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I now have a law degree!
by digderidoo inhi guys, i don't really post on here much anymore, having been on here since 2001. this site helped me out in the early days and has been a great support system for all of my past jw issues.
like many others i was discouraged from an education so that i could window clean and pioneer in my youth during the 80's.
having spent many years post my jw exit in alcoholism and periods of drugs, i decided to clean myself up 7 years ago by attending aa, i was still a window cleaner ... at the time i wrote extensively on here about my issues.
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Contemplating a Major Life Change.
by Joe Grundy innever was a jw, but been here long enough to have made some friends and respect opinions.. retired in 2004, lived in cyprus 2005-2010. back here in wales since then.. just back from a holiday in france (most recent of many).
love the country, the lifestyle, can get by in the language.. just seen an advert for a country estate (british-owned) they want someone to live on site, do a bit of handyman stuff, etc., look after (mainly brit) holiday visitors in return for zero rent (only utitlties).
family would be abe to come and stay for free.
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And of course visitors would be welcome ...
Go for it; then I a point of contact for a visit. BTW, I'm a Grundy, or will be again in about a month when my divorce is final and I take back my maiden name. My grandfather was from Bristol.
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Outrageous propaganda. "Treat your disfellowshipped loved ones like they're dead, but without mourning them." NOV 2014 study Watchtower
by Watchtower-Free in.
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BOE * 2014-07-15 Witnessing in public places REVISION
by WatchTower87 inboe * 2014-07-15 witnessing in public places revision.
old version: 2014-05-01 witnessing in public places pdf: http://adf.ly/qagwu.
new version: 2014-07-15 witnessing in public places pdf: http://adf.ly/r6tsl.
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The "personal ministry" disclaimer may or may not be effective depending upon the facts and circumstances of any given situation.
It did not work in the case of the Bethelite car accident. He was assigned to a distant congregtion and killed a women in a car accident while on his way to a meeting.
He testified that he was 'on his own personal spiritual mission/outing' or something like that. Jury/court didn't buy it, and the WTBTS had to pay. Of course, he was "assigned" to the congregation, which made the case for holding Corporate responsible stronger.
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Just wondering: Does the Watchtower lobby lawmakers?
by Londo111 injust putting that question out there...not saying they are or are not.
of course, if they did, the hypocrisy would be teaching their adherents to be neutral and to stay out of politics, as well as vilifying other religious organizations for getting involved in the political process.. my first reaction is that i wouldnt think the watchtower would get involved in politics, however, i would never have dreamed they were an ngo of the un for 10 ten years.
or involved in the osce.
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blood, doctors, hospitals and children?
by Crazyguy ini have several children and my wife and i before i woke up informed the local emergency hospital where we have taken a couple of the kids that we do not wish any blood.
my wife has also informed the local clinic where she takes the kids for small issues and small emergencies the same thing.
i know that here in the state's if a child needs blood the hospital will get a court order.
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I'm wondering if I should go to each one of these places and inform them that I do want blood for my children in an emergency has anyone done this?
Yes, and do it in writing. The hospital can proceed based upon your parental authorization. It places the burden on your wife to get a court order to stop a transfusion.
More on Letters of Understanding: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/244052/2/Blood-transfusion-Letter-of-Understanding#.U-JCwvldVHV
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US Supreme Court: Hobby Lobby wins we lose
by designs inthe old guys sided with hobby lobby today in denying birth control coverage to its female employees based on the owners religious views.
intact- is viagra for the guys.
funny how the far right evangelical owners of hobby lobby didn't want to touch that one.... read judge ginburg's scathing counter argument and opinion.. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf.
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Here's a question: Do you believe that women are capable of managing their own lives without the intervention of somebody else (the government, their employer or whatever) to manage it for them?
Women ARE "managing their lives" regarding contraception. Our government does not provide insurance or acess to contraceptives like the rest of the industrialized world. Hence, women WORK to obtain them. Part of a woman's BENEFIT PACKAGE (that she EARNS) is medical and dental insurance.
Hence, spending her medical insurance to obtain contraceptives is NO different than spending her cash to obtain contraceptives. However, now, the medical benefits women receive are being selectivly reduced. Why?
Because some employer and the SCOTUS have decided to interfere in her life, take management away from her, and determine that she can't have the birth control she previsouly had access to because it offends THEIR corporation's religious conscience.
I agree with your Jeff: Get the government, church, and business owners out of women's vaginas and quit attacking their access to birth control and abortion!
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US Supreme Court: Hobby Lobby wins we lose
by designs inthe old guys sided with hobby lobby today in denying birth control coverage to its female employees based on the owners religious views.
intact- is viagra for the guys.
funny how the far right evangelical owners of hobby lobby didn't want to touch that one.... read judge ginburg's scathing counter argument and opinion.. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf.
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The Hobby Lobby decision is disaterous.
First, it follows Citizens United in anthrpomorphizing corporations. Forming a corporation (closely-held or public) shields the owners assets. If someone wins a judgment, only the corporation's assets can be taken; not the owner's.
Hobby Lobby's owners' argument in sum is thus: I want corporate law to protect me from you, but I don't want it to protect you from me.
Second, being self-insured simply means they don't use the insurance companies administration. Instead, they use third-party administrators. It saves administration costs, but the actual insurance is the same. They buy a plan from Blue Cross, Premera, or whoever, but administer (claims handling/bill processing) the plan themselves.
Lastly, SCOTUS has clarified (expanded) their so-called "narrow" decision multiple times this week.
It applies broadly to ALL CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/scotus-says-hobby-lobby-ruling-applies-broadly
The Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed that its decision a day earlier extending religious rights to closely held corporations applies broadly to the contraceptive coverage requirement in the new health care law, not just the handful of methods the justices considered in their ruling.
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Lifting the Veil on "Islamophobia"
by cofty inthe late christopher hitchens decribed the word islamophobia as "created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.. please take half an hour to read a fascinating conversation between sam harris and ayaan hirsi ali.. ayaan is an apostate from islam.
she fled to the netherlands in '92 to escape an arranged marriage and went on to become a member of the dutch government from 2003-2006.. ayaan is now a fellow with the future of diplomacy project at the belfer center for science and international affairs at the harvard kennedy school... she lives with round-the-clock security.. "some moderate muslims hate meand yes, thats a strong word, but i think what theyve said supports itbecause i make them feel uncomfortable.
the things i talk about put them in a state of dissonance that they cant live with.
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Justitia Themis:
I notice you did not address any of my questions on the past thread nor any of the data I showed but merely posted a few "academic references" without any relevancy to the discussion as best I can tell.
You, are partially correct Bohm. I ignored your question, just as I usually ignore your posts. I have been on this board as long as you, and I am fully aware that you are entrenched in your anti-Islam position and are not interested in any information that doesn't align with your preconceived prejudices.
Additionally, I have a busy life, demanding job, and have moved on from being a JW, so I don't visit/post here very often.
I take issue, however, with your assertion that the academic references I posted lack relevancy. This thread's scope has expanded to include a more general discussion of Islam, including the processes used to interpret the Quran. And no, I have not read the entire Quran, nor do I intend to. I no longer waste my time reading ancient books in which words really mean nothing because people interpret them to reflect their hatred, desires, and biases. Just like with the bible, good people will interpret the Quran in a positive, encompassing manner, and mean-spirited people will see hatred and justified killing.
Regardless, back to your post . . . your 70% assertion is incorrect.
Here is the Pew report that I assume you are referencing: http://www.pewforum.org/files/2013/04/worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-full-report.pdf
The report notes that 60-70% of Muslims in some countries support death for apostates. It also supports the accuracy of my statement, namely, that the vast majority of the whole group of Muslims in the world do not support death for apostacy. When reviewing the Pew report, it is important to note these figures reflect a limited sample pool. NOT included in the sample group are responses from Muslims in the U.S., Canada, England, etc.
One that jumped out for me was the alarmingly high share of Muslims in some Middle Eastern and South Asian countries who say they support the death penalty for any Muslim who leaves the faith or converts to another.
According to Pew's data, 78 percent of Afghan Muslims say they support laws condemning to death anyone who gives up Islam. In both Egypt and Pakistan, 64 percent report holding this view. This is also the majority view among Muslims in Malaysia, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.
It's important to note, though, that this view is not widely held in all Muslim countries or even among Muslims in these regions. In Bangladesh, another majority Muslim South Asian state that has a shared heritage with Pakistan, it is about half as prevalent, with 36 percent saying they support it. Fewer than one in six Tunisian Muslims hold the view, as do fewer than one in seven Muslims in Lebanon, which has a strong Christian minority.
The view is especially rare among Central Asian and European Muslims. Only 6 percent of Russian Muslims agree that converts from Islam should face death, as do 1 percent of Albanian Muslims and, at the bottom of the chart, 0.5 percent of Kazakhs.
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Lifting the Veil on "Islamophobia"
by cofty inthe late christopher hitchens decribed the word islamophobia as "created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.. please take half an hour to read a fascinating conversation between sam harris and ayaan hirsi ali.. ayaan is an apostate from islam.
she fled to the netherlands in '92 to escape an arranged marriage and went on to become a member of the dutch government from 2003-2006.. ayaan is now a fellow with the future of diplomacy project at the belfer center for science and international affairs at the harvard kennedy school... she lives with round-the-clock security.. "some moderate muslims hate meand yes, thats a strong word, but i think what theyve said supports itbecause i make them feel uncomfortable.
the things i talk about put them in a state of dissonance that they cant live with.
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I'm posting some links to peer-reviewed journal articles for those who are interested in unbiased, academic information. I was privileged to learn Islamic Law from one of the premier experts, but he tries to make his articles available for free.
Clark Lombardi bio:
http://www.law.washington.edu/Directory/Profile.aspx?ID=142&vw=bio
Professor Lombardi joined the UW law school faculty in 2004. A specialist in Islamic law and in constitutional law, he teaches in these areas and also teaches courses in federalism, comparative law, and development law. Professor Lombardi's current research and writing have focused on the evolution of Islamic law in contemporary legal systems. He also focuses on comparative judicial institutions and on the way that constitutional systems deal with religious organizations and religious law.
Professor Lombardi has a Ph.D. in Religion from Columbia University where he focused on Islamic law. At Columbia Law School in 1998 he was a James Kent Scholar and editor-in-chief of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law . From 1999-2000, he clerked for Judge Samuel A. Alito, then on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He practiced law with the firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York City, where he specialized in representing sovereigns and in complex transnational commercial matters, often with sovereign participation.
Professor Lombardi has lived, worked or studied in Indonesia, Yemen, Egypt, and Afghanistan. He has taught courses on Islamic law at Columbia Law School and the NYU Department of Middle East Studies. He has spoken at the Council on Foreign Relations and numerous academic forums. He has been involved in projects advising on constitutional or legal reform in the Muslim world, including Iraq and Afghanistan. In recognition of his work, he was named a Carnegie Scholar for 2006-08, which allowed him to expand his research into Islamic law and constitutionalism in the modern world.
Papers
Clark B. Lombardi & R. Michael Feener, Why Study Islamic Professionals?, 21 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J . 1-12 (2012). [Excellent explanation of sharia and how it is interpreted.]
Clark B. Lombardi & Nathan J. Brown, Do Constitutions Requiring Adherence to Shari`a Threaten Human Rights? How Egypt's Constitutional Court Reconciles Islamic Law with the Liberal Rule of Law, 21 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 379-435 (2006).
Clark B. Lombardi, Designing Islamic Constitutions: Past Trends and Options for a Democratic Future, 11 Int'l J. Const. L . 615-45 (2013).