They had a baby daughter, whom she adored. That's when things changed."Īt first Naomi enjoyed having her extended family so close by. "They'd been living in another country and were looking at relocating back to New Zealand, and we offered them the flat at the back of our house. And then, when she was 10, her uncle and aunt moved in. Born and raised as a Jehovah's Witness in Christchurch, Naomi's earliest memories are of a happy childhood, a loving, caring upbringing. The stories below include accounts of sexual abuse.Įverything changed for Naomi Burnett in 1982.
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The video documentary is part of the Frame series presented by The Spinoff and Wrestler, directed by Amy Parsons-King and Rebekah Parsons-King, and made possible thanks to funding from New Zealand on Air. Click to support our investigative journalism. This feature was made possible thanks to reader contributions via the Spinoff Longform Fund. Amy Parsons-King has met several survivors as part of an investigation for The Spinoff. For victims of sexual abuse within the organisation, however, that quest has seen perpetrators shielded from justice. Best known for their door-to-door evangelising, Jehovah's Witnesses are on a quest to save the 'wicked' from damnation. If anyone would like to find out some facts about the JW movement have a look at this. He did not promise to return and I never saw him again. Despite having admitted that this amounted to breaching 'thou shalt not kill' he reasserted that the words in the bible are the words of God, and went on his way. After taking him in a circle I ended with the obvious scenario of denying medical treatment to another on belief grounds. I put to him many scenarios of the killing of a human by a human in many differing shades of grey that can not be simply answered by 'thou shalt not kill or murder'. I admire this, but the trouble with most ideology, especially when it is dogmatic it hinders reasoned problem solving. True to his creed he supported the meaning as, kill JW's IIRC strictly interpret this as meaning no human should take the life of another not even in self defence. Of course the latter shade of meaning allows Christians to take part in War. I was interested in his opinion on the commandment about homicide and asked if it should mean thou shalt not kill or rather thou shalt not murder. I offered a drink which was accepted and was duly given a WT accompanied by the spiel. It was a hot day and I had some iced water on a table on the patio. MY JW visitor was a male and came in unannounced while I was cutting the grass. Most of my regular visitors and neighbours accepted this. In the end I put a sign on the gate so people knew what to expect if they opened and came through the gate unannounced. If it was warm I was always naked in my garden so I had a lot of encounters. The front door was accessed through a gate that led into my rear garden. The same thing happened to me some years ago. Thanks for sharing this, Richard I enjoyed your story.
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Either way, it was a pleasant enough encounter, and as a bonus I have some free fire-lighting material, (which is where most of the advertising which comes through my post goes). I waved her goodbye pleasantly and closed the door. I replied with something like: "Sure, whatever, have a nice afternoon", as she smiled, perhaps a little uncertainly, before turning and walking away. She took the initiative, by looking me up and down, and saying: "Perhaps you might read the pamphlet through, and I'll come back in a couple of weeks and we can discuss any questions you might have?" I smiled inwardly as I realized I'd just unexpectedly confronted a Jehovah's witness with my naked body, (which is one of the classic fun naturist-with-non-naturist scenarios one hears about), and wondered what was our next move.
(I live in Bavaria, Germany, btw.) Hmmm, I frowned, not being a particularly religious person myself, but took the pamphlet, being polite and saying "thank you", as you do. as I read "Der Wachturm" across the top and "… Jehovahs …" underneath. She slightly stammered, but was otherwise quite calm: "Uhm, well, I wonder if you might be interested in reading this?" and held out a small pamphlet towards me. I said: "hello, and I'm sorry about the dog noise, she'll calm down in a minute. Calming the dog down, I opened the front door, and a smartly dressed woman stood there looking slightly surprised at the naked man in the door frame. The doorbell rang, and the dog went bananas, (also as usual). I was working at home on my PC, naked as usual, or at least naked as the temperature permits.
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