According to the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Watchtower Society that train them, Jehovah’s Witnesses fall into one of two groups, the “little flock” and the “other sheep”. As we spoke about before, the Watchtower teaches that the little flock is made up of the 144,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses that were followers of Christ between the first century and 1935. They believe that the 144,000 will live in Heaven and the ONLY people who are going to heaven.
All the others that believe in the true God – including pre-Christian patriarchs and most of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, are among the “other sheep”. The “other sheep”, as they are described, are to live on paradise earth. They are alive when God brings this wicked system of things to an end.
This interpretation of the little flock is way off. The “little flock”, are the Jews and the “other sheep” are the Gentiles. In John 10:16 (NIV) Jesus said. ” I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one Shepard.” What Jesus is telling us is that this is not about salvation for the Jews, it was salvation to all!
So we see here that Christians are not divided into small heavenly classes and a “great crowd” with heavenly hopes. We see in Heb 11:13-16 that we are longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them”
Started in March of 2001, SilentLambs has been ministering to the needs of those who were victims of abuse in the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Watchtower group. Many of the Jehovah’s Witnesses themselves do not know what has gone on for many years. They have been told that they are involved in “Gods’ Organization” and the things that are happening in other religions are not happening within theirs.
The sad part is that is has happened and still continues today because of the tactics of cover-up the Watchtower has employed. At SilentLambs they provide assistance to those that have been a victim of abuse and work with that person to get their story out. They believe that many of the victims think they are alone and that their story is unique and they should not sound the alarm.
If you are a victim of abuse at the hands of a person in the Jehovah’s Witnesses or any other group, we strongly suggest that you contact SilentLambs for help
This is one subject that just absolutely makes me angry. The Watchtower theocratic system as actually enabled pedophiles to continue to exploit children over and over. They hide these people in files that no one can see and try to use the “clergy penitent privilege” to justify NOT giving the names of Pedophiles to the authorities. You see, when a Jehovah’s Witness is faced with this problem, they are told to go to the elders first, not the police, and then let the elders make the decision.
So they do that and bring their child to the elders to explain and the elders hear the story and then bring in the accused. If the accused denies the charges, they leave it up to “Jehovah” to bring it out and go no further, unless there are witnesses. Come on now, how many witnesses are there for child abuse? In a recent article by SilentLambs.org, they have explained the problem fully and have even given out these flyers to everyone so they can post or give out to there neighbors;
SILENTLAMBS SERVICE BULLETIN
Jehovah’s Witnesses Forced To Open Pedophile Database! www.silentlambs.org - 877-WTABUSE (982-2873)
Recent decisions in California Courts have ruled in favor of abuse survivors in that state. The Legal Department lawyers of Jehovah’s Witnesses have fought with filing after filing trying to claim “clergy penitent privilege” with information that would lead to the possible conviction or implication of further crimes against children by Jehovah’s Witness child molesters. The secondary issue regards civil damages brought upon victims due to negligence of church officials in not reporting allegations of child abuse putting additional children in danger.
This ruling from the court states simply that the church cannot use “clergy penitent privilege” as a way to protect pedophiles from law enforcement. The ruling further states information stated in judicial hearings of Jehovah’s Witnesses as well as documents generated by those hearings are not “privileged” and will have to be released to the courts as any information that is relevant to the case. In addition, the Legal Department will have to produce all documents related to their abuse policy and how they investigate child abuse allegations. Most importantly the ruling states; “records kept by or under the direction of the Legal Department concerning allegations of abuse,” that directly involves the pedophile database reported by silentlambs in April of 2002. This represents the first official ruling of the court that opens the database for public scrutiny.
This judgment is bitter sweet as in 2003 in New Hampshire silentlambs officials watched as Jehovah’s Witnesses attorneys defended the “religious right” of convicted child molester Paul Berry to prevent further convictions on allegations of his abuse of other children. Thousands of dollars in donations to Jehovah’s Witnesses known as Worldwide Work monies were spent silencing the victims of Paul Berry. Each time you donate to Jehovah’s Witnesses a portion of that money will be spent defending the rights of convicted Jehovah’s Witness pedophiles from their victims. The California case above to date has involved hundreds of thousands of dollars of Jehovah’s Witness donations to stop victims of abuse from getting needed treatment for the crimes committed against them. The religious hypocrisy of offering articles on abuse issues while secretly protecting pedophiles using “clergy penitent privilege” is far worse than the Catholic Church abuse scandal. This month the Jehovah’s Witnesses are distributing this tract worldwide. They openly condemn the Catholic Church for their abuse scandal and use it as a basis to call them and all other faiths “false religion.”
Do members realize their Legal Department Lawyer elders are protecting pedophiles in the courts using the money they collect door to door to do so?
At silentlambs we appreciate the determination and courage of abuse survivors in going forward in the courts to bring these criminals to justice.
We look forward to the day when the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses follows the example set by the Pope of the Catholic Church and apologizes for their role in allowing policies that continue to hurt children. The truth will prevail and no amount of Worldwide Work Donations spent to protect child molesters will stop the real truth of these matters from being discovered in the courts. The pedophile database holds the key to that “truth.”
For a Flyer that you can give out in your neighborhood, Click Here>>jwpedophile-flyer.doc
I truly believe that one of the things that “tickles the ears” of non-believers is when they hear from a Jehovah’s Witness that there is no Hell. Let’s face it, it makes us feel good. It brings relief to a persons mind. In other words, as the Bible puts it, “It tickles the ear” or it’s something that you want to hear. But is it true? Can we actually live our life without any regard for anything or anyone? Can we murder or rape or steal or have sex with anyone no matter how young or the sex? All this is without the prospect of some punishment as long as we are not caught? Read the rest of this entry »
Since we are coming up to the Holiday season, I figure it would be a good time to talk about what the Watchtower teaches the Jehovah’s Witnesses on this subject. I think most everyone knows that the Watchtower teaches the Jehovah’s Witnesses that Christmas is not to be celebrated, but what does it say about all the other Holidays?
This month the Jehovah’s Witnesses are distributing this tract worldwide. They openly condemn the Catholic Church for their abuse scandal and use it as a basis to call them and all other faiths “false religion.”