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JW's & Child Sexual Abuse Reporting
by JAVA inanother interesting article in the news about jw's not reporting child abuse: .
from the front page of the paducah sun in paduach ky, jan 28th 2001. .
"jehovah's witnesses' handling of child sexual abuse criticized".
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Blood Card
by JAVA inwhile going through my wallet i found an interesting item--a "community blood center" card.
as a volunteer donor i received this in the mail sometime ago.
it has my blood type, id number, and a barcode, etc.
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JW-Values Anyone?
by JAVA inwe have a discussion group of 8 or 9 people that meets at our house every 4 to 6 weeks.
weve been doing this over 5 years and gotten to know each other fairly well.
during our last salon a few spoke of religious values that carried over even though they are no longer members of their former religion.
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Heart Patients Not Helped By Praying
by JAVA ini thought the following ap article was interesting, and some on the forum might, too.
it reads in part:.
"by malcolm ritter ap science writer.
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1975 True Believers -- 201 (part two)
by JAVA inin "1975 believer -- 101" at http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/88161/1.ashx we discussed how a jehovah's witness with a conviction is a hard person to change despite overwhelming evidence that the conviction is wrong.
this new thread introduces conditions under which we can expect to observe increased fervor following the disconfirmation of a belief.
there are five conditions the true believer class needs to increase activity, even when others within the movement decrease involvement.
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1975 Believers 101
by JAVA ina believer of a conviction is a hard person to change.
tell a believer you disagree with them and he?ll run away.
show him the facts and figures, and he?ll question the source.
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Scientology & Hollywood
by JAVA inthis is just in from the ap this morning; scientology knows how to wine and dine folks in hollywood to become good little couch jumpers on national tv: :) .
"tom cruise's faith in scientology was nurtured at a secretive southern california desert compound that catered to his needs around the clock, a newspaper reported.
behind the guarded gates of the 500-acre compound near hemet, about 90 miles east of los angeles, cruise had a personal supervisor to oversee his studies in a private course room, ex-members said.
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Conference with some JW Topics this summer
by JAVA inthe international cultic studies association (icsa) will have a conference/workshop june 22-24, 2006 at the sheraton denver west in lakewood, colorado.
there are many topics that could be of interest, but two will focus on jehovahs witnesses.
conflict in the lives of gay and lesbian jehovahs witnesses by janja lalich, ph.d., and child abuse and the jehovahs witnesses by william bowen and kimberlee norris, esq.
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Five Years Ago Today
by JAVA ini logged into jwd five years ago today.
the time has gone by in a flash, and i still enjoy reading the comments from many posters.
its also good seeing so many new folksthat must show that jehovah is blessing our group.
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The End of Faith
by JAVA insam harris' book "the end of faith, (religion, terror, and the future of reason)" is out in paper back.
it had been on "the new york times bestseller" list for some time, and i just picked up a copy yesterday.
has anyone else on the jwd read this book?