by OrphanCrow 12 Replies latest watchtower scandals
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Gold Coast McDonald’s shooting: Victim had left abusive husband
STEPHEN Lock was a controlling and abusive husband who turned to drugs to try to level his volatile moods.
His wife Karina, 49, was a devout Jehovah’s Witness who, for religious reasons, stayed with him until she could take it no more.
Friends of the couple have revealed details of their tumultuous relationship, which ended tragically in gunfire at a McDonald’s restaurant yesterday morning.
SSC: I guess unscriptural divorce was out of the question and she payed the price.
Yes...the article shows that the JWs were more concerned with trying to convert her husband than they were with the woman's safety.
This is confirmation that the role of women in the JWs is bait for the men that they can trap. What happens to the woman doesn't matter as long as the man takes the bait.
And, if he doesn't convert, well...then they can blame Satan.
Oh, these women that, for whatever reason, cannot live without a man...
It is a high price to pay!
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William: She told one elder that told her to go back, "you didn't have to live with him".
Good for your sister...not only did she not have to live with an abuser, she didn't have to die with one either.
The WTS treats domestic abuse in the same way that they treat child abuse. As if it is a sin rather than a crime.
Domestic abuse is a criminal matter, not a spiritual matter.
SophiaRose: Oh, these women that, for whatever reason, cannot live without a man...
It is a high price to pay!
The word "cannot' is crucial in your statement. The "cannot" is rarely the fault of the woman - it is the fault of society at large. If women could leave relationships and have the opportunity to earn enough to support herself and children, then fewer women would stay in abusive situations.
Unfortunately, there is rarely a choice given for a woman to survive on her own. And, JW women are ill-equipped, for the most part, to enter into the work force and be independent.
"These women" who "cannot survive on their own" have been forced to accept the role that the WTS has given them, they do not have the skills to survive on their own and have been restricted from seeking help elsewhere. The JW religion cuts their hamstrings. They can't run. They don't know how.
SecretSlaveClass: ...I hope he meets a violent end.
He is dead. Shot himself and died in hospital. Maybe the hospital had a shortage of pain medication...maybe...I hope so. It would be a shame if he was unconscious through it all.
The man who allegedly shot his estranged wife dead inside a Gold Coast McDonald's before turning the gun on himself has died.
A day after the tragedy, Stephen Lock, 57, died at Gold Coast University Hospital on Friday morning, a Queensland Police statement confirmed.
