Posts by Sanchy

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Lawsuit Settlement Amounts

by Richard Oliver in

i have a legitimate question and i am not trying to start a fight.

i keep reading that there were 6 child abuse lawsuits that settled for 13 million dollars.

how do people like barbara anderson or jwsurvey or jwfacts come up with this number?

Sanchy

Is there even a way we can ever find out what the settlement amounts add up to?

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Guys ... Be honest here ... Do you ever Pee in the bathroom sink

by RubaDub in

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last month i got caught by my wife after a late night out with her (and some drinks).

i guess i am evil.. just wondering if anyone else has had this misfortune.. rub a dub.

Religious Liberty EO

by Richard Oliver in

what does everyone think of the new executive order on religious liberty?

this would include a weakening of the johnson amendment so churches will be freer to either contribute to political campaigns and/or promote a candidate from the pulpit.

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Sanchy

Corporations and unions contribute and promote politically. Why should the state restrict the church's ability to do so?

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2017 Regional Convention Outlines

by accesible in

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2017 regional convention outlines.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0bywm0b0qtwlstw8ws2litmhcrja.

aquí están todos los bosquejos de la asamblea regional 2017 en inglés.

Sanchy

Checkout this nugget from the 26th outline:

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UC Berkeley Reverses order cancellation of Ann Coulter speech

by blondie in

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uc berkeley orders cancellation of ann coulter speech.

officials at the university of california at berkeley on thursday reversed their decision to cancel a speech by conservative firebrand ann coulter.. the university had announced wednesday that it was canceling coulter’s appearance following several political protests in berkeley that turned violent.. but on thursday, the university said it had found a venue where it could hold the speech on may 2, instead of the original april 27 date.

however, a leader of the college republican group that originally invited coulter said the university was placing strict conditions on the event, and he said his group intended to reject the new terms.. before the reversal was announced, coulter had vowed to go ahead with an appearance anyway.. that probably would have put security officials on high alert and might have sparked another showdown in struggles over campus safety, student views and ideological openness.. “what are they going to do?

Sanchy

Good.

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Never Thought I'd Say This, But I've Found Something to Look Forward to in the Meetings

by Sorry in

my therapist inspired me to start looking on the bright side.

even though i've pretty much given up listening to the bs and usually tune out the meeting by playing on my phone/tablet, i find the local needs talk oddly fascinating.

probably because it's the only part that doesn't seem outlined to death (at least at our hall), and you truly don't know what you get.

Sanchy

A gate has never stopped a criminal from breaking in before, so it's naive to think living in such a place will make any difference in your safety.

LoL! I love the local needs part because of nuggets like these.

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How long has it been since you have seen your family?

by Christian Gutierrez in

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howdy guys!

so how long has it been since you have seen your jw family or friends?

or do you even care to have them in your life anymore?

Sanchy

I'm in same situation as DesirousofChange. Wife and I have managed our fade so that our family still has contact with us. However, I've not spoken to any of my JW friends for almost a year now, or rather, they've not spoken to me.

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Jehovah's protecting his people - Korea

by no-zombie in

with the chances of war breaking out on the korean peninsula rapidly rising, i wonder if jehovah will save his people in seoul if kim jong-un decides to nukes it?

or will their deaths just be written off by the governing body's writing department as another case of "time and unforeseen occurrence"?.

while you might think that i'm being flippant or trivial here, i'm being quite serious.

Sanchy

Indeed, but they hold enough strings over NK to nudge them one way or the other.

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Jehovah's protecting his people - Korea

by no-zombie in

with the chances of war breaking out on the korean peninsula rapidly rising, i wonder if jehovah will save his people in seoul if kim jong-un decides to nukes it?

or will their deaths just be written off by the governing body's writing department as another case of "time and unforeseen occurrence"?.

while you might think that i'm being flippant or trivial here, i'm being quite serious.

Sanchy

North Korea may be the biggest threat to world peace at this time. They must not be allowed to have viable nuclear weapons. How do you stop them?

Peacefully? I think only China can.

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UK Memorial attendances up this year?!

by Isambard Crater in

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my congregation had around 25 more people at the memorial last night than last year, and the two other congregations i have family in all experienced a similar increase in about 25 more people present.

umm, i'm surprised, having thought this year would see a memorial decline again.

and i'm kind of disappointed..

Sanchy

JWFacts: This year I expect the growth to be more than that, probably more than 2%.

I agree. JWs are buzzing with excitement over their perceived current end-of-world events.