Interesting ideas. Please see previous page for some ideas of media outlets to contact.
The BBC Have your Say page is an important one, in my view..
Let us know who you have contacted, please. :)
the royal commissions public hearing into the jehovahs witnesses will recommence in sydney on friday 14 august 2015 at 11:00am.. it is anticipated that the hearing will hear from one witness, mr geoffrey jackson, a member of the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.. .
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www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/2015-08/public-hearing-into-the-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-to-rec.
Interesting ideas. Please see previous page for some ideas of media outlets to contact.
The BBC Have your Say page is an important one, in my view..
Let us know who you have contacted, please. :)
the royal commissions public hearing into the jehovahs witnesses will recommence in sydney on friday 14 august 2015 at 11:00am.. it is anticipated that the hearing will hear from one witness, mr geoffrey jackson, a member of the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.. .
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www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/2015-08/public-hearing-into-the-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-to-rec.
freddo 6 hours agoThose who know how - get this to the world's media please.
Good idea Freddo.
Let's start with the BBC..
Suggest a story to follow up via this page:
Share with BBC NewsSend an SMS or MMS to 61124Email us at [email protected]Follow Have Your Say on Twitter
www.bbc.co.uk/news/have_your_say
The more of us that contact them, the better!
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Then we could contact Sky News?
They have already been covering the ARC, but they might appreciate the heads-up..
( https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sky+news+jehovahs+australia )
http://news.sky.com/info/contact-us
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Daily mail:
Do you have a story you want to send us? Email [email protected]
www.dailymail.co.uk/home/article-1227210/Contact-Us.html
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Please post and let us know which media you have contacted, as well as suggestions for other outlets that could be interested..
earlier this morning the royal commission website stated:.
"the royal commissions public hearing into the jehovahs witnesses will recommence in sydney on friday 14 august 2015 at 11:00am.. it is anticipated that the hearing will hear from one witness, mr geoffrey jackson, a member of the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.
"now that has been changed.
That's just a different page than the one posted earlier, with less details.
No need to panic!
Geoffrey Jackson would make Jehovah's organisation look very bad if he runs away, and the ARC will accept no excuses..
the royal commissions public hearing into the jehovahs witnesses will recommence in sydney on friday 14 august 2015 at 11:00am.. it is anticipated that the hearing will hear from one witness, mr geoffrey jackson, a member of the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.. .
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www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/2015-08/public-hearing-into-the-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-to-rec.
the royal commissions public hearing into the jehovahs witnesses will recommence in sydney on friday 14 august 2015 at 11:00am.. it is anticipated that the hearing will hear from one witness, mr geoffrey jackson, a member of the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.. .
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www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/2015-08/public-hearing-into-the-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-to-rec.
Sorry I was blind, I honestly didn't see your topic..
Anyway, whichever one people post on (who cares really), PLEASE keep bumping the news to the top.
Cannot wait to see this..
the royal commissions public hearing into the jehovahs witnesses will recommence in sydney on friday 14 august 2015 at 11:00am.. it is anticipated that the hearing will hear from one witness, mr geoffrey jackson, a member of the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.. .
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www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/2015-08/public-hearing-into-the-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-to-rec.
The Royal Commission’s public hearing into the Jehovah’s Witnesses will recommence in Sydney on Friday 14 August 2015 at 11:00am.
It is anticipated that the hearing will hear from one witness, Mr Geoffrey Jackson, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
..specifically, the suffering of animals.
you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.
i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.
Just to tie the threads together..
Discussion continuing here:
www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/424250001/yahwehs-wonderful-creation#/420770003
when i thought of myself as a christian witness of yahweh attempting to be a footstep follower of jesus, psalm 104 was one of my favourites.
if i was ever in some wonderful scenic area, psalm 104 would jump into my mind, and i'd start to praise yahweh and jesus.. but if something horrible came to mind as in the following video, i'd always think of the favourite christian escape clause, it's all because of adam's sin.
but any connection between natural animal savagery and adam's sin is never logically made in the bible.. interestingly, the supposedly inspired psalm 104 (nwt-the grey one i guess) itself says that:.
All evidence indicates that ancient life was exactly as it is today - brutal, violent, painful, and short. This, Jehovah's Witnesses must believe, was the perfect creation of God.
www.jwbeliefs.com/jehovahs-witnesses-believe-animal-suffering-and-death/
when i thought of myself as a christian witness of yahweh attempting to be a footstep follower of jesus, psalm 104 was one of my favourites.
if i was ever in some wonderful scenic area, psalm 104 would jump into my mind, and i'd start to praise yahweh and jesus.. but if something horrible came to mind as in the following video, i'd always think of the favourite christian escape clause, it's all because of adam's sin.
but any connection between natural animal savagery and adam's sin is never logically made in the bible.. interestingly, the supposedly inspired psalm 104 (nwt-the grey one i guess) itself says that:.
Perry:
Genesis 2-3 show that humanity and animals existed in apparent cooperation and harmony at some point in the past, and that animals were in the Garden.
Humanity and the animals were apparently herbivorous at the time (but not necessarily exclusively so-- they might have eaten insects or even occasional meat, but the bible seems to indicate that they were mainly plant-eating at the time)
Yawn.
The page is not even attempting to discuss the question of why animal suffering and predation was part of a loving God's perfect plan.. BEFORE humanity was 'created' ?
It doesn't mention the predators from millions of years ago, before Adam.
Genesis 8 indicates that God was mindful of the animals ("God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark").
You mean after he had needlessly, and with premeditation, drowned almost all of the world's animal population in the Flood??
How lovely of him to be mindful of the relatively few survivors of his mass murder.. Some thinktank they are (!)
6. Somewhere in the Messianic Future, the ecosystem will return to the basic original blueprint of peaceful harmony and generalized herbivory (or a comparable plan).
Where is the evidence for this 'basic original blueprint of peace, harmony and generalized herbivory'? In the Bible?
when i thought of myself as a christian witness of yahweh attempting to be a footstep follower of jesus, psalm 104 was one of my favourites.
if i was ever in some wonderful scenic area, psalm 104 would jump into my mind, and i'd start to praise yahweh and jesus.. but if something horrible came to mind as in the following video, i'd always think of the favourite christian escape clause, it's all because of adam's sin.
but any connection between natural animal savagery and adam's sin is never logically made in the bible.. interestingly, the supposedly inspired psalm 104 (nwt-the grey one i guess) itself says that:.
But if something horrible came to mind as in the following video, I'd always think of the favourite Christian escape clause, it's all because of Adam's sin.
But any connection between natural animal savagery and Adam's sin is never logically made in the Bible.
Great topic.
Natural animal savagery has been happening for millions of years, long before Adam existed, even if a person believes that he did exist at all.
Predation, even to the point of species becoming completely extinct, occurred well before the first sin was committed, before mankind existed even.
As you inferred, God's original Plan for his perfect creation must have involved a predator/prey arms race that has spanned, not just thousands, but millions of years.. How loving.
Here is an entire thread on the topic of animal suffering, for those who may have wondered why God allows animals to suffer:
www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/222352/theists-why-does-god-allow-suffering?size=10&page=1
[There is a great introductory/summary link, showing briefly how this topic relates to Jehovahs Witness' beliefs, posted on the last page, for any who don't have time to read over 700 interesting replies..]