Joe Grundy
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A View From Outside
by Joe Grundy ini never was a jw, and in many ways my interest was academic.
i have known, and know, some jws and ex-iws and know something of (but not personally) the effects that wtbts has on people.
the effects, imho, are not positive.
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JW 'Scriptural Divorce' -v- Muslim 'Sharia Divorce'
by Joe Grundy ini just read this bbc article about sharia divorce in cases of domestic violence:.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22044724.
the issues raised seemed very similar to me to what jws teach about 'scriptural divorce' in these circumstances.. misogynistic (of course), dangerous and despicable..
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Just Shows What Religion Can Do
by Joe Grundy ina child rape victim is sentenced to 100 lashes.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21595814.
i don't know about you, i'm an atheist, but i cannot accept that any religion can justify this inhumane, brutal, wicked treatment of a child victim of rape.. there is no excuse for this behaviour on the part of a supposedly civilsed government.
it has fuck all to do with religion, it has all to do with humanity and being a 'human being'.. i have written to my mp and hope to follow this up through the un charter on childrens' rights.. anyone here booked a 'maldives luxury holiday'?.
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Completely and Utterly Pissed Off
by Joe Grundy ini had a surprise visit this afternoon from my recently-divorced filipina wife.
her relationship with new boyfriend is not going so well.
i made her a coffee, was non-committal.
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Stone Them!
by Joe Grundy ini never was a dub, but brought up going to chapel it was usual practice for sunday morning sermons to be ot based, sunday evenings were nt.. the ot is full of rules, commandments, punishments and 'stoning to death' is a feature.
sadly it's a practice still in force in benighted, religion-fuelled, backward societies even today.. i lived in cyprus 2005-2010 and did my best to learn the modern history of the island.
not inspiring.. until independence in 1960 cyprus was a uk colony.
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The Teaching of Evolution in UK Schools Mandatory
by Joe Grundy inlink to news story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20547195 (sorry, don't know how to make it 'clickable').. i, for one, am glad to see that this has been clarified.
is it the same in the us?.
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Religious Genital Mutilation
by Joe Grundy ini never was a jw.
i am an atheist.
(i keep introducing my posts that way, but it's for the avoidance of doubt).. on an entirely different mb, someone just raised the issue of fgm.
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Ex Dubs Deserve To Be Happy Too!
by Joe Grundy inso here's a link to some good music - enjoy!.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sigjqbxgxr8&feature=related.
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RIP Gwen
by Joe Grundy ini have just heard that s friend from an entirely different meaasge board died this evening after a brief spell in a hospice.. she was very proud of being welsh and of the language.
she was firm in her traditional welsh chapel faith and i'm sure it helped her at the end.. cysga'n dawel, cariad.
cwsg maen hedd, gwen fach, i'r golau.
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'Field Service' - Instant Response
by Joe Grundy ini was on the phone yesterday evening to an elderly lady friend of mine.
she's almost housebound now, (we're fighting that) but is a fiercely independent spirit.
bacpacking in south america in her 50s, teaching in the wilds of nepal, that sort of thing.