So the scriptures are given from the point of view of men.
ANE point of view: Heaven and Its Wonders, and Earth: The World the Biblical Writers Thought They Lived In
To illustrate:
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Are you interested in Bible Congruence?
by sabastious indoes the bible have to agree with itself for it to have lasting value?.
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Russia: Deaths result in religious controversy
by behemot indeaths result in religious controversyby vladimir kozlov at 14/10/2010 20:11two tragic events have attracted public attention to the way the jehovahs witnesses denomination operates in russia.
while members of the group allege discrimination by the government, many russians, including religion experts, are hostile to the sect, believing it to be a totalitarian cult rather than a legitimate religious movement.. last sunday, a newborn died in central moscow in the wake of a home birth gone wrong, ria novosti reported.
media reports claim that the mother, who was taken to hospital with severe bleeding, is a jehovahs witness.
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Ilya's mother did allow blood substitutes, but it's not clear if he did receive any.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/200047/1/Moscow-JW-charged-over-refusal-to-allow-her-11-y-o-son-to-receive-a-transfusion“The woman in question [in the home birth situation] had nothing to do with Jehovah’s Witnesses,”
So was she disfellowshipped, a brainwashed "study", or a hapless relative of a JW whose family refused treatment for her?
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Tea Partier Files Rape Charges Against Ohio Candidate
by Justitia Themis inhttps://web2.westlaw.com/find/default.wl?tc=2&tf=81&docname=2010+wl+3811311&findtype=y&ap=&fn=_top&rs=wlw10.08&ifm=notset&mt=westlaw&vr=2.0&sv=split.
court of common pleas of ohio.. cuyahoga county.
robin cupedro-saccany and theodore j. saccany, plaintiffs,.
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Ganley was moaning, making noises, and he had a contorted and disgusting look on his face.
This is the image that pops into my head. No disrespect to Ms. Saccany, if her story is true I hope she nails his balls to the wall. *just sharing*
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Switzerland now has a majority of its cabinet members who are female, we in the UK are not close to that yet, like the US. Spain also has a predominantly female cabinet too. David
Thanks for pointing that out, David. Political Empowerment is the main index in the report(s) that skews U.S. rankings, along with Canada and other European nations where women scored tops for Economic Participation and Opportunity, as well as Educational Attainment (U.S. 6 and 1, respectively). Case in point: It really skewed (screwed?) France's rating when they lost a few female politicians earlier this year.
U.S. women are still in the top third for Political Empowerment but have a long way to go. KEY criteria, is that we haven't had even one female Head of State (yet). But bear in mind, Democrats chose to elect a male for president (Obama with very little political experience) over a female (Clinton with quite literally decades of political experience, much of it in the White House!).
Voters across the spectrum rejected Clinton and Palin, both female candidates. To blame gender disparity on "Bible thumping US lawmakers" simply does not address this reality.
It's also interesting (to me) that the U.S. rate for adolescent fertility (teen pregnancy) is 3 times that of Iceland, 4.5 times that of Finland and Norway. IMHO, nothing is dragging women in my beloved country down faster than dropping out of school to bear the brunt of raising fatherless children alone. And that, with NO education and NO marketable job skills.
If you really want to empower women,
• Encourage them to complete High School, and pursue higher education so they have access to well-paying careers regardless of gender
• Educate them to use birth control until they are financially able to support themselves, before even thinking of bearing children
• VOTE for female political candidates.
The TRULY good news I see in these reports, is that women in developing nations are attaining literacy and secondary education at higher rates than ever. Conditions are incrementally improving in much of Asia and Africa. I cannot imagine a better time for women's success than this, the 21st century. And I refuse to see my personal success as another woman's downfall, or vice versa. We are all in this world together.
Lastly, since it''s fairly obvious that the OP and many here chose not to read the report(s) prior to commenting off the cuff on a purely emotional level, here is the link for your perusal:
http://www.weforum.org/en/Communities/Women%20Leaders%20and%20Gender%20Parity/~Sue
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Is there anything that could actually bring down this farce of a religion?
by stuckinamovement init seems as if they have survived it all.
bad press such as articles on molestations, neutrality, blood, defections of high ranking officials, crazy changes in doctrines, financial stresses, passage of a 100 years without one prophecy coming true.
yet they are still going strong with new members being recruited at a faster level than those who leave.
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RICO: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
Under RICO, a person who is a member of an enterprise that has committed any two of 35 crimes—27 federal crimes and 8 state crimes—within a 10-year period can be charged with racketeering. Those found guilty of racketeering can be fined up to $25,000 and sentenced to 20 years in prison per racketeering count. In addition, the racketeer must forfeit all ill-gotten gains and interest in any business gained through a pattern of "racketeering activity." RICO also permits a private individual harmed by the actions of such an enterprise to file a civil suit; if successful, the individual can collect treble damages.
Murder, extortion, bribery, theft, embezzlement, fraud, obstruction of justice, slavery, money laundering and related offenses, aiding aliens, acts of terrorism.
Just the money laundering is enough to nail them. And by "them" I don't mean the Gibbering Buddies, but who or whatever is really running the show.
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Watchtower images required
by jwfacts indoes anyone have any images from watchtower publications of "worldly people"?
i remember some collages of worldly people doing evil things and would like to included them in some articles..
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Are We Living in "the Last Days"?
Living in a Way That pleases God — Shun What Jehovah Hates
Some more:
Should You Live Only for Today?Success—How Do you Measure It?
Love of Neighbor Has Grown Cold
This brother must tolerate wicked worldlies who check e-mail, read the news, or listen to music on the train. Don't worry, Brother Perturbed, mighty Jah shall strike them all dead soon!
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Unbelieving Mates; YOU MUST read this!
by fokyc inthis is from the november 2010 kingdom ministry pages 5 and 6;.
it is a 20 minute item on how members of the congregation should assist unbelieving mates!.
http://www.box.net/shared/mzjkpiijgj.
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An unbeliever who has not been receptive to a Bible discussion may listen to Scriptural encouragement when he is in the hospital or encounters serious health problems.
If a divided household experiences a crisis, such as the death of a family member, the elders may invite the unbeliever to sit in when they give comfort to the family.
If the !@#$%^ elders preyed upon my UBM father like this, it's doubtful they'd live long enough to mark their time!
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More AGM News !!!!!
by yknot inmore agm news continues to trickle in..... .
as a disclaimer i feel the need to draw attention to the fact that all information was initiated by faithful/believing jws so if any lurkers thinks they recognize nuances of an email(s) they might have similarly received.... the original bro/sis holds no responsibility for my actions of reiteration..... .
anywho lets get on it........ .
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1-year trial starting mid-2011 of a ‘Simplified English’ language WT edition for countries where English is a 2nd language;
if successful, benefits are extended to the translation departments as well as to parents of young children.
Who do they think they're fooling? An (even further) dumbed-down English WT is to attract the least educated and most vulnerable Bible studies cult victims.~Sue
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Moscow: JW charged over refusal to allow her 11 y.o. son to receive a transfusion
by behemot injehovahs witness charged08 october 2010a jehovahs witness member faces a year in prison over her refusal to allow her son to receive a blood transfusion that might have prevented his death in august, interfax reported thursday.. ilya orlukovich, 11, was hospitalized in moscow on aug. 9 after being hit by a car, and he died two weeks later, a spokesman for the city branch of the investigative committee told interfax.. he said the boys mother forbade doctors from offering a blood transfusion because of a jehovahs witness teaching that prohibits such operations.
now the woman, who was unidentified, has been charged with failing to assist a person in danger, the spokesman said.. source: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/jehovahs-witness-charged/418987.html.
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