Can't wait, love Leah 's straight forward non-nonsense approach also. She calls a spade an f**king spade!
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Leah Rimini on Jehovah's Witnesses
by sparky1 ini just saw an ad last night for this.
it will be televised in november on a&e..
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Anti-witnessing mistake by me !
by Phizzy ina couple of times while i was anti-witnessing i have made a fundamental mistake, which was to try to show the believer that it was neither intellectually nor scientifically necessary for there to be a creator.
the discussion got to this point because i said i was an atheist.. this latest time was talking to a street preacher who was not a j.w, but he did the same thing they do, i.e not really listen to the points i made, tried to rubbish science etc.. i have decided when, (if), this happens again i shall say something along the lines of " whoa there !
you have done a huge leap from talking about your bible god to the matter of a creator, if i concede there was a creator, how can you prove it was your god ?".
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Yeah could work with some. People tend to stay in a situation with a set of beliefs until the (perceived) cost of staying becomes greater that the cost of changing. They will believe what they want until they don't want to anymore.
I've often thought that arguing from the position of agreement (at least hypothetically anyway) of a creator as your starting point and going from there may work with someone who still has some ability to reason and an ounce of personal integrity left, IOW a JW unicorn!
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Leah Rimini on Jehovah's Witnesses
by sparky1 ini just saw an ad last night for this.
it will be televised in november on a&e..
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sparrowdown
Lloyd is a WT cult reformist and I believe WT is incapable of meaningful reform, too much damage has been done.
Personally I'd like to see the house burn down but it sounds all vengeful and apostatey when you say that - apparently 🤐
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The Wheels On The Bus ...
by Solzhenitsyn inthe wt for this upcoming sunday 10/07 is especially precious in its standard double speak.
aren't we so grateful to the f&ds who directly mediates our relationship with jesus christ and give us the food we need at the proper time?
i dunno....maybe i have anger issues with the the wt?.
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It just sucks to be JW.
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Personal Data Permission (Spain)
by paradiseseeker ini had the meeting yesterday and there it was announced that there will be a new law passed in spain regarding personal data.
that law makes it compulsory for the wt spanish branch to collect a signed permission from the publishers to keep and utilize personal data.
no choice was given to us, we were just told to make sure we hand in our signed permissions before may 18th.
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Take the form and draw a penis on it, but don't sign it.
Only joking.
Just stall stall stall and stall some more, or...
just say upfront you don't feel comfortable signing until you've done some research.
Honestly they have you over a barrel and they know it so just say NO thanks.
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No Watchtower shipment
by LevelThePlayingField init was announced at our clam that there "was no shipment of the october study editions of the watchtower" and that they were asking if people could just use electronic or make their own copies.. is this just happening in ohio, or did you hear the same thing?.
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I'm surprised they haven't pulled the plug on hardcopies already isn't that what the website is for.
And what about the KH screens can't they just have one WT study video for everyone straight from borg studios.
Snail mail study pamphlets seems so obsolete now even to my ears.
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No Watchtower shipment
by LevelThePlayingField init was announced at our clam that there "was no shipment of the october study editions of the watchtower" and that they were asking if people could just use electronic or make their own copies.. is this just happening in ohio, or did you hear the same thing?.
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Aw, what a shame.
Damn, if only you could study the bible by just using the bible.
Great minds (snakeface)
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BS stories in the publications
by Billzfan23 inthis is an example of a story that just strikes me as funny from their publications:.
"wilson, a christian from ghana, was notified that in a few days, he would be fired from his job.
on his final day at work, he was assigned to wash the private car of the managing director of the company.
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Thanks for not stealing my money Wilson Wiiiiiiiiillllssssooooonnn....
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Nationwide epidemic
by neat blue dog inbreaking: after testing of the presidential alert system this afternoon, young adults across the country are in need of counciling and admission to mental health clinics after receiving a message on their phone without consent.
"i felt violated", said 29 year old shealyn.
"now he's found a way to break into people's safe spaces.
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Phones are "safe spaces" lol that's funny.
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Anyone Tried "Sous Vide" Cooking?
by Simon ini like a nice steak but cooking one can be a little intimidating and the results hit and miss especially when it comes to getting the right temperature so getting it wrong can be an expensive mistake.
can anyone do that "finger and thumb together to check the doneness" thing?
i can't .... so i came across this cooking technique called "sous vide" which cooks food (in a sealed vacuum bag) in a warm water bath, even steak.
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sparrowdown
Restaurants and chefs use this method quite a bit. It's great for meat but works for many things, cooks it evenly, retains all the moisture and then chred on a grill to finish off - great way to cook.