Posts by Gentledawn

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Australian Royal Commission Findings released

by Mephis in

will just post the general findings by counsel for the commission (angus stewart) - case specific ones are prior to them.

in short, absolutely damning.. not been through every submission myself yet.

available for download here: http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-study/636f01a5-50db-4b59-a35e-a24ae07fb0ad/case-study-29,-july-2015,-sydney.aspx.

Gentledawn

Ruby456: omg - this report isn't as damning as I'd thought it would be - it really isn't. Other religions examined are much much worse.

"doctrine of relative filth" - When unethical actions look good when compared with worse behavior by others.

Ruby456: Most of the changes required are related to religion v secularism views of children and women against family orientation

WTF is "family orientation"? Your whole final sentence reads like gibberish, imo. Nice misdirect (fallacious reasoning) in the opening remark, too.

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Your thoughts on Halloween , yes, no or maybe ?

by Finkelstein in

well its that time again when the ghouls come out to play.

i personally think halloween is a bit irresponsible and inappropriate from a sociological perspective.. there's something about the intent of frightening young impressionable children minds with frightening objests.

and feeding them candy which most likely cause tooth decay and stomachs is irresponsible activity conducted by adults.

Gentledawn

One of my favorite stories and appropriate for Halloween:

H.P Lovecraft - a reading of "The Outsider":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE0sB1VIm3s&feature=email

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Headline: "Islamic Invasion: Europe now scrambles for guns." How true is this?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

a year to a year and a half ago, i would have taken this article at face value and believed it.. now, i realize this article comes from a dubious source.

world news daily has a die-hard right-wing bias.

so, in an effort to get real information, i'm asking my european exjw's, is this article all true?

Gentledawn

Yup. Just noticed this headline on "Russia Today" (RT):

"Austrians snapping up shotguns as thousands of Mideast refugees enter country"
Published time: 29 Oct, 2015 08:33

Hand guns and rifle sales are spiking in Austria, with some shops reporting they are running out of stocks of shotguns, since no license is needed to buy them.

“Yes, I can confirm, the demand in Austria for weapons is growing. My revenue doubled in September. And in October it has doubled again, and we are still in October,” a gun shop owner told RT.

https://www.rt.com/news/320026-austria-gun-sales-spike/

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All C. O. D.O Who Became Governing Body Members Hands Are Dirty In Many Child Molestation Cases Cover Up Lawsuits

by Brokeback Watchtower in

what say you and i bet when records get subpoenaed many get grilled in court.

Gentledawn

Ratzinger (aka Pope Benedict) was one of the worst. He was the "buck stops here" person in charge of ALL Catholic church pedo cases prior to "ascending" to pope-hood. All cases.

""His record is terrible. Before he became pope, his predecessor put him in charge of the abuse crisis.

"He has read thousands of pages of reports of the abuse cases from across the world. He knows more about clergy sex crimes and cover-ups than anyone else in the church yet he has done precious little to protect children.""

[...]

Before becoming pope, there were also major scandals in the US and Ireland at a time when Pope John Paul II had put the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in charge of dealing with them.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/11/pope-complicit-child-abuse-say-victims

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The rank and file in any given religion would have to actually matter in order to qualify for concern. JWs are a captive religion. Once inside (baptized), there is no legitimate means of escape. Add to that: mandatory reporting of any so-called wrong doing. And because there is an invisible (to the rank and file) 2 witness rule in place, the victims will almost always be on the losing end of the deal, even before the "confession" is heard from the molestation victim and his/her family. The elders and C.O.s can do f_ck-all (according to their own rules), and will tell the victim to leave it in Jehovah/Santa Claus/Tooth Fairy's hands.

In fact, the rule set is utterly stacked against the victims, even before the molestation/rape happens. And I'd bet the JWleadership are well aware (and smug, too) about this fact.

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Online Watchtower publications archives?

by slimboyfat in

years ago i remember there being a number of sites with pretty extensive archives of watchtower publications online.

can anyone direct me to the best current site for this material?

in particular i am looking for a booklet from 1898 called "the bible vs. the theory of evolution".

Gentledawn

http://www.a2z.org/wtarchive/archive.htm

edit: the bible vs evolution link isn't working for me, so the link may not be what OP needs.

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OF DOGS AND BITES AND BIKES AND THINGS

by Terry in

the thought suddenly struck me plain and obvious: "these dogs won't stop until i'm good and bloody.".

there were two of them; a mixed breed of boxer and pit bull; clean, white--collared, tagged and--for some inexplicable reason, ferociously intent on tearing me to shreds!.

ah, but i'm getting ahead of myself.

Gentledawn

Laws will vary, state by state. This is the packaging a dog license comes in, in the state of Pennsylvania.

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Islam is the Epitome of Misogyny

by cofty in

in this video the popular saudi cleric sheik yahya al-jana discusses the joys of paradise, saying that men will have the strength of a hundred men in paradise and will be busy tearing hymens, while the virgins of paradise, whose breasts are like pomegranates, become virgins every time again.. the cleric also explains it is mostly men who enter paradise noting that women in general are bad because they refuse to wear the veil, they wear tight clothes in shopping malls, put on perfume and jewelry, and use filthy social media platforms.

source.... this is what young men from conservative muslim families are raised on.

is it any wonder islamic countries treat women appallingly?.

Gentledawn

"Stephen Evans, campaigns manager at the NSS said: “Being male isn't a genuine occupational requirement for a science teacher in a state school. Any attempt to try and make it so is unjustifiable.

“The Government's encouragement of schools run by religious groups will bring with it increasing demands for religious customs and practices to be accommodated within our education system.

“If religious demands to discriminate and segregate along gender lines are accommodated, teachers of the 'wrong sex' will be disadvantaged and children in such schools are unlikely to be adequately prepared for life as equal citizens in a liberal democracy – which should be one of the fundamental aims of education policy.

“For some religious groups, it is clear that the primary goal of state education should be to instill parents' religious beliefs in children.

“Equality must not be sacrificed in the rush to satisfy their demands.”"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10666129/Muslim-boys-school-bans-women-from-applying-for-job-as-science-teacher.html

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Wear a mini skirt? Men formed mobs and stripped 10 women they found on street for violating a law they (the men) didn't understand to begin with (anti-porn law, not anti-mini skirt law).

"The law has sparked increased incidents of mobs of men publicly harassing, assaulting and undressing women for wearing short skirts in public places."

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/hundreds-of-women-in-uganda-protest-to-end-miniskirt-harassm

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Looked it up: Uganda is 84% Christian.

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from the article above:

"The legislation to ban “indecent dressing” was proposed last year by Simon Lokodo, the Ethics and Integrity Minister , who said that women who wore “anything above the knee” should be arrested."

(Stephen Fry interview with the guy yielded an interesting comparison between child rape and homosexuality)

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F_cking insane.

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Islam is the Epitome of Misogyny

by cofty in

in this video the popular saudi cleric sheik yahya al-jana discusses the joys of paradise, saying that men will have the strength of a hundred men in paradise and will be busy tearing hymens, while the virgins of paradise, whose breasts are like pomegranates, become virgins every time again.. the cleric also explains it is mostly men who enter paradise noting that women in general are bad because they refuse to wear the veil, they wear tight clothes in shopping malls, put on perfume and jewelry, and use filthy social media platforms.

source.... this is what young men from conservative muslim families are raised on.

is it any wonder islamic countries treat women appallingly?.

Gentledawn

Muslim soccer team refuses to play against team with 2 girls:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zWberzePVs

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Muslims do not integrate into societies where they immigrate:

Germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anYi5cvsq9U

In Sweden - a man who claimed "religious persecution" refuses to shake hands with his female trainer/teacher, because he would be "unclean" and need to wash afterwards:

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1300084-Muslim-man-refuses-to-shake-hands-with-woman-gets-30-000-sek

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Muslim (male-only) worship(!!) outside high school where Ahmed took his clock and was arrested. His 1st period teacher told him to keep it put away. Yet a clock that requires either a battery or AC outlet, and the alarm to actually be set and click to the proper hour and minute in order to sound the alarm, did so in his 6th period class of the day.

Do women worship in the same vicinity/mosques as male muslims? Some do, some don't. But those images do not have any females worshiping at Ahmed's (Macarthur High) school. Why worship at any high school in the USA at all? And why not more more outrage and media coverage about this travesty?

Also, why didn't Ahmed's sister who took the picture of Ahmed in handcuffs get any commendations for bravery (apparently, photo was taken at the police station) or offered scholarships in her own right, perhaps for journalism and/or photography, etc?

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Western women cannot help muslim woman any more so than we can forcibly help an indoctrinated JW.

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Islam is the "Spanish Inquisition" happening right here and now - it would appear to be so, yes.I'm sure many defended Catholicism during that time and they were equally wrong and equally stupid to do so as those that now excuse and defend Islam - ditto.

But I don't expect 'those that now excuse and defend Islam' to apologise anytime soon - one of the perks of being of the Left is never having to say you're sorry, apparently ...

Agree with the comparison to the Spanish Inquisition.

Left, right. Black & white. There's much more going on here than a simple two-sided issue.

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How to?

by OneFingerSalute in

i cannot use the "quote" feature.. if i click on the quote marks it does the hi-lite of the quote i wish, but i cannot under any circumstances get out of the yellow quote box to create my own post.. i would like to know how other posters are able to do this.

i use both ie and firefox.

the same thing happens in both of them.. also hi-liting no longer works as it used to.

Gentledawn

Oh, and you can click on your name (top bar of the site, next to "messages" and "sign out" buttons) here on the forum and refresh (or reset, choose new) avatar / little picture for posting.

Mine is linked to Gravatar website, so I don't know how well the forum here sets or saves the avatar pics. My old one wasn't working, so I refreshed it the other day. But then I decided to change it up instead.

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How to?

by OneFingerSalute in

i cannot use the "quote" feature.. if i click on the quote marks it does the hi-lite of the quote i wish, but i cannot under any circumstances get out of the yellow quote box to create my own post.. i would like to know how other posters are able to do this.

i use both ie and firefox.

the same thing happens in both of them.. also hi-liting no longer works as it used to.

Gentledawn

I cannot use the "quote" feature.
Also hi-liting no longer works as it used to. Cannot turn of hi-liting on my own section of posts.

Any ideas?

Hit "enter" button prior to highlighting ("highlighting" at this point means dragging your mouse across the text you want to make into a quote, while holding down left mouse button) the text you want to make into a quote. Put a period ( . ) as a place holder. Highlight the text by dragging mouse across the desired quote portion (above your saved space period mark). Click on the quotation marks in the toolbar above reply box.

So, you:
- paste the quote,
- hit enter button,
- mark lowest line with a period,
- go back up and drag mouse across desired text (while holding left button).
- After that, click the "quotation mark" button in the tool bar above.

Another trick: if you want to create linked text, click the "code view" button in the toolbar. Type in :

[less than sign] A Href ="URL link here"[greater than sign]words you want to make into a link [less than sign] (backslash,no space between letter) A [greater than sign]

You can also use "code view" to clear unwanted issues, such as the highlighting feature not working properly.

Simply clear the code of the unwanted terms. In this case it would be " style background color : yada yada". Or add </p> in the middle of paragraph or sentence you wish to stop the highlight.

edit: for clarity, I hope.