Posts by satinka

now, recently, i have began to realise that maybe the only reason i put any faith in the bible is because i was always raised to.. so my question is, after leaving the watchtower, what was it that made you decide the bible was worthy of belief?.

i am not asking about any continuing belief in god or disbelief, i am more conscerned about the first step (to me) right now of the bible itself.

satinka

I believe parts of the Bible, but not the way the JWs teach it. I have discovered my own "truths" from the scriptures that make a lot more sense to me than what the jws preached.

satinka

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The Problem with Religion

by whereami in

"it really is terribly simple, .

1) models with predictive capability are of utility.

2) science is in a class of its own, a process without competitors, when it comes to its ability to form such models.. .

satinka

Great thread, whereami!

Religion has too much power. People have created a monster that threatens the continued existence of our planet.

satinka

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WTS sues Public Television

by Gayle in

jehovah's witnesses sue ra public televisionjanuary 15, 2011 - 11:40 amt 07:40 gmtpanarmenian.net - the christian religious organization of jehovah's witnesses, as well as representatives of the organization submitted a claim against the public television of armenia, as well as journalists gevorg altunyan, sona torosyan, nune alexanyan to the court of general jurisdiction of kentron and nork-marash administrative districts.. director of the center of rehabilitation and aid for the victims of destructive cults alexander amaryan told a panarmenian.net reporter that jehovahs witnesses accuse the public television of armenia of publishing and disseminating wrong information concerning their honor and dignity.. according to amaryan, court hearings will start in january.. we would like to recall that 23-year-old resident of sevan town arman torosyan, who killed his parents in november 2010, was declared a member of the organization of jehovahs witnesses.. while the organization will try to prove during the trial that the criminal is not a representatives of the organization and that similar aggressive.

behavior is not typical for the organization members.. http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/society/news/59637/jehovahs_witnesses_sue_ra_public_television.

alexised

satinka

Jehovah’s Witnesses accuse the Public Television of Armenia of “publishing and disseminating wrong information concerning their honor and dignity.”

'scuse me??? ...honor and dignity???

Since when?

Religion has far too much power. Too bad they feel they must use it to bully and maniuplate the media.

Keep sending money to the worldwide work!...someone's gotta pay them legal bills!

satinka

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So an 8 year old is killed by a machine-gun and it's no ones fault?

by Simon in

i think us gun laws are s-t-u-p-i-d ... and the legal system more so.

saw a very good suggestion yesterday though - force people who want to own a gun to require insurance (hey, you have to have it for a vehicle for gods sake).

single-shot hunting rifle?

satinka

So sad.

satinka

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Sleep Eludes Me ...

by compound complex in

jw
friends

sleep eludes me.

she plays coy, then retreats, laughing as she looks back at me.

i vacate my disheveled bed with less than quiet resignation.

satinka

Hi CoCo,

Wonderful writing! You are very creative when you can't sleep. You are positively inspired!

Mr Satinka is a night owl; wandering around all night. He weight-lifts, works on his computer, takes a bath, goes for a run---all kinds of things.

Sorry to hear you are having difficulty sleeping, though. I have been there --- sporatically --- maybe a few weeks; then just as suddenly, I sleep deeply. When I do experience insomnia, I write.

Those wakeful hours make it just about impossible to get up and go to work.

Hugs

satinka

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Westboro Baptist Church will picket funeral of "911 girl" killed in Arizona

by Gerard in

funeral pickets to be met by 'angels'startclickprintexcludeendclickprintexcludehttp://www.cnn.com/2011/us/01/11/arizona.funeral.westboro/index.html by the cnn wire staff

january 11, 2011 9:04 a.m. esttucson, arizona (cnn) -- tucson just isn't that kind of town, says christin gilmer.. gilmer is referring to the actions of westboro baptist church of topeka, kansas, which has made its name protesting the funerals of people who died of aids, gay people, soldiers and even coretta scott king.. but when the church announced its intention to picket the funeral of a 9-year-old girl -- one of six people who died saturday during the attempted assassination of u.s. rep. gabrielle giffords -- gilmer and others put their feet down.. tucson is a "caring, loving, peaceful community," according to gilmer, who said two of the six people killed were friends.. "for something like this to happen in tucson was a really big shock to us all," she said.

"our nightmare happened when we saw westboro baptist church was going to picket the funerals.

satinka

*Sigh* I can't get on the old post to write what I wanted to write.

Apparently, the picketing of the funeral is being called off. It seems the church only wanted publicity. Quite a way of getting it, I say...

http://cjonline.com/newslocal/2011-01-12/phelps-tucson-pickets-called

satinka

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Westboro Baptist Church will picket funeral of "911 girl" killed in Arizona

by Gerard in

funeral pickets to be met by 'angels'startclickprintexcludeendclickprintexcludehttp://www.cnn.com/2011/us/01/11/arizona.funeral.westboro/index.html by the cnn wire staff

january 11, 2011 9:04 a.m. esttucson, arizona (cnn) -- tucson just isn't that kind of town, says christin gilmer.. gilmer is referring to the actions of westboro baptist church of topeka, kansas, which has made its name protesting the funerals of people who died of aids, gay people, soldiers and even coretta scott king.. but when the church announced its intention to picket the funeral of a 9-year-old girl -- one of six people who died saturday during the attempted assassination of u.s. rep. gabrielle giffords -- gilmer and others put their feet down.. tucson is a "caring, loving, peaceful community," according to gilmer, who said two of the six people killed were friends.. "for something like this to happen in tucson was a really big shock to us all," she said.

"our nightmare happened when we saw westboro baptist church was going to picket the funerals.