before another day goes past please, summarize the outcome in dot points of the royal commission so far.
for me in no order;.
that the wt considers sex crimes against children of little importance.
I disagree on that one. I knew about "Theocratic Tact", as it was then called, and I'm sure that many JWs knew/know about it in spite of the fact that many of them are ignorant about most of their religion.
jehovahs witnesses hearing adjourned.
6 august, 2015. .
the hearing into the jehovahs witnesses has adjourned until further notice.case study 29 into the jehovahs witnessescommenced on monday 27 july 2015, inquiring into jehovah's witnesses and watchtower bible and tract society of australia ltd.further information regarding this public hearing will be announced in due course.. .
I sent Stewart an email of encouragement with a PDF of Crisis of Conscience.
so each of the attendants at the glasgow convention this weekend have all been handed a photo of some guy that has been disrupting conventions in the uk.
(the same one as in london i read about a couple of weeks ago?
apparently he was sighted at the glasgow convention today, though there was no disruption as far as i know.. has anyone else ever heard of photo i.d.
"Oh and growing a beard totally didn't work - they still recognized you."
That was dumb. Growing a beard will make you stand out even more.
the first round of the "imitate jesus" regional convention series has begun in australia.. australia: dates and locations.
download program.
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january 25, 1788 - .
- the first 9 ships to carry prisoners from britain arrived at port jackson.
nine ships carrying 759 convicts and their guards left portsmouth on may 13, 1787, and arrived at what would be the first penal colony in australia, new south wales.
recently, several threads have had some debate about logic, evidence, critical thinking and skepticism.
i wanted to write a post discussing those things, hopefully to clarify what those things are, why they are important and how to use those tools.
first, logic, at its core, is simply a method for how to reason validly, how to draw conclusions based on a premise.
Ayn Rand:
"No concept man forms is valid unless he integrates it without contradiction into the total sum of his knowledge.
"Logic is the art of non-contradictory identification."
Let's see. She accepted Social Security payments and Medicare benefits even though she was opposed to those programs.
wt obviously must realize now the value of those that tried to enforce change on them.
i think if it wasn't for these people doing what they did wt would be in even more drama now.
so my question is do you ever think wt would voluntarily reinstate and publicly apologize to bill bowen and barbara anderson for all their hard work in bringing reform.
recently, several threads have had some debate about logic, evidence, critical thinking and skepticism.
i wanted to write a post discussing those things, hopefully to clarify what those things are, why they are important and how to use those tools.
first, logic, at its core, is simply a method for how to reason validly, how to draw conclusions based on a premise.
I have to share this jewel from the Texas Republican Party platform of 2012. When you link to the PDF you can find this quote in the document by searching under "critical thinking".
Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.
been researching the mormons a little since they are quite similar to the jws.
they have a similar webpage and many videos to "help" the mormons in their faith.
i found this video done by abc4 news:.
The increase is smaller, but they are not losing members are they? 8,2M was the last figure I heard
I don't have the figures handy but I've heard that there are almost as many inactive/df'd members as there are active ones. Articles have been written on them having the greatest turnover than any religion.
been researching the mormons a little since they are quite similar to the jws.
they have a similar webpage and many videos to "help" the mormons in their faith.
i found this video done by abc4 news:.
"Could this be the future for the Watchtower?"
Actually, it's the present for the JWs.
