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Explain why quoting religious teachings can be seen as embarrassing and lead to a decrease in goodwill.

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Explain why quoting religious teachings can be seen as embarrassing and lead to a decrease in goodwill.
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I think your question is rather retorical, if someone makes information about themselves public, it's rather hard to just "take it back" once it's out there. I really can't see the Jehovah's Witnesses having any legs to stand on. From what I read, these quotes in question were not some secret memo that might have some protection under the law, although I don't know if religious secrets are protected in the same manner as trade secrets. In any case if the statements are made publically or in a publically available publication (hence the word Public-ation), they do not have any legs to stand on.
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we are to repect all religions and personally i think that doesnt always happen. but i think sometimes things posted up are considered embrasing beucse they seem to be so out-of-it. as in hard to beive or something. . . we also have to be careful when we say things. we are called to be truthful too. ewll they say truth hurts and thats exaclty what happens at times. . . well it can be that people are trying to hide things and thereofre are been accused for such things. the world is not honest and neither is it kind.
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It looks like you did your research on the churches of the world lol. So what does that make you a fundamentalist a christian a seeker a wiccan a pagan or just someone who is smarter then God. HMm must be a athiest or a reborn again christian take your pic. A woman trying to be the ultimate educator that is a laugh. I see a mormon liberal just not understanding she is one lol. Oh no your proably a roman catholic damn i was wrong lol.
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i think most of their teachings were just merely blasphemous.though i admire some of these people, knocking on our doorsteps and trying to share what they know. . . http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/cbnteachingsheets/faq_cult.asp. http://www.chick.com/reading/books/135/135cont.asp
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It is quite amussing, I'm guessing tho' that because the person is an EX-JW that he/she may have been intentionally quoting them with a different contextual light (didn't go to the Canadian site), and it is that, that they are really suing him for.
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hear is the web site . . http://www.baznica.lv/Ro/Mulders/WachtowerQuotes/admin-news.htm. . it was a bit lagy though
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I know that when I say something stupid, I don't like to have it thrown in my face.. . Of course I don't usually publish what I say as the voice of an entire religion. Well I might have this one time when I was drunk, but I don't think writing incoherent jibberish on a napkin in a bar and then wobbling to the Kinko's across the street and photo copying a dozen copies that are then distributed to the local homeless people counts as a publication. If it does, let's hope no copies remain, for my sake.
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