Comments on: Sex offender Garrido used Jehovah’s Witness to get early parole

By: Kira

Kira — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:26:16 +0000

I am both saddened and disgusted by what I read. I can’t believe that that man has any relations with any religion, especially the Jehovah’s Witnesses. I haven’t read all of the comments but from what I have read, I am ashamed of what some so called Jehovah’s witnesses have said. Harry Har, if you are a JW, how could you say something so mean in vicious about the anyone else. It is no one’s place to judge what will happen to anyone else. Liars, fornicators, what ever. We all have dirt and we still wallow in sin. Jehovah and Jesus are the only ones capable of judging anyone. And there are many more witnesses in the world than just “people down on their luck”. My mother has been a witness for over 20 years and never has she ever been down on her luck, in fact, we have been very wealthy for over 30 years now. There are even some rich people who are JWs. And as for the covering up of child molestation, I don’t know what happens anywhere else, but when I was twelve and was molested by my drunken father, the first person I went to was an elder in the congregation who I considered closer to me than a grandfather. Although he cared about my entire family, when I told him what happened, he contacted local authorities immediately and has been there loyally by mine and my mother’s side through my father’s trial for child molestation and my mother’s divorce of my father. Although I am not a baptized witness, I have been born and raised as one. My father was and still is not a witness. Looking at his example of what a witness does not do compared to my mother’s example of how a true servant of Jehovah should act, I find it hard to believe the man who kidnapped and hurt a little girl is or ever was a witness of Jehovah.

By: Stephen Pate

Stephen Pate — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:32:23 +0000

It never ends. My 93 year old mother, God bless her, is still trying to control her family all in the name of Jehovah.

By: kim

kim — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:28:07 +0000

I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness. People need to know that if child molestation is reported in their organization they will do nothing unless there are 3 witnesses to the act. This means the organization provides a safe refuge for people who sexually abuse children. Before I heard Garrido had ties to Jehovah’s Witnesses he already reminded me of similarities to Jehovah’s Witnesses and my parents. It’s the kind of thing your gut tells you that you can’t put your finger on. Most JW parents are extraordinarily controlling. Many don’t allow their children to get jobs “in the world” and they aren’t allowed to associate with anyone outside of the organization. Going to college (unless it’s a trade school or city college) is not allowed. My parents basically had me under house arrest in my teens and I know others who went through the same thing.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:53:23 +0000

As far as the Garrido’s being devout is concerned, it’s not possible. A devoted lover of anything cannot love the opposite at the same time. If you love and are devoted to your mate you will not do anything to harm them. It is the same with God. If you truly love God you will do nothing to bring reproach to His name. And since Jehovah’s Witnesses use His name on a daily basis we as true lovers of Jehovah will not do what is bad purposely.

It is strange that when one of us does do something that the rest of the world does as a matter of course but is considered wrong by them we are persecuted for it. We are held to a higher standard. That’s fine with us because we hold ourselves to a higher standard. We don’t need evil doers to tell us what proper behavior is.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:36:59 +0000

This whole article is unsubstantiated garbage. A blogger can say anything he wants. The same for a newspaper. If they are proven wrong all they have to do is say their source was wrong. and apologize. They do it all the time. I am one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. None of that stuff is tolerated. Gross wrong doing gets the offender disfellowshipped and reported to the police.

By: Stephen Pate

Stephen Pate — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:02:25 +0000

That’s not what the media reports say. Sounds like a cover story from Watchtower HQ.

By: Me

Me — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:02:20 +0000

what a dumb fictional article this is. Nancy was not a “devout” JW, she never even got baptized. She didn’t go preaching, and she didn’t go to the Kingdom Hall. She was supposedly raised by someone who was a JW but she was not a JW herself. The media made this error and broadcast it. If you’re gonna write something, at least be accurate. And Phillip was never a JW.

By: StickSays

StickSays — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:26:28 +0000

Well damn, I’m a witness and I’m saying that these a lot of these comments are just misconceptions of witnesses that frankly its tiring to address.

When one knocks on your door or passes you by or you meet one. Just talk to them. :/ But even then I suppose hm…

At any rate being on topic, I was slightly shocked they said she was a Jehovah’s witness. But we’re all humans, we’re all imperfect and we all fall into snares and manipulative traps. What happened is unfortunate, and that should be the focus :/

I feel sorry for them all the victim and these sick people…

By: Exar

Exar — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:32:32 +0000

LOL @ JustSaying. NO ONE CARES BRO. Go home.

By: Stephen Pate

Stephen Pate — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:39:45 +0000

That’s your 6th comment in a row without any response. Could you be whistling into the wind?