JW Doctrine of Complete Submission to Leadership

JW Doctrine of Complete Submission to Leadership

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It’s Assembly Season for the Jehovah’s Witnesses – they are gathering all over the world to hear an identical program on obedience and submission. So I thought I’d mention a new book available about the JW doctrine of complete submission and obedience to the “Governing Body” rather than to God. Six Million Jehovah’s Witnesses Held Captive Don Cameron A former JW elder explains how the Watchtower interpretation of the “faithful and discreet slave” as the Governing Body holds millions of…

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US Secret Jails in Yemen?

US Secret Jails in Yemen?

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BBC NEWS | Americas | US challenged over ‘secret jails’ Two Yemeni prisoners have claimed they were held in secret, underground US jails for more than 18 months, Amnesty International has said. The human rights group has called on the US to reveal details of the alleged secret detention of suspects abroad. Amnesty has said it fears the case is part of a “much broader picture” in which the US is holding prisoners at a network of undisclosed locations. The…

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Military Calls Underage Teen at Home

Military Calls Underage Teen at Home

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Army Recruiting Upsets Teen’s Mom Darla Swift, Cherokee County, said a stranger called her house a few weeks ago asking for her 16-year-old daughter. “The first thing was, is Robin there? Didn’t even include her last name, it was very casual, and I really thought it was one of the boys who call occasionally,” Swift said. “So I’m like, who’s calling? And the person said it’s the U.S. Army, and I’m thinking this is a joke, alright, who’s calling? He…

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Independent Judiciary, Roe v Wade

Independent Judiciary, Roe v Wade

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So what does Sandra Day O’Connor say (in case you’ve forgotten, she is a Republican but not a neo-con) now that she has announced her retirement from the Supreme Court? Speaking in Spokane WA to a group of lawyers and judges in late July, retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said she is worried about the future of the federal judiciary because of a “climate of antipathy” in Congress. “I’m pretty old, you know. In all the years…

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Intelligent Design a Boondoggle

Intelligent Design a Boondoggle

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In a roundtable interview with reporters from five Texas newspapers President Bush said yesterday that he believes schools should discuss “intelligent design” alongside evolution when teaching students about the creation of life. No problem. Just don’t ask science teachers to teach it. Teach it in religion classes, not alongside evolutionary theories in biology class. The principle of selection: what lives to reproduce passes on its genes. There are discussions about different theories within the science of evolution – debate about…

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Missing money for you?

Missing money for you?

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Clark Howard posted sites which will look for money that is rightfully yours. Did you know that there are tens of billions of unclaimed dollars floating around the United States? This money ends up in the hands of your state when it is not claimed by its rightful owner or beneficiary. But thanks to the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reporting law, also known as SOX, more people have been able to claim what is rightfully theirs. The law basically requires companies to…

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