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DATELINE Go for the soft underbelly
by herbert in
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imagine that you appear, as a non jw , but as a well known international expert, on the http://www.jw-media.org web site defending the dubs, after dateline tonite.

what do you hope ?

that your colleagues didn't watch dateline ???
Oatmeal's
by herbert in
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reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal good for assholes.

lotsa roughage.
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Rodney Stark and JR Brown Feature
by herbert in
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in the wts's defense re: dateline:.

http://www.jw-media.org/.

gail and brumley etc are here:.
Rod and Gail
by herbert in
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it seems to me that we might want to mail or email prof. rodney stark (univ.

wash. seattle) and gail bethea-jackson; rod's at [email protected].

gail is harder to track down, but her outfit is the pathfinder project, just search the web.. let's be respectful since i'm sure that the wts duped these good people one way or another.. now is not the time to be shrinking back, to be revelling in idle self-congratulation, or toying with the notion that, somehow the work is done, the battle over.
Posted on NYT Religion in America TalkBoard
by herbert in
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here: http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/[email protected]^[email protected].

message 16055. the links are live on the talkboard;.

the nbc show dateline is scheduled to devote this coming tuesday's show to child abuse within the jehovah's witness (jw) (or watchtower society)community.
Another SeattleTimes article on Priest molester
by herbert in
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2. child-abuse
the resignation of this priest seems to be a big deal in seattle.

yesterday there was an article and now a follow up:.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134461848_archdiocese26m.html.
LATEST Priest Resignation - Child Abuse charges
by herbert in
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2. child-abuse
given the timing with dateline, perhaps these reporters who wrote this article today http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/.

would be interested.. herbert
to larc re: Stark
by herbert in
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larc,.

i'm curious if you ever heard back from stark in response to your specific questions about his video at jw-media.org?

i read his article pretty carefully, and it seemed rather objective, although there were a few minor mistakes.. however, his thesis seemed to be that the jws will continue to grow at 4%.
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New Catholic Priest Abuse Scandal
by herbert in
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2. scandals
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/gma/goodmorningamerica/gma020523archbishop_accused.html .

this would seem to be a very poor time to be defending religions like the jws against the clear evidence that they don't handle molestation incidents in any way that could be considered moral or responsible.

herbert
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Rodney Stark Video
by herbert in
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2. friends
there seems to be speculation that dr. stark might have been misquoted by the wts in his comments on molestation.

certainly, he might have been misled by the wts publications and by the spin put on by the organization.

however, at http://jw-media.org there is (a) a video interview with him and (b) a transcript.. now, janh has apparently raised concerns about "smearing" dr. stark.