Posts by mindnumbed

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Another one...nine felony counts - Sun Valley, CA

by Dagney in

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/church-usher-charged-with-sexual-abuse-of-boy-parishioners-217825121.html.

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church usher charged with sexual abuse of boy parishionersmarcelo lozano, 34, faces nine felony countsby melissa pamer| thursday, aug 1, 2013 | updated 1:51 am pdtview comments ()|email|printadvertisementan usher at a jehovah's witnesses congregation in sun valley was charged wednesday with sexually abusing four boys he met at the church.. marcelo lozano, 34, is expected to be arraigned wednesday afternoon at van nuys superior court with nine felony counts, according to the los angeles county district attorneys office.. lozano, who was an usher for the churchs spanish congregation, allegedly abused boys who ranged from 8 to 15 years old between 2006 and 2013.. he is charged with two counts each of aggravated sexual assault of a child, continuous sexual abuse and oral copulation of a person under 14. and he faces one count each of forcible lewd act upon a child, lewd act upon a child and sodomy of a person under 14 with 10 years difference.. prosecutors will recommend that the defendants bail be set at $1.8 million, the das office said.. lozano faces a maximum term of life in state prison if convicted on all charges.. the los angeles police department is still investigating the case, the das office said.. .

mindnumbed

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Church-Usher-Accused-Child-Sex-Assault-Marcelo-Alonzo-Lozano-Kingdom-Hall-of-Jehovahs-Witnesses-Sun-Valley-220016151.html

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Need Help - Looks like some one in my family got to know that we are fading...

by MissConfused in

letter from a close family member... need help responding.... what a powerful illustration of the affect that our choice of friends can have on us, especially if we leave jehovah after being 'raised' by him from infancy!.

pack of wolvesthere was a farmer who raised sheep and had trouble with wolves stealing his sheep.

he loved his sheep and didn't want to lose even one of them.

mindnumbed

hi Miss confused. Do some research on the logical fallacy appeal to pathos and then suggest to your close family member to do the same.

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Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word For The WTBTS To Say!

by JW GoneBad in

sorry to raymond and cynthia franz for expelling them on trumped-up charges and forcing them from there bethel home.. sorry for demonizing many of raymond's accomplishmets, such as 'the aid to bible understanding' (the blue book) that he had a hand in putting together and that too many old timers remember who grew fond of reading to expand their bible knowledge.. sorry to oompa for disfellowshipping him and causing him to be shunned to the point where he couldn't take it any longer and wound up taking his own life.

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sorry seems to be the hardest word for the wtbts to say!.

mindnumbed

Sorry is to admit fault

Admitting fault is to open oneself to lawsuits

Watchtower says one reason you can trust Bible writers is because they were candid about their own faults

Watchtower is not candid about it's faults and deflects and spins with its PR department

Watchtower is a business and follows legal advice to protect assets

Watchtower won't say it is sorry or responsible

It is one of the realities that helped me recognize the Watchtower as something less than I once believed it was

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Introduction to "Chip and Dale"

by chipanddale in

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mindnumbed

If you mean uploading a picture as your avatar ... go to https://en.gravatar.com/ and create an account using the email address that you used to create your account on this website and upload a picture, it will replace your current avatar.

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Introduction to "Chip and Dale"

by chipanddale in

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mindnumbed

Welcome! Haven't read your book, but it is on the to do list.

To upload a picture. What you need to do is upload it to a picture sharing website ... such as flickr.com or photobucket.com ... and then provide the image link with the insert/edit image icon above the box you use to enter your text. It is just below the "Font family" box.

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Another story... possibly final story

by confusedandalone in

this is the exchange of text messages i had with my super spiritual brother.

it is sad... it is pathetic... it has helped me realize that i have no connection to these people anymore.

i feel free today.

mindnumbed

@confusedandalone .... here is a strange suggestion .... arrange your own judicial meeting .... invite the elder from the liquor store, the elder that asked you to hire the laid off bethelite and the laid off bethelite who I think you said was also serving as an elder. :) force their hand

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Another story... possibly final story

by confusedandalone in

this is the exchange of text messages i had with my super spiritual brother.

it is sad... it is pathetic... it has helped me realize that i have no connection to these people anymore.

i feel free today.

mindnumbed

confusedandalone ... if $10k is not a burden to you, why not give it to him, let him know it is a gift, not from Jehovah, but from their son. Make sure they get rid of credit cards and that you can't bail them out again because of bad financial decisions on their part. If it is something that is possible for you, it will be good for you, leave no bad feelings expecting part of their meager social security every month, and will reap fiery coals on your brother and parents. If they insist it is Jehovah that is using you, so what, you know better.

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After 2000 years since JC was executed ,why have we heard not a whisper from GOD ALMIGHTY ?

by smiddy in

he/she had no problem talking to adam and eve ,though they were sinners in his/her sight .throughout the hebrew sriptures, ot, he /she had no problem communicating with fallen man ,imperfect humans , to dictate his will to his subjects by means of prophets , male and female ,according to the bible , the old testament ,the hebrew scriptures , god communicated not once ,not twice ,not even thrice ,but dozens of times during the first 4000 years of human history according to the bible.. why has this god been so silent these past 2000 years ,when their have been atrocities above the scale of anything that has ever been seen these past 6000 years of human existence .. oh you may say that the atrocities were not committed by god they were committed by man.

fair enough .but god intervened in human affairs in such smaller infringements.

with prophets or so the bible says.. the so called apostacy after the last of the apostles , the influence of satan in the world ,( or was that after 1914 ,) and the 2000 year gap when christ was supposed to return ,never mind about all the crap that went before it .. the fact remains we have never heard from god ,any god, or even" a " god, with either his/her approval or disapproval of events good or bad these past 2000 years... smiddy.

mindnumbed

Jesus was willing to give a doubting Thomas physical proof, why should it be any different for those who struggle with faith today?

Sure, in John 20:29 Jesus says "blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed", still, Thomas required physical proof and he wasn't cast away as faithless, he was given proof.

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