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Old 05-09-2002, 06:38 PM   #1
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Post Woo-hoo, it ain't just the Catholics...

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/09/jehovah.witnesses.ap/index.html" target="_blank">JW stupidity</a>
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"They did not want to face child molestation issues," Bowen said. "They did not want typically to turn perpetrators in. And they used the control of the organization as more or less an undisclosed way to prevent that from happening."
Hm...sounds very familiar...
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"And he said that anyone found guilty of molestation by a church judicial committee is removed from all positions of responsibility and cannot evangelize door-to-door without being accompanied by a fellow Jehovah's Witness.

Bowen disputed that, saying he has heard of cases in which parents were punished for contacting the police first, and instances in which abusers were allowed to go door-to-door on their own."

cannot evangelize door-to-door without being accompanied by a fellow Jehovah's Witness.

Oh yes, I'm sure that will make everything all right...

They shouldn't be allowed to evangelize anyone as the representative of a supposedly 'moral' organization (besides their new prison GF, Brutus)


Again we see the true underbelly of 'absolute' Christian morality.
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And it's not just a U.S. problem either, no matter how badly His Holiness would like to make it one. The death of a thousand cuts is only starting in the U.S.
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Old 05-18-2002, 07:19 AM   #5
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Lets help the death of a thousand cuts get going in the U.S and the rest of the world no matter what His Holiness would like.

If you know kids who might be at risk of abuse this site can show them where to get help.

<a href="http://www.eclipse.co.uk/thoughts/celibacy.htm" target="_blank">http://www.eclipse.co.uk/thoughts/celibacy.htm</a>

If you know any bright youngster who is getting too much attention from priests, teachers at a Roman Catholic School they may want to persuade him to become a priest, (her to become a nun). Showing such youngsters this website or telling them the contents could save them from a lifetime of celibate frustration and misery.

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Showing such youngsters this website or telling them the contents could save them from a lifetime of celibate frustration and misery.

I usually just send them to <a href="http://www.analasianteensluts.com." target="_blank">www.analasianteensluts.com.</a> The bright ones figure it out on their own.
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<strong>Again we see the true underbelly of 'absolute' Christian morality.</strong>
Seeker,

Actually, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is NOT a Christian group.

They don't hold to any of the historic Christian creeds and confessions and none of their views on the nature of any of the three members of the trinity, soteriology, eschatology, the cannon of scripture can be found in any orthodox Christian teaching.

There's nothing in any of their teachings or doctrinal statements that could identify them as distinctly "Christian".

I know you guys don't care much for Christians, but there's a world of difference between Christians and J.W.'s. Enough to make two different religions, in fact.

If you want to judge us, then at least judge us by our own merits and not those of some other religion.

Mike

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If you want to know what's wrong with the Bible THE SKEPTIC'S ANNOTATED BIBLE is useful. here's the link.
<a href="http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/" target="_blank">http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/</a>
Yes, I know you already know a lot about what's wrong with the Bible but this will show you even more.
If you want to know specifically what's wrong with the Jehoval Witnesses here's the link to that part of the website.
<a href="http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=2949348&pid=r&mode=ALL&query=Jehovas+ Witnesses&t=s" target="_blank">http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=2949348&pid=r&mode=ALL&query=Jehovas+ Witnesses&t=s</a>
You can also get to that page by typing Jehoval Witnesses into their search engine near the bottom of their home page.
I don't know if those JW's are Christians or not. Their Bible is mostly the Christian Bible but they've edited it themselves. Can't say I care much either. Both are irrational.




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MadMordigan: Your link doesn't work!
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<strong>MadMordigan: Your link doesn't work! </strong>

Take the period off the end. (No way I'm going to that site at work.)
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