Well, other than the fact that they're in a cult,
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They have cultic tendencies, but I wouldnt consider them any more cultish than any other tight-knitted, xenophobic, dogmatic "club" that doesnt allow for disagreement. The thing is....alot of ex-JW's show those same tendencies. The difference is that they dont have the organization or the infrastructure to push thier dogma, but if they did.....
tend to deliberately deny that fact, willingly go along with the emotional trauma that the Watchtower Society demands they inflict upon all dissenters,
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Emotional trauma for leaving a group that you dont want to be part of? Family issues, and family shunnings happen all the time to all kinds of people, all over the world, for various reasons. Surely you dont imagine that it is the JW religion alone that causes family strife.
who even if they are members of their own families, endanger the lives of their children by denying needed medical procedures at critical times,
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I personally dont agree with the Blood policy, but I also recognize the right of people to choose the medical treatment they want without someone else pushing thier values on them. You would be an example of that "someone"...
and follow the lead of a group of old men who admittedly don't speak/read or write any of the original languages that the bible was written in,
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And......They borrowed different translations that they felt best conveyed the Bible under thier specific interpretation. Do you speak the orginal languages? When you see people discussing the validity of the NWT do you have enough expertise to determine what is correct and what is incorrect? I bet not. Your "views" are borrowed from a multitude of anti-JW websites that have done the research for you, so you can pretend you know more now than the JW's. But, in the end, you know no more orignal language than they did, and you borowwed your thoughts from others....What's the difference?
yet claim to be the "special" and ONLY pipeline from 'god'
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Every BORN AGAIN Christian makes the same claim that the WTS claims. They dont claim inspiration, they claim direction. We have people here who will tell you Jesus indwells within them, and leads them. What are the reasons why these two set of groups, who make the same claim, are somehow evaluated under different terms?
- that Bronze-Age Middle-Eastern male volcano god, to be specific....
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Oh look, an athiestic, angry, feminist...How original..
Cretinnow,
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Isnt that cute, you made a funny out of my name..Very grown up..
you keep mistaking me for a person who believes that a 4,000-year-old book written by Bronze-Age Middle-Eastern men with a primitive, ignorant, superstitious way of life, would have any significance for me...
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Actually I mistook you for someone who holds themselves, and others accountable for behavior that is hypocritical, condescending, and counter-productive to your cause. Your still trying to prove something to someone at this point, so you havent developed the wisdom to see how the aformentioned behaviors sabatoge what you are trying to accomplish. Maybe one day...
Let me spell it out for you...
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Arrogance wrapped up in a bouquet of condescencion....Clearly you are someone who we should all strive to be like. Thank you for taking the time to shine your enlightment on me....
The contradictory and hypocritical behaviors and edicts laid out in that Middle-Eastern males' book caused me to do some actual R-E-S-E-A-R-C-H on the origins of the bible and of religion in general...
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Oh good, I am glad you took the time to spell out research. I have never heard of this , what is the word, re, ressss, resear....research...
That is a good idea, you ought to spell it out for others who arent as enlightened as an enlightened, angry athiestic, feminist.
Discovering that the bible is merely the latest in a LONG line of religions, starting wth predominantly GODDESS-worshipping religions dating back over TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS AGO, caused me to realize that I did not want to be ruled by the edicts of ignorant Middle-Eastern men...
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Are you sure it is only Middle Eastern men you have issues with?
Maybe you ought to find a GODDESS, or declare yourself one, start a a religion, and push your extreme idealogy at others who arent as enlightened and smart as you.
Having clarified that, I realized that atheism was the only logical response,
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It is one logical response. And I dont remember asking about your Athiesm because I dont care. Just cant wait to share your enlightment huh? I admire your enthusiasm for egocentrism...
It does make it easier to moralize certain behaviors that some might not do because they realize they might be accountable to someone. But your accountable to yourself and yourself only! That is what a strong woman of the 21 Century should do! Be just like you!
but I have retained an interest in the older - the very oldest - forms of worship practiced by humanity.
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That almost sounds like a teaser.....Are you planning on going back to Middle Earth to practice them, and learn to speak in Elvish..??
I have absolutely no interest in following biblical edicts...
Have I stated that clearly enough for you now, Cretinnow???
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NO interest but your on a religious debate board...You really cant smell that irony...?
Actually no, I dont think you stated it clearly enough. Maybe if you spell each word out, with single letters and dashes, I will be able to achieve some sort of understanding, no matter how miniscule, into the enlightened existence that is you....
I want to be as happy as you sound......
