Topics Started by besty
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An opportunity for AAWA leaders
by besty init be nice to see you guys post on jwn now and again - keep this community up to speed with what you are doing maybe?
all we have seen is the controversies - it would be great to know what else is going on.. as far as i know aawa leadership are not banned from jwn.. or should i not hold my breath?.
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JW iPad app
by besty inwill speakers at the kingdom hall be permitted to read the nwt from an ipad?
from a smartphone?
using the new official app.... .
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Interesting change of direction by Pope Francis
by besty inhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-pope-francis-gays-20130919,0,6719110.story.
tribune news wire reports8:54 p.m. cdt, september 19, 2013. vatican citypope francis said the catholic church must shake off an obsession with teachings on abortion, contraception and homosexuality and become more merciful or risk the collapse of its entire moral edifice "like a house of cards".. .
in a dramatically blunt interview with an italian jesuit journal, francis said the church had "locked itself up in small things, in small-minded rules" and should not be so prone to condemn.. .
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young JW;s on facebook
by besty injust trawled a round a few next-gen jw's back in my old neck of the woods up in scotland - kids of my gen really.
couple of things stood out:.
1 - some serious fb'ers in there - 800+ friends on one of them.
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UK Circuit Overseer Wife blogger - yes really...
by besty inhttp://acowseyeview.blogspot.co.uk/.
foreign language circuit in london - see link for more details.. .
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NOW! Thats! What! I! Call! Terry! - 1
by besty inusing an advanced selection technique (uh huh) i have collated what might be the most comprehensive high quality collection of terry's posts submitted to jwn today.
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what is it with Watchtower "human apostates"?
by besty inhttp://www.jehovahs-witness.net/search?cx=partner-pub-4963413421914369%3ag5in7s-4bz3&cof=forid%3a10&ie=iso-8859-1&q=%22human+apostate.
this new phrase keeps coming up - any thoughts?
nothing yet on wol jw org .
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Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, according to analysis of scores of scientific studies stretching back over decades
by besty inhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/religious-people-are-less-intelligent-than-atheists-according-to-analysis-of-scores-of-scientific-studies-stretching-back-over-decades-8758046.html.
study found 'a reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity' in 53 out of 63 studies.
a new review of 63 scientific studies stretching back over decades has concluded that religious people are less intelligent than non-believers.. .
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classification of Jehovahs Witness members by when they joined up
by besty injust got to thinking how long can the watchtower peddle the 'soon' story with any credibility?.
i would say there are the oldtimer or born ins in the 70+ age group - they possibly remember the 2nd world war, and maybe joined for 1975 or made life affecting decisions meaning they are so commited with 'nowhere else to go' that they have surrendered to the resurrection hope.. then you have the '1986 international year of peace, the 1914+70 year' generation crowd.
people in their 40s and 50s now.
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UK Courts protect abused children from 'they led me on' defense
by besty inhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10228621/lawyer-who-called-13-year-old-predatory-is-barred-from-sex-offence-cases.html.
from memory (help pls) when jehovahs witness elders report child abuse judicial comittee outcomes to the watchtower they have remit to comment on whether the child victim played some part in the offence.. this despicable question seeks to make the victim a mitigating factor in the sin crime.
well as of today the uk judicial system has laid down a marker that this 'defence' is inappropriate and will not fly.. what the defence said:.