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[Day 7 - 5/8]The Royal Commissions investigation of child sexual abuse within Jehovah’s Witnesses. + VIDEO

by C0ntr013r in

i give you day 7 of the royal commissions proceedings:.

part 1 has been uploaded and part 2 and 3 will soon be available.. part 1:.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk0lgqedy_i.

Heaven

So right off on Day 7, Stewart is establishing that the WT lawyer in the Day 6 testimony lied by saying Geoffrey Jackson would not be of any help in these proceedings by getting Toole to agree the GB do set policy globally.

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Samuel Herd 3 min video - the most misogynistic words I ever heard from a "godly man"

by paradisebeauty in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=72&v=9vvqxf9uwu0.

Heaven

sparrowdown said: So why did they hire a female "expert" to speak on their behalf at the ARC?

The answer is optics. It will BS a lot of people including JWs themselves into believing they are modernistic enough. It doesn't phase the RC. You just have to start digging into JW written material and speak to abused victims to know how women are treated in the Borg.

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Samuel Herd 3 min video - the most misogynistic words I ever heard from a "godly man"

by paradisebeauty in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=72&v=9vvqxf9uwu0.

Heaven

Once again, a GB member shows just how ignorant and uneducated they all are. Sammy baby, it's the other way around. We all start out female at conception you moron.

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[Day 6 - 4/8]The Royal Commissions investigation of child sexual abuse within Jehovah’s Witnesses. + VIDEO

by C0ntr013r in

unfortunately, part 1 will not be available until later, but i thought i give you the other parts anyway .

day six of the proceedings:.

part 2 has been uploaded and part 3,4 and (5?

Heaven

Thanks, OC. Conflicting testimonies and statements don't make these guys look good.

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where there was a conflict between the Bible and science, the Bible would prevail, because all scripture is "inspired by God"

by freemindfade in

thought i would put this in its own thread.

it another embarrassing statement from the rc (royal commission not regional convention lol).

it's not even one about abuse, its about the jw's stance on science and the bible.

Heaven

Rod knee-to-the-Groin Stinks... let me just fix that for ya... what you REALLY mean is:

"Where there was a conflict between our interpretation of the Bible and Science, our interpretation prevails because all scripture in inspired bygod, and our organization, being chosen by Jesus who returned invisibly in 1914, taking 5 years to examine all others, declared, in 1919, Jehovah's Witnesses to be God's one True organization and that our Governing Body is God's sole Channel of Communication".

There... that's better.

The crazy... it burns!

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RC: an emotional trigger?

by sparrowdown in

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friends

is this rc triggering any painful memories for anyone else?

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for me, it's stirring up all the emotions of what it felt like dealing with assholes like this.

Heaven

I can only watch so much of the hearings. I do hope positive change occurs but remain skeptical.

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[Day 6 - 4/8]The Royal Commissions investigation of child sexual abuse within Jehovah’s Witnesses. + VIDEO

by C0ntr013r in

unfortunately, part 1 will not be available until later, but i thought i give you the other parts anyway .

day six of the proceedings:.

part 2 has been uploaded and part 3,4 and (5?

Heaven

Exactly what do JW elders do to ensure a child is kept safe within their congregation? Spinks is stating they do everything they can including removing the child from the situation. Huh? This is not my understanding at all.

Can you guys comment on this?

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[Day 6 - 4/8]The Royal Commissions investigation of child sexual abuse within Jehovah’s Witnesses. + VIDEO

by C0ntr013r in

unfortunately, part 1 will not be available until later, but i thought i give you the other parts anyway .

day six of the proceedings:.

part 2 has been uploaded and part 3,4 and (5?

Heaven

C0ntr013r, just wanted to say, awesome job on the videos. Thank you!

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Interesting development

by InquiryMan in

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/08/04/jehovahs-witnesses-change-abuse-rules.

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jws in australia agrees to change procedures in regards to reporting abuse..

Heaven

I am skeptical this will really have any positive affect. They will just figure out some way to weasel around it as DD mentioned.

And is this only is Australia? What about the rest of the world?

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Dragging Jehovah's name trough the mud!

by truthseekeriam in

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friends

listening to the first survivor testify to the australian royal commission really brought back some feelings i had put aside.. the feelings of guilt you feel for doing the right thing is extremely hard even when you know it's illogical it doesn't stop the abuse you do to yourself with these toxic thoughts of "dragging jehovah's name through the mud" i guess it doesn't help that you have the elders freaking out saying "reproach, reproach...this is bad!!

it took quite awhile for me to come to terms with how completely ridicules it is to think jehovah would want this hidden.

the truth is the religion wants it hidden and they are perfectly fine with destroying lives along the way!!

Heaven

Heaven, I love that movie!!
DD

Me too, DD. It was the very first restricted movie I got into underage. ;0) It was quite pivotal for me... part of my awakening so to speak.