http://www.christianpost.com/news/jimmy-carter-says-jesus-would-not-support-abortion-revealing-only-conflict-between-his-politics-and-christian-faith-141881/.
carter said that as a young man he used to be a jehovah's witness before he was a baptist christian.. .
"it's hard to grow up with such a foundational system and just let it go.
The above mentioned article is misquoting this NYTimes article:
Jacqeline Woodson is the one who was a witness and said "being a witness was too closed an experience"
Carter only admitted to doing proselytizing and said nothing about being a JW.
The writers from Christian Post should learn how to read a NY Times article.
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 .
I thought it was good how they used the Bible quotes from the Society's own recordings: "don't reveal a confidential matter" (in American accent) sounds pretty sinister.
Yes! I thought exactly the same. Very cult-y sounding.
a young sister in my husband's congregation who is the daughter of an elder has been reinstated in a matter of months.
whereas another sister in the same congregation has been disfellowshipped now for nearly two years!.
seems like it's who you know..
Confessed pedophile df'd for 8 months; in business with 5 elders.
Ex-wife of elder df'd for 8 YEARS, adultery is worse than pedophilia I guess.
Evidently, the sister had a wicked heart.
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?
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.
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 .
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?
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
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?
I believe he was our DO in the 80s. . . .
Interesting.
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.
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.
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.
Thank you for this link WOLFMAN.
It's movie night tonight and I'm making this the opening short film!
Looks good.
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....
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
