Posts by LevelThePlayingField

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Jehovah’s Witnesses and Child Sex Abuse – A Brief Handbook for Attorneys

by Watchtower-Free in

free download.

https://jwvictims.org/jehovahs-witnesses-and-child-sex-abuse-a-brief-handbook-for-attorneys/ .

2016-07-15 TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS IN RUSSIA New law on missionary activity

by wifibandit in

2016-07-15 to all bodies of elders in russia re: new law on missionary activity.

translation:.

to all bodies of elders in russia new law on missionary activity.

One thing I can always count on about you all on here is that the a regular JW may have the wool pulled over his/her eyes but not you guys here. Nope, no way. This network of here of awake people see right through it all period and I like it. :)

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Disgraced elder jailed for 8 years for abusing girl

by LevelThePlayingField in

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/disgraced-jehovah-s-witness-elder-jailed-for-sexually-abusing-a-girl/story-29528336-detail/story.html.

a disgraced jehovah's witness elder has been jailed for eight years for sexually abusing a girl.. martyn barron (55) pleaded guilty to four counts of sexually assaulting a child under 13, more than 10 years ago.. the victim, now an adult, said the abuse had devastated her life.. leicester crown court was told barron, of walton street,belgrave, leicester, sought to blame the child for his wrongdoing in a pre-sentence report.. .

by taboola .

LevelThePlayingField

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/disgraced-jehovah-s-witness-elder-jailed-for-sexually-abusing-a-girl/story-29528336-detail/story.html

A disgraced Jehovah's Witness elder has been jailed for eight years for sexually abusing a girl.

Martyn Barron (55) pleaded guilty to four counts of sexually assaulting a child under 13, more than 10 years ago.

The victim, now an adult, said the abuse had devastated her life.

Leicester Crown Court was told Barron, of Walton Street,Belgrave, Leicester, sought to blame the child for his wrongdoing in a pre-sentence report.

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He has been disfellowed by his Jehovah's Witness community – where he formerly held a senior position as an elder figure, similar to that of a pastor.

image: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/276308/binaries/LCC235235234.jpg

Sentencing, Recorder Adrian Reynolds said: "How can a man who professes to have a belief in God have acted in the way you did?
"The effect upon her has been devastating.

"For a moments fleeting sexual pleasure, for you, there's a lifetime of sexual trauma for a victim who can't understand why someone should behave in such a way.

"It was abuse by someone who was thoroughly respected within your religious community.

"Although you pleaded guilty, the admissions you made were loaded with self-justification – and despite what your advocate has said, it's very telling in the pre-sentence report that you believe this was all her fault.

"You're mired in the kind of self-justification that is the hallmark for dyed-in-the-wool paedophiles."

Steven Taylor, prosecuting, said the victim was 10 or 11 when the defendant touched her intimately.

The victim confided in someone years later and her parents then learnt about what had happened.

When confronted about the abuse, the defendant admitted wrongdoing but claimed he thought she was nearer 15.

Mr Taylor said: "He was interviewed by the police in August last year and acknowledged there had been a number of sexual incidents, then saying he thought the victim was about 13."

The defendant tried suggesting to the police the youngster encouraged him which was not accepted by the complainant.
Michael Garvey, mitigating, said Barron had no previous convictions.

He said: "He'd been an elder for some time, helping people with their problems, trying to assist and listening – it was something that played upon him.

"It was one of the factors that led him to behave in this way at other times."

He said the defendant no longer stood by criticism of the victim in his pre-sentence report and accepted harm caused to her was inevitable.

Mr Taylor said: "He's no longer entitled to play a full part within the church.

"He gave up his engineering job as it would occasionally involve him going into schools and thought it would be impractical to explain his whereabouts to the police and explain the situation to his boss.

"There are fewer people available for him to contact now or have any sort of relationship with in the future.

"His wife has a disability and he was her carer; life will be much harder for her while he's incarcerated.

"He's willing to cooperate with any rehabilitation."

Barron was made the subject of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order banning unsupervised contact with under 16s and will remain on a sex offender register for life.

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What would you like to have known about JWs before deciding whether to get baptised?

by slimboyfat in

if you could go back in time and tell yourself one thing about jws would you do it?

and what would you choose to say to yourself?

do you think you could have convinced yourself not to get baptised if you chose the right thing to say?

LevelThePlayingField

I would have told myself to research their history. Of course back then there was no internet. So I would have to do it by using the library and apostate books at that but if that's what it takes then so be it. And then there is no way I would have gotten baptized.

No way.

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Education, Indoctrination, or Propaganda?

by stuckinarut2 in

can anyone remember that classic magazine article that stated:.

"education teaches one how to think, but propaganda tells one what to think" ?.

(if someone can post that quote and article that would be great!).

LevelThePlayingField

Awake 2000*** g00 6/22 p. 9 Do Not Be a Victim of Propaganda! ***

Do Not Be a Victim of Propaganda!

“A fool will believe anything.”—PROVERBS 14:15, TODAY’S ENGLISH VERSION.

THERE is a difference—a big difference—between education and propaganda. Education shows you how to think. Propaganda tells you what to think. Good educators present all sides of an issue and encourage discussion. Propagandists relentlessly force you to hear their view and discourage discussion. Often their real motives are not apparent. They sift the facts, exploiting the useful ones and concealing the others. They also distort and twist facts, specializing in lies and half-truths. Your emotions, not your logical thinking abilities, are their target.

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New JW Electronic Release! JW Go App!

by ttdtt in

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LevelThePlayingField

yeah, I like it. That about sums it up.

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JWs on Jeopardy! . . . really this time.

by neat blue dog in

i know there was a crazy false urban legend years ago about jeopardy saying the nwt was the most accurate bible, but on tonights episode they really were mentioned.

the clue went something like 'this religion was started by charles taze russell and publishes the watchtower'.

a player buzzed in a she said 'who are the jehovah's witnesses'.

LevelThePlayingField

That's not an urban legend about the NWT being the most accurate translation. I was watching Jeopardy when the question was asked. I was fully in at the time. I remember saying to my wife, 'hey honey, on Jeopardy, they just said that the NWT was the most accurate.'

I know, I was there. Don't know why they say it was a legend.

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here i am

by notalone in

i was a 4th gen born in.my adult children were the 5th.

my mother was one of the newly'anointed' we have all left.

i have been lurking since october.i was really too terrified someone would find out who i was and what would happen.well we are out now so here is a part of my story.

LevelThePlayingField

your story really touches my heart. I'm so happy that things have worked out relatively well for you. I have bipolar disorder and when I first started to find out about the truth behind everything I went nuts for a while and it was really hard. I was hospitalized for a few days because of it, but I recovered. That was in 2013. And now mentally I'm doing better than I have been in the last several years for sure. I really think that a lot of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses are not healthy as was demonstrated during the ARC. I also think the elders have way too much power in the congregation to be healthy for the people in it. And sisters are not giving enough respect. This is just to name a few things that in the past few years that I have really noticed.

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$40,000.00 USD, and counting.....

by DATA-DOG in

i'm not sure if anyone is keeping track, but as of today, the wtbts has spent $40,000.00 usd to avoid releasing sensitive documents to the superior authorities.

that's $40,000.00 usd of "dedicated funds.

are you a born-in jw?

LevelThePlayingField

I don't think the Watchtower will give up the list come hell or high water. Nope, not gonna do it. That would cost them way more than any fine the courts could ever impose on them. Even if they said pay $10 million if you don't give us the list, I don't think they would do it.

So I think they will just go ahead and default on the case and call this one quits. I think if they release the database it will open up lawsuits in the tens of millions maybe 100's of millions because of the damage and backlash that such a database would up everything up to.

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New Here ... Just woke up

by Sevan in

jw
friends

hey all, .

this is my first post.

i haven't been out in service or to a meeting in over a month.. i realize now that i've been having serious questions for years and many articles and talks have greatly disturbed me over the years.

LevelThePlayingField

Sevan - get ready for the pressure from your family if you plan on never stepping into the hall again. They will really bring it on.