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  Transcripts of the Royal Commission (Australia). Where?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  during the week i was able to download some of the transcripts of the proceedings direct from .

  https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au.

  but i cannot find them on their site now, (weekend).. are they still available or going to be?.

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  ThomasCovenant

  Oops. Just found them again.

  Home Page.

  Public Hearings.

  Case Studies.

  Voila!
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  Transcripts of the Royal Commission (Australia). Where?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  during the week i was able to download some of the transcripts of the proceedings direct from .

  https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au.

  but i cannot find them on their site now, (weekend).. are they still available or going to be?.

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  ThomasCovenant

  During the week I was able to download some of the transcripts of the proceedings direct from

  https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au

  But I cannot find them on their site now, (weekend).

  Are they still available or going to be?
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  JW EXPERT WITNESS FLOORED BY COMMISSION OF INQUIRY LAWYER

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  much has already been written about dr monica applewhite, the expert witness hired by the jw organization.

  her job was to provide "expert" testimony to the australian commission of inquiry into jehovsh's witnesses' policies and practices on child sexual abuse.

  astonishingly, dr applewhite was unprepared for the inquiry lawyers' questions.

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  ThomasCovenant

  Mephis,

  ''But her reports have fed the JW view of themselves. That they are different, that they are God's chosen organisation, that they do everything better than anyone else. For them, that's the point they are defending. They see everything as 'one bad apple' or 'a failure of parents'. They are absolutely blind to the concept that their religious practices, beliefs and formal procedures create the climate where not only can abuse continue unchecked, but which may also contribute to abuse happening in the first place.''

  Very well put.
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  LURKING JW: Thinking of leaving? Learn from my experience.

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "mental wondering in the wilderness"... uh oh.... it's a long post from snakes.... lol.

  yep... i think that is the best way to describe where i am at in life right now.

  if you have read my past posts (mostly in the private section) you know some of my history as a life-long (now former) witness.. i have been away from the jw religion, for all intents and purposes, since dec. 06, though it was not until sept 07 that i stopped attending meetings.

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  ThomasCovenant

  Hi.

  I remember when you were Sankes.
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  BBC Radio 4. The Report. ''Jehovah's Witnesses and Child Sexual Abuse''. Thursday 9th July 8pm.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0612hjs

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  ThomasCovenant

  In June, the High Court ruled that the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation was liable for sexual abuse committed by one of its members.

  The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain - to give the group its official name - had failed to take adequate safeguarding steps when senior members of the organisation were aware that a fellow Witness was a known paedophile.

  It was the first civil case in the UK of historical sexual abuse brought against the Christian-based religious movement.

  The BBC's Religious Affairs Correspondent, Caroline Wyatt, explores the implications of the Court's decision and investigates the child safeguarding policies of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

  The Report hears from former Witnesses who have suffered abuse and who claim that rather than protecting children, the Society provides a 'paedophile's paradise' that encourages allegations of abuse to be dealt with in-house, rather than by the police.

  The programme investigates how the group's Elders are instructed to act when they receive an allegation of sexual abuse, and asks whether the Jehovah's Witnesses have a systematic problem in the way it deals with such complaints.
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  BBC Radio 4. The Report. ''Jehovah's Witnesses and Child Sexual Abuse''. Thursday 9th July 8pm.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0612hjs

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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0612hjs
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  New layout feels very chaotic

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. forum
  2. suggestions

  i don't really know how to describe the feeling but i'll give examples, but the new layout to me makes it feel tiring being on for too long.

  1. there is the top menu, then a big add between that and the next part, a big ad between the bottom and where you reply, then on the right column you either have 2 ads on top or some type of summary, then ad, then either related posts or other areas.

  there are no borders, the adds have the same color and text type but larger font, and it all seems chaotically merged into one thing where you need to constantly sort out what you are viewing.

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  Could the avatars be gotten rid of on the 'updated' topic pages ?

  Could the 5 10 20 be moved to the top of the page instead of scrolling to the bottom to change from 10 to 20?

  (Do people view only 5 topics per page?)

  Could the last three posters per topic be removed along with the avatars?

  Could the number of replies be made in plain black text rather than harder to see pastel colours?

  Thanks
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  WTF... what happened? or - I'm old and hate change

  by undercover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i leave you people alone for one holiday, and you go and change the whole dern place around.

  i can't find anything, don't recognize anything, i'm lost... wait, i sound like my grandfather... .

  why, would you look what you've done to the place.

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  ThomasCovenant

  ''I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates the change.  For the record, I'm under 50.  What I miss the most is seeing so many thread titles at once.  Now I see two or three and have to scroll down to see maybe two more.  Not a fan''

  I have similar sentiments but I am also thankful for the work that Simon has put into the site and maybe I'll end up liking it.

  At the moment I visit much less often as I used to like the 'active' page having, what was it, about twenty thread titles with just the titles and not the post included. 

  Thanks anyway.
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  Re Hostage victims killed in Sydney: "dont worry, at least they will NOW get a ressurection"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so most would now know of the vile act in sydney last week where a man held hostage over 17 people in the lindt cafe in the middle of sydney.. two people were murdered...a beautiful, educated lawyer,loving mother of three, and a brave, loving young man working as the cafe manager.. this senseless and cruel act has touched everyone deeply, especially in the communities of sydney.

  the outpouring of grief and support for the victims and their families has been immense.. i was therefore outraged to have the following comment made by a witness in conversation at the kingdom hall:.

  "well, we dont need to be sad, because at least now they (the two victims) will get a ressurection.

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  ThomasCovenant

  ''They are deluded, non-reasoning humans''

  Speaking as an ex JW I would add that ''we'' were deluded non reasoning humans too just like they are still.
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  Re Hostage victims killed in Sydney: "dont worry, at least they will NOW get a ressurection"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so most would now know of the vile act in sydney last week where a man held hostage over 17 people in the lindt cafe in the middle of sydney.. two people were murdered...a beautiful, educated lawyer,loving mother of three, and a brave, loving young man working as the cafe manager.. this senseless and cruel act has touched everyone deeply, especially in the communities of sydney.

  the outpouring of grief and support for the victims and their families has been immense.. i was therefore outraged to have the following comment made by a witness in conversation at the kingdom hall:.

  "well, we dont need to be sad, because at least now they (the two victims) will get a ressurection.

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  ThomasCovenant

  ''it would be a great idea

  to just shoot people instead of preaching to them,

  because then they will get reserrected. Whereas

  those who get preached to ...and reject message,

  will die forever''

  I worked that out when I was 14 years old. I remember thinking that my fellow Witnesses who couldn't see that that was the logical follow through of the belief system were in a state of stupid denial.

  What a way for me to grow up in my formative years believing that every person killed had a ticket to Paradise. Remind you of anything?