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  The relationship between religion, education, and political party - help!

  by somebodylovesme in

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  i am drawing from the collected wisdom of this board, which has never let me down before!

  i'm doing some research for a school project and was wondering if anyone had any sources (academic, news, articles, anything "legit") discussing the relationship between a person's religion, education, and political party -- or any combination of those.

  i do have the list ranking each religion's percentage of college-educated members, but i'm having a hard time finding anything linking these to political party.

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  richard

  I guess the attached files might be illegible. In that case, see:

  http://home.zonnet.nl/rsingelenberg/rel-pol.htm & http://home.zonnet.nl/rsingelenberg/rel-edu.htm
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  The relationship between religion, education, and political party - help!

  by somebodylovesme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am drawing from the collected wisdom of this board, which has never let me down before!

  i'm doing some research for a school project and was wondering if anyone had any sources (academic, news, articles, anything "legit") discussing the relationship between a person's religion, education, and political party -- or any combination of those.

  i do have the list ranking each religion's percentage of college-educated members, but i'm having a hard time finding anything linking these to political party.

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  richard

  The following data are from "One Nation under God. Religion in Contemporary American Society", by B.A. Kosmin & S.P. Lachman. Mind you, the book was published in 1993 so I assume some of this information might be outdated.
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  Watchtower prophesies against life on Mars [or elsewhere]

  by nicolaou in

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  *** g73 5/22 p. 13 is there life beyond the earth?

  well, to this day, after many probes to mars and thousands of pictures of it, there is not the slightest shred of proof that life exists on mars or other planets in the solar system or on any other planets in the universe.. the christian, particularly, knows that even a million landings on mars, venus, jupiter, saturn or any of the planets and their moons will fail to reveal evolution of life.

  well let's just wait and see shall we?.....

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  Just curious. Do any of you know of any religion that acknowledges the existance of life on other planets? I only know of one.

  The Raelian Movement. And about 20 more are listed in the Encyclopedia of American Religions
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  Cross vs. Stake: Does it REALLY friggin' matter?

  by Funchback in

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  when did the wts become so infatuated with the cross vs. stake theory?

  did they come up with this theory in order to say, "see?

  we teach the truth!

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  richard

  Perhaps one of the reasons for rejecting the cross was Rutherford's intense dislike of Roman Catholicism and related symbolism. Btw, besides the WTS there are other religious organization who teach this 'stake' doctrine - "Christian Churches of God", for example. Others within Christian Fundamentalism teach that the 'cross' had the shape of a ' T '.
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  Name an interesting web site(NON-JW,THAT IS!)

  by badboy in

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  any takers?

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  richard

  http://www.isi.edu/~graehl/carmel/msvc++/carmel.vcproj
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  Who is running the Watchtower Society?

  by richard in

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  since the watchtower society has been reorganized and split up in all these (sub)corporations, i wonder where the real power is located.

  my guess would be the wtbts of pennsylvania, inc. other ideas?

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  richard

  Since the Watchtower Society has been reorganized and split up in all these (sub)corporations, I wonder where the real power is located. My guess would be the WTBTS of Pennsylvania, Inc. Other ideas?
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  Governing Buzzards - Part 4 - Who really introduced the Sword of War?

  by Amazing in

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  part 4 - who really introduced the sword of war?

  peace is supposed to be a central feature of watchtower theology ?

  a peaceful paradise earth ?

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  richard

  See heading of the study article WT Feb 1, 1952, p.67: "Why Jehovah's Witnesses Are Not Pacifists"
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  JW's And Mental Health

  by AJN in

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  i've been doing some research this afternoon and come up with some interesting info.

  well i think it's interesting because i've not read it before but if these links have been posted before please forgive me.

  here's an interesting abstract: the mental health of jehovah's witnesses.

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  richard

  Apparently, not every expert agreed with Spencer's research findings.

  See http://home.zonnet.nl/rsingelenberg/spencer.htm
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  JW's And Mental Health

  by AJN in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i've been doing some research this afternoon and come up with some interesting info.

  well i think it's interesting because i've not read it before but if these links have been posted before please forgive me.

  here's an interesting abstract: the mental health of jehovah's witnesses.

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  richard

  Sorry, my attachment got lost somehow. Guess it's because of my newbie status ...
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  JW's And Mental Health

  by AJN in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i've been doing some research this afternoon and come up with some interesting info.

  well i think it's interesting because i've not read it before but if these links have been posted before please forgive me.

  here's an interesting abstract: the mental health of jehovah's witnesses.

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  richard

  Well, not all experts agreed with these research findings