Religion and the people associated with it are scary, yes or no?

Question

On a question where the girl was asking for advice because she was molested by a JW this was one of the responses:

"If you are telling the truth..talk to your parents..but don't post it on the internet...delete the question....you will bring disgrace on the whole organization. If you are just trying to cause another scandal about Jehovah's Witnesses it's wrong of you to do this."

Does this scare anyone else but me?

Arnon-- I was discriminating long before this.

Vjaxxon-- Hate? why would I bother? I have seen this behavior repeated by every religion. Some of it first hand. Religions do promote evil. The Catholic church hid priests for years and people knew it.

Answer 1

it is terrible how predators have found sanctuary under the god umbrella it sickens me

Answer 2

No.

The internet is anonymous. The apparent quote in this question is exactly the type of message a troublemaker would post in the hope that it would attributed to an actual Jehovah's Witness.

It is revealing to recognize just how disgraceful the enemies of Jehovah's Witnesses truly are.

Jehovah's Witnesses are disgusted and repulsed by abuse, and are relieved when secular law enforcement officials successfully investigate, prosecute, and punish any criminal who engages in these terrible crimes.

Jehovah's Witnesses fully understand that their role as a religion is in providing comfort to the victim and her family, sharing relevant bible warnings with the congregation and specific potential victims, extolling Christian peaceableness and righteousness, and eventually perhaps in counseling a repentant sinner.

Government workers such as police and prosecutors are generally empowered to pursue criminal matters. Jehovah's Witnesses always work in obedience to secular law and deference to the personal decisions of victims (and their families, where practical). Jehovah's Witness ministers do not investigate criminal matters, leaving such matters to law enforcement authorities.

An unrepentant baptized Jehovah's Witness who is found guilty of a secular crime is likely to be disfellowshipped (or "excommunicated", although Witnesses do not use this latter term). However, a sin against God's supreme authority is clearly a different matter from a sin against secular superior authorities. The standards for criminal conviction and forced religious disassociation will never be identical.


The work to slander Jehovah's Witnesses is a type of "hatred" which should be expected by true Christians in this time of the end, and it actually helps identify Jehovah's Witnesses as Christ's true disciples:

(John 15:19) If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.

Learn more:
http://jw-media.org/vnr/2122827332/717263.htm
http://jw-media.org/vnr/2122827332/713173.htm
http://jw-media.org/vnr/2122827332/716353.htm
http://jw-media.org/region/global/english/backgrounders/e_molestation.htm
http://jw-media.org/region/americas/usa/english/releases/educational/usa_e990402a.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/19970101/
http://watchtower.org/e/19850122/
http://watchtower.org/e/19951101a/

Answer 3

Well child molesters know no race, creed or culture so anything is possible with the whole of humanity and not just religious people.

In this case however the person asking the question was most likely trying to be inflammatory and the story was most likely untrue.

Answer 4

Remember that Church is made up of broken people, not perfect people. Also, not everyone who enters a church is a Christian. Also, not everyone who goes to church is scary. Go to youtube and type in momentumchurch. You'll see. Lastly, sick people can hide behind a religion, but if they do something sick, it's sick. It's the person, not the religion. It's like an ethnic person does something bad and you blame the race of people. It was a bad thing, no one denies that, but that does not mean that you can generalize that action to all people. Jesus himself said if you hurt a little child it is better if you tie a stone around your neck and throw youself into a deep river! That's how Jesus felt about it.

Answer 5

YES! Most definitely, for a simple reason, in the name of religion, they can kill you, terrorize you.
These are some psychos, just because they are praying they think they are buddies with God, and if they do any wrong doing, HE will forgive them, because they pray.
I have seen some people who pray to Allah five time a day, read Quran, and these are the very same people, who hurt and back stab their own, in the worst possible way you can imagine.
But then there are some genuine people, who are religious and BECAUSE they are religious, they are God fearing and will not hurt a fly.

Answer 6

I am JW , and saw the answer And i am agree with you, Debbie try to do something well intetioned but wrong, if she was molested , we should encourage her to talk with any of her parents or elder of her congregation or any other, that doesn´t matter, which one she prefer.
but debbie did that because about JWS tell a lot of lies (and maybe that Q´s is a lie because if you notice we don´t use to go man and a woman unless they are spouses), that we don´t believe in Jesus, that we are spys , or comunist ,etc etc ,etc and we are nothing, really we are nothing, we are less than 7 million in the whole word the half of the population of Florida, the only thing we do is:
1- Study in deep the bible
2- preach in any ocassion.

that´s it? we are not running for Major or any other kind of bussiness, we don´t insult people telling thatt they are going to hell, etc,etc.

Answer 7

Not scare, but it certainly is concerning that some religions wish to sweep their dirty little secrets under the rug... Those kind of people fail to see that far from disgracing their religion, those who act in such a way show they aren't really committed to that religion at all.

Answer 8

Yes, that is pretty scary in more ways than one. That is not the right thing to say to someone who is a victim of molestation and it shows how insensitive some people can be. I don't believe that God would want it to be that way...God doesn't like to see his children hurt. It is unfortunate that some people claim to be "religious" and don't even understand what God is all about or how to live as he would want us to live. Even the Bible tells us to beware of false prophets.

Answer 9

isn't that response reflective of our culture? you know, if you're gay in the military, "don't ask, don't tell" or how it's not inherently wrong to cheat but it is an outrage to get caught...

the JW didn't molest her based on his beliefs...he molested her because he is a sick pervert. don't throw more hate into the mix by assuming that all JWs would want this poor girl to suffer.

Answer 10

Are you saying that all people of faith are scary simply because a misguided individual put something stupid on the Internet? By this logic then all Mexican people must be illegally in the country, all Irish people are drunks and all athletes are stupid. Way to show off your critical thinking skills! You must be liberal!! Ha Ha...

Answer 11

Extremely twisted and backwards and scary, and depressing. I sware mankind has not evolved one bit, yeah sure we have alot of fancy stuff now, but with the things that matter in life, we have not changed