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Split infinitive ruins society
by the follower ina couple of years ago the queen in her address to the nation used a split infinitive for the first time.
needless to say, society has been reeling from the consequences of this lapse of judgement ever since.
there are fewer things i feel more strongly about.
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Rodney Stark Video
by herbert inthere seems to be speculation that dr. stark might have been misquoted by the wts in his comments on molestation.
certainly, he might have been misled by the wts publications and by the spin put on by the organization.
however, at http://jw-media.org there is (a) a video interview with him and (b) a transcript.. now, janh has apparently raised concerns about "smearing" dr. stark.
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Pope Forgives Molested Children
by obiefernandez inread at http://www.theonion.com/onion3819/pope_forgives.html.
vatican citycalling forgiveness "one of the highest virtues taught to us by jesus," pope john paul ii issued a papal decree monday absolving priest-molested children of all sin.. "though grave and terrible sins have been committed, our lord teaches us to turn the other cheek and forgive those who sin against us," said the pope, reading a prepared statement from a balcony overlooking st. peter's square.
"that is why, despite the terrible wrongs they have committed, the church must move on and forgive these children for their misdeeds.".
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Post JW Cult - JanH
by Imbue ini thought this was a timely essay you all should read!.
http://kent.steinhaug.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=427.
the post-jw cult janh.
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an email from Dr. Stark
by larc ini am not sure if i posted this earlier, and stark threads have gone into distant pages somewhere, so i thought i would post this.. i sent dr. stark an email requesting information as to which of his publications discusses the jws.
i also asked him if he was aware of penton and franz's work.
he replied that he knew penton and thought his work was of good quality.
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Rodney Stark, the Internet &JWs
by herbert inrodney stark is the author of an excellent book dealing with the rise of christianity http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0060677015/qid=1021992722/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/103-7287281-5990248.. this book presents a number of logical arguments explaining why christianity succeeded so spectacularly in the centuries after christ.
so why is stark interested in the jws even to the point of appearing on their web page, making comments about the jws and child abuse?.
like all sociologists with a theory, stark likely wants a "laboratory" to study his ideas.
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Rodney Stark and Pedophiles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by herbert inemail stark's colleagues - those that dislike him will love it, and there will be many since not all univ.
of washington profs are as newsworthy as he, or have bestselling books, and those that like him will be concerned.
all it will take is an email header "does stark back jws in pedophile scandal?
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Rodney Stark
by silentlambs in"[jehovah's witnesses] have some ... very well-designed articles telling parents how to teach their children to deal with the molestation situation .
and in ways so that the child will feel secure about coming home and reporting it."dr.
rodney stark, professor of sociology.
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Objectivity and This Site
by Eutapro ini must say that as a neutral scientific observer of this site--it seems that things are kind of one-sided here.
i thought this was a board with both devout jws and ex-jws on it.
on further reflection it appears that this medium of communication should probably be called ex-jw.com.
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The Kingdom Ministry and Jehovah's Witnesses
by radar inwhat is the purpose of the kingdom ministry?.
the 1995 october 15th watchtower stated that the parable of the sheep and the goats will be fulfilled some time after the great tribulation.. up till that time jws were led to believe they were engaged in a separating work in fulfilment of that sheep and goats parable.
but from 1995 on, the watchtowers increasing new light shifted the emphasis from a separating to a preparatory work.. this leads to questions : what is the purpose of their kingdom ministry and in what way does it prepare people?.