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  Breaking news: US mass shooting

  by Simon in

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  it's getting to the point where cnn should start announcing "breaking news" if there *hasn't* been a mass shooting !.

  it's crazy.. i was watching the 70's documentary they are running and that's the point when media hype about mass serial killers seemed to begin the danger-gun-solution hype cycle.

  sure, people had guns before then but nowhere near like it is now.. when will it end?

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  breakfast of champions

  Well, I suppose it depends on how you define "mass shooting."

  If you consider 8 people shot and two dead (gunman included) at a movie theater in Louisiana a "mass shooting," well then it is.

  We Americans would simply consider it a really bad movie.
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  The Report - BBC Radio 4 about Jehovah's Witnesses and Child Sexual Abuse can now be heard

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0612hjs.

  the report about child abuse and jehovah's witnesses is now live.. jehovah's witnesses handle child abuse cases.

  jehovah's witnesses and child sexual abuse, the report - bbc radio 4 .

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  Wow. They really put all the pieces together in this report. Very well done.
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  Angelo Catanzaro

  by Room 215 in

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  2. friends

  i recently heard angelo catanzaro, a rather prominent figure in the organization .. a long-time district overseer and a favorite of knorr's, died recently.

  there was some indication that he and his wife figured out ttatt in their latter years and turned "apostate"... .

  does anyone out there know what happened to them?

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  breakfast of champions

  For what it's worth, this thread from 5 years ago mentions Catanzaro giving the opening prayer at the 2010 AM:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/200462/some-light-reading-from-october-2-2010
  
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  Angelo Catanzaro

  by Room 215 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently heard angelo catanzaro, a rather prominent figure in the organization .. a long-time district overseer and a favorite of knorr's, died recently.

  there was some indication that he and his wife figured out ttatt in their latter years and turned "apostate"... .

  does anyone out there know what happened to them?

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  breakfast of champions

  I believe he was our DO in the 80s. . . .

  Interesting.
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  Manipulation of child minds

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  today i read a comment on my blog about an image found in a 1958 watchtower publication titled from paradise lost to paradise regained.

  it reminded me of what went through my mind back in those years.

  watchtower meeting agendas were notoriously boring with the result of children (including teenagers) spending their time looking at pictures in great detail.

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  breakfast of champions

  Yep, that little girl/puppy picture (also the foot-on-the-snake picture) have been indelibly imprinted on my mind.

  Only took me about 35 years to figure out it's all bullshit.
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  "God by the Neck" short film

  by wolfman85 in

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  now you can see the full short movie online.

  storyline: its sunday, and pablo, 8 years old, has an invitation to a very special but also forbidden birthday party.

  its sunday, and for the first time, pablo is going on a door-to-door preaching with his mother.

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  breakfast of champions

  Thank you for this link WOLFMAN.

  It's movie night tonight and I'm making this the opening short film!

  Looks good.
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  As a Work of Literature The Bible is Just Dreadful

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  of course it's easy to criticise the bible for all manner of serious flaws, but it fails on a more basic level.. it is just a terrible piece of literature.. this piece on "southern skeptic" is well worth a read.. god is a terrible writer....

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  Ok COFTY, now you're dashing even my "hopes"!

  I've thought to myself, "Well, at least the bible is a stunning piece of literature. . . ."

  I have also appreciated Robert M Price's "take" on the bible, and even Jesus himself (most likely all made-up crap).

  I'll check out this link. . . .

  Thanks,

  BOC
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  My introduction and confession

  by elderINewton in

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  well another big bad elder here just wanting to say sorry.. i'm sorry that so many were treated like crap, and shown that god's love is not to be found around jehovah's witnesses.

  i'm sorry that inadvertently i've likely taught many to judge and as such see that racism permeates every corner of the jw world, else why else would someone be of the world, or even inactive.

  i'm sorry i sat in on a jc, and voted to df.

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  Great intro ElderInNewton!

  It's wonderful to hear a success story every once in awhile.

  Welcome!
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  thanks jah, for her win... say serena williams?

  by sowhatnow in

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  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/serena-williams-secret-weapon-jehovah-god_55a06ed9e4b0ecec71bc445b?.

  a huffington post link to an article where serena williams 'secret weapon' is you know who..... interesting read .

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  breakfast of champions

  Superstitious twit.
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  WT Society Makes Light of Child Abuse Crimes by Portraying them as Cartoons

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i commented on this on another thread- but i believe this has enough importance to create a thread about this situation in and of itself.

  at the current district convention as you know the wt society released a " sophie & caleb " video allegedly warning parents about the dangers of child abuse.

  they don't really use the words " child abuse " in the video - but just say if " someone tries to touch you in a manner you aren't comfortable with " and portray it as a cartoon !

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  breakfast of champions

  NAOSCILLATOR - yep, you absolutely nailed it. Thanks for the assist! (I was so angry when I wrote that I could hardly contain myself -- could ya tell? ;) )