murder suicide tragedy by jw couple.
very terrible.. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540809/jehovahs-witness-couple-young-children-shot-dead-two-story-home-grandmother-grim-murder-suicide.html.
It is very tragic on all levels. Especially for the children. So very sad.
It was written that he partook last year. I wonder if the idea that he was demoted and not part of the Faithful and Discrete Slave Class came into play. I suppose we will never know.
warning!
awesome!
so thankful for all the amazing provisions jehovah has given us.
The old phrases "Gag me with a spoon" comes to mind.
Just a few years past, you were halled in the back room, if you dared to have the Bible on PDA!
I wonder if that former council on the KM is avaiable to be pulled up on the ap. Oh probably not, becuase they can change everything they ever wrote with with one click of a button! Lunacy!
what tools does a duped person have?
intellectual damage is done once you are indoctrinated.. your emotional ties to your "spiritual family" form a bias to free thinking.. .
why should you make your life better by first making it worse?.
Terry, Well said. The steps for recovering from Spiritual Abuse are similar to those from other types of abuses. People that are in abusive relationships are always counseled not to jump into another relationship until they take the time to come to grips with their own issues that lead them into that first bad relationship. A feeling of desperation and loneliness may drive a person into another abusive relationship before they give themselves time to heal. They cycle will repeat itself until it is addressed and dealt with.
in accepting the name of being one of jehovahs witnesses, they agree to witness or bear testimony to the existence of jehovah and the truthfulness of the bible.
even though no one in this modern age has literally seen the act of creation or the god in the heavens, it is through the mental powers of discernment that faith is built.
after the so-called 'evidence' is presented, it leads to a conviction of faith, which eventually turns into dedication and baptism.
In accepting the name of being one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, they agree to ‘witness’ or bear testimony to the existence of Jehovah and the truthfulness of the Bible. Even though no one in this modern age has literally seen the act of creation or the God in the heavens, it is through the mental powers of “discernment” that faith is built. After the so-called 'evidence' is presented, it leads to a conviction of faith, which eventually turns into dedication and baptism. The scripture, “We walk by faith and not by sight” comes to mind.
Yet, these people of extraordinary faith turn a blind eye at the physical evidence of abuse. They will accept without question that a man over 2000 years ago turned water into wine*, yet, dismiss a person crying for help, while presenting evidence of physical battering and hospital/police reports. Yes, suddenly their ‘eyes of faith’ cloud over.
The Insight Book Volume II Page 234, under Material and circumstantial evidence states:
“…If a married woman was accused by her husband of falsely claiming to be a virgin at the time of marriage, the girl’s father could bring the mantle from the marriage bed as evidence of her virginity to present before the judges in order to clear her of the charge. (De 22:13-21) Even under patriarchal law, material evidence was acceptable in some cases. (Ge 38:24-26) Circumstances were given consideration as evidence…”
So, in the wacky world of the Governing Body, it appears that circumstantial evidence is acceptable to render judgment in a dispute over virginity, but modern forensic evidence or hospital reports are not enough to prove sexual or physical abuse.
In reviewing the past issues of the Watchtower magazine, there are over 1100 references to the wisdom of using “discernment”. May I suggest that a footnote should be added to these references that state: “Warning: Cognitive dissonance in judicial abuse cases of Jehovah’s Witnesses”?
*The comparison given is not to dispute the miracles of Jesus, but to point out the fallacy of such incongruent reasoning.
the preaching the jw.org thing is so strange.
the two generations "new light" is crazy.
but then again i look back at some of the things i believed and taught wonder 'what was i thinking'?
Thank you for all the posts. There were some histories mentioned I wasnt aware of. Yes the org has always been strange....Just seems stranger the further you get away.Its likened to an abusive relationship..you may not recognise it when your in it but others can see the signs. Sometimes its with distance and time you can look back and see the whole picture. Then exclaim 'OMG WHAT WAS I THINKING???????'
survivorsnetwork of thoseabused bypriests this thursday, for the first time ever, the vatican will be questioned about its record on child sexual violence by an international body.
the un committee on the rights of the child in geneva is holding the meeting in two sessions on jan 16, each three hours long.
snap and our attorneys from ccr will be there.
Go get um!
the preaching the jw.org thing is so strange.
the two generations "new light" is crazy.
but then again i look back at some of the things i believed and taught wonder 'what was i thinking'?
am i the only one that finds it funny that the organization's campaign this month is to offer a printed magazine that is simply an ad for a website?
what's more is they have printed close to 50 mil copies which will be delivered by an army of volunteers who drive minivans and knock on the doors of empty houses repeatedly until they find someone at home...... can you imagine facebook going door to door to spread the word about how awesome their site is?.
survivorsnetwork of thoseabused bypriests this thursday, for the first time ever, the vatican will be questioned about its record on child sexual violence by an international body.
the un committee on the rights of the child in geneva is holding the meeting in two sessions on jan 16, each three hours long.
snap and our attorneys from ccr will be there.
Wow! Thanks, Barb!
this is interesting and no doubt the wts legal department is watching the case carefully.. http://www.kasa.com/news/national/church-releasing-sex-abuse-files-on-chicago-clergy_42591990.
can you imagine the following line from here in a wt press release, or even in the wt mag?.
cardinal francis george, who has led the archdiocese since 1997, did not attend the news conference.
I never thought I would see the day that the Catholic's showed more integrity than the Watchtower. It makes me cringe to think of all the times I bashed the Catholics in light of the 'truth'.
