Village Idiot

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  The NEW "Bible Teach" book

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new "bible teach" book is out!

  thetruthbr has posted links for this and several other of the new publications.

  as an educator, i am very interested in where the society is heading with their alleged "bible education" program.

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  Village Idiot

  Here's a typical study with the book:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ss2hULhXf04
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  The NEW "Bible Teach" book

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new "bible teach" book is out!

  thetruthbr has posted links for this and several other of the new publications.

  as an educator, i am very interested in where the society is heading with their alleged "bible education" program.

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  Village Idiot

  I ran the OP just for the fun of it and this is what I got:

  "A grade level (based on the USA education system) is equivalent to the number of years of education a person has had. A score of around 10-12 is roughly the reading level on completion of high school. Text to be read by the general public should aim for a grade level of around 8."

  Readability Formula Grade Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level 8.5 Gunning-Fog Score 11.6 Coleman-Liau Index 11.6 SMOG Index 8.5 Automated Readability Index 7.3 Average Grade Level 9.5
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Governing Body and the COW an illustration

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. social
  2. humour

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  The NEW "Bible Teach" book

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new "bible teach" book is out!

  thetruthbr has posted links for this and several other of the new publications.

  as an educator, i am very interested in where the society is heading with their alleged "bible education" program.

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  Village Idiot

  I pasted the URL for the first chapter and this is what came out:

  Readability Formula	Grade
  Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level	3
  Gunning-Fog Score	3.5
  Coleman-Liau Index	9.6
  SMOG Index	4
  Automated Readability Index	1.1
  Average Grade Level	4.2

  Text Statistics

  Character Count	5,006
  Syllable Count	1,661
  Word Count	1,159
  Sentence Count	262
  Characters per Word	4.3
  Syllables per Word	1.4
  Words per Sentence	4.4
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  I gotta ask,... Is the org gonna fade from itself and just take what money that is left and run?

  by gda in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just can't shake this odd thought...

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  Village Idiot

  They haven't been fading in recent years; quite the opposite. It would be interesting, though, to see what happens to the JWs if they run.
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  Hey Simon

  by ShirleyW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm noticing that when i open quite a few of the posts here i notice that the end of the sentences on some lines are breaking improperly.

  like for the word paragraph, it's broken up with the "aph" on the next line for an example.

  it's happening a lot i'm seeing it just about in every post i open, is it just my view and my computer?.

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  Village Idiot

  It's happening on IE and Firefox. It's not happening on Chrome and Opera.
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  Hey Simon

  by ShirleyW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm noticing that when i open quite a few of the posts here i notice that the end of the sentences on some lines are breaking improperly.

  like for the word paragraph, it's broken up with the "aph" on the next line for an example.

  it's happening a lot i'm seeing it just about in every post i open, is it just my view and my computer?.

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  Village Idiot

  cappytan: "It has to do with posting long URLs."

  No, it's happening to everyone without posting any URL's.
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  Hey Simon

  by ShirleyW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm noticing that when i open quite a few of the posts here i notice that the end of the sentences on some lines are breaking improperly.

  like for the word paragraph, it's broken up with the "aph" on the next line for an example.

  it's happening a lot i'm seeing it just about in every post i open, is it just my view and my computer?.

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  Village Idiot

  I'm having the same problem too and it affects everyone's posts.
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  Does God Exist? / Who is God? These are Questions which Lead nowhere. What is God Like, is the Correct Question.

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there are 2 questions that generate more pain,suffering & death, than any other question in existence.. these 2 questions are :.

  "does god exist?".

  "who is god"?.

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  Village Idiot

  LAWHFol:

  "Do you feel that the Universe has a Consciousness?"

  The famous astronomer Carl Sagan said that we are star stuff contemplating star stuff and that we are the way for the Cosmos to know itself. No mysticism, just an atheist version of Pantheism.
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  Churches in Australia could lose millions in tax breaks under radical national faith register plan

  by sherrie11 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  churches and religious organisations would lose millions of dollars in tax breaks, concessions and hand outs under a radical plan to force priests, rabbis and imams to sign up to a national faith register.

  under the bold proposal clergy would for the first time be forced to undergo government-specified training and security checks and would be monitored by a national body, or risk losing government funding..

  former premier ted baillieu has backed the plan that has been put to federal and state leaders including the prime ministers office, and premier daniel andrews..

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  I don't like this regardless of the tax issue.