Philadelphia Ponos
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So Why Exactly Did Joe Paterno Get Fired?
by Philadelphia Ponos insomeone reported to joe that they witnessed one of his coaches molesting a young boy.
joe reports it to his bosses and his bosses reports it to the da.
betweeb joe, his bosses, and the da someone questions the coach about the alleged molestation and he denies it.
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The Documentary Hypothesis
by Philadelphia Ponos inafter i finished reading richard elliott friedman book entitled "who wrote the bible?
" i became a firm believer in the documnentary hypopthesis.
i enjoyed the book so much i decided to read it a second time.
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The Better Angels of our Nature
by cofty inin his new book "the better angels of our nature" harvard professor steve pinker argues that humans are becoming less violent.
"as europe became more urban, cosmopolitan, commercial, industrialised and secular, it got safer.
perhaps as important is the increasing respect for women violence is a problem not just of too many males but of too many young males... the human race has come to share the goal of finding ways of overcoming the universal appeal of aggression.
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Verses That Teach A Paradise Earth
by Philadelphia Ponos inwhat verses does the society use as proof of a future paradise earth.
i know they are mostly in psalms and isaiah but i don't know where.
can someone who knows off the top of their head post them?.
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Is The WTBTS' View Of Homosexuality Softening?
by JW GoneBad inor at least the public may be given the impression that jws and the wtbts are fair minded and do not discriminate against the homosexual lifestyle.
check out this quote from the nov 1, 2011 watchtower (public edition).
the article on page 4 is entitled 'ten questions about sex answered'.. question 8: does god approve of homosexuality?.
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A Question About Satan (For Those Who Believe In The Bible)
by Philadelphia Ponos inwhen the bible mentions satan do you believe it's speaking of a paticular indivuial or is the term satan used for multiple people?
to be more specific, do believe the satan that tempted eve, told david to take a census, tested job, and tempted jesus are the same person or 4 different people?.
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Would Christianity have survived if......
by wobble in...........the roman empire had not adopted it ?
they were far from being in the majority at the time,although growth had taken place over a large area, but within that area they were still a minority religion, often an underground one.. so hypothetically, would it just have withered and died, have torn itself to shreds with all the schisms and sects ?.
i think that without the power of rome it would have done just that, perhaps the coptic church may have survived until the 21st century and perhaps the eastern churches, but the western ?
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"It's up to You"- the one choice the Society never gives you
by JimmyPage inmy jw wife babysits from time to time, usually non-jws.
apparently my daughter was indoctrinated to the evils of halloween recently because one of the "worldly" kids mentioned it and she told him it was bad.
(although when i'm with her alone, she totally loves the holiday).. this non-dub kid said, "no it's not bad.
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If I only had known ...
by Dudu insince i started having sex , i changed my doctor, this new one prescribed me control pills for extra safety ... well, it turns out i have my hormones unbalanced and thats why i had such a terribles, painfuls periods, i had to loose days at work, lots of pain killers and sometimes even er .... uuughhhh i went to so many doctors and nobody knew what was wrong, they just kept saying,, is normal to have pain during the period....
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"Will The New System Be A Paradise" - The Thread That Got Me Banned From JwTalk.net
by Philadelphia Ponos ini joined jwtalk.net posing as an unbaptized publisher.
there was a lot of talk on the forum about how there will be death in the new system so i decided to ask some questions concerning that logic.
here is what i wrote:.