this excellent little video sumamrises some of the evidence for the evolutionary history of cetaceans.. if focuses on comparative anatomy, embryology, fossils and dna.. .... .
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Heaven - how interesting. I wonder if we had a province-wide curriculum or governed by the school board? I only got through Grade 10 (went back to school later) before my parents took me out of school, but the only "required subject" in NS was English after 1972 - before that, it was English and History. Of course, if you wanted to go on to university, that wouldn't cut the mustard. I was taking Biology, physics, chemistry and of course, my first love,,, Math! :D
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tal
hi everyone, im begining to notice patterns of mental issues in the congregations and among the witnesses as a group.
do you think this is a trend in the entire world or is it exagerated in this organization?.
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And this, from the U. of Ottawa ...
http://www.med.uottawa.ca/sim/data/Religion_Jehovahs_e.htm
Mental Health Mental illness may be viewed by Witnesses as spiritual weakness, or as a result of evil influences. Witnesses may therefore distrust psychiatric therapy, preferring to treat mental illness within their own group. Nonetheless, an issue may be that the strict nature of the religious practices demanded by members, the focus on imminent cataclysmic disaster, and the shunning of members who have left the faith, may form fertile ground for the development of mental distress
hi everyone, im begining to notice patterns of mental issues in the congregations and among the witnesses as a group.
do you think this is a trend in the entire world or is it exagerated in this organization?.
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I can only access the abstract, but this is interesting.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1174772
Spencer J .
The function of religion in human society is complex. The part played by religion in psychiatric disorders is even more obscure. Previous literature and theories are divided into two groups: one school believes that intense religiosity is a symptom-complex indicative of psychiatric disorder, while the opposing view is that religious belief in some way acts as a defence mechanism protecting the individual and his psyche. The present study of 50 Jehovah's Witnesses admitted to the Mental Health Service facilities of Western Australia suggests that members of this section of the community are more likely to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital than the general population. Furthermore, followers of the sect are three times more likely to be diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia and nearly four times more likely from paranoid schizophrenia than the rest of the population at risk. These findings suggest that being a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith may be a risk factor predisposing to a schizophrenic illness. Further studies would be interesting in investigating whether pre-psychotic people are more likely to join the sect than normal people and what part (if any) membership has in bringing about such a breakdown.
sexual exploitation and abuse of six young children leads to lawsuit in dallas county.
dallas, oct. 23, 2014 /news.gnom.es/ six young adults, from north texas, all sexually abused as children, filed suit today in dallas, texas state court against three north texas jehovahs witnesses congregations (dallas, plano, and greenville), the watchtower bible and tract society of new york, and an elder.. sexually abused when they were ages 4 through 14, the plaintiffs were children of members of the dallas, plano, and greenville jehovahs witnesses congregations.
the suit states that they were repeatedly sexually abused and molested by an elder and an unknown regional circuit overseer, and that they and their families were threatened with discipline and harm if they disclosed the abuse to anyone.
It's just courtesy to give the url, whatever, I'll find it myself.
sexual exploitation and abuse of six young children leads to lawsuit in dallas county.
dallas, oct. 23, 2014 /news.gnom.es/ six young adults, from north texas, all sexually abused as children, filed suit today in dallas, texas state court against three north texas jehovahs witnesses congregations (dallas, plano, and greenville), the watchtower bible and tract society of new york, and an elder.. sexually abused when they were ages 4 through 14, the plaintiffs were children of members of the dallas, plano, and greenville jehovahs witnesses congregations.
the suit states that they were repeatedly sexually abused and molested by an elder and an unknown regional circuit overseer, and that they and their families were threatened with discipline and harm if they disclosed the abuse to anyone.
Hi, can you provide a link to the news story, please? I want to send it to someone in DFW area. Thanks! I know that he was in at least one of the congos.
tal
this excellent little video sumamrises some of the evidence for the evolutionary history of cetaceans.. if focuses on comparative anatomy, embryology, fossils and dna.. .... .
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Heaven - We were taught evolution in the 60s, as part of the curriculum (Nova Scotia) in junior high school. It's 'general' science. Perhaps that varies from province-to-province.
It surprises me that after over a century of science on evolution, people still call it 'unproven'. It's not a subject I find particularly interesting, and I don't want to "study" it, but I know it is correct! I don't know how all of Newton's Laws of Physics work, either, but I know they are part of proven science as well.
Religion benefits greatly from a disbelief in evolution. I mean if G*d didn't create us, then the whole Bible myth falls apart. THAT is the only reason, imho, that a person would decry evolution as a fraud - in order to hold onto the belief in their mythological overlords.
tal
i feel a bit like darth vader meeting obi-wan after all those years apart and saying to y'all: "the circle is complete" lol.. ya, boa's been good and boa's been bad, which i was good at too haha.. man i even saw that simon is still posting!.
to you all - joyful greetings brothers and sisters .
the one and only boa.... .
It sounds like life has not been boring. W/B
tal
i think everyone here can agree that walking down the street, even in the middle of the street, is not cause for having a clip emptied in your ass......... i can understand how the black community would be outraged by the injustice of seeing another black man dead in the street at the hands of the police under mysterious circumstances....... i hope that i'm not succumbing to the attempts to assinate the already well impuned character of the dead man...... however.
i can't help but think that this could all have been avoided by exercising the proper discretion with fore-knowledge of the disadvantages people of color have when they are dealing with law enforcement in the united states.
it is not as if this disadvantage has only since recently came to light.
My expeirences have been more by knowing 2 police officers growing up, havng a friend who live with a cop for years and then married him, dating a guy whose son is now a cop, etc. etc. Also, as a pawnbroker for about a decade, I met some really nice cops, both in Major Crime (detectives) and beat cops. Having lived in the downtown core, and now in a more 'posh' neighbourhood, I can vouch for the difference in police response time and presence. I was physically assaulted, in broad daylight, in the 'hood' when walking to the food bank. The police wouldn't even come to the scene - too busy. As I said, having a friend who is a cop, too - she's a good one and they are a certain percentage. However, the position of police officer requires little education, and holds a lot of power - just like the priesthood attracts pedos ,,, law enforcement attracts bullies (imo).
LOL, also proof that law enforcement attracts bullies? My brother is now a Sheriff!
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tal
this was posted on a jw site and it would be nice if we could verify.. .. .. as of february 2015, the awake!
will come as a part of the watchtower public edition instead of as a separate magazine.
this is a huge change... with serious cost savings.
I remember that I used to think "yay, I get to read something not so boring as the Watchtower". It was kinda like the JW version of the Reader's Digest, without the "Humor In Uniform" and other jokes.
Hey, what happened to
Nevada!
:)
tal
i think everyone here can agree that walking down the street, even in the middle of the street, is not cause for having a clip emptied in your ass......... i can understand how the black community would be outraged by the injustice of seeing another black man dead in the street at the hands of the police under mysterious circumstances....... i hope that i'm not succumbing to the attempts to assinate the already well impuned character of the dead man...... however.
i can't help but think that this could all have been avoided by exercising the proper discretion with fore-knowledge of the disadvantages people of color have when they are dealing with law enforcement in the united states.
it is not as if this disadvantage has only since recently came to light.
DOC - To be a cop here, all you need is 2 years at the Community College that holds the course. Like American cops, we have the same thuggish mentality in a majority of cops. The 'Thin Blue Line' is too, a reality in Canada - cops protect their own. Cops here in my city, have been found guilty of killing a (known to the police) mentally ill man by throwing him head-first into the back of the paddy wagon, getting prostitutes to perform oral sex on them in their cars to avoid being arrested, and the usual racial profiling. In fact, I have a friend (who is now a sergeant) who is black, and sued the Department because of the racism displayed by her fellow officers! She is not one to 'play the race card' - and happy to say she won her case.
I agree with what you say - just think this is not a good example for the arseholes, specifically wet noodle Jesse Jackson and attention-whore Al Sharpton to be sitirring up violence over.
The rich are laughing all the way to the bank --- ahaha, we got the poor fighting over race again, so they won't feel it when we slip the knife in their backs once again. Why aren't Condy Rice and Colin Powell speaking up> Well, day-yum! They are part of the elitist power structure, can't you see that?
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - divide and conquer - keep the poor and middle classes up-in-arms over race, terrorism, or whatever, while the good little wage-slaves keep on trusting the government and shelling out tax dollars. I think we are headed for a bloody revolution, and for about 40 years now, it has already begun in the inner cities of the West. Cops do not respond when you call from a 'downtown' location - but they sure as hell are there lightning-quick when you live in a rich negihbourhood! etc. etc... Same old BS, time after time, and NOTHING changes.
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