i'm not an expert but that is my understanding of this: .
opinion filed.. (signed published) the judgment against defendants on the negligence count is affirmed.
the judgment against watchtower on the cause of action for punitive damages is reversed with directions to enter judgment for watchtower on punitive damages.
$7 million is nothing to sneeze at. I was rather astounded at @the 21 million I thought it was awfully high but was glad the WT would lose such a high amount.
Realistically 7 million even after the lawyer gets his cut for all his hard work will be a nice chunk of change.
for only the second time in internet history, a video recording of a secret jehovah's witness apostasy trial has been published online on the jwstruggle youtube channel.
follow isaac's story here:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se9rh6qux0o&feature=youtu.be.
the latest phase of the uk charity commission case included this:.
subsequent to the opening of the inquiry, in a letter dated 10 july 2014, mr cook of the watchtower informed the respondent that the disfellowshipping hearing for mr rose had in fact been carried out by the elders of a different congregation, so the charity had played no role in that process.
mr cook (who is the in-house solicitor at the watchtower) later elaborated on his own letter in a witness statement for the tribunal.
so by now most of us have heard about (or watched) the april broadcast and the ridiculous "experience" of the guy that asked god to fix his construction leak before he believed in him..... so, what would you like to "pray that god fixes" in your life??.
humorous or serious replies welcome!
(although sarcastic, cynical and funny replies preferred hehe).
i have noticed that theists have an aversion to the word theory.
as it is mostly attached to evolution, and they have a deep misunderstanding of what the word means.. i'm probably botching the following statement but the general idea is as follows.
it has been said that whoever sets the parameters of the battle or frames the argument wins.
Here is something interesting about the subject from a psychological perspective:
God is unconsious:
good day, i am s.f.
van der meulen.
have any of you ever heard of my theory that explains human instincts?
Good and evil are labels we as humans put on things so these terms are intricately woven into the psyche by indoctrination and varies from person to person, cultures, and religious indoctrination.
We also stuff what we consider as evil about ourselves into our psychological 'shadow' of denial and project it on to those that have a psychological hook we can hang it on. Learning to come to terms with one's own shadow leads to many benefits and withdrawal of one's projections and a different viewpoint not clouded with all kinds of prejudice.
i'm going to be honest and from the heart when i say that for 40 years in the jw religion i was very happy in my ignorance!
man, what a trip it was.
i loved every minute of it but then i was absent the bad in my religion.
In your honor enjoy may your wishes come true maybe even get a nice affectionate hung from AM3 and rubber mouth Lett:
stemming from the 'absentheism' thread, an old question came to my mind.
what exactly is "belief"?.
is it the same to ask: "do you believe in god?
The word belief has several meanings depending on context. If we are a predominately black and white thinker then it can only have one or two meanings at most because shades of gray are confusing to a b&w type.
So get those neurons firing and form new circuits connections by letting go of one size fits all black and white either this or that with no inbetweenness allowed thinking.
why this room (no 428), located at ohio university, is unavailable to students?.
it has been boarded up and closed off because of various paranormal reports regarding the room.
poltergeist activity has been felt: objects flying across the room, doors that open and shut by themselves, and dark shadows appearing and disappearing without explanation.
