Posts by aSphereisnotaCircle

im an australian grew up during the failed generation prophecy and almost every kid i knew in my congregation was being molested by brother so and so ... or "elder so and so who looks after little sister whilst witnessing...... blar blar blar.

we all knew it .... us kids that is ... thought it was the norm ..... unspoken secrets we shared our stories with "promise to jehovah not to tell but ..... or did you know he's doing it to her as well ......... it makes me a tad bit angry that us aussies dont have the guts the u.s has had ...... does anyone know of a single lawsuit by an ex australian jehovah's witness regarding sexual abuse ?.

aSphereisnotaCircle

Does Australia have a statute of limitations on such things?

Here in the US, we do.

And unfortunately, when kids are abused, it takes them years to grow up, and then a few more years to come to grips with what happened to them and have the emotional ability to do something about it.

By then, they can no longer legally do anything about it.

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What does the Watchtower say about gifts of mercy?

by Iamallcool in

i remember a brother gave a talk about gifts of mercy long time ago.

i forgot what the talk is really about, so i would like to know what the watchtower say about gifts of mercy?

thanks!.

aSphereisnotaCircle

The gifts of mercy is the preaching work.

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Church Signs Gone Wrong

by unshackled in

post any church signs that are funny, or with unintentional meanings, or just plain bad.... .

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aSphereisnotaCircle

@ASphereIsNotACircle: I don't get it... Also, I just realized what your name means. LoL

Its a play on words, what they intended to say was

No God, No Peace

Know God, Know peace

Glad you got my name

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Church Signs Gone Wrong

by unshackled in

post any church signs that are funny, or with unintentional meanings, or just plain bad.... .

.

aSphereisnotaCircle

This was just right down the street from us, had me laughing for weeks, Im glad I finally took a pic.

I just think they ran out of "N's" and "O's"

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A reason christs ransom makes no sense to me

by Aussie Oz in

do you remember the old jeff bridges film ''the last starman''?.

basic theme was an extra terestrial energy life transmogrified into a human and impregnated a woman with a seed that would become the savior of humanity.. hollywood is an old hand at using good v evil sort of messages that have ideoligical ties to the bible and the 'need' for mankind to be saved from themselves.. what gets me about this particular film is that the savior to come was there for all humanity.

no conditions were placed on how many from what nations could benefit, nor was salvation only for those who 'believed' or were smart enough to read visions or hidden messages etc.

aSphereisnotaCircle

So who is holding humankind hostage?

Who is requiring a ransom?

And what kind of ransom is returned in three days? Doesn't that mean the ransom was not paid after all?

Yeah, none of it makes sense.

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I'm going to hell for laughing at this ad!

by NomadSoul in

i opend the thread where someone is talking about their grandma and it has this ad on there:.

hahaha i'm so wrong for laughing.

who the hell comes up with these ads?.

aSphereisnotaCircle

Grandma's been drinking again.....

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Dog ownership to be outlawed in Iran?

by darthfader in

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110419/wl_time/08599206587300.

...those days of tacit acceptance may soon be over, however.

lawmakers in tehran have recently proposed a bill in parliament that would criminalize dog ownership, formally enshrining its punishment within the country's islamic penal code.

aSphereisnotaCircle

During the 1665 plague in London, it was believed that dogs and cats carried the disease.

So all the cats and dogs were exterminated.

However, it was the rats that carried the disease, and with no more cats and dogs to hunt them down, their numbers soared.

Along with the death rate in humans.

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Dog ownership to be outlawed in Iran?

by darthfader in

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110419/wl_time/08599206587300.

...those days of tacit acceptance may soon be over, however.

lawmakers in tehran have recently proposed a bill in parliament that would criminalize dog ownership, formally enshrining its punishment within the country's islamic penal code.

aSphereisnotaCircle

I hope they do pass the ban.

Then there will be no abused dogs in Iran.