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  6/15/2010 WT Twisting scriptures on disfellowshipping,

  by EndofMysteries in

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  2. bible

  disfellowshipping notes - page 14 paragraph 13 - notice how they state disfellowshipping for a man who unrepentently practices fornication.

  (it was beyond even that, but with his own mother!

  in the scriptures ) .

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  Paedophile used religion to keep abuse secret

  by behemot in

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  2. child-abuse

  paedophile used religion to keep abuse secrettuesday, march 30, 2010, 06:30a paedophile raped and sexually assaulted women and girls over a period of 40 years by using their religion to keep the abuse secret.. despite one revealing it to the jehovah's witness elders, no help was given, a court heard.. now george arthur cockerill, 78, has been jailed indefinitely after he admitted 19 rapes, four counts of sexual activity with a child, six counts of indecency with a child, one sex assault and two counts of indecency with a child.. judge roger thorn qc, sitting at hull crown court, said: "you have pleaded guilty to 32 serious counts that reflect your sexual depravity.. "the reality is that, from beginning to end, it is extended over 40 years.

  you have wasted your life and caused untold misery.. "as one victim said, you have stolen her childhood.. "you have been the most terrible hypocrite, passing yourself off as a law-abiding member of the community and using religion as a tool of subjection to control your victims.. "that is why i'm satisfied this remained a secret for so long.".

  cockerill was sentenced to imprisonment for public protection for a minimum of six years.. he will not be released until the parole board believe he is no longer a danger.. cockerill, of hull, was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.. he allegedly had five victims, three of whom were subject to the convictions he pleaded guilty to and two more have made allegations against him.. police believe there could be more.. in a statement read to the court, one victim said: "he took my childhood away.".

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  Fading

  by bohm in

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  2. friends

  here is the thing.

  as mentioned earlier i have been fading for almost 2 years now.

  i moved to another congr.

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  Why is it that abuse is so prevalent among the religious?

  by dgp in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm not trying to sling mud at anyone, but, while i am aware that pedophiles are to be found in all walks of society, why would it be that they seem to be so many among the religious?

  as a former catholic, i often heard people say that priests would abuse children because a) they couldn't have a woman themselves (an outright lie) or b) because the catholic church gave them an "honorable" way to stay single and be in the company of many men and children.

  but then the jw's don't have such restrictions, and abuse still happens.

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  One year in jail for JW man who circumcised son at home

  by behemot in

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  one year in jail for metro vancouver man who circumcised son at homeby andrea woo, vancouver sunmarch 25, 2010comments (46)metro vancouver -- a metro vancouver man who circumcised his four-year-old son at home with a razor blade and blood coagulant meant for horses has been sentenced to one year in jail followed by two years probation.

  in april 2007, the man, identified only as djw due to a publication ban, gave his son, dj, honey wine before placing him on garbage bags on the kitchen floor.

  djw then cut away the boy's foreskin with a razor blade.. .

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  Turning in time?

  by crazy2try in

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  2. friends

  i have a problem.

  my hubby and i are tying to fade out completely, but we ran into a snag.

  my in-laws showed up with a stack of time slips and said that they will turn them in for us if we fill them out.

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  Does the new Catholic scandal help or hurt in exposing the WT abuse scandals?

  by undercover in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  with all the attention being paid to new allegations of abuse cover-up in the catholic church i wonder:.

  1. does this take the heat off the wts and are they hoping to slide through less scrutinized while the pope gets skewered by the media?

  will the wts be stupid enough to try to capitalize on the catholics problems by printing articles critical of them?.

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  How to LIE by choosing words very very CAREFULLY

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  carefully chosen words.

  deserve to be considered .

  *** watchtower april 1, 1920, pp.99-104 ***.

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  Swansea paedophile in 17-year barrage of child abuse

  by behemot in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  swansea paedophile in 17-year barrage of child abusesunday, march 21, 2010, 12:00a pensioner branded a "filthy paedophile" after being convicted of a barrage of sustained child abuse, which started over 43 years ago, has been jailed for 19 years.. gordon brian redmond was convicted at lewes crown court of 18 indecent assaults against children including six charges of rape and one charge of actual bodily harm.. the 72-year-old had already pleaded guilty to two charges of indecent assault against children.. the sexual offences took place while redmond, now of excelsior house, princess way, swansea, was living in brighton from 1967 to 1984. seventeen of the charges were sample counts examples of ongoing behaviour and offences.. the jury was unable to reach a verdict on a seventh charge of rape, and judge michael lawson qc ordered the charge to lie on file.. sentencing redmond, judge lawson said no sentence could truly reflect his actions.. "there is no mathematical calculation i can do that can match the harm that you have done with a certain number of years in custody," he said.. "nor can i undo the damage that has been done or bring peace and comfort to those who have suffered as a result of your selfish behaviour.".

  redmond's sentence had to be determined according to the guidelines applicable at the time of the offences guidelines that judge lawson said reflected "an outdated view of serious offences".. redmond became a strict jehovah's witness in the 1970s and moved to a farm in pontyberem in 1984.. the offence of actual bodily harm took place in november 2006.. judge lawson paid tribute to the prosecution witnesses for their courage throughout the trial, particularly redmond's first victim.. "she has displayed a generosity of spirit throughout this trial that you do not deserve and which you never showed to your victims," he said.. prior to sentencing, defence barrister bernard richmond qc said his client was already enduring terrible punishment for his crimes.. "this rather proud, arrogant, cocky, difficult, bolshy, very full of himself, scary man, who everyone was supposed to look up to and admire, now stands in the dock as someone of very little money, no future, and with a reputation as a filthy paedophile," he said.. "he has been shunned by the jehovah's witnesses.

  his wife, christine, has been forced to choose between her faith and her husband, and has chosen her faith.".

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  Please Comment on My Com to My JW Friend

  by maputo95 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  please comment on my latest com with my jw friend who thinks every apostate left because they were doing wrong things themselves:it seems that every time we have a theological discussion or i comment on books written by ex-jws, you resort to extreme finger-pointing and judgmentalism against any church or organization that is not part of the watchtower movement.

  i can understand why after a childhood of being informed by the wt you should do this.

  firstly, the jw line is every 'apostate' is evil and has left the wt because he was sinning and couldn't live up to the 'high standards' of 'god's organisation on earth'.

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