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  The "Secrecy Policy”

  by Celestial in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i've given this recent lawsuit quite a bit of thought and come to sound conclusions.

  after examining other organization's child-protection policies (namely churches), what i've come to realize is there's a one-size fits all solution that's socially acceptable; all information obtained through witnesses and confessions by organizational personnel is be used to aid and abet law-enforcement.

  there's no in-between or anything short of this objective that's socially acceptable.

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  The Bombshell Memo

  by Celestial in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://wcfcourier.com/news/national/calif-jury-awards-m-in-jehovah-s-sex-abuse-case/article_e0667684-7053-573c-a597-fec48ae78bfd.html.

  "conti also claimed in her suit that the religion's national leaders formed a policy in 1989 that instructed the religion's elders to keep child sex abuse accusations secret.

  congregation elders followed that policy when kendrick was convicted in 1994 of misdemeanor child molestation in alameda county, according to simons.".

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  Recent Sex-Abuse Lawsuit: three questions

  by Celestial in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i'm drawing my conclusions from what was reported from msnbc.

  http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/15/12225753-jehovahs-witnesses-ordered-to-pay-more-than-20-million-to-woman-who-said-she-was-sexually-abused?lite .

  i plan to retrieve the actual court documents from an official source.

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  Watchtower's New "Toy Story" - What Parents Need To Know

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've uploaded a new blog article that addresses the latest dvd release at the current district convention, namely "become jehovah's friend!

  " - the tale of young caleb and his brush with divine wrath over a plastic toy wizard.

  a link to the article, which includes the youtube samples of the production, is below:.

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  Is Jehovah's Organization Truly a Bible-based Religion?

  by Celestial in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  some public statements are as follows;.

  w87 10/1 pp.

  6-7 can you find the right religion?

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  Any suggestions on handling financial abuse of a senior by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society?

  by Balaamsass in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  does anyone here have any suggestions on handling financial abuse of a senior by the watchtower bible and tract society?

  mom gave a lot of money to the watchtower bible and tract society over her lifetime- (6 figures).

  after she ran low on funds she made a 5 figure "conditional loan" to wtb&ts.

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  Good news, finally regarding my ex-elder-pedophile-father-in-law...

  by misguided in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  about two weeks ago he was arested in bc, about 35 years too late thanks to wts cover-up.. he had a baby with my ex-husband's sister - my kids have a cousin who is also their aunt.

  this was all covered up by moving from ontario to bc back in the early 1980s, and it all being hidden by the wts; even allowing this guy to serve as an elder after the fact...when i got married to my ex, his father was an elder, and the baby of the incest was 15. .

  today and from now on, hopefully things will unravell for the wts in canada, as he sits in jail in ontario (where the crimes were committed)charged on 24 counts of sexual abuse.. i hope there is a lot of embarrassment going on in that congregation in ladner, bc when all this originally came to light about 28 years ago, the congregation that let this man become an elder...because, my own parents seem to be in "cover-my-ass" mode when it comes to talking about this matter with me..

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  They just said at the WT study that the wife needs to suck it up in a abusive home.

  by life is to short in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was beyond shocked at this i do not know why i am shocked and i am shaking as i type this.

  i decided to tie in by the phone line today, i live on the west coast and they are only on paragraph 3 yet a "brother" who had been an elder for years and who's wife left him years ago he is in his late 50's now just commented about selma and he said 'that later in the study it talks about a study who's husband was abusive physically and verbally, yet when the study complained the sister studying with her reminded her of who was the christian and the study realized that she was in the wrong and so her husband came in the truth.

  ' he said it is such a good example of how we should be.. i truly feel like throwing up.

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  Odd question in July 15 2012 WT

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what if a powerful government were to hatch a plot to exterminate jehovah's witnesses as an organization?.

  they ask this question at the bottom of page 23 of the july wt, and i thought the wording was kind of strange.

  the target is not jws "the people" (as in nazi germany) but the org alone.

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  The Cult

  by Celestial in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in '89 my father confiscated this album from my music collection along with others because he said it featured occult symbolism.. .

  after that indecent i learned to hide my music in my locker at school.

  i guess i had reason to confiscate his books.. .

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