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  Fascinating development in sex-abuse cases!

  by hornetsnest in

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  i dont get on here very often, but when i saw this i figured that you would like to know about it.

  it seems that the catholic church here in oregon (u. s.

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  Amazing,

  I think one of us is misunderstanding the Oregon case. My take is that by the parishioners being named as the owners of the all the local church property, so that they/the church don't have to pay out millions and millions to settle lawsuits. The parishioners are not liable in these lawsuits, therefore if the parishioners own the property, it can't be used to pay the lawsuits/settlements.

  They are trying to deprive the victims of collecting the millions in damages they have been awarded. If this works, the Society could easily use the same tactic, should they actually lose, "we don't own the Kingdom Halls, they belong to the local congregations." And so then the victims get squat.

  Again, so far the WT hasn't even been found liable in any of the cases that have been brought against them ( although Vicki Boer came close).

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  Fascinating development in sex-abuse cases!

  by hornetsnest in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i dont get on here very often, but when i saw this i figured that you would like to know about it.

  it seems that the catholic church here in oregon (u. s.

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  How do you figure something like this will hurt the Tower? They have gone to great lengths to keep their assets divvied up among hundreds of legal corporations. Kingdom Halls are owned by the local congregations, despite myths to the contrary that appear far too often on the board.

  If anything, I see this defense working much better for the JWs than it will for the Catholics. So I don't see how this will affect them much, especially with their recent court victories. At least with the Catholics, they have already been found liable for millions, while the Watchtower has been able to avoid the same fate.

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  Napoleon Dynamite = CRAP!

  by sonnyboy in

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  2. entertainment

  my gawd.

  i noticed that the movie got decent reviews and i didn't really hear anything bad about it, so i gave it a chance on hbo tonight.. .

  these stupid ass reviewers got duped.

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  I thought it was the funniest movie I have seen in years, but apparently not everybody gets it...

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  The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society??????????????

  by gringojj in

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  2. friends

  i mean they call themselves the watchtower bible and tract society??????????.

  i mean, who the hell has a whole society built around bibles and tracts?

  really the name is wierd.

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  Dude get with the times, its the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc.

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  Police give man amputated foot back

  by loosie in

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  2. current

  http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0726amputated-foot-cr.html .

  associated press.

  jul.

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  On Monday, police returned the foot to Rubottom after taking him to the hospital, where he signed a release allowing them to see his medical records.

  WTF?!?!?!?!??? Why did they need to see his medical records???? I would think it would be pretty easy to determine that the guy did, in fact, have a foot amputated, therefore the odds are that the foot they found on his property is his!!!

  This is not a case for Columbo, for crying out loud.

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  edited to add: I think the guy should consider suing the cops for mental anguish or something, just because they are that dumb.
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  He took a stick, and he put if far up.... (a parable for nice guys)

  by SixofNine in

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  2. friends

  from: http://www.heartless-bitches.com/ngc/spineless.shtml .

  i also recommend the rest of the site.

  there once was a man without a spine.. .

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  So the moral of the story is... I need to go find a stick?

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  M.E (chronic fatigue)...the jehovahs witness disease

  by chuckyy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a congregation here in the uk had so many cases of m.e (chronic fatigue) that it was labelled as the jehovahs witness disease.

  i must say that in my old cong.

  and locally in other congs., there was an abnormally high percentage of people with this problem.why do you think this was the case?????

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  I agree with elsewhere on the cognitive dissonance being a factor, having to believe that "the end is so close", when its obviously not any closer now than it ever was.

  Deep down, I think they know its a lie, but to admit that would mean admitting they have wasted years, perhaps decades of their life on chasing a fantasy.

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  James Doohan - Star Trek's "Scotty" Dies

  by El Kabong in

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  just saw this on cnn .

  http://www.cnn.com/2005/showbiz/tv/07/20/obit.doohan.ap/index.html .

  he's beamed aboard that great starship in the sky....

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  "I can't change the laws of physics..."

  Its a sad day for Trek fans, he will be missed.

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  What GB members will be alive in 2014?

  by VM44 in

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  2. beliefs

  here is a list of governing body (gb) members who are alive today.. which of them do you think will still be around in 2014?.

  carey w. barber (1905-).

  john e. barr (1913-).

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  So lets do some math, see what their ages would be in 2014....
  
  Carey Barber 109
  John Barr 101
  Samuel Herd 79
  Ted Jaracz 89
  M. Stephen Lett 65
  Gerrit Lösch 73
  Guy Pierce 80
  Albert Schroeder 103
  David Splane 70
  Daniel Sydlik 95
  
  That's only 10 names, are we missing any?? Very doubtful that Barber, Barr and Schroeder will be around.
  
  
  And of course there will probably be a few new appointees between now and then....
  
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Demand Complete Opening Of Finacial Records To Public!

  by frankiespeakin in

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  2. friends

  jehovah's witnesses demand complete opening of finacial records to public!

  they want to see where the money is going and since the governinng body is the head part of the faithful and discrete slave they should humbly and willingly comply in the intrests of christian unity.

  what if someone started a champiagn like that were they sent emails and letter to circulate throughout the entire brotherhood.

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  Frankie, spellchecker is your friend, dude.

  Not trying to be a ass, but you have like 7 misspelled words in the first post!

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