{"id":1580,"date":"2009-10-31T21:47:37","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T04:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strivetoenter.com\/wim\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2016-10-03T19:40:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T02:40:47","slug":"women-on-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/10\/31\/women-on-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Women on Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/10\/31\/women-on-trial\/women-on-trial-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2786\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2786\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/2009\/10\/31\/women-on-trial\/women-on-trial-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/women-on-trial.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Women on Trial by Cheryl Schatz\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/women-on-trial.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/women-on-trial.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2786\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/women-on-trial.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"Women on Trial by Cheryl Schatz\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/women-on-trial.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mmoutreach.org\/wim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/women-on-trial.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I have just uploaded onto youtube 6 approximately 10-minute\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">clips from my 2006 talk in Pennsylvania at the Witnesses Now for Jesus Conference. \u00a0 I have added the videos below.<br \/>\nThe first clip includes the testimony of Lorri MacGregor who is a former Jehovah&#8217;s Witness who God called into ministry after she left the Watchtower. \u00a0She had a huge struggle with God because of her belief that women could not be teachers. \u00a0The talk is called Jehovah&#8217;s Women on Trial &#8211; are you ready to be challenged? \u00a0It is a simulated court case against two Biblical women using the charges against them by the Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses. \u00a0You will likely see a lot of similarities in the charges because they can also be found in complementarian churches. \u00a0I trust that many people will be challenged to start to think outside of the box because of these clips. \u00a0This will be the post where we can discuss the clips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/b08ZkEzqvVU\">Women on Trial part 1<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ScfqXO_2Tkg\">Women on Trial part 2<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/lqBcXiPL-Ow\">Women on Trial part 3<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Q_TKUSSn4_I\">Women on Trial part 4<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HnG_NRtujuY\">Women on Trial part 5<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have just uploaded onto youtube 6 approximately 10-minute\u00a0clips from my 2006 talk in Pennsylvania at the Witnesses Now for Jesus Conference. \u00a0 I have added the videos below. 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