Posts by truthsetsonefree

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Breaking News - Russia Close to Banning JWs Entirely YouTube Video

by cognac in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-qy14yqx-0 - i'm not sure if i attached this right.....

truthsetsonefree

Russia may be getting serious with this. Here is a report I also posted in another thread that appears current:

http://www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-07-13/Will_Jehovah_s_Witnesses_be_banned_in_Russia.html

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Debunking the WTS view of apostasy

by Awakened at Gilead in

just created a new video that uses the bible to show how jw's claims about apostates lack biblical basis.. your comments are welcome.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eg219nkire.

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Will they be banned in Russia?

by truthsetsonefree in

below is a pretty well done report on the russian situation.. http://www.russiatoday.com/top_news/2009-07-13/will_jehovah_s_witnesses_be_banned_in_russia.html.

isaac.

truthsetsonefree

Below is a pretty well done report on the Russian situation.

http://www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-07-13/Will_Jehovah_s_Witnesses_be_banned_in_Russia.html

Isaac

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WHAT WAS YOUR AHA! MOMENT THATIT WAS TIME TO EXIT THE BORG?

by freewilly01 in

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i had a huge light bulb on moment as i wasy in therapy dealing with a nasty anxiety disorder for many years and having a huge trigger in my life finally silenced.

it was almost the last thing that i thought i would end up doing expecially if you asked my wife and myself even a year before our decision to " live " thats how i view it not decision to leave...........it was a decision to live.. .

my therapist psychiatrist asked me who are you?

truthsetsonefree

Emotional:

My daughter would be pressured into being a publisher.

Mental:

There were several, most notably the total lack of validity to their FDS claims as their so called chronology is severely flawed.

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I've noticed something different at this years district convention

by JWinprotest in

not sure if this was the case elsewhere, but i noticed that the contribution boxes with the people attending them stayed out in the hall ways throughout the entire session.

they used to be set up only before and after sessions and during lunch......times are tough!

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truthsetsonefree

They were always kept out in NYC.

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Would WT keep more young people if Kingdom Melodies sounded like this?

by JimmyPage in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mer6w32byxq.

truthsetsonefree

Sounds great! Of course foolish old geezers just see this kind of rendering as taking away from the "dignity" that KM's should be afforded.

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"Life without end at last" sung at Michael Jackson's funeral

by What-A-Coincidence in

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"mourners were handed lyrics to a song entitled "life without end/at last" and the group sang it together a cappella.

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http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20290557,00.html.

truthsetsonefree

So a JW service for someone disassociated. I know there are loopholes that allow this. And I'm happy the Jackson's got what they wanted, even if that silly Paradise is nothing but a pipe dream. What is sad is that so few non-celebrity JW's are allowed to use said loopholes by the self serving WTBT$.

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Pray then, this way......

by AK - Jeff in

at least i have/do at times.. dear god.

why is knowing you so confusing?

why are you dependent on my 'faith'?

truthsetsonefree

Some creature who refuses to answer when intelligent beings such as myself, capable of understanding things beyond what the eye can see, have made repeated attempts at communicating, does not deserve my time and effort at contacting he/she or it. If he/she or it even exists. The guessing game is disrespectful and a waste of valuable resources.

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The Story of Mr. & Mrs. Flipper

by flipper in

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it was requested of someone on the board via pm to tell our story.

i'll try to keep it brief, for me that's hard.

mrs. flipper was raised catholic and got out when she was 12 because the nuns and cathlolic school teachers didn't like her independent thinking mind.

truthsetsonefree

I missed this a year ago as I wasn't on the forum as much. I can relate to a lot of this. Thanks for the story, or as we would have said as dubs...experience!

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Supreme Court Blood Case - WTS LOSES

by skeeter1 in

http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/2009/2009scc30/2009scc30.html.

supreme court of canada.

wts loses!.

truthsetsonefree

Here is another interesting spin: http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/viewpoints/story.html?id=de7b5dca-6b93-46d9-8363-2b7af69576b3

canada, canadian search engine, free email, canada news

Wednesday » July 8 » 2009

Age alone is not the measure of maturity

The Gazette

Friday, July 03, 2009

The Supreme Court of Canada has granted adolescents a say in serious medical decisions that affect them - provided they demonstrate the necessary level of maturity.

The judgment, in a decision announced last week, is part of a trend in Canada: The state is agreeing to allow adolescents greater personal responsibility, under carefully-circumscribed conditions.The 2003 Youth Criminal Justice Act signalled Parliament's desire to treat teens as individuals in criminal matters, assessing ability to assume responsibility on a case-by-case basis. This new ruling extends the principle to medical treatment.

Until this Supreme Court decision, the level of maturity required for medical treatment decisions had been determined by age alone - an admittedly arbitrary measure made worse because it varied from province to province. Quebec's age of consent was 14; Saskatchewan's was 18.

The Supreme Court decision means that age alone can no longer be used as a cutoff. Instead, judges must now weigh age and maturity "on a sliding scale," setting them against the seriousness of the threat to the youngster's health and well-being. Making these assessments will not be simple, but the principle is sound.

In 2006, a 14-year-old Manitoba girl, a Jehovah's Witness, argued that she was competent to refuse a court-ordered blood transfusion that doctors had determined was necessary to treat bleeding associated with Crohn's disease. (Jehovah's Witnesses believe the Bible bans the "ingestion" of blood.) Three psychiatrists found she was not mentally ill, nor in thrall to her parents. Yet because 16 was the age of consent to medical treatment in Manitoba, the government was able to order her to accept transfusions.

The Supreme Court held that when an adolescent is found capable of making a "truly mature and independent decision," the young person can be allowed to make even a decision with potentially very serious consequences. At the same time, the court said the state has an undeniable duty of care toward youngsters and must recognize that there are limits to their developing maturity.

The ruling properly takes a nuanced approach to the rights and responsibilities of young Canadians. It is wrong, on the basis of age alone, to deny a young person any say in what happens to him or her. Maturity can develop early - or late - in adolescence.

This Supreme Court decision is a new step along the way to conferring on mature teenagers the right to exercise informed choice. It is a step in the right direction.