they seem determined to undermine the us democracy and shut the government down hurting employees and veterans.. what a despicable bunch, hope they get their asses kicked for what they are doing..
One of the great myths shoved down our throats is the 'free market' unincummbered by government regulation will establish fair and true values, humans are way to greedy dishonest and corrupt.
Amen . And for further information on the subject, please google "Enron".
a free market + unbridled greed and corruption - government regulations = disaster.
80+ branch davidian cult members died in waco, texas.
250,000+ #jehovahswitnesses have died refusing blood.
stop this #cult!
The only thing I can say, is that the blood doctrine nearly cost my father his life twice, and it ended up costing my brother in law his life 4 years ago. The figure of 250,000 is not unreasonable IMO, but the problem is that the refusal to accept a transfusion is quite often, the catalyst that causes something else to happen which ultimately causes the death. In my brother in law's case, refusing a blood transfusion was not listed as the reason he died, even though it was directly responsible for his demise. The official version is that he died from cancer, so anyone outside the family is not going to know the roll that this damn doctrine actually played.
I imagine that the same scenario has been played a thousand times over the last 50 years.
this just in from the annual meeting: a new release of the new, improved new world translation of the holy scriptures.
(reposted from http://m.imgur.com/a/crap8):.
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OMG, that was hilarious!
My sister went to the um 'special meeting' on Saturday. I guess only those who have been duped---I mean dunked, could attend and no kids were allowed either. I guess you had to leave them with worldly people for the day.
the herald sun newspaper article titled "jehovahs baby rule " "a sick babyis under the guardianship of new zealand`s high court so she can receive life-saving blood transfusions.......she could develop life-threatening complications without a transfusion.. to be fair the article also states "she has been given a 90 per cent survival rate with treatment,but is likely to need a blood transfusion-which her parents will not allow as they are jehovah`s witnesses.. my observations /concerns are this : jehovah`s witnesses refuse blood transfusions.a baptised jw who takes a blood transfusion can/will be disfellowshiped for not abiding by jw`s doctrine.going against gb policy direction is causing division.. jehovah`s witnesses do not beleive in donating blood to a blood bank even if it is theirs for their own private exclusive use .. official teaching on blood by jehovah`s witnesses is, it is not to be stored, it is to be poured out on the ground.it is not to be used for any purpose.. jehovah`s witnesses will not use blood and bone in their gardens,they will not eat blood sausage,and a married couple will certainly not engage in sexual activity when the wife is menstruating.. the dilemma/inconsistencys :why is it only a conscience matter, no penaltys applied for anyone to accept every fraction of blood that is donated by other people.?
they will use blood that is donated by other people , processed in a laboratory into various fractions and injected into their own bodies , and they dont see a problem with this hypocricy ?
double standards ?.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian spent years in prison for 'doctor assisted suicide'. So why are the Governing Body members not in prison for 'religious assisted suicide'? Because that's exactly what they're doing. They're forcing their followers to let themselves die when they could be saved, due to their warped interpretation of a scripture that has nothing to do with transfusing blood from one person to another.
Good thing Satan's court of law sees it a bit differently eh?
former jw elder and now convicted pedophile/rapist is (finally) behind bars.
i knew the bastard personally and can't tell you how happy i am to see this sick sob behind bars.
just wish it could have happened sooner.. http://www.blumbergs.ca/articles/81-year-old-ontario-man-sentenced-to-11-years-in-prison-in-a-1953-historic-.
I didn't see anywhere where it mentioned that he was a Witness........Anyway, glad the prick is behind bars.
today's high school students in the usa:.
less than 1/2 of them cannot identify the century when our civil war happened.. one in four thought columbus discovered america sometime after 1750.. one in three cannot name one right enumerated in the bill of rights.. three out of four cannot name the first us president.. two out of three do not know the length of term of a member of the house of representatives.. half cannot find britain on a map.. one out of four cannot find america on a map.. when my oldest daughter, who is now a physician was in 9th grade in this once-great state of california, i asked her about the three branches of our federal government.
she was clueless and told me she would take civics in her junior year in high school.
Today's High School Students in the USA:
Here, I'll take a stab at this. (and I ain't even an American)
Less than 1/2 of them cannot identify the century when our Civil War happened. Easy. The 19th century and it ran from 1861-1865.
One in four thought Columbus discovered America sometime after 1750. Have they never heard the song: In 14 hundred and 92, Columbus sailed the ocean blue?
One in three cannot name one right enumerated in the Bill of Rights. Um....what about your Right to Bear Arms?
Three out of four cannot name the first US President. Seriously? That's a no-brainer. George Washington. Do they even know that they fought the British ?
Two out of three do not know the length of term of a member of the House of Representatives. I don't either.
Half cannot find Britain on a map.
One out of four cannot find America on a map. It's right there below the most important country in the world: Canada.
I get what you're saying Farkel. Kids today have never learned to do math in their head or even using their fingers. It's all done with a calculator. If we were caught with a calculator in math when I was in high school, you got an automatic zero.
propitiatory sacrifice.
this is how christ's death is described three times in the scriptures.. the apostle john wrote, "the love is in this respect, not that we have loved god, but that he loved us and sent forth his son as a propitiatory sacrifice for our sins.
" (1 john 4:10).
Mary: If the literary form of the Luke 16 accounts are either "historical narration" or "parable", your point is well made. But I humbly submit that both naratives in Luke 16 are spoofs/parodies designed to make a laughingstock of common Pharisaic teaching and practice
Sorry, but if you read the preceeding verses, Jesus was already talking about money & wealth to the Pharisees. He would never have used a supposed 'false doctrine' in a parable, even if it was to make a point.
what is your favorite bible scripture that the jws have misinterpreted ?.
Jeremiah 25:27
"And you must say to them, ‘This is what Jehovah of armies, the God of Israel, has said: "Drink and get drunk and puke and fall so that YOU cannot get up because of the sword that I am sending among YOU."
I kid you not.
notice these two attorneys opining on this case.. http://watchtowerleaks.com/tagged/child-molestation.
Prime said: However, he would never have been appointed had the elders acted as they were supposed to and reported him to the Watchtower Society
notice these two attorneys opining on this case.. http://watchtowerleaks.com/tagged/child-molestation.
Somehow I thought after all the bad publicity they got a decade ago on Dateline, they'd smarten up and actually deal with pedophilia.
That was incredibly naive of me to think that.
