James_Slash
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Watchtower stance in Australia - a few thoughts to ponder
by James_Slash in"we don't typically work with children....so [any mandatory child protection] law doesn't apply to us" - watchtower spokesman.. if this is the case, then how have so many children been abused?.
also, in james 1:27 it instructs 'elders' to "look after orphans and widows" - how can they do this when they "do not specifically work with children"?.
thoughts anyone?.
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Michael Porter
by James_Slash inthe last we heard about him was that he was enjoying a laugh and a joke with fellow believers and currently residing in wimbledon congregation in london after 24 counts of child abuse.. a few of us wrote to the newspapers and local media.. did any of us hear anything back?
does anyone know if this piece of scum has been 'outed' yet?.
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Ex-JW kills 12 people in school massacre
by James_Slash inrio de janeiro - as family members mourned their loved ones and kept vigil at hospitals for the injured, this city searched for understanding thursday after a shooting at a public school left 12 students dead and 12 others wounded.. enlarge this image.
ricardo moraes/reutersa woman with a photo of her niece, a student at a rio de janeiro school attacked by a gunman, waited for news on thursday.. enlarge this image.
marcelo sayao/european pressphoto agencya wounded boy was taken to a hospital after a mass shooting at a school in rio de janeiro on thursday.. brazil is no stranger to urban violence, especially the kind of violence in gang-controlled slums that have given this city one of the highest murder rates in the world.
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Corruption Rocks Anglican Church in South Africa...
by Raphael inhttp://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article591196.ece/corruption-rocks-anglican-diocese-in-sa.
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Scarborough, UK JW Paedophile around 1999-2000?
by James_Slash ini'm just looking to see if anyone was aware of this.. i was a jw at the time and me, my friend and my mother would often attend the scarborough, south bay congregation whenever we were on vacation - probably over a 3-year-period.. around 1999-2000 we went there and there was an american 'brother' present who had married a 'sister' who he had met at the new york bethel when she had visited.
both he and she were regular pioneers.
you could tell that the congregation held them in the very highest regard.. i remember on the thursday night during the service meeting they got him on the platform and he told the whole congregation how he emptied the bins at bethel but enjoyed doing it for jehovah.
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my own story
by James_Slash ini've posted here on and off for the past couple of years, but i've never revealed my reasons behind leaving the watchtower.. when i was younger, i was brought up in the faith (i don't call it the 'truth' anymore for reasons i will explain later).
my father had not long died (he was not a jw) my mother had been converted in 1984.. like many, as a young child i often found the meetings boring.
i used to dread them and in particular the conventions.
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Someone going for it on this UK parents website...hats off!
by James_Slash inhttp://www.netmums.com/coffeehouse/lifestyle-8/faith-religion-97/353422-cold-calling-johovahs-witnesses-3.html.
page three...there is a joanne using 'classic' jw terminology.
i guess whoever richard b is, he's hammered her into touch!
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Rudolfo Albert Deleon
by James_Slash infrom scarborough evening news 1999-2000. paedophile jailed.
a jehovahs witness who carried out a series of sexual assaults against young girls has been jailed.. rudolfo albert deleon, 24 of esplanade gardens scarborough admitted 14 charges of indecency.. he was sentenced to 3 years, 11 months in prison.
his sentence was handed down by judge paul hoffman at leeds crown court yesterday.. church elder chris atkinson told scarborough evening news: "child abuse is abhorrent to us jehovahs witnesses and no-one involved in this crime has any place in our membership.
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My Moms shepherding call last night re: Paedophiles
by James_Slash inmy mom had a shepherding call last night from two elders.. she raised the issue of the paedophile problem within the organisation.. the elder admitted that the problem "was very real" and that at conventions in particular they have all paedophiles present under strict watch by the attendants/watchers - not allowing them to go to the toilet alone.. he also admitted that the elders know all paedophiles who are present at conventions and meetings and that much work 'goes on' behind the scenes to reduce the risk.. however, he did admit that there was nothing that could be done about them and that they were entitled to attend public meetings.
he said that 'their hands were tied'.. what are your thoughts?.
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RIP Ray Franz Facebook group
by James_Slash ini wondered how long it would take for one to appear.. type in rip ray franz in the facebook search engine as i am unable to cut and paste for some reason.. .
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