John Oliver is taking a break until next Sunday's show, September 13.
There are quite a lot of comedic gems he could glean from the Royal Commission... we can only hope!
Posts by Scully
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3Trying to get John Olver's attention, re: Australian Royal Commission
by Captain Schmideo2 inknowing that last week, tonight, is becoming the hottest topical show in the us, i thought i would try to point his show's attention toward the royal commision.the only way i could figure out how was to post to the hbo discussion board that is specific to the show.
here is the link to my comments:http://talk.hbo.com/t5/last-week-tonight-with-john/australian-royal-commission-on-child-abuse/td-p/499504.
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They've Exposed Their Hand
by OneFingerSalute inso the wtb&t$ have either intentionally or unwittingly exposed their hand in this mornings wt indoctrination article.. this is a direct quote from par.
"regardless of how long we have been in the truth, we must tell others about jehovah's organization.
" the question is, "what obligation does psalm 48: 12-14 place on us?".
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Scully
"beautifying the Organization"??
Oh, I get it... LIE about how the Organization™ cares more about donations coming in than actually protecting children of JWs from predatory child molesters in their midst.
Invite unsuspecting families to join JWs in Worship™ of [Jehovah] The Organization™, when it has been established that they further abuse victims of child sexual abuse by forcing them to recount their abuse to a panel of Elders™, in the presence of their abuser, without an adult support person (such as a parent) present.
y'know... I think I'll pass on that. I'd rather scrub toilets in a leper colony than be responsible for directing innocent people to join that damned cult.
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Went to a revival meeting
by hoser inwell it was a circuit assembly but basically the same thing.
imitate jehovah in your family using resources wisely was one of the parts.
they basically said don't buy a new cell phone so you can give more to "jehovah".
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Scully
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A passing thought when driving past an inactive JWs place today.
by joe134cd ini'm going to tell you of a family i knew of when growing up as a jw.
she was a solo mother who had 2 daughters and these 2 daughters were absolutely stunning both physically and personailty wise.
i remember thinking at the time how commendable it was that such beautiful looking women would choose to stay in the organisation.
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Give Jehovah Only 6 Months!
by naazira inmain question: what do you think would happen if jehovah's witnesses stayed away from the watchtower organization for 6 months?
instead of "us" staying in their world for 6 months.
personally, i think they would be like the amish youth on rumspringa- many to never return.. i came across a thread here, where the poster said that their parents told them to give jehovah's org 6 months.
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Scully
The "give it 6 months" ploy works in reverse, too.
Despite all the warnings of Leaving The Truth™, that I'd be miserable, addicted to drugs and gambling, and committing adultery like crazy, I told myself that I could always go back if life started to fall apart once we started our fade.
There were no punitive lightning bolts directed at us.
It never occurred to me to start smoking, doing drugs or gambling, or being promiscuous.
Not once did any JW check in to see how we were doing, none of our Friends™ from our previous Congregation™, no family members, and nobody from the new Congregation™.
And best of all, our family was happy.
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venting: My wife is in cult mode again! she tried to start a fight..
by goingthruthemotions inso when i was at luch today, my wife was in full cult mode.
she started in on me about us not being able to hang with other witnesses and when i go to the meetings with her that i don't talk with nobody nor pay attention and act angry.
i told her that i don't want to fight and i have better things to do than argue.
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Scully
Let's break it down: She is "in love" with Jehovah, and now, Jehovah is your rival for her affection.
So what do you do when Ricky Suavé/Jehovah is luring your woman away from you??
The answer to that depends on whether or not you feel the relationship is worth saving. If it is, then you have to win her back.
When was the last time you brought home flowers for her?
When was the last time you had a date night or a weekend away?
Has she ever expressed an interest in doing some activity with you? Something like taking dancing lessons, going on a nature walk, taking a cooking class together; could be anything really. The point is, surprise her with something like that.
Jehovah isn't going to do any of that for her. Jehovah makes promises that he ain't never gonna keep. Jehovah keeps asking her to do stuff for him, but he never makes good on his promises. He never surprises her with nice things. He's a fake.
Start by doing something really sweet that she wouldn't normally expect - make breakfast for her tomorrow, complete with some flowers from the garden in a vase. If she wants to know why, just say something like "I understand how stressful this has been for you. I don't want to argue with you. I just want to be the best husband I can be." If she still wants to go to the Meeting™, tell her that you support her desire to do that. Would she like to go to the farmer's market after the Meeting™? Or for a walk around a museum? Or to a neat little café? Or just surprise her...
It doesn't have to be expensive or a grand gesture... something simple like a trip to the beach or a nature walk. Just spend quality time together.
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Jehovah's Witness Claims Surgeon Refused to Operate
by OrphanCrow injehovah's witnesses are unreasonable in the way they expect the larger community to respond to their no blood policy.
the medical community is too often held hostage by their insistence on adhering to tan erroneous interpretation of an old book.. jehovah's witness claims surgeon refused to operate.
(*full article at link).
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Scully
I thought this was funny:
Mr. Clinton had a history of illegal drug use, and [Dr. Brown] wondered aloud why [Clinton] would use illegal drugs but not take blood if necessary.
and this:
Mr. Clinton went to another VA medical center
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Jehovah's Witness Claims Surgeon Refused to Operate
by OrphanCrow injehovah's witnesses are unreasonable in the way they expect the larger community to respond to their no blood policy.
the medical community is too often held hostage by their insistence on adhering to tan erroneous interpretation of an old book.. jehovah's witness claims surgeon refused to operate.
(*full article at link).
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Scully
Orphan Crow:
Bloodless surgery is NOT suitable for all patients or in all situations.
As an RN, I am well aware of this fact. However, that doesn't mean that a JW has the "right" to have surgery performed on them bloodlessly by a surgeon whose ethical position is that the particular surgery has a heightened risk of requiring blood transfusion.
It's the reverse of the situation where JWs fought for the right to abstain from saying the Pledge of Allegiance or singing the National Anthem in school. The surgeon is refusing to be bullied into operating on someone who is placing restrictions on his expertise.
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Something that's bugging me. Why didn't the ARC ask Jackson..
by defender of truth in..about child molesters being reappointed to positions of trust?
also, whether they would consider using 'worldly' expertise when assessing potential risk?.
why was spinks questioned as to whether the organisation should use professionals to assess whether a pedophile is fit to rejoin the jw community (or whether they are still a danger), let alone be reappointed.. and yet jackson, one of the policy makers in the org, was not even spoken to about pedophiles being judged as 'repentant' and even safe to be reappointed, by incompetent elders??.
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Scully
The problem with Reinstating™ someone who has been Disfellowshipped™ for sexually abusing children, is this:
Following the model of first-century Christianity, Jehovah’s Witnesses have no clergy-laity division. All baptized members are ordained ministers and share in the preaching and teaching work.
An "ordained minister" is automatically someone who has a measure of trust within a congregation. An "ordained minister" is someone people respect. In the case of young children, parents generally afford much higher levels of trust to someone who is a bona fide member of the congregation due to the assumption that all members are "ordained ministers".
Therefore, it does not matter whether a person is appointed as an Elder™, Ministerial Servant™, or Pioneer™. The fact that a Reinstated™ person is permitted to re-join the ranks of "ordained ministers" with all the rights and Privileges™ associated with that, regardless of any court mandated restrictions (such as not associating with children), puts vulnerable people at risk.