Skeptic in the Pews Helen and Alan Kirsche

In these weeks episode, Alan gets bored, we relive the 8th grade, and Helen tells us how she became an ordained minister.
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Citations:
WatchTower August 2019:
https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-august-2019/we-do-not-give-up/
Child Abuse
https://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-child-sex-abuse-lawsuit-1453610
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/03/the-secret-jehovahs-witness-database-of-child-molesters/584311/
https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/child-abuse-settlements.php
http://silentlambs.org/
Ordination:
https://www.themonastery.org/
https://www.themonastery.org/catalog/jediknightcertificate-p-237.html
https://www.themonastery.org/catalog/masterofwiccapackage-p-257.html

This week we will be learning about the Jehovah's Witnesses in preparation of our visit to one of their services.
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References & Links

Dis-fellowship:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiDYzrIdlw0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A51lFpNLmko

https://freedomofmind.com/how-jehovahs-witness-teachings-can-damage-brain-development-in
-children

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/disfellowship-shunning.php

History:

http://www.eaec.org/cults/jehovahswitness.htm

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Jehovahs-Witnesses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses

What they Believe:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_structure_of_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses

https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/lords-supper/

https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jehovahs-witnesses-why-no-blood-transfusions/

https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/work-financed/

https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/do-jehovahs-witnesses-tithe/

https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jw-education-school/#?insight[search_id]=db269d62-ab93-48ca-b1b8-6769ebc70f7f&insight[search_result_index]=8

https://avoidjw.org/en/doctrine/are-you-one-of-the-anointed/

Today, we will be discussing our trip to Loveland baptist church, seed offerings, understanding your beliefs, and why you deserve to be robbed.
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Citations:
James:
https://www.studylight.org/commentary/james/1-18.html
https://www.bibleref.com/James/1/James-1-18.html

Uighurs:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45474279

Kat Kerr:
http://www.heavenvisit.com/Kat_Kerr.php
https://www.revealingheaven.com
 
https://www.katkerr.com (https://www.katkerr.com/)

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This week, we make a sad change (but it's temporary!), we talk about Steve getting into a van, Joshua, and having a breakthrough!
 
Links:
 
Gun Stats
https://www.upworthy.com/twice-as-many-american-children-die-from-gun-violence-as-police-officers-and-soldiers-combined

https://www.newsweek.com/kids-and-guns-alarming-rise-firearm-deaths-among-american-children-13708
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mass-shootings-2019-more-mass-shootings-than-days-so-far-this-year/

Divorce stats
https://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm

Sanctuary Church Body
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/08/us/lutheran-sanctuary-church/index.html
https://elca.org/AMMPARO

AIK Holiday
 
https://www.tuko.co.ke/312486-atheists-kenya-government-set-special-holiday-them.html#312486 (https://www.tuko.co.ke/312486-atheists-kenya-government-set-special-holiday-them.html#312486)

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In this week’s episode we visit a giant nondenominational church and were wildly disappointed. We’ll be talking about giving up on your dreams, Moses and the commandments, legal oppression, and Helen will give me a quiz that I will almost certainly fail.
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LINKS TO VISIT

Health Care
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-the-new-religious-exemptions-law-means-for-your-health-care
https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190503.960127/full/
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/08/12/most-states-allow-religious-exemptions-from-child-abuse-and-neglect-laws/
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/healthcare/number-catholic-hospitals-us-has-grown-22-since-2001

Exodus
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/moses-exodus/
https://www.versebyverseministry.org/bible-answers/why-was-moses-punished-for-striking-the-rock
https://www.gotquestions.org/Moses-promised-land.html

Non Denominational Churches
https://thehigherauthority.org/non-denominational/

What Do American’s Know About Religion?
 
https://www.pewforum.org/2019/07/23/what-americans-know-about-religion/ (https://www.pewforum.org/2019/07/23/what-americans-know-about-religion/)

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This week we will be talking about our trip to the Church of the Nazarene! Further, we’ll discuss Forgiveness and love, Corinthians and Matthew, thoughts a prayers as a business model, and faith so strong it’ll hold up buildings!
 
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