I can't blame the WT for what that girl did, but I think it begs the consideration of what would make a young girl so enraged and desperate that doing such a thing seemed remotely like the thing she needed to do? It may be that something else entirely was happening in her life or it has nothing to do with the WT association, but it sure didn't keep anything evil out of that home. What a tragedy for the family all around. I hope justice is able to be done but in situations like that, I don't know if there is any that can come on this earth.
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Mom calls out Jehovah
by Poztate inan 18 year oul girl stabbed her mom to death with 79 stab wounds.
her mom cried out jehovah during the attack to no avail.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/judge-rules-18-year-old-isabella-guzman-of-aurora-will-be-held-without-bond-in-mothers-slaying.
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Are You Upset My Miley Cyrus' Performance On MTV Awards?
by minimus ini'm not, even a little bit and i don't understand what the outrage is all about..
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JWdaughter
It was crude and crass. Pretty much par for the course these days. I'm not upset-I didn't watch it until it was posted all over the internet. It was pretty disgusting, especially the part with the Thicke guy (after the stupid bear part).
I will say that the VMA is supplying lots of curvy black women with dancing jobs. . .I never saw so much size acceptance in one space. Cyrus might get busted for sexual harrassment, but still. . .nice to know that you don't have to be a stick figure to get work in hollywood these days.
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The Confessed Pedophile Who Raped Me Is Going To Be Made A Elder Again, Need Help Please!
by Bubblegum Apotheosis inyears ago you read my horror stories about being raped by a jw.
i was nine years old when this took place, now the man has been getting all his works in order.
what do i do to stop the seventy-year old pedophile from getting his position back?
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JWdaughter
BA-I think it is worth having a lawyer write to the congregation and cc the WT org. telling them of what happened, that it is on record and your concerns regarding this. I don't think it is ever to late to go to the police. If they can do anything about it is another question,but for them and the child protection to have your statement is a valuable thing. Talk to a lawyer bring any docs and see what your options are.
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Honesty at last- US Govt admits to overthrowing Iran's Elected govt. in 1953
by fulltimestudent infrom the uk independent:.
web reference:.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-truth-about-the-cia-and-iran-us-intelligence-agency-finally-admits-role-in-coup-8775160.html.
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JWdaughter
Yeah, we have seen what US intervention has done for us as regards Iran and Afghanistan. When a military coup removes the democratically elected leaders (whether we like them much or not), the results are never good. Some Egyptians didn't like Morsi, but MANY westerners were totally freaked out by the fact that he was MB and a beard wearing Muslim. I think they helped with the military coup, but I could be wrong--I will say though that I think this one will be bad for egypt-not because of Islamists(well, some of them will certainly cause grief), but because military coups rarely end well and even though some were nervous of Morsi, he had not stooped to the mubarak levels of abuse of power and didn't seem inclined to. I heard about the Mubarak Egypt-I was closely associated with Muslims who notonly supported him, but still do-but they are not radicals, they are not alqaeda and they are no afraid that this new govt won't even let them leave the country. . .for the same reasons they feared living in Egypt under Mubarak-You have a beard at all and you are labeled as a threat. After Mubaraks ouster, the men felt they could grow a beardwitout being persecuted (yes,they were persecuted in big ways and small) . Now they will be regarded and treated as a radical islamist simply for having had the beard. These are men who refused to join the MB or other groups not only becaause they had different thoughts on some issues, but because they didn/t want to be beholden to any party, but to support the things they fully beleived in, regardless of party. So, now it is mid august and you just had a coup. Which neighbor is going to report you for a beard because they think the new militarist government might subject their family to less abuse if they do so? That is the regime they lived under with the Mubarak dictatorship. Egypt is gonna have a rough road ahead.
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Encounter at McDonalds
by jws inso i was helping some friends move and it came time for a break, i took my kids to mcdonalds.
we're sitting there and there's a family across from us, man, wife, 2 kids under 4. in the next booth is this older guy, maybe late 60's.. i'm not really paying attention, but then this older guy says something to the family about everybody being "me-first" these days.
so that caught my ear.
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JWdaughter
My mom was supposed to never get old. . .I don't think her mom was supposed to. She is 70 and I'm menopausal. I didn't figure for this earth lasting until I was pubescent! Go figure.
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Jehovah's Witness whose wife died after refusing blood transfusion is jailed for 13 years over child sex abuse covered up by religion's elders
by ThomasCovenant inhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2400938/jehovahs-witness-wife-died-refusing-blood-transfusion-jailed-13-years-child-sex-abuse-covered-religions-elders.html .
a jehovah's witness who sexually abused a child and then had his wrongdoing covered up by the church has been jailed for 13 years.. gordon leighton, 53, admitted sexually abusing a child when he was confronted with the allegations by church elders at washington, tyne and wear.. the elders knew about the 53-year-old's admissions for three years but refused to co-operate with the criminal investigation, and said what they had heard was confidential.. leighton hit the headlines in the 1990s when his wife yvonne, 28, died after refusing a blood transfusion after childbirth on religious grounds.judge penny moreland said that he had subjected his victim to 'untold damage' as she sentenced him at newcastle crown court today.. the judge said: 'you manipulated her with a combination of affection and attention and violence and threats.
'the defendant was found guilty of two charges of indecency with a child and six of indecent assault after a trial.
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JWdaughter
still trying to figure out what "duty to god" required them to stonewall police and protect a child abuser from receiving justice?
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"Whether These Appear Sound From a Strategic or Human Standpoint or Not." - What do YOU think?
by jw07 inhttp://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131115/seven-shepherds-eight-dukes/.
paragraph 17.
"at that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from jehovahs organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.
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JWdaughter
So, who is the modern day assyrians? I can barely skim the dross these days.
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"Whether These Appear Sound From a Strategic or Human Standpoint or Not." - What do YOU think?
by jw07 inhttp://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131115/seven-shepherds-eight-dukes/.
paragraph 17.
"at that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from jehovahs organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.
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JWdaughter
I don't think they will go all waco, but they may go all "Yearning for Zion" ranch as they had here in texas. . .or maybe still do? MIght want to watch for a big texas relocation cause crazy things happen in this beautiful state of mine!
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Need Help - Looks like some one in my family got to know that we are fading...
by MissConfused inletter from a close family member... need help responding.... what a powerful illustration of the affect that our choice of friends can have on us, especially if we leave jehovah after being 'raised' by him from infancy!.
pack of wolvesthere was a farmer who raised sheep and had trouble with wolves stealing his sheep.
he loved his sheep and didn't want to lose even one of them.
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JWdaughter
That letter was a bunch of condescending hoo-ha. Seriously.
A wolf is a wolf. It couldn't have changed if it wanted to, that is its fate-to be a wolf. A man can wear a dress, pantyhose and get a perm and even if he rearranges his boy parts, his DNA tells the tale.
But none of that matters because its a stupid analogy in any case.
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Bart Ehrman: Paul Viewed Jesus Christ as an Angel.
by Emery inin his upcomming book, "how jesus became god" bart ehrman has a new view on how paul viewed jesus.
since i am a huge bart ehrman fan i am a member of his blog site, http://ehrmanblog.org link to direct blog entry: http://ehrmanblog.org/pauls-view-of-jesus-as-an-angel-for-members/.
there he made a recent blog entry where he argues that paul viewed jesus to be an angel according to galations 4:14. .
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JWdaughter
What about "messenger"-is that not the literal word that was translated as angel in some versions? Of course, some would question anything Paul said on principle, but if we accept Paul, should we not then pay attention to the actual words?