Im an SDA myself Ill be looking carefully in their mags when this case is over to see if members are informed of this and if not ill be asking some questions. A few weeks ago I got a copy of the Record a weekly SDA mag given out to members and the subjuct was child and sexual abuse which I sent off to Bill to have a look at, maybe he will comment on it sometime when he gets time. Barry
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13SDA Church Must Pay $2M To Abused Girl
by blondie inhttp://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=50511
jury gives abused girl $2 million .
an 11-year-old son of a church pastor molested a 5-year-old in 1997. .
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Things said on stage that made you laugh
by LyinEyes inthere was an elder at our hall ,when he would call on someone , he would help the brother with the mic to find the person.
he did this by saying: " sister little in the front"....hehehhe ,, of course being bored to death, this always cracked several us of rowdy back seat sitters up.. here are more examples from our old hall.
sister key , in the rear.
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I cant tell anything about what happened at the KH but I did meet a Jewish bloke and he told me a story about a young bloke back from the army. He explaned in the jewish religion someone in the congregation as part of the ritual would carry some big heavy scrolls. Anyway this bloke that had just come from the army had the honour as he picked them up not realizing how heavy they were said in front of the whole congregation 'Jesus Christ'. Suffice to say it didnt go down to well. Barry
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Canberra Australia
by kelpie in.
hi all,.
would love to talk to any exjw's in the canberra region
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Gday Bliss, Im in Canberra too Ive only studied with the JWs so I dont qualify as an apostate but Im thinking of joining and then leaving for a while just so I can be a proper apostate. Barry
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was this place scary the first time?
by jurs inhere and there a newbie will post and its obvious that they think that this site is for jw's and not ex's.
did any of you ever come across an apostate site on accident?
what about the first time you came here?
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This place was scary I expected to see more progress in the JW religion Barry
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Does It Bother You Too??
by kelpie inmy sister who is still a jw called me today and was talking to me about my "situation".
i said to her that i am studing, doing research and trying to find my way and what i believe.. i said how mum said is pleading for me to go back to the meetings and i said to my sister that i cannot make up my own mind if i am at the meetings.
her reply was "the only way you can is at the meetings because that is where you get holy spirit from.".
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Gday Kelpie, The JWs arent the only ones who talk about the end the Apostals thought the end would come in there day, the Catholics thought the end or second comming would occure in 1000 ad , the Ana Baptists thought they would be taken to heaven if they didnt take up arms and were slaughtered. Adventists and JWs have made dates for the end to come all have been proven wrong. The scripture in mathew is not a checklist of world events we check off to predict the end. The only sign to the end there is that the gospel is to be preached in the whole world and then the end would come. I beleive apocalyptic in the scriptures is a message of deliverance but has been used to create fear and control in people. As christians we shouldnt even fear the last judgement because the righteousness that is by faith gives us the verdict of the last judgement right now. Barry
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Will You Celebrate Halloween This Year?
by minimus insome fundamentalists believe halloween is the devil's holiday.so are you doing anything on halloween?
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Its not big here in Australia and it sounds spooky Barry
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This may be a problem for the Catholics because they say Mary was allways a virgin and that Jesus had no brothers or sisters. Barry
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What was youre favourite
by barry injw book.
the aid book i thought was very good mine is on loan to my dad who is an elder in another denomination so hopefully its still of some use.
barry
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Ok Ive been hijacked carry on all by the way 69 isnt bad Beck Barry
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What was youre favourite
by barry injw book.
the aid book i thought was very good mine is on loan to my dad who is an elder in another denomination so hopefully its still of some use.
barry
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JW book. The Aid book I thought was very good mine is on loan to my Dad who is an elder in another denomination so hopefully its still of some use. Barry
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I went to the Mosque today
by barry inyou may have heard of the terrible tradegy and loss of life to 150 australians on the indoneasian island of bali on the 12/10/2002.
the media here has been doing overtime on these terrorists and the muslim religion.
we are used to seeing this sort of thing in other parts of the world, but so close to australian shores, our prime minister mr howard has said we will never look at the world in such a free and carefree way again and talking to people i think he is right.
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The death toll has now been revised down to 103 and there is declared a day of mourning sunday. Thanks my American brother Amazing I allways like to read youre posts and I have a lot of respect for what you say. I wasnt trying to belittle what happened in the states its just what happened in the states around the world and then on our own doorstep is more than most people here can fathom.
Carmel the Soviets couldnt compete with the rest of the world economically thats why they had to change and maybe we should develope other types of energy so as to ruin the mid eastern economies and bring change there too. My idear to go to the Mosque was to engage with these people in our own communities and I will continue to do this its my way of dealing with the anger I feel at the killing of so many innocent lives, and their only crime was that they were enjoying life.Barry