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suicide
by zeb inwho among us has known a jw who has committed suicide.
i believe this as a separate subject has not been covered..
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Catholic Church 'an empire of misogyny': Irish ex-president
by AFRIKANMAN inthe catholic church is "an empire of misogyny", ireland's former president said on wednesday ahead of a conference calling for women to be included in church decision-making.
"the catholic church is one of the last great bastions of misogyny.
it's an empire of misogyny," said mary mcaleese, who was president of ireland between 1997 and 2011. .
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The Catholic Church is "an empire of misogyny", Ireland's former president said on Wednesday ahead of a conference calling for women to be included in Church decision-making.
"The Catholic Church is one of the last great bastions of misogyny. It's an empire of misogyny," said Mary McAleese, who was president of Ireland between 1997 and 2011.
"There are so few leadership roles currently available to women. Women do not have strong role models in the Church they can look up to," McAleese told reporters in Rome.
McAleese will be speaking at the annual "Voices of Faith" conference on Catholic women's rights in Rome on Thursday for International Women's Day.
Chantal Goetz from Germany, one of the organisers, said: "It's urgent to include women in the Church.
"We feel we have reached a crisis point. Young people leave the Church in alarming numbers. We watch the exodus of talented, educated young women," she said. 1
The conference is traditionally held in the Vatican itself.
But it is moving to another location in Rome outside the Vatican walls this year after a conservative US cardinal requested that three gay rights campaigners including McAleese be excluded from the programme.
Irish-born US cardinal Kevin Farrell, a senior Vatican official, said it was "not appropriate" for the three to be taking part in the conference.
McAleese, who has a gay son and has been a campaigner for same-sex rights for 40 years, said a Church hierarchy that is "homophobic and anti-abortion is not the Church of the future". DM [Daily Maverick]
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Am I losing my mind or am I being stalked?
by Michigan22 inhi everyone, this is my first post.
i studied the bible weekly with a wonderful jw.
i suddenly stopped because things just seemed to be getting stranger.
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Michigan22 " Strangers in the night ...exchanging Scriptures ......"
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Above the Fog, Below the Snow
by compound complex ini live in the sierra nevada foothills of california; a selling point for prospective homeowners in the slightly lower elevation is what is touted in the subject title.
well, right now we are being blasted by a storm barreling down from canada, with hazardous driving and blizzard conditions in the offing, higher up.. as to fog, this photo offers a rare display of misty conditions over our lake, that after the last major rain storm.
it reminds me of summer days of my youth on the pacific coast..
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But we will survive this ! Its a great "leveler" though in a grossly uneven society ~
Its brought out the best in people in terms of innovation.
The lads drilling well-points and bore-holes are our new 'millionaires' ......opportunity in diversity ~
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Above the Fog, Below the Snow
by compound complex ini live in the sierra nevada foothills of california; a selling point for prospective homeowners in the slightly lower elevation is what is touted in the subject title.
well, right now we are being blasted by a storm barreling down from canada, with hazardous driving and blizzard conditions in the offing, higher up.. as to fog, this photo offers a rare display of misty conditions over our lake, that after the last major rain storm.
it reminds me of summer days of my youth on the pacific coast..
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Meanwhile down south in Cape Town ...................we are staring 'DAY ZERO' in the face. The Term coined to refer to the day when this city of 4.5 million will be without water !
Photos below of the City's main supply dam [dust bowl]
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Warning of Possible Measles Exposure - Watchtower Bible Tour
by OrphanCrow in(thanks to darkspliver on reddit for this story).
http://wamc.org/post/nys-doh-tourist-measles-visited-hv-locales.
the new york state department of health says a tourist from australia who has been confirmed to have measles visited hotels in new york city along with some places in the hudson valley.state health officials say the tourist was part of an oasis bible tour group at the metropolitan museum of art in manhattan, and visited the watchtower educational center in patterson in putnam county, a hotel and urgent care center in orange county and orange regional medical center’s emergency department.
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Are you sure this is not PILLOW RASH ........just askin?
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Finland: Jehovah's Witness exemption from conscription deemed prejudicial in "pivotal" ruling
by AndersonsInfo inhttps://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/jehovahs_witness_exemption_from_conscription_deemed_prejudicial_in_pivotal_ruling/10089261.
uutiset .
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CONSCRIPTION - a load of Shite anyway !
Name one 'honourable' 'righteous' 'worth laying down your life for' conflict on Earth today ? Or one country that deserves the honor of having its citizens lay down their lives ?
In my case we were shipped off to 14 months detention in a Military Prison - looking back it was an amazing experience [even if I was in the cult at the time]~
I was not coerced - I detest the taking up of arms [period] ...a Rite of Passage for me.
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Were These People “Demonized” or Simply Mentally Ill?
by minimus init seems that every congregation had a problem with people being affected by the demons.
looking back i have to wonder was it that more people were emotionally or mentally unbalanced?
or they simply off their medications or were they in need of meds?.
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Back in the 60's encounters with Demons was quite the fashion - but in all the ones I witnessed the people involved were really not doing well mentally.
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Husband let pregnant wife, unborn baby die over blood transfusion
by AFRIKANMAN ina man took to facebook to share his experience at a general hospital in lagos state, and its bound to leave you speechless.. in the post that he shared on social media, the man revealed how he got to the point of beating up a man whose wife had just died.. http://www.pulse.ng/gist/metro/pregnant-woman-unborn-child-die-over-jehovahs-witness-belief-id8007373.html?utm_content=bufferbe61d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer.
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Dunedain - Ray Franz articulated that point beautifully in ISOCF but JDubbery cannot see that as the Kool-Aid produces myopia.
In the comments section of the Journal [ below ] the JW's commenting are having a field day sprouting their defense of this mans decision - Needs some input from the ex-JW community please .....................