77benjamins

I apologize. It was not meant as an insult or name calling. It was a quote from scripture that the other member would understand. It will not happen again.

Get behind me Satan...

As a survivor of childhood abuse I am well aware of the long term effects. I am not accusing the victim of slander. I am accusing the author. I do not believe the original post to be authored by a victim. I believe it to be fiction designed to trap the ignorant and weak minded.

The WTS has not given anyone an "out." The policy on reports of sexual assault has always been to investigate, and allow the complaintent to go to the authorities if they feel it's necessary to do so. Sadly there have been cases where families have been told my a misinformed elder, or even a bad elder, to keep it "in house" and not involve the authorities. These are the failings of imperfect men I spoke about earlier. The WTS itself is not liable for these actions because their policy has always been to help families dealing with these kinds of things. To answer your question about using terms easily understood: yes that's what witnesses do. How do most people understand the word hell? The original post was meant to stir people's emotions. That poor woman who feared eternal torment because of her awful parents and their awful religion. Just another lie easily believed by people like you. I will no longer speak to you on this subject. I stand by my belief that the original post is slanderous. You are free to believe what you want.

I do not condone abuse of any kind. If these things happened to this person it is truly appalling. There are plenty of people out there who would speak lies in an attempt to damage the reputation of Jehovah's Witnesses as an organization. You seem interested in anything that would do just that. I do not claim that the organization is perfect, or infallible, or inspired. There have obviously been things that could have been handled differently. Any organization made up of imperfect humans will have its failings. It is a sad thing that people have been abused, and their abusers have used scriptural principles to hide their atrocities. In the end they will answer for their sins just like you and I will. It is quite possible they will pay a heavy price for their sins that have stumbled others. Having said all that, I seriously doubt the validity of the original post based on the reference to hell, and I will always speak up in defense of the brotherhood when people like you attempt to twist things to suit your own agendas.

Holly if you look around this website at Jay Witness's posts it's obvious he/she is not a faithful witness for Jehovah. Also, my question was asked to draw out the lie. If the author of the post was truly one of Jehovah's Witnesses, then she would not fear hell, because hell is an unscriptural teaching that has never been taught by Jehovah's Witnesses. Jay Witness is spreading falsehoods.

Why did you think you would go to hell?