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  A Trail of Secrecy and Deception (more RC molest)

  by CPiolo in

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  http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000067948aug22.story

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  Dioceses settle sex suit

  by CPiolo in

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  dioceses settle sex suit .

  religion: o.c.

  man who alleged molestation by o.c.

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  Molest chapter unsettles church

  by CPiolo in

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  molest chapter unsettles church .

  religion: o.c.

  catholics express disgrace and doubt over allegations against cleric.

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  Request for help

  by CPiolo in

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  my wife recently began therapy.

  her therapist is unaware of just what type of religion the wt is (high-control group).

  she even suggested we attend a neutral non-denominational church as a compromise.

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  More Worldwide Preaching Work

  by CPiolo in

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  recently a doubting jw asked who else did worldwide preaching.

  i gave examples of the mennonites and the society of friends (quakers).

  last night while watching tv, i saw a profile on the show mediatelevision, a show about the various media and methods of persuasion ( http://www.citytv.com/mediatv/) about trans world radio ( http://www.gospelcom.net/twr/), an evangelical group that preaches, via radio, throughout the world, "even if they have to skirt anti-evangelical laws, and risk offending other world faiths in the process.".

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  Change another's views -- or not?

  by CPiolo in

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  a short while ago, maximus and a few others were discussing the ethics of tying to influence another regarding their belief system.

  many came down on the side of caution, if not downright abstention.

  if a person lived in a vacuum, i might be inclined to agree.

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  Why Bad Beliefs Don't Die

  by CPiolo in

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  for those of you interested in why your rational arguments and reasoning, in addition to well documented information do little to sway the beliefs of true believers (family, friends, and loved ones), the reason as offered in the following article is survival.. http://www.csicop.org/si/2000-11/beliefs.html.

  offered humbly for your perusal,.

  cpiolo.

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  Jehovah's Juvenile Witness

  by CPiolo in

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  just thought i'd share this.

  ran into it by chance while surfing.

  nothing new to those familiar with the wt, but another point of view and another sad tale from dubville.. http://www.thehappyheretic.com/11-98.htm.

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  Doubting the story of Exodus

  by CPiolo in

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  for those interested the los angeles times ran a story about recent archaelogical finds supporting the notion that the story of exodus is, for the most part, a legend, and how a rabbi shared this information with his congregation for the first time, even though religious scholars have known this for 10-15 years or so.

  of course, there is no consensus.. the story can be found here: .

  http://www.latimes.com/news/columns/colone/20010412/t000031433.html.

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  Hello All (another newbie)

  by CPiolo in

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  hi gang:.

  just thought i'd say hello (another h2o alumni).

  i posted a brief background in pricsilla's thread in the "sex" forum.. cheers,.

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