i am setting up a podcast (radio show) where we will cover the issues of jw's, amongst the topics of science, belief and more.. i am letting you guys know because i would like to interact with the forum as we do them, looking for suggestions for topics, looking for guest ideas and also we can mask voies and change names, so interviewing current jw's to help provide people a voice, an outlet for their frustration whilst providing a safety net.
there is no hierarchy, but current elders, bethelites etc that contribute here already will be more than welcome and protected!.
the podcast will be pro science, i will have both atheist and theist co-presenters in the episodes but i can't deny my bias towards evidence and science, but hopefully it should be enjoyable and informative for us all.. i plan for it to be about 2hrs long, maybe an episode a month or every 2 or 3 weeks.
How did I miss this thread ?
Awesome idea matey, ill be an avid listener at least.
I agree with the science 101, or at least have a 101 section in there. Robert Price has an 'up to speed' section in 'the human bible' where he goes right back to basics for new listeners and the uneducated.. i need that!
in this past sunday's watchtower lesson, which has been discussed at length on this board, the gb/writing committee used a key weasal word that we will probably see again.
the exact quote is: "we understand that in mentioning 'this generation,' jesus was referring to two groups of anointed christians.".
this goofy teaching is merely a patch until they can devise something more plausible, or until some event occurs that they can latch onto that will make this teaching more acceptable to the r&f.
Woop ! Welcome back sd7!
in paragraph 17 the wt writer alleged that we can not know the exact day and hour, "--but we can and do know the season--"-- we are living in that season--"but.
when jesus was asked a simlar to the wt theme question about the kingdom "--when --"or:.
" lord are you restoring the kingdom at this time?--".
Oubliette - I can't remember the exact verse , but in that Romans scripture, the contextual verses contain BOTH the day AND the hour mentioned. I was angry at the hall yesterday . Such hogwash .
one of the things that i have only done once... but i would love to do again and again until i perfect the technique, is called star trails.. my camera is a canon 60d.
there is a way to "hack" the canon dslr's so that they get some amazing functionalities, such as taking a picture just by clapping (really cool for when you want to take a picture and no one is able to push the button) and taking pictures at certain intervals.. you can read more about this "hacking" on .
http://www.magiclantern.fm/.
I LOVE taking star trails . . If you wanna find the North star , get the big dipper in sight then look where the last two stars of it are pointing, that's the North star. . It doesn't have to be central on the frame, but if it's in there SOMEWHERE then the circles will appear. . . Good thinking time, star trail shooting time.
hello everyone i just wanted to give a litte update on what happened today with my tolerant, but still active jw wife.
she was at the sunday morning meeting today and when she came home she told me the wt study was about the revised overlapping generation setting.
there has been some tension whenever we discuss my differences with current wt beliefs so i was surprised she brough this up.
Small victories eh? My wife leaned across during the item about using older issues of the magazines when the point was made that they don't go out of date, and whispered scornfully "yes they DO!" And just yesterday she was talking about hating being made to feel guilty for missing a meeting or ministry. Tiny steps in the right direction are SO encouraging....
i'm sitting here at the mtg, and i can't believe the mind numbing stupidity of this weeks wt "study"...( i use the word study loosely too by the way...).
how many dumb repeated questions can be posed to try and make a point?.
the opening paragraph illustration re blindness is classic!
Damn you jemba, damn you to a specially created hell!!! :-P
i'm sitting here at the mtg, and i can't believe the mind numbing stupidity of this weeks wt "study"...( i use the word study loosely too by the way...).
how many dumb repeated questions can be posed to try and make a point?.
the opening paragraph illustration re blindness is classic!
It's going to be all I can do to not tut derisively out loud ....
do you have questions about or want to understand evolution?
it is a difficult concept to communicate and so if it is not explained well , it is understandable that we would dismiss it.. i sincerely want to talk with people who want to learn more or see what all the fuss is about.
we are all learning and increasing our knowledge all the time and it is good to go over facts with critical eye.. evolution we can discuss, looking at the foundational facts and evidence, one at a time for you to go and check, agree or disagree with and return.. no pressure to accept it, you can decide for yourself, also no mocking etc of what you have to say.. .
SNARE - I must admit 6 months ago I would have said the evolutionary theory says we all came from monkeys too, it's only through listening to science and athiest shows that I now comprehend the MASSIVE timescale involved and the very specific lineage of modern man.
But here's where I'm going to fall short, fossils! My knowledge of fossils is entirely based on what WT has told me. Fossils, in my brain, are the remnants or even just the imprints, of fauna and flora that died, were embedded in mud, and left their pattern for us to see. According to me, the fossil record shows distinct groupings of 'kinds' or species. There are no 'in-between' fossils proving what evolution says should happen, one species transforming gradually into another. And the fossil record also shows that animals appear on the earth in the same order as the creation account.
Hit me!
two jws came to my door today and i dropped a few truths bombs on them.
i thought i'd share my account of how the conversation went.. .
i was in the yard doing some weeding when two gentlemen walked through the gate.
That. Is. Brilliant. I wish id met someone like you this morning.
do you have questions about or want to understand evolution?
it is a difficult concept to communicate and so if it is not explained well , it is understandable that we would dismiss it.. i sincerely want to talk with people who want to learn more or see what all the fuss is about.
we are all learning and increasing our knowledge all the time and it is good to go over facts with critical eye.. evolution we can discuss, looking at the foundational facts and evidence, one at a time for you to go and check, agree or disagree with and return.. no pressure to accept it, you can decide for yourself, also no mocking etc of what you have to say.. .
Woah cofty, too many big words, window cleaner no understandy!
