"us vs them" on steroids.
Posts by jgnat
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21Ashya King's mother in the newspaper before
by blondie inparent of brain tumour boy ashya king hit the headlines when living in milton keynes.
the now-famous mum of brain tumour boy ashya king hit the headlines here in milton keynes when she was pregnant with him, the citizen can exclusively reveal.. determined nagmeh king donned a placard over her six- month bump and paraded the streets in a bikini during a battle with a private school five years ago.. she and her husband, who braved arrest to get the right treatment for ashya, lived next door to the grove independent school on redland drive, loughton, for several years, and were prominent members of the citys jehovahs witness community.. a war of words involving lawyers, council official and even police erupted when the school chopped down a boundary hedge, which the kings insisted was theirs.. the row had rumbled on for five years without any resolution until 2009, when then-mum-of-five mrs king took matters into her own hands.. i have walked outside the school with my placards between 8am and 9am every morning, she told the citizen at the time.. im not protesting im just spreading the word as a jehovahs witness should.. other parents complained as she mounted one protest dressed only in her underwear.
but mrs king insisted she was wearing a bikini.. its not shameful or wrong to wear a bikini when youre pregnant, she said.. a neighbour said: it is a crazy sight a half naked pregnant woman protesting outside a private school.. the kings, who described themselves as missionaries at the time, became even angrier when they replaced the hedge with a fence and the school removed it, saying it was on their land.. the family was accused of dumping rotting rubbish on the disputed boundary line, hanging washing outside the window of school head deborah berkin, and playing loud music during school hours.. milton keynes council confirmed it had been called out several times by the school over dumping, while environmental health officials were monitoring the music levels.. mrs king vowed she would continue to fight, saying: the school had no right to take away our privacy.. three months later little ashya was born.. today jehovahs witnesses across the city are remembering the family fondly and praying for ashyas treatment to be a success.. meanwhile neighbours who once watched mrs kings bikini protests are full of admiration for her courage in defying the nhs.. one said: she is a woman not scared of doing battle.
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Modern Morality .
by jhine inhaving recently been posting on a thread about ot moral values , which are not widely "appreciated " to say the least , i have been thinking about our modern morals about sex and reletionships , or more acurately the lack of any sexual morals todays .
i don't think that we are better off as a society which has gone so far to the do want you want , with whom you want and when you want approach to sexual ethics as we have .
i don't think that women are actually liberated by this attitude .
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jgnat
Your high court judge has an agenda.
Divorces are down in your country. It appears that the rising divorce rate in the seventies is what set off the alarms here in Canada as well, but truly, the numbers have turned the corner.
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Biblical Prohecies That Came True?
by Viviane inrecently there have been several claims made regarding prophecies that came true.
i've not personally seen a prophecy that i would consider as having come true.
i would consider the following as the requirements to say something is a prophecy and evaluate whether or not it came true:.
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jgnat
A citizen of Rome was expected to make the appropriate sacrifices to their God and King, Caesar. Those who didn't, well, were enemies of the King.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/pliny1.asp
I think what baffled Pliny the Younger is why a Christian might not make sacrifices to his god AND Caesar.
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Biblical Prohecies That Came True?
by Viviane inrecently there have been several claims made regarding prophecies that came true.
i've not personally seen a prophecy that i would consider as having come true.
i would consider the following as the requirements to say something is a prophecy and evaluate whether or not it came true:.
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The TRUE story of a Pedophile
by Tech49 inthis is a true experience that i thought i would share, one that occurred just a few years ago in my area.
it is a real experience, nothing made up here.. a younger couple moved into our kh, into the joining congregation (so not ours, but the other one that shared our kh).
they seemed nice enough, they had one boy that was about 8, and a baby on the way.
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jgnat
Enzo, my church requires a criminal record check on all volunteers who will be working with children. All workers also get mandatory training on detecting and reporting abuse, and leadership of children above reproach.
(There are windows in every classroom door. A hall monitor strolls the hallways during classes.)
This is voluntary and not required by law but I think very wise.
As our instructor told us, predators look for innocent organizations where they can operate undetected or ignored. And our youth leader said we would be surprised how many potential volunteers withdrew their interest when they found out a criminal check would be required.
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Modern Morality .
by jhine inhaving recently been posting on a thread about ot moral values , which are not widely "appreciated " to say the least , i have been thinking about our modern morals about sex and reletionships , or more acurately the lack of any sexual morals todays .
i don't think that we are better off as a society which has gone so far to the do want you want , with whom you want and when you want approach to sexual ethics as we have .
i don't think that women are actually liberated by this attitude .
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jgnat
In the news in Canada this week:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/terri-jean-bedford-kicked-out-of-prostitution-bill-hearing-1.2761325
An attempt to criminalize prostitution, focusing on johns and pimps.
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Reinstatement via Old Cong.
by startingover13 ini've applied to be reinstatement in a new city after attending meetings for a bit.
i wrote my letter and they heard my case.
they were very helpful.
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jgnat
OMG, AlwaysBusy, that has got to be some sort of record!
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Reinstatement via Old Cong.
by startingover13 ini've applied to be reinstatement in a new city after attending meetings for a bit.
i wrote my letter and they heard my case.
they were very helpful.
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jgnat
Gustv, I am sure you will consider it a good and just process up to the day you get booted. No justice can be served behind closed doors. It is too easy to corrupt the process. There is a reason that biblical justice was done in public at the city gates, and there is a reason that secular courts are public. There must be a perception of fairness in order to maintain faith in the process.
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Muslim loses contract because of his religion
by usualusername intoday i interviewed an it company to support my business run from home.. .
the doorbell rings and i ask my girlfriend to answer the door.. .
i meet a trendy young woman and a hip muslim.
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jgnat
I'm all for calling out bad behavior. A western Caucasian visiting China or Japan, for instance, should bow appropriately as a sign of respect.
But to label all Muslims this way is dead wrong.
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The frustration of talking to a person with a closed mind
by TheStumbler inokay, this is going to be a bit of a general rant.
i had a long conversation with a jw elder recently about shunning and evolution.
i became qunite frustrated with the conversation and admitted this at the time.
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jgnat
I liken a closed-minded person as trapped in a golden cage of their own making. There is no lock on the door, but there they remain. First for the promise, and second for fear what lies outside that door.
