fulltimestudent
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Lest we forget
by fulltimestudent inwhile (naturally) this site emphasises the sins of the jw organisation, we should never forget that the jw sins only mirror similar sins in other 'christian' organisations.. this story, featured on the web-site of australia's government owned media group (the abc) tells the story of father damian barker, a roman catholic priest in perth w.a., who was guilty of sexually abusing young boys.
the rc church reluctantly admits to such behaviour (a similar reluctance mirrored in the jw organisation).
but, as this article discusses, the influence of priests in the rc church allows a greater scope for this sort of behaviour, and father damian could (theoretically) have abused hundreds +++ of young boys.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-27/toolkit-of-alleged-paedophile-carmelite-priest-damian-barker/101619514.
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The Trials and Tribulations of Being a Christian in This Modern Age
by fulltimestudent insee: same-sex couple prompts backlash to catholic schools’ musical.
sydney catholic schools billed its production of school of rock as taking school musicals “to a whole new level”.
for the first time, about 3000 of its students came together for a “once in a lifetime” extravaganza in front of an estimated 20,000 students and parents.. it was a huge hit – or so it seemed.. the success of the show has been overshadowed by a backlash from parents, some of whom are upset about the language (one song contained the words screwed and pissed), the disrespect for authority (the choir sang stick it to the man), and by a scene in which students prayed to the god of rock.. but the biggest controversy, representing the largest share of complaints to the schools’ boss and archbishop, was a brief scene in which two male students played a same-sex couple.. .
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A list of failed predictions of Christ's Return
by fulltimestudent insomeone associated with wikipedia has compiled this list of the many failed predictions of christ's return.
the predictions seem to come from many believers across a spectrum of various religions.
it does however, miss one that we would be aware of, freddy franz's 1975.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/predictions_and_claims_for_the_second_coming.
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Sex and YHWH - 2 Samuel Ch 12.
by fulltimestudent inthere's been a few commentaries on this topic of late, so i'm offering a few more thoughts.. here's an extract from 2 samuel 12, consider for a moment the implications.. 7 then nathan said to david, “you are the man!
this is what the lord, the god of israel, says: ‘i anointed you king over israel, and i delivered you from the hand of saul.
8 i gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms.
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The End of the (Jewish) World
by fulltimestudent init really wasn't the end of the jewish world in70 ce, when the romans laid siege to jerusalem.
jewish thought, since it had developed a philosophical (i.e.
fictional) foundation, survived until today.
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Results of Australia's 2021 Census- More Unbelievers than Believers
by fulltimestudent inthis abc (a national government owned media group) report states:.
"for the first time, fewer than half of australians identified as christian, though christianity remained the nation's most common religion (declared by 43.9 per cent of the population).. meanwhile, the number of australians who said they had no religion rose to 38.9 per cent (from 30.1 per cent in 2016).".
read more?
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How did Christianity Achieve its Position as the World's Largest Religious Grouping?
by fulltimestudent inthere is little evidence to indicate that there were many christians in the first 2 or 3 centuries of its existence.
but after the conversion of constantine (or, at least his toleration of christianity) things changed.
with one notable exception all future emperors promoted christianity.
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Australia's Religious Discrimination Act.
by fulltimestudent inthis is an interesting and intriguing new law (or, it will be if enacted in its present form).. quote: "the proposed new religious discrimination act is intended to prevent a person from being discriminated against on the basis of their religion.".
fair enough, but to get it through the house of representatives last night, the government accepted some changes.. the first draft (discussed last night) had a clause that may have impacted the rights of some gay and/or trans-sexual students at religious schools by allowing a religious school to expel such a student.
last night the government was forced to accept changes that removed that possibility.
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Changed my avatar-And how did the Romans Execute You?
by fulltimestudent inbeen meaning to do that for a while - and just saw an article in bar (see below) and thought - that's how i feel today (grin) i've had the flu for 2 weeks and feel really pissed off.. sunday before last, my friend visiting from china, calls up and says come to dinner tonite, meet me at darling harbour.
so did that, and even though we could've walked to the restaurant he'd selected in about 15 minutes, he decides (he's rather wealthy) we should take a water taxi to circular quay (for those who know sydney).
i protested, as i knew it was expensive - $70 for a 10 minute ride.we're no sooner in the boat, than it starts to rain like hell, and before the boatmaster could get the curtains down, i was soaked on one side.
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The Jws have competition-the South Korean Shincheonji Church,
by fulltimestudent inthey are active, well organised and patient.. australia's national media group, the abc carries this story today:.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-08/accidentally-joining-south-korean-cult/100298774.
at first, as i read the article i thought it was my ex-brothers and sisters with a cunning new way to win converts, but no!