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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:.
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What constitutes 'proof' on JWN?
by besty inrecently there have been a few threads where claims have been made alledging personal negative effects in 'real life' following internet activity on jwn and other ex-jw related sites.
discussion then ensues, aspects of which may include 3rd parties either disputing the truth or affirming the likelihood of the claim.
questions are asked.
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Website with known apostates listed
by besty inhilarious - made my day.
who could forget senior pu?.
https://sites.google.com/site/silence1492/facebook-youtube.
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Search results filtering on new.com site
by besty insimon - great job on .com - love the new functionality and look/feel.
one suggestion on search results would be to implement as much post-results filtering as possible.
eg content relevance, post count, recency, and any future ratings systems for thread value.
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Mormons downscaling door to door, increasing use of Internet - official policy
by besty inby brady mccombs, associated press.
tuesday, june 25, 2013 | 3:10 p.m.. rick bowmer / ap.
in this jan. 8, 2013, file photo, mormon missionaries pray before the start of a class in mandarin chinese language at the missionary training center, in provo, utah.
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How many legs left on the Watchtower Stool?
by besty ini would suggest they are built on 3 legs:.
1- print publications.
2 - real estate.
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JW's and atheists agree on at least one thing - lets get religion out of schools
by besty inhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/the-new-battle-over-religion-in-schools.21292976.
secularist parent campaigners in scotland are trying to have schools religious assembly downgraded to opt-in - as it stands it is opt-out.
this means unless you want to separate your child from the rest of the class, they have to have the religious indoctrination - rock meet hard place.. some of the quoted parents remind me of jw's:.
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Relative technical sophistication of religious websites
by besty ina quick summary of website trackers used by:.
jw.org - 0 trackers (not even google analytics - wow - they really are in broadcast mode) pagerank 5. mormon.org - 5 trackers - incl.
2 kinds of visitor analytics - they are spending $$ on this as a pro-active campaign with measurable results - pagerank 6. churchofgod.org - similar to jw.org - pagerank 4. adventist.org - google analytics only - pagerank 6. catholic.org - 26 trackers incl.