outdated method makes doctrinal changes easier to hide.
ask a witness what seems like a simple bible question: "nine verses in the bible tell us that jesus is going to judge the living and the dead.
(john 5:28,29, acts 10:42, acts 17:31, romans 14:9, 2 cor.
5:10, 2 tim.
The Witnesses' elephant in the room is the Org's teaching of Romans 6:7, that a person's own death wipes out/acquits them of all their sins.
Doesn't this really nullify the need for Jesus' ransom sacrifice in the first place?
tell them this:.
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eden.
Dwain: And one day you wake up, and find your in you 50's, with NOTHING to even start to think about retiring with! And in bad enough shape that, you have no clue what to DO!
Exactly.
Don't worry, though...Big J will take care of all your needs.
on oct. 22, eight brothers were released from prison in turkmenistan by presidential amnesty.
(see 2014 yearbook, p. 31) the ninth brother is still imprisoned, but it is hoped that he will be released shortly.
some were already in prison for three or more years and had been severely mistreated.
Hours spent in ministry this year = 2 billion
Baptised = 275,000
Therefore it is taking 7,000 hours (or 10 months of witnessing hours) to make each disciple.
If these numbers were used to illustrate a monetary investment, instead of WT "growth", it would look like this:
Annual investment: $2 billion
Annual Return: $275,000
(note: due to mismanagement, most of the prior year's $275,000 was lost, so essentially it's net gain of zero)
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Annual investment: $7,000
Annual Return: $1
Summary: Failure! Invest somewhere else for a better return.
Only in WT Land is this considered a success. But, when it costs WT nothing to conduct business and all their labor is free, what do they care??
Well, they did say "evidently" in their explanation, which is the equivilent of crossing your fingers behind your back; or, written in stone...until the next change.
the new book "gods kingdom rules!
has taken us back to the 1990's with many pages of blood hero's yes brothers who sued the doctor who saved them...april cadoreth only 14 severe internal bleeding the doc got a court order to give her 3 units of packed red blood cells.
(alot) and saved her life so she can pioneer.
Too bad the Court didn't use the old WT tactic:
Court: Did you scream while being "raped"?
JW Biotch: "No".
Court: Then we find the Dr. innocent. You, on the other hand, are guilty of fornication and must be punished accordingly.
why it has been deemed appropriate to assign brothers and sisters in each international convention city to spend hours and hours making souvenir grab bags full of knick-knacks.
and to assign other brothers and sisters to spend hours and hours preparing choreography, music, lighting, costumes and props, and practicing and practicing cowboy songs, pop music, dance and jw.org skits.. .
and to assign other brothers and sisters to spend hours and hours constructing giant bibles popping out of jw.org boxes and giant bibles turning into baptismal pools.. .
WT does this...because Jesus did all those things too.
The Searcher: To any fellow Witnesses reading this, see if the "Glorious Ones" take such a forgiving attitude if you fall short of their standards!! Don't hold your breath!
Ye Old WT double standard. So true.
" how inappropriate it would be for any member of the congregation to react according to the world’s spirit, vehemently demanding “justice” or that “something be done.."
By this argument, since "demanding" for justice is "worldy" thinking, WT should quit fighting pedophilia lawsuits and just pay and be done with it.
