Posts by Saintbertholdt

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Christian Family Gets 5 Children Taken Away by Gov't for Teaching God Punishes Sin

by GodZoo in

child welfare services in norway have reportedly removed five christian children from their parents' home and placed them into foster care after the parents were accused of radicalizing and indoctrinating their children with christianity.. according to the british-based christian institute, norway's child protection services, known as the barnevernet, seized the three sons and two daughters of ruth and marius bodnariu in mid-november.. .

although the family wasn't quite sure at the time why their children were being taken away from them, their lawyer discovered that the parents were being charged with christian indoctrination.http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-family-gets-5-children-taken-away-by-govt-for-teaching-god-punishes-sin-151693/.

Saintbertholdt

Hi there kaik,

It seems the case may have something to do with corporal punishment. That could explain Barnevernet heavy handedness, but it doesn't justify them taking away all 5 children though. Couldn't they just have sent the parents on a parenting course? But your point is that "Barnevernet is a big business, well funded organization without any oversight." This sort of reminds me of whats happening in the USA with the private prison system. The fact is businesses need customers, and if you have an oversupply of a product (prisons) you need to generate a demand (prisoners) to stay in business.

Well is child welfare all that important to Norwegians? I wonder. Anders Breivik received a sentence of 21 years (which means he could be out in 10) for killing 76 people. Of those 60+ were children whose physical and emotional growth have been permanently stinted. At one point I believe Breivik complained that he only had a Sony Playstation 2 in his cell and could not play the latest titles.

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Christian Family Gets 5 Children Taken Away by Gov't for Teaching God Punishes Sin

by GodZoo in

child welfare services in norway have reportedly removed five christian children from their parents' home and placed them into foster care after the parents were accused of radicalizing and indoctrinating their children with christianity.. according to the british-based christian institute, norway's child protection services, known as the barnevernet, seized the three sons and two daughters of ruth and marius bodnariu in mid-november.. .

although the family wasn't quite sure at the time why their children were being taken away from them, their lawyer discovered that the parents were being charged with christian indoctrination.http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-family-gets-5-children-taken-away-by-govt-for-teaching-god-punishes-sin-151693/.

Saintbertholdt

I didn't know the Norwegian government was retarded. I can only hope that there is some real valid reason (like neglect) why the children were taken away from their parents.

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The Left And Islam

by Bangalore in

the left and islam.

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Saintbertholdt

One should correct (which includes to punish) bad behavior. Then ridicule and expose bad ideas that led to that behavior. You can't kill a set of amalgamated ideas as found in the tenets of a specific religion with forced coercion (which at it worst leads to bullets and guns). You kill ideas with better ideas, truer ideas, because the search for truth leads to things like science, which in turn leads to tangible results. Something which bad (false) ideas cannot achieve.

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Questions for Serena Williams

by Esse quam videri in

being as serena williams shows outstanding abilities and skills at that which she exerts herself in, such as tennis, it would seems reasonable that serena williams has the same high level of abilities in all of her worthwhile endeavors.

perhaps she has this level of abilities in her journey as one of jehovah's witnesses.

would it not be reasonable that those who need greater clarification and understanding of certain bible subjects, to make contact with serena and ask her such questions?.

Saintbertholdt

Dear Serena,

Why do you prefer the Wilson Blade 104 to something comparable like the Head radical microgel series? As a Jehovah's Witness I mean.

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The really cool feeling of community within JWs

by Phaedra in

i remember going out with other jws after the memorial.. small gatherings.. picnics at some local landmark.. the feeling of closeness, camaraderie, friendship with like minded people you could trust.. haven't experienced it since i left.. really miss that..

Saintbertholdt

The feeling of closeness, camaraderie, friendship with like minded people you could trust... Really miss that.

You can always become a Freemason.

I hear rib night is great fun.

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The Lion Awakes

by eric hendrickson in

my name is eric hendrickson.

i have been on a journey led by the holy spirit which has brought to this point that has allowed for me to open the seventh seal and understand god's master plan.

i am the lion from the lost tribe of judah who has come to the world and be the messiah king.

Saintbertholdt

2016 is going to be glorious

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Can my friend be DFd for dating a non witness and wanting to get married to him

by cognitivedizzy in

jw
friends

dear all, need some advice .

in my country one can get dfd for pretty much anything the bullies want to df you for.

but is there any specific guidelines that state one can or cannot be dfd for marrying a non witness.

Saintbertholdt

But is there any specific guidelines that state one can or cannot be DFd for marrying a non witness

berrygerry summed it up: "(Brazen conduct is anything not covered by anything else.)"

After she's been warned its pretty much up to the elders discretion.

My unwanted advice is as follows:

1. The sister should state to the elders that she will not marry the young man.

2. Continue to date the man of her choice privately while feigning a broken heart.

3. Start to fade. When confronted by the elders she should claim that she is depressed because of the breakup and the pressures of work/study/whatever.

4. When her fade is complete, switch congregations.

5. Finally marry her beau and live happily ever after, or discover after a couple of years that he was not the droid she was looking for.

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Awww....animals raising babies of another species...everlasting thread!

by rebel8 in

jw
friends

ever since i saw a video of a crow feeding and nurturing a feral kitten, i've been fascinated by stories of animals who raise babies of another type of animal.

so here begins my official repository of these stories!

feel free to add any others you know of--humans raising house pets doesn't count!.

Saintbertholdt

This dog raised this tiger and then tried to...um well...

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Thanks GOD JW's don't have Beauty Pageants

by James Mixon in

i can see it now, we are the most beautiful and smartest people in the world.. steve harvey will never be the host of another beauty pageant.

lol.

i was thinking, don't you think it's time for our society to move on from beauty pageants?.

Saintbertholdt

Beauty pageants are great. I wish they would just shut up and get to the swimsuit part. After all they're just eye candy with opposable thumbs.

Was that sexist? Misogynistic? That was sort of what I was aiming for.

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Favourite Movie quotes...

by Tornintwo in

jw
friends

inspiring, funny...you choose.... i'll start with inspiring: .

frodo: i wish the ring had never come to me.

i wish none of this had happened.gandalf: so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide.

Saintbertholdt

Snatch is packed with excellent dialog.

True. But only until ze Germans get here.