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  Archbishop Didn't Know Sex With Children Was a Crime

  by Stealth in

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  2. child-abuse

  wtf .

  the st. louis archbishop embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal testified last month that he didnt know in the 1980s whether it was illegal for priests to have sex with children, according to a court deposition released monday.

  archbishop robert carlson, who was chancellor of the archdiocese of minneapolis and st. paul at the time, was deposed as part of a lawsuit against the twin cities archdiocese and the diocese of winona, minnesota.

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  Religions can't morally evolve, that's the poblem honouring bronze age documents.
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  1914 vs 2014

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  2. friends

  it's amazing to examine the watchtower of 1914 now in 2014... 100 years later.. .

  here are some of my comments on the watchtower of 1914:.

  second article in january 1st.

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  It always said much to me that never once did Watchtower take advantage of the 1914 predictions and quote the literature of the time.

  Of course, once you leave and feel brave enough to examine that old literature, the reaons become very clear.

  

  

  As good as Watchtower is at rewriting history and twisting what was prophesied when, there is no means to square away using pyramid passage lengths to measure 1914 inches and then claim it was a date that was arrived at via holy spirit....
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  Archbishop Didn't Know Sex With Children Was a Crime

  by Stealth in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  wtf .

  the st. louis archbishop embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal testified last month that he didnt know in the 1980s whether it was illegal for priests to have sex with children, according to a court deposition released monday.

  archbishop robert carlson, who was chancellor of the archdiocese of minneapolis and st. paul at the time, was deposed as part of a lawsuit against the twin cities archdiocese and the diocese of winona, minnesota.

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  Moments in history such as this will be remembered as windows into the heart of religion, it is not only void of morality it is elbow deep in the worst depravity.

  If an archbishop can know his bible and not comprehend consent and the illegality of child rape without being told it, what use is the church. This is a powerful point, made well by this man's words.

  To think many religious people insist that these institutions are the SOURCE of morality and law.
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  good books on critical thinking

  by tepidpoultry in

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  2. friends

  hi, wanting to improve my thinking.

  thanks, tepid..

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  Tepid,

  I developed critical appraisal skills as I was required to appraise scientific literature, that was a ramp to my critical thinking. If you google 'develop critical appraisal' it will provide many resources on how to do this.

  I think you have asked a great question, but a hard one to answer. It may be that there is a gap in the market exactly for this. In an information age that arrived acutely, many of us were not are skilled to sift through the information and be usefully skeptical.

  For me it is about evidence. The better the evidence the more reliable the idea is PROBABLY. The less evidence the less time or interest it has from me. Some people confuse skeptisism and critical thinking with being close minded, it is quite the opposite. Sure question EVERYTHING, but promoting mysticisim because it is close minded to reject the supernatural is not focusing on......evidence.

  I wish I could give you a better answer, if I think of one I will come back to you. I must add that watching hundreds of intellectual debates will help you see how others are figuring out their way through life, it isn't the data in these debates that I found useful but approaches to the data, the thought process.

  Before long you see where honesty and truth (very scientific) becomes hope and comfort (believers) as people sit on a spectrum of reliance on evidence.

  The it is about deciding where you sit on the spectrum.

  It is an exciting, protective and interesting journey , if not tiring, to figure everything out for yourself, enjoy it x
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  1 Year Membership on educator.com for Free!

  by will-be-apostate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought some of you might be interested in this.

  you can get now 1 year membership on educator.com for free.

  it is a website with lots of video courses available about all branch of science and other subjects at high school and college level.. the offer is temporary.

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  snare&racket

  The forum mod just sent me this...

  The offer is still available. The temporary link that was posted is only good for 10 or so minutes. After that you need a new promo code, but the link on the page auto generates a new code on a new refresh. To find the link visit any page in our Education forums.
  
  For example:
  http://www.physicsforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=139
  
  You must be logged in to see the notice at the top.
  
  Please share this opportunity with everyone. It really is amazing. Please make sure people register otherwise those temporary links will continue to be broken.
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  ARE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES A "RELIGION"? The story behind the misconception

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  judge j.f.

  rutherford created many oddball ideas in his tenure as society president.

  none was nuttier than his polemical rant,.

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  I remember in the UK around 1994, we had a talk where we were told that the JW's had not been accepted as a 'religion' by some government, a long boring talk explaining why it was not important as it was Satan's world etc ensued.

  Does anyone else remember this talk? What was the context, I was only a young lad.
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  MINISTERIAL TRAINING SCHOOL, full course leaked!

  by hildebrando in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  all classes, all questions, all anwers, all 9 subject!

  all leaked for do in spanish!.

  http://www.hildeydesa.blogspot.com/2014/06/escuela-de-entrenamiento-ministerial.html.

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  It isn't going to take a genius to narrow down this DO at HQ.

  I hope they are ok, if anyone knows them let them know they have all our support if they need it.
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  2014 Convention Memes

  by passwordprotected in

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  Shirley, I hope she is here, she looks like she needs it. Poor family.
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  jw.org new pictures

  by t33ap80c in

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  http://www.pic-upload.de/view-23700904/jw.org.jpg.html.

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  snare&racket

  I wonder if he waited until 2014 because he wants to try the oculus rift for a few days .......before he commits mass genocide.
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  Kate Wild

  by quellycatface in

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  2. friends

  i've been given permission to post news of our friend.. kate hasn't been very well.

  not well at all.

  i think much of it has been a delayed reaction to her df'ing, the general fallout when leaving the wtbs and family issues.. i just wanted to give you guys the heads up and give you a chance to show how much we care about her.. thanks for listening..

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  chin up chum x