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  Two creation stories in the bible, why have I never noticed this??

  by purrpurr in

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  i'm reading a very interesting book right now "your god is too small" by the atheist republic.

  it makes the point that there are two creation accounts in the bible!.

  in one humans are created after the animals in the second humans are created before the animals.

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  Splash

  I don't see the contradiction in the creation accounts.
  The second account reads:
  

  (Genesis 2:18, 19) Then Jehovah God said: “It is not good for the man to continue to be alone. I am going to make a helper for him, as a complement of him.” Now Jehovah God had been forming from the ground every wild animal of the field and every flying creature of the heavens, and he began bringing them to the man to see what he would call each one;

  
  

  God 'HAD' been forming... It's past tense. Other translations I looked at render it the same or similar.

  This says that God created Adam, and the animals God HAD created were then brought to Adam to name.
  It doesn't say that Adam was created, then animals were created afterwards.
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  Australian Football player Alex Rance

  by Mattieu in

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  how can i describe alex rance?

  if i was from the uk or europe, imagine your best football goal keeper.

  if from the usa, imagine your best defence player in the nfl.

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  Splash

  That will offend the elders, that he ignored their 'wisdom' and counsel. I doubt they would refuse any of his "self-glory" riches though.

  They will get vindictive when he starts modeling underwear and releasing his own fashion/male products/grooming lines.

  Let's be honest, any of those elders would give a limb if they could earn what he does, but there's just not that much pay for low skilled manual labour.
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  Changes for Volunteers at Conventions and Assemblies in Spain

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  someone sent me this from jwtalk.

  a guy on there just posted this regarding changes to the way the jws volunteer at conventions in spain and the changes seem fairly major:.

  we had a special meeting today called a training session for volunteers.

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  Splash

  I wonder if someone had an accident, or worse, and the society had to unravel some of it's KHAA insurance fund.
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  Royal Commission into Child Abuse - Australia

  by biometrics in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  saw this in the paper today:.

  the jehovah's witnesses church in australia is the latest religious group to come to the attention of the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.. the child sex abuse royal commission will hold a public hearing into controversial christian group the jehovah's witnesses, next month.. the inquiry, to be held in sydney, will hear from people who were allegedly sexually abused within the jehovah's witnesses church in australia.. it will examine how the jehovah's witnesses church and its company, the watchtower bible and tract society of australia, responded to claims of child sexual abuse within the organisation.. a victorian inquiry into how churches handle child sex abuse claims has previously taken submissions from former jehovah's witnesses who alleged instances of paedophilia, sexual assault, blackmail and death threats.. the organisation has 64,000 active "disciples" in australia but has also been described as a cult.. jehovah's witnesses believe their church is the one true religion and all others are wrong.

  they are among a number of religious groups which have been examined by the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse including the catholics, anglicans, australian christian churches and the salvation army.. the jehovah's witnesses australian headquarters has been contacted for comment about the inquiry which is scheduled to begin on july 27.. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nsw/jehovahs-witnesses-to-appear-before-sex-abuse-royal-commission-20150622-ghue73.html.

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  Splash

  I can't imagine trying to defend a policy where an abused minor has to relive the intimate details in front of three old men, then being told they are in the wrong because there was not another witness to the abuse, and if they say anything they will be in huge trouble.

  Oh, and by the way, the man being accused has a history of abuse but no-one was allowed to share that information so people could protect themselves.

  For an organisation that takes pride in how it looks to everyone else, denies there's a problem and denies they practise shunning, this public stream will knock down many of their walls.
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  Wives who complain about their husbands work schedule but refuse to get a job

  by hoser in

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  2. friends

  i listen to one of these all time in our hall.

  she brings it up constantly about how they would do this or that but he has to work that saturday.

  i think she should get a job and then he could find a lower paying 9 to 5 job..

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  Splash

  Pr31: Who can find a capable wife?

  She sets her mind on a field and buys it;

  She plants a vineyard from her own labors

  She sees that her trading is profitable

  She makes and sells linen garments

  And supplies belts to the merchants.

  Give her the reward for what she does.
  
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  Public Cart Witnessing Pays off for this young pioneer

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  That is just hideous!!

  And the sunglasses don't make it any better either.
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  Summer Convention at Twickenham now gone, UK

  by jookbeard in

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  2. beliefs

  i believe this is the first year that the uk wont have a summer dc at this historical old rugby stadium (which is now one of the finest arenas in the uk) the costs to rent it must be astronomical these days, and it appears they are having multiple dates at the excel arena in london plus milton keynes is being used , many memories for me from a baby onwards making the yearly trip there, the dusty old stadium, the long walks to the car parks, working on the field security, getting burnt to a crisp or being poured on, binoculars !

  food tickets, meeting at the lion gates checking the talent, and on the final day drinking the local pub dry the barny arms, end of an era!

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  Splash

  I remember watching Concord fly over.

  The seat rows were so steep, it made you dizzy when you stood up at the back!
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  Has anyone had a jw hack into their email/tablet/phone etc to spy?

  by purrpurr in

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  2. friends

  i note stillin has had a recent problem with this.

  i also know of two cases were an elder went through a brothers phone to get dirt on him.

  and another were a sisters email was hacked into to get dirt on her.. in both cases apparently it was for their spiritual protection (!

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  It's the modern day version of rummaging through someone's books and music collection when you visit their home, something JW's are famous for.
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  Jehovahs Witnesses to pay 6 figure sum to sex abuse victim. UK.

  by The Scotsman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33201010.

  story just broke in uk!!!!

  a woman who claimed jehovah's witness elders failed to protect her from sex abuse carried out by a convicted paedophile has won a six-figure payout.

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  Lett claims these reports on child sex abuse are "apostate driven lies and dishonesties".
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  Jehovahs Witnesses to pay 6 figure sum to sex abuse victim. UK.

  by The Scotsman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33201010.

  story just broke in uk!!!!

  a woman who claimed jehovah's witness elders failed to protect her from sex abuse carried out by a convicted paedophile has won a six-figure payout.

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  Splash

  It's on the front page of the BBC news website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news