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  If I handed in a paper like that ... I'd fail!

  by Frequent_Fader_Miles in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  something always bugged me about the society's publications.

  they'd always use phrases like "many persons do this" or "one expert says", or "many believe".

  the person being referred to or quoted is always veiled in obscurity.

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  Ah yes, college . . .

  "We don't accept WTS formatting, only APA or MLA. Get those works cited correctly!

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  Is the Watchtower Crumbling???

  by R.F. in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'll start with my congregation....... there have been about 7 disfellowshippings in my congregation alone within the last year.

  over half the congo is inactive and many more are irregular pubs.

  young people in the congo are dropping like flies.

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  RF,

  From your description of your congregation, your area would be a great place for a fader to move to. They are so enmeshed with internal problems that they wouldn't even bother with dealing with another potential problem dub.

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  My first cake (pic)

  by reneeisorym in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if anyone remembers my post about the cake decorating deal, they will alreay know what i'm talking about.

  if you want to read the last post, here's the link: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/136956/1.ashx.

  so i made my first cake tonight.

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  YUM YUM!
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  My first cake (pic)

  by reneeisorym in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if anyone remembers my post about the cake decorating deal, they will alreay know what i'm talking about.

  if you want to read the last post, here's the link: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/136956/1.ashx.

  so i made my first cake tonight.

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  The flower design is beautiful! Can I eat my virtual slice now?

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  Dating question

  by jond in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  can anyone comment on the consequences of dating a divorced jw who is not free to remarry?

  in time this person will be free to remarry, until that time is it ok just date?

  obviously the dating would need to be done carefully so as to not lead to wrongdoing etc.

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  To be dating a person who isn't scripurally free to marry would be deemed as "loose conduct," thereby a DF offense.

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  As Time Goes By - Do they all begin to look alike to you?

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i mean, religions.. while i am far from being anti-religious, organized religion, especially of the more 'fundamental' sort, is all beginning to blend into the same puddle for me.

  i have not given up on god, or spirituality, and in fact still consider myself christian.

  i just don't feel any desire at this point to participate in the formal nature of religious groups at all.

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  Jeff,

  I just got home. We are ships passing in the night.

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  A spin off topic.. Favourite Pianist!

  by smellsgood in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  flipper did the favourite guitar players, but i love me a prodigal piano player as well... .

  mine would be .

  rufus wainwright- i love him, he's so camp, and puts together some really great melodies.

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  I second karval with Tori Amos.

  If keyboards count I would include George Duke (look at avatar)

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  As Time Goes By - Do they all begin to look alike to you?

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i mean, religions.. while i am far from being anti-religious, organized religion, especially of the more 'fundamental' sort, is all beginning to blend into the same puddle for me.

  i have not given up on god, or spirituality, and in fact still consider myself christian.

  i just don't feel any desire at this point to participate in the formal nature of religious groups at all.

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  Jeff,

  The last thing I need right now is someone else cramming their doctrines down my throat. I shy away from organized religion too.

  JK
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  L.A. Catholic Archdiocese to Pay $660 million

  by JK666 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  l.a. archdiocese to pay $660m for abuse.

  by gillian flaccus.

  los angeles (ap) - the nation's largest catholic archdiocese has settled its abuse cases for $660 million, by far the largest payout in the church's sexual abuse scandal, the associated press has learned.

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  L.A. Archdiocese to Pay $660M for Abuse
  By GILLIAN FLACCUS
  

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - The nation's largest Catholic archdiocese has settled its abuse cases for $660 million, by far the largest payout in the church's sexual abuse scandal, The Associated Press has learned.

  The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the plaintiffs reached the deal Saturday, said Ray Boucher, the lead plaintiff's attorney. The archdiocese and the plaintiffs will release a statement Sunday morning and hold a news conference Monday, he said.

  An anonymous source with knowledge of the deal placed its value at $660 million, by far the largest payout in the church's sexual abuse scandal. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the settlement had not been officially announced.

  The amount, which would average a little more than $1.3 million per plaintiff, exceeded earlier reports that the settlement would be between $600 million and $650 million.

  Some Roman Catholic orders - the Servites, Claretians and Oblates - will be carved out of the agreement because they refused to participate, the source said. The settlement also calls for the release of confidential priest personnel files after review by a judge assigned to oversee the litigation, Boucher said.

  The settlements push the total amount paid out by the U.S. church since 1950 to more than $2 billion, with about a quarter of that coming from the Los Angeles archdiocese.

  It wasn't immediately clear how the payout would be split among the insurers, the archdiocese and several Roman Catholic religious orders. A judge must sign off on the agreement.

  The release of the priest documents was important to the agreement, Boucher said, because it could reveal whether archdiocesan leaders were involved in covering up for abusive priests.

  ``Transparency is a critical part of this and of all resolutions,'' he said.

  Tod Tamberg, a spokesman for the archdiocese, did not immediately return a call seeking comment late Saturday. Previously, he said the church would be in court on Monday.

  Plaintiff Steven Sanchez, who was expected to testify in the first trial, said he was simultaneously relieved and disappointed. He sued the archdiocese claiming abuse by the late Rev. Clinton Hagenbach, who died in 1987.

  ``I was really emotionally ready to take on the archdiocese in court in less than 48 hours, but I'm glad all victims are going to be compensated,'' he said. ``I hope all victims will find some type of healing in this process.''

  The settlement is the largest ever by a Roman Catholic diocese since the clergy sexual abuse scandal erupted in Boston in 2002. The largest payout so far has been by the Diocese of Orange, Calif., in 2004, for $100 million.

  Facing a flood of abuse claims, five dioceses - Tucson, Ariz.; Spokane, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; Davenport, Iowa, and San Diego - sought bankruptcy protection.

  The Los Angeles archdiocese, its insurers and various Roman Catholic orders have paid more than $114 million to settle 86 claims so far. The largest of those came in December, when the archdiocese reached a $60 million settlement with 45 people whose claims dated from before the mid-1950s and after 1987 - periods when it had little or no sexual abuse insurance.

  Several religious orders in California have also reached multimillion-dollar settlements in recent months, including the Carmelites, the Franciscans and the Jesuits.

  However, more than 500 other lawsuits against the archdiocese had remained unresolved despite years of legal wrangling. Most of the outstanding lawsuits were generated by a 2002 state law that revoked for one year the statute of limitations for reporting sexual abuse.

  Cardinal Roger Mahony recently told parishioners in an open letter that the archdiocese was selling its high-rise administrative building and considering the sale of about 50 other nonessential church properties to raise funds for a settlement.

  A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge overseeing the cases recently ruled that Mahony could be called to testify in the second trial on schedule, and attorneys for plaintiffs wanted to call him in many more.

  The same judge also cleared the way for four people to seek punitive damages - something that could have opened the church to tens of millions of dollars in payouts if the ruling had been expanded to other cases.

  07/15/07 01:05 © Copyright The Associated Press.
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  Did you get the personalized JW items?

  by reneeisorym in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the bibles rebound with a reasoning book in the end.

  the special bookbags made by a jw for jws.

  the magazine holders.

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  This will date me for sure. I had a Bible with a "Make Sure" book in the back. JK