Posts by JimmyPage

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The Watchtower is now the world's largest magazine!

by life is to short in

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newsmaxs magazine just published an article that the watchtower is the most read magazine out there it evens surpasses time.. i have never heard of newmaxs but i just was emailed this and thought you might find it interesting.

i am sorry i do not know how to give the link so i am cutting and pasting.

if someone can do the link it would be great.

JimmyPage

Most of those copies are piled up inside various closets.

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UFO's: Are they from outer space or a orchestrated event from earth?

by cameo-d in

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do you believe it is some government plot?

do you think et's are scouting us out...and for what reason?.

do you think abduction hysteria will be the next wave of weird news to set people on the edge of their seats?.

JimmyPage

I understand many who claim to have been abducted by UFOs are now Tea Party candidates.

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UFO's: Are they from outer space or a orchestrated event from earth?

by cameo-d in

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do you believe it is some government plot?

do you think et's are scouting us out...and for what reason?.

do you think abduction hysteria will be the next wave of weird news to set people on the edge of their seats?.

JimmyPage

She didn't wear her's hat:

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Girl suspended from school for wearing nose ring claims her religious rights are being violated

by JimmyPage in

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the american civil liberties union claims in a lawsuit filed wednesday that a north carolina school violated the constitutional rights of a 14-year-old student by suspending her for wearing a nose piercing.. the lawsuit from the state chapter of the aclu seeks a court order allowing ariana iacono to return immediately to clayton high school, which has kept her on suspension for four weeks since classes started.. the complaint hinges on iacono's claim that her nose piercing isn't just a matter of fashion, but an article of faith.

she and her mother, nikki, belong to a small religious group called the church of body modification, which sees tattoos, piercings and the like as channels to the divine.

"this is a case about a family's right to send a 14-year-old honor student to public school without her being forced to renounce her family's religious beliefs," wrote lawyers from the aclu and the raleigh firm ellis & winters in a brief supporting the lawsuit.. the johnston county school system has a dress code banning facial piercings, along with short skirts, sagging pants, "abnormal hair color" and other items deemed distracting or disruptive.. but the dress code also allows for exemptions based on "sincerely held religious belief," and says, "the principal or designees shall not attempt to determine whether the religious beliefs are valid, but only whether they are central to religious doctrine and sincerely held.".

JimmyPage

The American Civil Liberties Union claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that a North Carolina school violated the constitutional rights of a 14-year-old student by suspending her for wearing a nose piercing.

The lawsuit from the state chapter of the ACLU seeks a court order allowing Ariana Iacono to return immediately to Clayton High School, which has kept her on suspension for four weeks since classes started.

The complaint hinges on Iacono's claim that her nose piercing isn't just a matter of fashion, but an article of faith. She and her mother, Nikki, belong to a small religious group called the Church of Body Modification, which sees tattoos, piercings and the like as channels to the divine."This is a case about a family's right to send a 14-year-old honor student to public school without her being forced to renounce her family's religious beliefs," wrote lawyers from the ACLU and the Raleigh firm Ellis & Winters in a brief supporting the lawsuit.

The Johnston County school system has a dress code banning facial piercings, along with short skirts, sagging pants, "abnormal hair color" and other items deemed distracting or disruptive.

But the dress code also allows for exemptions based on "sincerely held religious belief," and says, "the principal or designees shall not attempt to determine whether the religious beliefs are valid, but only whether they are central to religious doctrine and sincerely held."

That's where the school stepped over the line, the lawsuit alleges, saying officials repeatedly dismissed explanations of the Iaconos' faith by the family and their Raleigh minister.

"We followed all the rules, so I don't understand why the school is being so unreasonable," Nikki Iacono said. "The dress code policy allows for a religious exemption, and I explained to the principal and various school officials how my daughter's nose stud is essential to the expression of our family's religious values."

Terri Sessoms, spokeswoman for Johnston County schools, said the district had received notice of the lawsuit, but officials can't comment on disciplinary actions involving individual students.

Ariana Iacono has been suspended four times since fall classes started, missing 19 out of 28 school days so far. On Monday, the school system denied an appeal of her most recent suspension, and told her she'd have to attend South Campus Community School, an alternative facility for students with disciplinary and other problems. She still wouldn't be allowed to wear the nose piercing in the other school.

Nikki Iacono, 32, joined the Church of Body Modification in 2009, and her daughter followed a year later. Their minister, Richard Ivey, thinks school officials are dismissing a little-known belief system simply because it's unfamiliar.

"I'm shocked that it's gone this far, but I guess I'm not surprised they'd be so quick to stick with their first judgment and not hear anyone else's reasoning," he said.

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Bill O'Reilly vs. Bill Maher On Religion

by leavingwt in

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bill o'reilly vs. bill maher on religion - 09/30/10 .

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

JimmyPage

clear hard bible facts

Contradiction in terms. Animals on arks. Talking snakes. Guys sleeping in fishes for three days. Get real.

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Do you think the Governing Body is having internal conflicts?

by stuckinamovement in

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i ask because the number of gb is lower than any time in history.

basically with the 7 (8 counting barr, is his head frozen?

) currently on,you have an average size elder body.

JimmyPage

It would be really interesting to know if they, too, question why Armageddon hasn't arrived yet.

Hey, GB, all you gotta do is log on here and find out why! Apparently they haven't been monitoring this site closely enough.

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Some christmas spirit, WT style!

by bohm in

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well, i know its a bit self-serving since i allready posted this in jwfacts thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/199939/1/watchtower-images-required, but i think its quite funny and things have been kind of serious around here for the past couple of weeks.. it seem to me that when jahs chanel have desided (im kidding, they has been told) the one and true god really hate christmas and will kill you in nasty ways if you go ahead and celebrate it, it provide a pretty compelling case for not celebrating christmas.

but the governing body can make an even stronger case than that: not only will jesus cry and clice you up if you celebrate christmas, you will also have a really bad time.

wow!.