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  SCOTLAND: JW warned court will deliver judgment

  by darkspilver in

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  from the east coast of scotland, just north of dundee...... the courier - friday 10 february 2017 - page 8. jehovah’s witness warned court will deliver judgment .

  a church figure has been told by a sheriff that the courts will deliver judgment on his domestic offending and not the jehovah’s witness group he is a member of.

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  SCOTLAND: JW warned court will deliver judgment

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from the east coast of scotland, just north of dundee...... the courier - friday 10 february 2017 - page 8. jehovah’s witness warned court will deliver judgment .

  a church figure has been told by a sheriff that the courts will deliver judgment on his domestic offending and not the jehovah’s witness group he is a member of.

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  Seriously? Slamming doors, spilling a drink and shouting? Wow - Simon

  My thoughts too.

  Historically Scotland has a problem with drink-fuelled domestic violence. The Holyrood matriarchy have declared war. Common sense and police discretion are no longer an option.
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  Serpent in the Garden of Eden is not Satan

  by anointed1 in

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  2. beliefs

  many interpret serpent in the garden of eden as the satan hence miss the whole point because satan himself does not exist.

  he is a fictional character [for example, in the temptation account, satan is shown as reflecting the erroneous belief of ancient time that shape of earth is flat, thus taking jesus to the top of “a very high mountain” and showed him “all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.” (mathew 4:8, 9) the fact that jesus did not correct the mistaken view of satan shows the account of temptation is allegorical.

  further, jesus knew that satan was only a personification of evil (mathew 16:23; john 6:70) and categorically declared that “all evil thoughts proceed from one’s heart,” not from satan.

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  As JW's we denied the Christian doctrine of an inherent fallen nature,

  A sick and dehumanising dogma.

  Parents who tell their children that they are fallen sinners are guilty of emotional and mental abuse.
  
  
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  Or was it Designed???

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  awake!

  1 2017 says on its back page.

  the saharan silver ant (cataglyphis bombycina) is one of the most heat-tolerant land animals known.

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  Twenty Questions For Perry - Answers are in the links
  
  1. Since some proteins can be assembled in more ways than there are atoms in the universe why do the sequences of amino acids and bases vary between species in exactly the way evolution predicts? 1, 2

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  2. Why do humans and other primates have virus DNA, and other bits of non-coding text, in exactly same place in their genomes? 3, 8, 10

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  3. Why do humans and other species have broken genetic code for features that they no longer possess? 4, 5, 7, 9, 29

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  4. Why does human chromosome 2 consist of two primate chromosomes joined end-to-end? 6

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  5. How do you explain the amazing fossils that demonstrate major transitions? 11, 16, 18, 24

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  6. Why do the same fossils always appear in the same layers of rock in a way that is totally predictable? 23

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  7. Who were the hominids that walked upright more than 3 million years ago? 20, 21

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  8. Why do humans have vestigial features? 19, 22, 30

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  9. Why does the distribution of species align exactly with evolution? 14, 15

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  10. How does creationism explain bad design like the recurrent laryngeal nerve? 13

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  And a bonus question for "young-earth" creationists...

  How do you explain geological features like the unconformity at Siccar Point? 25

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  Explanations of natural selection and examples of how it works can be found at the following posts 12, 17, 26, 27, 28
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  Or was it Designed???

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  awake!

  1 2017 says on its back page.

  the saharan silver ant (cataglyphis bombycina) is one of the most heat-tolerant land animals known.

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  Oh look Perry has found a website that lists logical fallacies. This will from now on be his excuse for never answering a question.

  Do you have some sort of degree in the subjects in which present yourself as an expert?

  No but I am a bit of an expert as a result of hard work to educate myself about something I was ignorant about. I used to be a creationist like you even though I now realise I knew nothing about the subject. Here are a few posts for you start your education. It will be a few hours that could change your life.

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  #1 Protein Functional Redundancy
  

  Comparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things.

  #2 DNA Functional Redundancy
  Comparison of the DNA that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy.

  #3 ERVs
  Endogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins.

  #4 Smelly Genes
  Hundreds of broken genes that used to code for olfactory receptors in our ancestors are still found in our genome.

  #5 Vitamin C
  Why humans can no longer make their own vitamin C and what that tells us about our species' history.

  #6 Human Chromosome 2
  Our second biggest chromosome is made up of two of our ancestors' chromosomes stuck end-to-end.

  #7 Human Egg Yolk Gene
  Humans and our primate cousins have the genes for making vitellogenin and they are all broken in the same way.

  #8 Jumping Genes
  Bits of parasitic code called ALU elements prove our common ancestry with primates.

  #9 Less Chewing More Thinking
  A broken gene for a type of muscle fibre we no longer have tells a story about our evolutionary past.

  #10 Non-Coding DNA
  In common with many other species huge amounts of our genome originated as copying errors.

  #11 Tiktaalik
  An amazing fossil discovery illustrates the transition of life from sea to land.

  #12 Lenski's E.coli Experiment
  An experiment with E.Coli, now in it's third decade, demonstrates the power of natural selection.

  #13 Morris Minor Bonnets
  Evolution has to make do with building on existing designs as illustrated by the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

  #14 Joey Goes to Oz
  Fossil evidence for the origins of marsupials found in Antarctica exactly as predicted.

  #15 Robinson Crusoe
  The biogeography of oceanic islands presents an impossible dilemma for creationism.

  #16 Aquatic Mammals
  An excellent sequence of fossils illustrates the evolutionary journey of whales from land to sea.

  #17 Belyaev's Silver Foxes
  A 50 year breeding programme demonstrates the amazing power of selection and the interconnected nature of genes.

  #18 Fish Fingers
  The evolution of limbs is mapped out in an amazing sequence of ancient fish fossils.

  #19 Goosebumps
  A vestigial reflex bequeathed by our hairier ancestors.

  #20 Lucy in the Sky...
  An exceptional fossil of a 3 million year old hominid.

  #21 Footprints in the Sand...
  Footprints at Laetoli show our Australopithecus afarensis ancestors were bipedal 3.6 million years ago.

  #22 The Hillocks of Hiss...
  A vestigial feature if the human ear shared by 10% of the population demonstrates our evolutionary history.

  #23 Faunal Succession...
  The consistent sequence of fossils found in the rocks can only be explained by evolution.

  #24 The Origin of Your Inner Ear...
  How the bones that reptiles eat with became the bones that we hear with.

  #25 Deep Time...
  Scottish geologist Andrew Hutton discovered the proof of earth's great antiquity.

  #26 Colour Vision...
  How gene duplication - new "information" -and mutation equipped us with trichromatic vision.

  #27 Monkeys, Typewriters, Shakespeare, 747s etc...
  Evolution is a combination of random mutations and non-random selection.

  #28 Something Darwin Didn't Say...
  A long term study of pigeons demonstrates how natural selection acts on a local population.

  #29 Use it or Lose it...
  Fossil genes reveal the history of modern species.

  #30 Your Third Eyelid...
  The remnants of a nictitating membrane reveals our evolutionary history.

  #31 Ten Questions For Creationists ...
  The basic facts about reality covered so far pose an impossible challenge to creationism.

  #32 Sexual Selection
  How female mating preferences led to some of the most remarkable features of living things.

  #33 A Tale About Tails
  Human embryology reveals our primate history.

  #34 Hiccups and Tadpoles
  How hiccups are a relic of our amphibian ancestors.

  #35 Nature Red in Tooth and Claw
  Nature's ability to inflict pain and suffering in the battle for survival.

  #36 Mass Extinctions
  96% of life was wiped out in The Great Dying 250 million years ago.

  #37 Testicles
  The plumbing of the vas deferens gives evidence of our fish ancestry

  #38 The Origin of Complex Cells
  How a merger of simple cells made complexity possible
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  SCOTLAND: JW warned court will deliver judgment

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from the east coast of scotland, just north of dundee...... the courier - friday 10 february 2017 - page 8. jehovah’s witness warned court will deliver judgment .

  a church figure has been told by a sheriff that the courts will deliver judgment on his domestic offending and not the jehovah’s witness group he is a member of.

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  Domestic violence is a top priority of Police Scotland and the courts. They don't require the victim's cooperation to bring a prosecution.

  The article is badly written with a run-on sentence. Did he appear in court while on bail or did he commit the offense while on bail?
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  Or was it Designed???

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  awake!

  1 2017 says on its back page.

  the saharan silver ant (cataglyphis bombycina) is one of the most heat-tolerant land animals known.

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  Carbon dating dino fossils is like using a digital stopwatch to measure the speed of a glacier.

  Embarrassing! Try to know a little bit about what you are criticising. Soft tissue in fossils is very exciting. It offers no comfort at all to creationists by the way.

  Still waiting for you to answer my question.
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  Serpent in the Garden of Eden is not Satan

  by anointed1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many interpret serpent in the garden of eden as the satan hence miss the whole point because satan himself does not exist.

  he is a fictional character [for example, in the temptation account, satan is shown as reflecting the erroneous belief of ancient time that shape of earth is flat, thus taking jesus to the top of “a very high mountain” and showed him “all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.” (mathew 4:8, 9) the fact that jesus did not correct the mistaken view of satan shows the account of temptation is allegorical.

  further, jesus knew that satan was only a personification of evil (mathew 16:23; john 6:70) and categorically declared that “all evil thoughts proceed from one’s heart,” not from satan.

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  More Brahma Kumaris dogma?
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  Hi I'm new to the site

  by Raque Invierno in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi everyone, i've just registered and thought i might introduce myself and tell my experience.

  my name's raquel.. i was born into a jw family.

  i started leading a double life around 14y/o and got caught drinking by another sister when i was 15 and saw that as my opportunity to quit the panthomime and stopped going to the meetings.

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  Hi welcome to the forum.

  I'm glad you are taking the time to discover the facts about the Watchtower. It really is a harmful, controlling cult.

  JWFacts.com is also a useful resource.
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  Mandatory Reporting Laws in Canada - Child Abuse

  by OrphanCrow in

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  2. child-abuse

  the issue of whether or not the elders have a duty to report is clear cut in canada.

  this will make it impossible for the wts to wriggle out of the wrongs that have been exposed in quebec recently.

  the elders in those situations have received their instructions from the wts lawyers and they have been advised wrongly.. for several years (can't remember when this was made law...years back), it has been mandatory for everyone in canada to report suspected cases of child abuse, which, naturally, include the sexual abuse of minors.

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  I just want to add that I have worked with children in sport for over 20 years and for some of that time my duties have included child welfare. I have always taken the view that reasonable suspicions of child abuse or neglect must be reported to social series or the police.