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Lightning strike destroys Jesus statue in Ohio
by behemot infamiliar ohio landmark reduced to blackened steel skeleton after being struck by lightning.
the king of kings statue at the solid rock church in monroe, ohio, before and during the fire that destroyed it.
photograph: nick graham/ap and tiffani west-may/ap.
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Lightning strike destroys Jesus statue in Ohio
by behemot infamiliar ohio landmark reduced to blackened steel skeleton after being struck by lightning.
the king of kings statue at the solid rock church in monroe, ohio, before and during the fire that destroyed it.
photograph: nick graham/ap and tiffani west-may/ap.
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sorry for the illegible font size. Here it is again:
A six-storey statue of Jesus Christ in a midwestern US city was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, leaving only a blackened steel skeleton and pieces of foam that were scooped up by curious onlookers yesterday.
The King of Kings statue, one of south-west Ohio's most familiar landmarks, had stood since 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock church along the Interstate 75 highway in Monroe, just north of Cincinnati.
The lightning strike set the statue ablaze around 11.15 pm on Monday night, Monroe police said.
The sculpture, about 19 metres (62 feet) tall and 12 metres wide at the base, showed the figure of Jesus from the torso up and was nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way the arms were raised, similar to a referee signalling a touchdown in American football. It was made of plastic foam and fibreglass over a steel frame, which was all that remained yesterday.
The fire spread from the statue to an adjacent amphitheatre but was confined to the attic, and no one was injured, police chief Mark Neu said.
Damage from the fire was estimated at $700,000 (£474,000): $300,000 for the statue alone and $400,000 for the amphitheatre, fire station officer Richard Mascarella said.
Some people were scooping up pieces of the statue's foam from the nearby pond to take home with them, said Darlene Bishop, a church co-pastor. "This meant a lot to a lot of people," she said.
Bishop said the statue would be rebuilt. "It will be back, but this time we are going to try for something fireproof."
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/16/touchdown-jesus-statue-burns-down
There must be someone with some good taste up there striking lightnings: the statue was outrageously ugly and, with its outstretched arms, it looked like it was invoking its own annihilation by lightning ... (Behemot)
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Lightning strike destroys Jesus statue in Ohio
by behemot infamiliar ohio landmark reduced to blackened steel skeleton after being struck by lightning.
the king of kings statue at the solid rock church in monroe, ohio, before and during the fire that destroyed it.
photograph: nick graham/ap and tiffani west-may/ap.
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Familiar Ohio landmark reduced to blackened steel skeleton after being struck by lightning
The King of Kings statue at the Solid Rock church in Monroe, Ohio, before and during the fire that destroyed it. Photograph: Nick Graham/AP and Tiffani West-May/AP
A six-storey statue of Jesus Christ in a midwestern US city was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, leaving only a blackened steel skeleton and pieces of foam that were scooped up by curious onlookers yesterday.
The King of Kings statue, one of south-west Ohio's most familiar landmarks, had stood since 2004 at the evangelical Solid Rock church along the Interstate 75 highway in Monroe, just north of Cincinnati.
The lightning strike set the statue ablaze around 11.15 pm on Monday night, Monroe police said.
The sculpture, about 19 metres (62 feet) tall and 12 metres wide at the base, showed the figure of Jesus from the torso up and was nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way the arms were raised, similar to a referee signalling a touchdown in American football. It was made of plastic foam and fibreglass over a steel frame, which was all that remained yesterday.
The fire spread from the statue to an adjacent amphitheatre but was confined to the attic, and no one was injured, police chief Mark Neu said.
Damage from the fire was estimated at $700,000 (£474,000): $300,000 for the statue alone and $400,000 for the amphitheatre, fire station officer Richard Mascarella said.
Some people were scooping up pieces of the statue's foam from the nearby pond to take home with them, said Darlene Bishop, a church co-pastor. "This meant a lot to a lot of people," she said.
Bishop said the statue would be rebuilt. "It will be back, but this time we are going to try for something fireproof."
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/16/touchdown-jesus-statue-burns-down
There must be someone with some good taste up there striking lightnings: the statue was outrageously ugly and, with its outstretched arms, it looked like it was invoking its own annihilation by lightning ... (Behemot)
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jw-media report on Conventions
by behemot indid you watch this?.
http://www.jw-media.org/gbl/gbl04e.htm.
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Strasbourg court declares illegal dissolving of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow
by behemot inthe european court of human rights declared illegal on thursday a ruling by a russian court in 2004 to dissolve the moscow branch of the jehovah's witnesses.. it ordered russia to pay 70,000 euros to the movement's members.. russia's committee of salvation ngo lodged a suit demanding a halt to the activities of the jehovah's witnesses in moscow in 1995. the christian-based movement responded with a countersuit at the strasbourg court in october 2001.. in march 2004, a moscow district court dissolved the organization, which russia considers a sect, and banned its activities.
it said the "sect" encouraged its younger members to disown their families, commit suicide and neglect their civic duties.. the strasbourg court said the moscow court's ruling lacked sufficient grounds and was "too strict a measure.".
under the european convention on human rights, russia or the applicants have three months to appeal the ruling in the court's grand chamber.. the jehovah's witnesses, with up to seven million believers worldwide and 300,000 in russia, have already been banned in a number of former soviet republics.. the group, best known for its door-to-door evangelistic work, was founded in the united states at the end of the 19th century.
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The European Court of Human Rights declared illegal on Thursday a ruling by a Russian court in 2004 to dissolve the Moscow branch of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
It ordered Russia to pay 70,000 euros to the movement's members.
Russia's Committee of Salvation NGO lodged a suit demanding a halt to the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow in 1995. The Christian-based movement responded with a countersuit at the Strasbourg court in October 2001.
In March 2004, a Moscow district court dissolved the organization, which Russia considers a sect, and banned its activities. It said the "sect" encouraged its younger members to disown their families, commit suicide and neglect their civic duties.
The Strasbourg court said the Moscow court's ruling lacked sufficient grounds and was "too strict a measure."
Under the European Convention on Human Rights, Russia or the applicants have three months to appeal the ruling in the court's Grand Chamber.
The Jehovah's Witnesses, with up to seven million believers worldwide and 300,000 in Russia, have already been banned in a number of former Soviet republics.
The group, best known for its door-to-door evangelistic work, was founded in the United States at the end of the 19th century. It believes that Judgement Day will soon be upon us.
PARIS, June 10 (RIA Novosti)
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Did/Do you witness to Prostitutes while doing Street Work?
by african GB Member indid you simply ignore them, or did you try to "help" them with magazines while witnessing in the streets?.
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I preached once to one Nigerian girl. She was a prostitute. After a few visits I realized she was suspiciously knowledgeable of JWs stuff. I inquired (was an elder at the time) and she eventually revealed she was a witness. She had left the family (all long-time JWs) in her native village and went to a big city looking for a job. There she meet someone who promises her a good job in Europe. She is naive and believes the man. So she is taken to Europe (Holland at first) and there the nightmare begins: her documents are withdrawn, she is repeatedly raped and forced into prostitution. To "free" herself she has to pay the criminal organization some 100.000 $. The organization takes her often from one place to a new one so she can't get familiar with places and people and seek help. (They usually threaten the girls that if they try to run away their family back home will be killed).
At the time when I met her (a few years after her arrival in Europe), she had met an older man (a "customer") who had "lend" her the money to pay off the remainder of her "debt" to the organization, in exchange for being her exclusive lover. In time, she was able to leave the man, find a job and return the loan. She came back to the congregation and is a JWs to this day.
Her story is not unique: trafficking in women between Nigeria and Europe is a sad reality (see here: http://www.migrationinformation.org/feature/display.cfm?ID=318) and I know of several cases where young JW girls were involved.
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Press Covering the Death of Ray Franz
by AndersonsInfo inthe associated press is sending out on the news wire the information about the death of ray franz.
this story will be picked up across the world by all major newpapers, tv and radio.. fyi, there will be a tribute to raymond franz, saturday, june 12th, at 7 p.m. est on the phone conferencing dialogue program.
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Barbara Anderson wrote:
The Associated Press is sending out on the news wire the information about the death of Ray Franz. This story will be picked up across the world by all major newpapers, TV and radio.
Nothing shows up through Google News, so far.
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Bahamas: JWs versus National Insurance Board legal battle
by behemot injehovah's witnesses in nib battle.
by krystel rolle ~ guardian staff reporter ~ [email protected]:.
in a dispute that stretches back nearly two decades, the attorney representing a group of jehovah's witnesses made a final attempt yesterday to convince the court of appeal to overturn a supreme court decision which requires his clients to continue to make national insurance contributions.. attorney w. p. cathcart, who represents glen alexander colebrooke and the christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses of the bahamas, laid out several reasons yesterday why the appellate court justices should do so.. the jehovah's witnesses are appealing the entire ruling of justice stephen isaacs, who dismissed their application for a review of a national insurance board's (nib) decision that requires 28 witnesses to make the contributions for a small monthly stipend that they receive.. members of the faith are not paid for service in the congregations, however, full-time branch workers like colebrooke and traveling representatives get a modest monthly allowance.. nib has said that this arrangement constitutes a contract of employment and the funds must be taxed.
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carla,
they refer to the "vow of poverty" staff at branch offices take:
See full fext here: http://pathways-online.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=1468.0;wap2
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Homer Simpson named greatest TV character in 20 years
by behemot indo you agree?.
homer simpson named greatest tv character in 20 years .
(reuters) - beer-swilling, doughnut-lover homer simpson has been named the greatest character created for television and film in the past 20 years.. the star character of long-running u.s. cartoon series "the simpsons" beat schoolboy wizard harry potter and vampire slayer buffy to take top place in the survey for u.s. entertainment magazine entertainment weekly.. .
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do you agree?
Woo-hoo! Homer Simpson named greatest TV character in 20 years
(Reuters) - Beer-swilling, doughnut-lover Homer Simpson has been named the greatest character created for television and film in the past 20 years.
The star character of long-running U.S. cartoon series "The Simpsons" beat schoolboy wizard Harry Potter and vampire slayer Buffy to take top place in the survey for U.S. entertainment magazine Entertainment Weekly.
Simpson's creator Matt Groening said millions of people were able to identify with Homer with his catchphrase "D'oh."
"The Simpsons," broadcast in more than 90 countries, is the longest-running U.S. TV series in prime time, now in its 21st season.
"People can relate to Homer because we're all secretly propelled by desires we can't admit to," Groening was quoted as telling Entertainment Weekly.
"Homer is launching himself head-first into every single impulsive thought that occurs to him. His love of whatever...is a joy to witness."
Harry Potter, created by British author JK Rowling and played by actor Daniel Radcliffe in six films, was described as a "global icon" to take the second place in the magazine's poll.
The star of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, came third in the list followed by Tony Soprano from HBO drama series "The Sopranos" and comic book villain the Joker played by late Australian actor Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight."
Rounding out the top 10 were Rachel from "Friends," Edward Scissorhands from the movie of that name, Hannibal Lecter played by British actor Anthony Hopkins, Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie Bradshaw from "Sex and the City," and cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants.
The list of top 100 characters was released on Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of Entertainment Weekly.
(Writing by Belinda Goldsmith, Editing by Michael Perry)
source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6500C820100601
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Bahamas: JWs versus National Insurance Board legal battle
by behemot injehovah's witnesses in nib battle.
by krystel rolle ~ guardian staff reporter ~ [email protected]:.
in a dispute that stretches back nearly two decades, the attorney representing a group of jehovah's witnesses made a final attempt yesterday to convince the court of appeal to overturn a supreme court decision which requires his clients to continue to make national insurance contributions.. attorney w. p. cathcart, who represents glen alexander colebrooke and the christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses of the bahamas, laid out several reasons yesterday why the appellate court justices should do so.. the jehovah's witnesses are appealing the entire ruling of justice stephen isaacs, who dismissed their application for a review of a national insurance board's (nib) decision that requires 28 witnesses to make the contributions for a small monthly stipend that they receive.. members of the faith are not paid for service in the congregations, however, full-time branch workers like colebrooke and traveling representatives get a modest monthly allowance.. nib has said that this arrangement constitutes a contract of employment and the funds must be taxed.
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Jehovah's witnesses in NIB Battle
By KRYSTEL ROLLE ~ Guardian Staff Reporter ~ [email protected]:
In a dispute that stretches back nearly two decades, the attorney representing a group of Jehovah's Witnesses made a final attempt yesterday to convince the Court of Appeal to overturn a Supreme Court decision which requires his clients to continue to make National Insurance contributions.
Attorney W. P. Cathcart, who represents Glen Alexander Colebrooke and the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses of The Bahamas, laid out several reasons yesterday why the appellate court justices should do so.
The Jehovah's Witnesses are appealing the entire ruling of Justice Stephen Isaacs, who dismissed their application for a review of a National Insurance Board's (NIB) decision that requires 28 Witnesses to make the contributions for a small monthly stipend that they receive.
Members of the faith are not paid for service in the congregations, however, full-time branch workers like Colebrooke and traveling representatives get a modest monthly allowance.
NIB has said that this arrangement constitutes a contract of employment and the funds must be taxed. But the Witnesses said Colebrooke's duties at the branch were voluntary and that he should not be required to make the payments to the NIB fund because the money is a stipend, not a salary.
In September 2008, Isaacs ruled that there was no basis on which the court can grant the review. He said the Witnesses did not avail themselves of the appeal process to the Supreme Court as allowed by law. He noted that the appeal had to be launched on a question of law within 21 days after delivery of a decision by the Board, and a judicial review had to be launched within six months after that decision.
Isaacs noted then that NIB made the decision on January 27, 1992, that the ministers were employed persons and must pay contributions under the Act. Isaacs, in his judgment, noted that there was no appeal from that determination. However, he added that NIB should have allowed the Witnesses to be a part of the process. They were not told of the decision until after an NIB meeting had already convened.
On several occasions, the Witnesses, through their attorney, wrote NIB asking it to revisit the decision. However, on April 12, 2005 and again on February 16, 2006, NIB continued to reaffirm its original decision.
It wasn't until August 16, 2006 that the Witnesses sought leave to apply for a judicial review.
Isaacs said although the procedure for convening and conducting the hearing in 1992 was not strictly followed, the applicants stated in writing that they were not seeking a formal review.
In the Court of Appeal yesterday, Cathcart said the decision of NIB has to be an error. He said the Witnesses never entered into an employment contract with The Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses. He also pointed out that the Witnesses are volunteers and have all taken a vow of poverty.
Court of Appeal President Dame Joan Sawyer said her difficulty with the matter is that while the Witnesses help the poor and perform other social services duties, the tax that they are now required to pay to the government is used to help the same type of people who they want to assist.
She also questioned whether NIB presented sufficient evidence to the court to make a proper determination.
She told attorney Harvey Tynes, who represents NIB, that he was not given all of the facts by the people who were directing him.
For instance, she said she does not know whether Baptist ministers or Mormons are made to pay taxes.
She said if a tax exemption for ministers is a constitutional norm, then it must be applied across the board.
Dame Joan said she is unsure how she will frame her judgment.
She wondered what effects her decision would have on society and the administration of justice.
She added that while it is not her job to mull over such issues, in a society that is as small as The Bahamas, justices have to think about the effects of their decisions.
In addition to Dame Joan, Justices Christopher Blackman and Stanley John presided over the case.
They reserved judgment in the case.
source: http://www.thenassauguardian.com/national_local/297413220468210.php
