Posts by ziddina

yes, i too have wondered how an assembly that is held in a fully paid for assembly hall, with no food service, could possibly have $10,000 in expenses.

i suppose the bethel speakers have transportation expenses - maybe $1000 or so.

as for rent on the assembly hall, well you have already paid for it once, why pay again?

ziddina

Oooooooooooooooo, this is a GREAT old thread!!!

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Former priest alleges 'system of cover-ups' of abuse

by AndersonsInfo in

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/15346288/former-priest-alleges-system-of-cover-ups-of-abuse/.

abcupdated november 10, 2012, 2:01 am.

a former new south wales priest claims to have witnessed a "system of cover-ups" within the catholic church to hide child sexual abuse.. kevin lee was ordained as a priest 20 years ago and worked as a police chaplain for some of that time, but was relieved of his parish responsibilities in western sydney this year when he admitted to marrying a woman in secret.. his comments follow those of that the catholic church is involved in cover-ups and paedophile priests have destroyed evidence to avoid prosecution.. mr lee told lateline on friday that abuse is widely covered up in the church and that he first became aware of it as soon as he was in the seminary.. "people used to tell me and people in the first parish i was in started to confess their frustration with the authorities and the church for not dealing with the abuse that happened to their sons," he said.. mr lee says during the course of his life as a priest, he became aware that some of those around him were paedophiles.. "i became aware that some of the other priests were actually paedophiles and were not necessarily becoming priests because they wanted to help people, but because they were paedophiles who wanted the opportunity," he said.. mr lee says a church protocol was in place for dealing with cases of child sexual abuse, but it was not actually used.. "i saw a system of cover-ups, a system of blind-eye turning and just ignorance of the fact that it was happening," he said.. he says he took his concerns to superiors within the church but was knocked back.. "in my earlier years as a priest, i was having these people coming to me in confession or just sharing in counselling sessions their experience of frustration and anger with the church that had ignored their pleas of justice when their children had been abused and i started writing the notes down," he said.. "i was speaking to a barrister at one point and i thought he was going to help my case by putting it forward in some legal process.. "he said 'document everything you have', and everything i had i took to authorities within the church and i was told i needed more evidence.".

ziddina

Bump...

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When out in fieldservice, do NOT put God to the test

by wasblind in

as an unbaptised publisher i would ocassionally accompany sisters out in service.

durin' the weekday.

one particular day a younger sister and i wound up on a dirt.

ziddina

Gooooood grief....

This goes to the comment I've made about the Oregon JW who was murdered... JWs are taught to trust the WRONG people and are not taught to protect themselves.

If they were, they'd likely wake up to the fact that they've handed their lives over to one of the worst wolf-packs - er, "shepherds" - around.

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wp_E_20130101 new light!- the end of the world by firey snakes!

by maisha in

take a look behind the pillar bottom right in the blackness demons waiting to get ya!..

then look at the fire coming out of the sky,,,, crop turn it 90deg, and there is satan the firey snake!.

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ziddina

Hah!

I think we found Shelby's "lord"...

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Bible Character Cards on jw.org??

by Scully in

i'm not joking.

this is in the family/children section on jw.org - mary - joshua - daniel - ruth - and more!.

i'm lmao that these are so similar to hockey cards or baseball cards that my siblings and i used to get in trouble for collecting when we were kids.

ziddina

Ooooo....

Too good not to bump...

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2013 January Our Kingdom Ministry!

by Atlantis in

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2013 january our kingdom ministry.click the link in the blue box by the blue arrow..http://www.sendspace.com/file/oo2c6k..click the link below and when the next page appears click slow download..http://www.fileswap.com/dl/vkqa8zbgwd/...click the link below and when the next page appears look to your left and click the link thats says (2013 january okm pdf.http://www.fileflyer.com/view/7pzmmbg...atlantis

ziddina

Big huge BUMP!!!

bump

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The Introduction of Sin (concept)?

by Yan Bibiyan in

can you, awsome peoples, please help me with grasping when and how did sin get introduced in the picture?.

i am not talking adam/eve and the serpent thingy.. i am going way back, following the chain of events.. seems to me that the very original sin was satan's rebellion against god.. if so, how did satan get this idea in a first place, how was he even able to have the concept of disobedience.... .

thanks in advance to all contributors..

ziddina

Bumping this thread and hoping that lars leaves it on-track this time...

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My experience......from East Africa

by Smily kelly in

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its a long read.sorry.

ziddina

Bumping again and marking 'cuz I have to stop goofing off now...