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  Do You Trust The News Media?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  obviously, trump doesn't.

  but do you?

  do you think that they are generally fair, unbiased and honest?.

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  As I recall, the information was considered so airtight that poor Colin Powell embarrassed himself in front of the UN with diagrams and charts to show the danger from the WMDs.
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  Do You Trust The News Media?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  obviously, trump doesn't.

  but do you?

  do you think that they are generally fair, unbiased and honest?.

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  Absolutely no...I don't Believe what they report, at first! Remember WMD. WEPONDS OF MASS DESTRUCTION?... they reported this as a fact, but it was not.

  They were told by our government that the weapons were real, and reported on that information.

  Today, on the other hand, the right wing media reports something, and the government thinks it's real.

  Quite a difference.
  
  
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  This is What I Would Need in Order to Believe

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometimes theists challenge atheists about what evidence would be required before they would believe.

  various unlikely scenarios are offered in reply.

  i have taken the bait myself in the past.. i think the correct answer is much more ordinary.

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  Getting back to the original question. When I die and am suddenly resurrected on a paradise earth, or at the pearly gates, or perhaps in another dimension, I'll believe.
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  Article: Duke makes organ transplants possible for Jehovah's Witnesses, others

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.wral.com/duke-makes-organ-transplants-possible-for-jehovah-s-witnesses-others/16587988/.

  duke makes organ transplants possible for jehovah's witnesses, others.

  march 16, 2017. durham, n.c. — according to the organ procurement and transplantation network, only about 2,600 donor hearts become available each year.

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  Maybe they can come up with a no blood transplant card that will allow Witnesses to donate organs to recipients who won't accept transfusions. Then they can do what they want. The rest of us can use the organs with no strings attached.
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  Article: Duke makes organ transplants possible for Jehovah's Witnesses, others

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.wral.com/duke-makes-organ-transplants-possible-for-jehovah-s-witnesses-others/16587988/.

  duke makes organ transplants possible for jehovah's witnesses, others.

  march 16, 2017. durham, n.c. — according to the organ procurement and transplantation network, only about 2,600 donor hearts become available each year.

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  Just a side note. Ever wonder how many organs would be available for heart and other transplants if organized religion encouraged saving lives by donating organs after death?
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  Pastor is charged with medical neglect of girl..Fundamentalist Christian sect

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  by michael rubinkam" the associated press" reading pa...interesting case, "he(pastor) was well aware of the fact that this child was in need of medical treatment and he never reported it, nor do i believe that he ever had the intention to report it," berks county district attorney john adams, whose office is prosecuting foster...foster, 72 pastor of a faith tabernacle congregation church in eastern pennsylvania, was charged with felony this month under a state law requiring clergy members,teachers and other "mandated reporters" to turn the names of suspected child abusers over to authorities.

  the law makes no exception for clergy who happen to be related to the abused child.

  with a routine course of antibiotics, 2-year-old ella foster would have almost certainly beaten the pneumonia that took her life...

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  Here in Oregon another death from a faith healing church that already has two members in prison for failing to get treatment for a sick child. In this case, a newborn infant in obvious distress died after an at home birth.

  Of course, the Witnesses are totally aghast at a church that would allow this to happen, and soundly condemning them.
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  Child preachers -netflix

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  not sure if this has been covered before ,has anybody seen it ?

  surely it would come under child abuse wouldnt it ?.

  exploitation of minors for profit using religion as an excuse ?

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  It's the same thing we see with all these young performers and child beauty pageants. Parents going for the quick bucks and notoriety.
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  Why I Refused To Go To Gay Son's Wedding EXCLUSIVE

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  front page of the sunshine coast daily, friday 17 march 2017. yvonne, the mother of chris on bride and prejudice, has for the first time explained why she couldn't attend her gay son's wedding.

  https://m.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/bride-and-prejudice-mum-denies-sons-church-control/3155773/.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5714189639221248/_post/5672317399072768.

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  Her denial of influence by the Org has all the classic markers of JW doublespeak. "It was my choice".
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  here's a great jw brain stumper about noah

  by nowwhat? in

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  2. bible

  so noah was a preacher of righteousness.

  than how did he warn other pockets of civilizations that were hundreds or thousands of miles away?

  and if they were destroyed anyway i thought jehovah only acts after he gives clear warning.. and if there were no other civilzations why the need to destroy the entire earth of every living creature?

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  Why did God give Noah instructions to build an Ark that would only hold Noah's family and all the animals, if he truly wanted to save anyone else?
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  Do You Trust The News Media?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  obviously, trump doesn't.

  but do you?

  do you think that they are generally fair, unbiased and honest?.

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  But why not discuss specifics Min? Why just say do you trust the news media? How about an actual issue that we can present facts and figures for? Or are you afraid to delve? Might prove ya wrong?

  Berengaria... trump had whores in Russia and defiled obamas bed while enjoying golden showers. There are many more but I will not get into more with you because you are not ever able to see more than one viewpoint.

  The MSM reported that there was a dossier circulating that contained those allegations, and that the information was unverified. Which of those statements is grounds for distrusting the media?