It's strange that God would allow his chosen earthly organization to make a policy like this, isn't it? I mean, it's giving them a bad name, it's eating up donations that could have been used to preach the good news.... Just strange, really.
Apognophos
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Connecticut Law Tribune: Latest Sex Abuse Suits Target J.Ws
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202673073702/latest-sex-abuse-suits-target-jehovahs-witnesses?slreturn=20140911103232#ixzz3fqvmacjslatest sex abuse suits target jehovah's witnessesattorneys say religious doctrine barred reports of abuse.
isaac avilucea, .
the connecticut law tribuneoctober 10, 2014 | .
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How Religion Got in the Way
by Billyblobber ini feel this is an excellent mini-summary of the relationship of religion to science of the years and is a good read.
the only part i disagree with is "defining yourself by atheism.
" marginalized groups are defined that way by the majority and are forced to have it as part of their self identity.. .
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Apognophos
Well, when you put it that way...
If you describe spirituality as a driving force behind curiosity and exploration, it's certainly an important part of our lives. I just don't know why we can't call that "curiosity", "awe", "wonder", etc. Why use the same word that is used by others to refer to things that happen in a spirit realm, or to a belief in that realm?
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Let's suggest some programs for tv.jw.org
by rebel8 inweekday afternoons: a soap opera featuring judicial committees, demon possessions, and wives clamoring to be the ones who host the circuit overseer's lunch.
saturday mornings: sparlock cartoon.
friday evenings: reality show featuring jw dating.
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Hey Outlaw, I just noticed it's your 13th anniversary on the forum.
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Account of Jehovah's Witness Women Prisoners in Auschwitz (very creepy)
by objectivetruth ina book titled written by a long ti me ss member .rudolf franz ferdinand hoess.
here is a quote from this book : .
"a pleasant contrast to this type were the female jehovah's witnesses, called "bible bees" or "bible worms.
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Apognophos
Welcome to the board, OrphanCrow! Very interesting post. I hadn't considered that the Society was claiming the Bible Students as their own during WWII. Were there Students in the camps alongside JWs?
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Name of new TV Enterprise
by InquiryMan inhow can they use the name jw broadcasting when there is already a non-witness corporation based in atlanta with that name?.
jw broadcasting, llc, a television broadcasting company, provides multiple program streams to the viewers with a digital television receiver, such as news, business, entertainment, finance, health, politics, science, technology, travel, weather, and sports.
the company was incorporated in 2002 and is based in atlanta, georgia.
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Apognophos
Aude, yes, that has been written here, but those of us who looked into it found no proof. Simply put, one can go back in archive.org's Wayback Machine and see that nothing was placed at jw.org before the Society bought it and redirected it to watchtower.org. Before that, it was just owned by some guy named Eric or whatever who had bought it speculatively and was looking for a buyer.
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Terminology the Society Hates?
by toweragent inin my most recent talk, i got counseled for using some terms that were not prefered.
for example i said "new testament" rather than "the christian greek scriptures".
i also used the term "gospel", but even worse, i made reference to the "synoptic gospels" and the "gnostic gospel".. i guess i never thought of it before, but when i looked at the societies information on the matter they always say things like, "the so-called new testament..." or "the so-called synoptic gospels..." why with all the "so-called?".
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freddo, you reminded me that now "impaled" may be on its way out, since it's been removed from the NWT.
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Br. Jackson Illustration: "Run, Idiot, Run!"
by respectful_observer ini'm not sure if this has already been posted and i just haven't seen it, but here's an email i received recently that gave me a chuckle.... ...................... run, idiot, run.
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jackson of the governing body concluding a talk @ la district convention had this neat illustration at the very end of the convention.
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Apognophos
That's true. A better analogy would be someone running with a blindfold on, and the person who put it on them tells them to keep running. Once in a while the runner suspects that they're being put on, but the person tells them each time, "No, you're almost there, keep running!" How long does a person continue to run blindly before they start to look like a fool?
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Apognophos
You wrote:
The strengths of sexual desire in normal human feelings and emotions of teenagers towards one another are a lot different than the " strengths of sexual desire " within pedophiles which is primarily based not on " sexual desire " at all - but based on power and control of their potential child victims.
You're asserting that the motive is power, not sex? I am skeptical of that, but I am open to reading something that backs it up. It seems that this is a pretty crucial difference in our viewpoint of pedophiles. That being said, even if you are right, I don't think you really understand what others are saying on this thread. The fact that you keep asserting that this is criminal behavior indicates to me that you think someone else is saying it's not.
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Apognophos
I'm curious about your assertion that pedophilia is about power, flipper. Do you have any citations for that? To me, it just seems that the pedophile is using his authority as an adult in order to victimize children -- that it's a means, not a motive.
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The Emergent Success Of "Christian" Forgiveness
by metatron inhttp://www.businessinsider.com/nobel-prize-winner-malala-yousafzai-left-jon-stewart-speechless-2014-10.
when i was young, tv was filled with westerns in which a man was usually defined by his prowess with his fists or a gun.
that motif or concept seems almost entirely gone.
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Apognophos
I'm too young to remember the civil rights movement, but old enough to have seen the difference in the treatment of gay people as well as generally greater acceptance for people who were formerly ostracized. Perhaps also some more compassion for animals. It's been surprising to me, perhaps because I was taught to expect the opposite from "this old system of things" or perhaps just because I don't know why this general shift is taking place.