for a long time, i thought pimi (physically in, mentally in) jws were unique in their inability to simply type and read the latest "google" news results about "jehovah's witnesses " or "watchtower".
however, it appears it is not uncommon for a large portion of the population purposefully to avoid facts...on purpose!
"why do people avoid facts that could help them?.
Balaam - Thanks I think that is a very relevant article in this context.
SBF - You have ignored the words 'if you can'.
There are genetic tests that can tell with great accuracy if and even when we will succumb to certain incurable conditions such as Huntington's disease. Many people would understandably rather not know.
tonight there was an 8 minute segment allocated to reporting on jws regarding child abuse and the redress scheme.
it was presented by lisa wilkinson for the project.the australian branch has issued a statement to the show advising that they will not be joining the scheme.. they state:.
statement from the jehovah’s witnessesthe religion of jehovah’s witnesses does not have the institutional settings that the voluntary national redress scheme is designed to cover.therefore, the ministry for families and social services has been advised that jehovah’s witnesses will not join the scheme.jehovah’s witnesses have responded and will continue to respond directly to individual claims for redress in a caring, fair, and principled manner, taking into consideration the unique circumstances of each claim.. https://10play.com.au/theproject/articles/statement-from-the-jehovahs-witnesses/tpa200621ycelq.
That link works in the UK thank you Barbara.
It is truly astonishing. The cult has spent decades telling their members about the importance of being a good witness to people on the outside. Now they seem determined to publicly drag the name of their god through the gutter.
ravi zacharias just passed away the other day.
this is his defense on jesus being the truth.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n77d4dugp4.
ravi zacharias just passed away the other day.
this is his defense on jesus being the truth.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n77d4dugp4.
Interesting answer by Zacharias.
Origin - meaning - morality - destiny.
Christianity fails on origin (Jesus should have known that we were exalted apes not fallen supermen
It fails on meaning - our venture is not to praise a capricious deity; that is dehumanising. We make our own meaning through relationships with other imperfect humans.
It fails on morality for three important reasons - Firstly vicarious punishment is morally repugnant. Secondly 'god's word' prescribes actions and attitudes that are abhorrent. Thirdly, the primary task of a christian parent is to convince their little child that they are a fallen, hell-bound sinner who is unworthy of life and in need of redemption. That is abuse.
Fourthly it fails on destiny. Our human lives are not a mere testing ground for eternity. Our deaths are not transitions - they are the full-stop on our existence. Christianity, with its pursuit of utopia, cheapens and debases human endeavor and provides nothing but platitudes in the face of suffering.
Finally christianity fails where it meets reality. 'Natural evil' proves conclusively that the god of christian theism does not, and cannot, exist. All attempts to square that circle results in internal contradictions - a lack of coherence as Zacharias puts it.
Zacharias is in the same place as Hitchens. Only one of them was prepared for that outcome.
waken up uk sheeple and smell the coffee.. no two-metre distancing for 22 men doing their job; clenched fists touching other clenched fists at the end; no face-masks being worn by the majority of those on the sidelines.. time for people to start demanding answers from their elected politicians..
Boogeyboy had a bee in his bonnet but lacks the balls to actually come right out and say that covid19 is a hoax and tell us why and who?
He is a conspiracy nutter without the courage of his feeble convictions.
waken up uk sheeple and smell the coffee.. no two-metre distancing for 22 men doing their job; clenched fists touching other clenched fists at the end; no face-masks being worn by the majority of those on the sidelines.. time for people to start demanding answers from their elected politicians..
Whenever a social media post includes the word 'sheeple' you know that you can safely ignore everything that follows as the ravings of a gullible conspiracy nutter.
waken up uk sheeple and smell the coffee.. no two-metre distancing for 22 men doing their job; clenched fists touching other clenched fists at the end; no face-masks being worn by the majority of those on the sidelines.. time for people to start demanding answers from their elected politicians..
Pro footballers are tested multiple times a week at great expense to their respective clubs.
What is your point exactly?
"16 april 2020 | comment | article by alan collins.
jehovah’s witness elder sentenced to nine years in prison for sexual abuse.
jehovah’s witness elder, clifford whiteley, has been sentenced to nine years in prison at the birmingham crown court for sexual abuse offences he committed against a child member of the congregation over ten years ago.. mr whiteley initially denied the offences to the police, despite the fact that he had admitted his guilt during an internal investigation of the jehovah’s witnesses.. during court proceedings, mr whiteley’s defence counsel, sharon bailey, stated that the jehovah’s witnesses refused to disclose the details of his confession to the police.
'The Jehovah’s Witnesses say they abhor child abuse and take child protection seriously but the mere fact the elders in this congregation failed to assist the police with inquiries says otherwise.'
They should be prosecuted for assisting an offender.
a few years ago at one of the conventions, there was a talk on gods remarkable creation.
one of the slides showed a giant sequoia tree, approximately 5000 years old!.
later another talk was about noah etc.
SeaB - Why are there marine fossils at high altitudes?
Your first clue is the word 'tectonics'.
among jehovah’s witnesses, the elite consists of 144,00 kings and priests who have been specially selected (anointed) to rule in heaven (as transformed spirit beings) over the second group (great crowd) who remain human on a paradise earth.. .
in marxist theory, the elite use wealth to obtain political power and control ideology consisting of shaping the worldview of the underclass.
(their role in society.).
The parallel in my mind is this, Marx' main fault was that he did not give any idea of how to achieve his Workers Utopia
His main fault was far more fundamental than that. He misunderstood human nature. All attempts to pursue utopia are not only doomed to failure but inevitably lead to dystopia.
