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The Right to Know by ozziepost on

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jst2laws Re: The Right to Know
H Gumby,
True. There is another factor as to why this problem is handled differently. The issue of "credible witnesses" as touched on in the May 26 WT letter. The society seems to be reluctant to take too seriously the charges of a child. To take a childs testimony against an adult the elders are supposed to consider the age of the child, history of telling lies or making up stories, the POSSIBILITY that the child misunderstood or that the notion was planted in the childs mind by a paranoid parent and so on.
The problem is since when are janitors and lawn men qualified to evaluate matters of this nature.
I feel the WT has the right as any other religion to assess danger as far as their own congregation is concerned but when a crime is reported it should be TURNED OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES first. They have experts now who help determine the credibility of a childs accusations. Yes, the experts will make mistakes sometimes but not as often as the totally untrained local elder.
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jst2laws	Re: The Right to Know
	H Gumby, True. There is another factor as to why this problem is handled differently. The issue of "credible witnesses" as touched on in the May 26 WT letter. The society seems to be reluctant to take too seriously the charges of a child. To take a childs testimony against an adult the elders are supposed to consider the age of the child, history of telling lies or making up stories, the POSSIBILITY that the child misunderstood or that the notion was planted in the childs mind by a paranoid parent and so on. The problem is since when are janitors and lawn men qualified to evaluate matters of this nature. I feel the WT has the right as any other religion to assess danger as far as their own congregation is concerned but when a crime is reported it should be TURNED OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES first. They have experts now who help determine the credibility of a childs accusations. Yes, the experts will make mistakes sometimes but not as often as the totally untrained local elder. Jst2laws .
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