Disfellowshipped for Being Raped!

by UnDisfellowshipped 84 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  nugget

  Shocking articles. Fear can have a paralysing affect meaning that you do not scream. There have also been cases where resistance led to the woman being stabbed and killed as well as cases where resistance proved effective.

  Rape is an act of violence against women to suggest that the woman tries to reach out to their humanity whilst at the same time scream and resist is a nonsense. Again we see poorly researched articles by people without a clue. To escape Df'ing the woman would then have to convince the elders she was sorry for ALLOWING her violation and then spend years dealing with the guilt.

  Appalling.
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  nugget

  Shocking articles. Fear can have a paralysing affect meaning that you do not scream. There have also been cases where resistance led to the woman being stabbed and killed as well as cases where resistance proved effective.

  Rape is an act of violence against women to suggest that the woman tries to reach out to their humanity whilst at the same time scream and resist is a nonsense. Again we see poorly researched articles by people without a clue. To escape Df'ing the woman would then have to convince the elders she was sorry for ALLOWING her violation and then spend years dealing with the guilt.

  Appalling.
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  BluesBrother

  Second thoughts....I checked " Shepherding the Flock 2010" and it had this to say : Section 5

  "7. One who was raped would not be guilty of pornei'a.

  Discernment is needed in considering claims

  of rape, taking into consideration such factors as the

  mental disposition of the person, the circumstances

  that led up to the inCident, and any delay in

  reporting.- w03 2/1 pp. 30-31; it-1 pp. 862-864; w83

  3/15 p. 30 ftn."

  So the elders are told to be "discerning" . I guess this means not taking the story at face value. As I said , it all depends on how kind your elders are????
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  cofty

  "Any delay in reporting" is not an indication of guilt.

  Idiots!
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  blindnomore

  "Any delay in reporting"

  "You didn't comforward right away but waited for months." That's what a appeal committee told the child victim of rape as the committee upheld disfellowshipping decision of the original committee.
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  NewChapter

  any delay in reporting

  the circumstances that led up to the inCident

  mental disposition

  Speechless! ALMOST! WTF difference does ANY of this make---AND what does it mean????

  Mental dispostion? What the hell would they be looking for? Did they invite date rape? Morons

  Circumstances???? As in----were they in the wrong f**king place???

  Delay??---what's a delay? And what business is it of theirs anyway? Nobody should be expected to 'report' to them to be violated again. Assholes.

  I KNEW I should not have opened this thread at this moment. Total idiotic morons with too much power and no freaking knowledge.
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  3rdgen

  What New Chapter said.
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  Balaamsass

  How many of these rapes were child abuse I wonder. The WTBTS secret list should be 3xs as large and some elders need to be in jail for conspiracy to intimidate a crime victim.

  I wish I knew a way to reach sisters to stop going to the elders..go to the police when your child has been violated.
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  Chemical Emotions

  "Circumstances" = Was she wearing a miniskirt? Flirting with the rapist before the attack occured? Was she acting unchristain or in an unchristain place?
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  King Solomon

  Such policies are absolute proof that 7 males should NOT be allowed to write guidelines without seeking the input of a women. I know, it'll never happen....

  But do you know what the ULTIMATE IRONY is, in all of this?

  This body of 7 males who clearly are insightful and in touch with their inner feminine side wants YOU to think of them as your "mother" i.e. as females.

  Now you go over there and give Your Momma a big hug!!