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  My chat with an elder

  by awakening in

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  my second chat with an elder focused on the lack of any archaeological evidence that the exodus happened.

  quite simply it seems to me that a company of 3 million plus livestock could not possibly be sustained in the wilderness, and if they were there then there would definately be evidence.

  one writer described the size of the crowd as - imagine 10 people stood side by side, well the line would be 120 miles long with a 3 million crowd.. the elder went through the insight book and discussed the organization of the crowd which has the encampment spread into divisions etc.

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  Why is it so hard to deconvert the JDubs?

  by alonein321 in

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  i was watching this q & a by peter boghossian (autor of the book a manual for creating atheists) on youtube:.

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

  around 17:15 min, he explains that there are difficulty levels when it comes to religions in aplying these techniques.

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  What was the "logical straw" that broke your camel's back?

  by Pacopoolio in

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  i had a bunch of tiny little nags that always bothered me about the bible/god/etc.

  that eventually led to me drifting away, but this was my personal, singular issue that no one could address.

  i think i mentioned it before here, but, for summation again:.

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  Elder friend is reading 1984 from George Orwell - How to make him relate?

  by alonein321 in

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  hey everyone.

  i have and elder friend, he is 33, and he likes to test his faith by reading some science books.

  he didn't wake up yet, but he is reading 1984 from george orwell now.

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  I need some urgent advice, please!!

  by alonein321 in

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  here's my story.

  i'm 24 years old and i live in brazil.

  i'm a 3rd gen born-in jw and all close relatives in the borg (parents, grandparents, uncles, wife, inlaws) except my little sister (she's 16 and didnt buy jw doctrine).

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  Question to atheists: if there is no creator/god---

  by prologos in

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  if you are sure there is no god, do you then believe that we,our minds, are the highest intelligence?

  not just of the universe, but the cosmos?.

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  The Atheist "Good News " !

  by Phizzy in

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  sam , "kate wild", asserted that i am an evangelist for atheism, o.k then, here is the atheist "good news".. "there is no god, now relax and enjoy life"..

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  A Manual for Creating Atheists by Peter Boghossian

  by cofty in

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  a manual for creating atheists offers the first-ever guide not for talking people into faith--but for talking them out of it.

  peter boghossian draws on the tools he has developed and used for more than twenty years as a philosopher and educator to teach how to engage the faithful in conversations that will help them value reason and rationality, cast doubt on their religious beliefs, mistrust their faith, abandon superstition and irrationality, and ultimately embrace reason.

  - amazon.... "boghossian has provided an indispensible chart book for all of us who must navigate the rising sea of magical thinking that is inundating america today.

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