Ruby456
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The Children Act
by tim hooper innew ian mcewan novel the children act to take on religionstory focusing on parents who refuse treatment for their son's illness will be published in septemberian mcewan will focus on the contested domains of religion and family life for his forthcoming novel, the children act, according to his publisher jonathan cape.. due to be published on 4 september 2014, the children act puts ideas of adult responsibility on trial with a plot that revolves around parents who are refusing treatment for their sick son because of their religious beliefs.
the novel centres on the presiding judge at the high court, who is a woman.. speaking at last month's oxford literary festival, mcewan described the denial of medical help on religious grounds "utterly perverse and inhumane", according to the telegraph, arguing that "the secular mind seems far superior in making reasonable judgments".. "there's an almost consumerist notion that the pursuit of individual happiness cuts across the interests of children," mcewan said.. citing cases involving jehovah's witnesses and catholics, mcewan praised the 1989 children's act, which enshrines the child's welfare as the "paramount consideration" in any court ruling, calling it a "remarkable and civilised piece of legislation".. the novelist has long been suspicious of organised faith, telling the believer in 2005 that he has "no patience whatsoever" with religion.. "i'm not against religion in the sense that i feel i can't tolerate it," he said, "but i think written into the rubric of religion is the certainty of its own truth.
and since there are 6,000 religions currently on the face of the earth, they can't all be right.
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Smiling at a Disfellowshipped JW instead of Completely Ignoring him
by ProfCNJ ini was driving our car going to our assigned territory for our sunday field minsitry (was with jw 2 sisters) when i saw a disfellowshipped jw riding his motorcycle heading towards us.
the guy was df'd around 2 months ago only (won't delve much on his case).
approximately about 10 meters, we saw him smile.
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God's Kingdom Rules - for injustice?
by Ruby456 inhere is what i am asking regarding the convention that is now in progess at twickenham and at which this new book gods kingdom rules was released.. what inequalities and injustices is the convention perpetrating regarding god's kingdom rule and which it would like to keep hidden and quiet about?.
the biggest one i can think of is that it favours the able bodied and a particular type of able bodied.
everyone else must try to match that particular able bodied type.
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Westboro Baptists to Protest ISIS
by JeffT inget some popcorn, this might be entertaining.. .
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/08/22/this-should-go-well-westboro-baptist-church-says-its-going-to-iraq-to-protest-isis/.
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Why is the world full of ATHEISTS?
by exWTslave inbible describes atheism as a condition of the heart and is all about seeking what is ephemeral, not acting with insight.
(psalm 14:1, 2) thus it rightly says the whole world is lying in the attraction of what is ephemeral.
(wicked one is not a correct translation.1 john 5:19) thus even believers who pray to god (for material blessings) are actually atheists as they are not trying to be poor in spirit.
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Alternative theory to conventional evolution: Stabilization Theory. What do you think?
by EdenOne ini happened to come across a new (2008) theory on the evolution of live, by a biologist named eugene m. mccarthy.
he describes his new approach as stabilization theory.
i haven't read into it in depht, so i cannot make any informed comments so far.. this is his website: www.macroevolution.net.
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Atheists and JWs are on the same footing!
by exWTslave inatheists believe that god should stop the large-scale injustice on earth; if he does'nt, then he does not exist.
jws believe that god will intervene sometime in the last days!.
interestingly, both throw themselves on their own expectation of soemthing god should or will do, yet in fact something god does not have to do.
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Hubby's tempted to go back
by jgnat intoday he kept bumping in to (or rather dodging and weaving from) fellow witnesses.
he's talking about returning but can't figure out a way to do it without enduring a fair amount of humiliation.
i did not panic.
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Is there Such a Thing as TIme
by givemejustalittlemoretime inthe present moment is real.
however much you may remember the past or anticipate the future, you live in the present.
the next second of your life is the future.
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Is their a new holocaust in the making ? Are jews being made the scapegoats again ?
by smiddy inmass immigration in the world "seems" to have led to a rise in anti -semitism in the west.
france now has more than six million muslims.. germany now has four million muslims.
the netherlands has almost one million muslims .