so i'm watching the interview with g-jack and he says that if a question comes up about doctrine, the gb have a meeting.
so my question is this, who questions anything and how do they submit a question?
he seems to painting some kind of "democracy" picture for the rc.. he also said that the 7 gb members can't possible know everything about doctrine...wtf???
The GB accepts questions about its doctrine. Problem is, when details inquired of about those doctrines carry profound ramifications the response from the GB is to say "we have not dealt with all the details".
The rot inside Watchtower is so deep it's way, way beyond repair.
"sadly, though, most [pedophiles] go unpunished by authorities today.
in australia, for example, it has been estimated that only 10 percent of offenders are prosecuted, and few are convicted.
other lands have had a similar record.
The shallow discourse of WT and others like them is being overshadowed by public demand now.
I see the public demand happening in Australia over what Watchtower has done with reports of child molestation. My hope is that the same scrutiny occurs in other societies, communities and nations.
lunacy?
insanity?
without a doubt.
Watchtower's failure to have elders encourage victims (or their guardians) to report their victimization to trained secular authorities as a matter of policy has never made any sense to me. That they fail in this no-brainer says plenty about where Watchtower's priorities lay.
As for elders reporting, Watchtower's failure to have elders report this as a matter of policy it is absurd for reasons given. If doing this is contrary to some supposed scriptural principle then doing it would be wrong no matter what the law demanded. But when local law requires it Watchtower policy does have elders report these allegations. So there is not supposed scriptural principle at work suggesting the act of elders reporting is somehow wrong. I listened to Jackson, and others before him, talk about family headship this and family headship that, as though family headship presented some supposed biblical principle making it wrong for elders to report child molestation to authorities. But I never heard one articulate why this was the case. Just lots of scripture talk without ever one time articulating precisely what it is about family headship that prohibits elders from reporting.
According to BCG's statement she left the religion in or around 1998-9 because she was tired of the hypocrisy. Understandable.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nsw/senior-jehovahs-witness-geoffrey-jackson-says-church-might-offer-compensation-to-alleged-abuse-victims-20150814-giyxuu.html
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
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https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.
