hi friends:.
.. barbara needs scans of the 2009 yearbook annual report which would show the numbers for the previous year of 2008. she is interested in finding out how many congregations there were in the united states and canada.
i don't have the 2009 yearbook or i would have already sent her the info.. .. could someone help us out with a couple of scans of that information?
Oh, my post didn't show up last night.
I attempted to ask if there was anything wrong with the online version: http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/302009018
It goes all the way back to 2000 (which has the figures for 1999)
But now I see that it doesn't seperate it by country.
hi friends:.
.. barbara needs scans of the 2009 yearbook annual report which would show the numbers for the previous year of 2008. she is interested in finding out how many congregations there were in the united states and canada.
i don't have the 2009 yearbook or i would have already sent her the info.. .. could someone help us out with a couple of scans of that information?
so we have had a bit of rain today.
but the sun peeked out and was setting to the west.
i stepped out to the front yard and saw on the top of the foothills at least 10 miles away what appeared to be a burning cross.
The cross is a common christian symbol, today.
It was a common christian symbol in the 1920s as well. But not a burning cross.
A burning cross was and still is viewed as blasphemous by most christians.
so we have had a bit of rain today.
but the sun peeked out and was setting to the west.
i stepped out to the front yard and saw on the top of the foothills at least 10 miles away what appeared to be a burning cross.
I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying it IS a utility pole being lit up by the sun?
While not appearing in the bible the burning cross was used in scottland to declare war and rally the troops.
It was also used by the KKK to intimidate people.
If it was a sign, it might not be the god you were expecting.
hey guys!
i hope that everyone is still holding on amidst all the struggles.. i know that there are parents, older ones, middle age and younger ones here.. sooo, my question isss- what age did you start dating and what age do you truly believe people should start dating?
and why?.
I have never dated.
But I think children should be able to start at around 13 if they feel so inclined.
And by that I mean, any earlier than that and I would probably question their parenting. Not that they should be legally unable to date or that the rule applies to everyone.
my wife belongs to a small nondenominational church here in town.
i have my reservations.
i am creating a list of questions to ask him.
What happens when he and I have theological differences?
If it's a non-denominational church it's a bit unlikely he'll debate much theology with you.
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/14/local/la-me-pedophiles-20130115/2.
many researchers taking a different view of pedophiliapedophilia once was thought to stem from psychological influences early in life.
now, many experts view it as a deep-rooted predisposition that does not change.january 14, 2013|by alan zarembo, los angeles timesas a young boy, paul christiano loved the world of girls the way they danced, how their spindly bodies tumbled in gymnastics.
I think, Lore, that it is not about changing sexual orientation (not going to happen), but of getting help so as not to act upon it in the first place.
Ah.
Well that's probably right then. More like an alchoholic attending AA meetings. The urge does not go away, but they learn to suppress it.
In that case I agree, some of the stigma will have to go away surrounding the pedophile orientation before they can start seeking help.
If someone finds out you are attending AA meetings to combat your alchoholism, they'll likely give you a pat on the back and tell you to stick with it.
If someone found out you are attending PA meetings to combat your pedophilia, they'll likely assemble the torches and pitchforks to lynch you.
born to kill?
psychopaths have different brains to normal people - and current 'therapies' for killers may be useless .
read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2141160/born-bad-rapists-psychopathic-murderers-physically-different-brains-normal-people.html#ixzz2ixvorlrw .
In scans by scientists, they had less grey matter in the areas of the brain important for understanding other peoples' emotions.
Psychopathy - a disorder suffered by many (but not all) violent criminals - is characterised by an inability to 'empathise'.
This kind of makes it sound like they don't know why other people feel the way they do.
That's not actually the case. Psychopaths understand emotional triggers and can predict how certain actions will effect other's emotions.
They simply don't reflect the feelings of others.
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/14/local/la-me-pedophiles-20130115/2.
many researchers taking a different view of pedophiliapedophilia once was thought to stem from psychological influences early in life.
now, many experts view it as a deep-rooted predisposition that does not change.january 14, 2013|by alan zarembo, los angeles timesas a young boy, paul christiano loved the world of girls the way they danced, how their spindly bodies tumbled in gymnastics.
they can go to a therapist, in this instance, in Germany they offered help.
If this article is correct, then a pedophile going to a therapist would be no more effective than a homosexual seeking conversion therapy.
if the bible is really a very intricate hoax, what is the objective?.
i've read some theories that it has been used to succesfully make a 'business' of religion.. is this really it?
to make money?.
by hoax, i meant, is it all made up?
Well that wouldn't neccesarily allow us to define it as a 'hoax'.
Star Wars is all made up. But it's not a hoax.
And I don't know of anyone who claims the ENTIRE bible is 'made up'. It is a collection of books.
Some of those books contain mixes of truth and fiction. Like some of the early christian writings.
And others are made up entirely. Like Jonah or Genesis for example.
Even the ones that are entirely fictional probably were not just 'made up' by some joker. But the stories were passed on to children, changed a lot, passed on some more, then written about, changed again, edited by religious leaders, translated, destroyed, recovered, blanks filled in etc.
The fact it's not true doesn't make it a hoax, it just makes it wrong. It would only be a hoax if the people writing it and translating it actually knew it was false and were only using it to control people.
