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  Jehovah's Witnesses in deep denial

  by Half banana in

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  there can be no more profound form of ignorance than one which prohibits knowledge.

  the watchtower organisation is one of the last remaining dinosaurs to do this.

  instead of considering the biological and ecological complexity of life it gazes into its own oily navel and says with open-mouthed disneyfied wonderment, how marvellous nature is, how sacred jehovah is, how wonderful the governing body are!.

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  I don't think the JW religion is the last hold out. There are millions, no billions of people that share similar delusions.
  
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  Demon Stories

  by humblepotato in

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  so we all know that "crazy" brother or sister.

  every kingdom hall has one.

  they give the best comments (from a hilarious perspective), have experiences with the "demons", but most importantly, they are on about 10 deifferent kinds of medications.

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  To the OP: I've heard of similar if not exact stories as you posted. I'm not a psychologist, but I'm sure having a deep faith that demons exist could influence a person's paranoia. I had a thread about book burning and other burning of materials because of the fear of demon possession. I was at homes where people swear demonic events happened. I was there as an 8 year old and saw the exact same events and thought how crazy these adults are, because I never saw any demons nor any indication of demons. It was all in their head.
  

  Personal testimony doesn't equal proof of demons.
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses 2015 Regional Convention Saturday PM experience parents shunning children

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  clip 3 minutes long.

  ron and brenda sutton ................warwick 3 children

  it was the missed association with family that brought them back.

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  I wonder what Fun Friday was like. Glad these two Yahoos were not my parents.
  
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  I'll be a Witness when I retire.

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  i was around age 5 when my father allowed an elder and his wife into our home for a bible study.

  my father never got baptized and left the religion completely when i was 12. he would tell the family that when he retires he would return to the religion.

  he never went into absolutely why he left, but i think it has to do with the fact he reported an elder's daughter making out with a "worldly" guy, and it was my father that got lambasted.

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  I was around age 5 when my father allowed an Elder and his wife into our home for a bible study. My father never got baptized and left the religion completely when I was 12. He would tell the family that when he retires he would return to the religion. He never went into absolutely why he left, but I think it has to do with the fact he reported an Elder's daughter making out with a "worldly" guy, and it was my father that got lambasted. Or it could be he has four college degrees, and didn't want to be educated by window washers.

  Anyway, 26 years later my father is now retired. He retired last year, but I forgot about his "promise", one he made several times. I called him out on it recently, to see what he would say. My mother and sister are still witnesses, but not very active.
  

  "Hey Dad, remember you were going back to the Kingdom when you retire?"

  His response....

  "ehh well I got a lot of yard work now that I'm retired"

  I wish he had that attitude 33 years ago.
  
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  Death in the minds eye

  by Mr.logic in

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  lets say in another country someone died.

  you never knew or heard of him, or her....... .people die every day.they exist, but with no personal contact, no media, they never existed to you.

  so, are they dead.

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  I major in psychology, and make a good living doing it

  Ah the internet, where you get to live out your fantasy anonymously. It is amazing all the psychologists, philosophers, biologists, lawyers, and physicist this site attracts. Simon must be proud to attract so many PhDs.
  
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  I found something useful the Witnesses do for society.

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  i'm currently working at a rehab facility.

  it also has assisted living, long term care, and hospice.

  the facility allows churches to sign up for planned activities.

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  I'm currently working at a rehab facility. It also has assisted living, long term care, and hospice. The facility allows churches to sign up for planned activities. The witnesses hold a service once a week at the long term care facility. These patients are mostly dementia, and will never leave the facility with exceptions for doctor visits. They also will not remember any discussions for the most part. In addition protections are in place to safeguard their finances from the witnesses or other exploiters.

  A good portion of these patients are very old with no visiting friends or relatives. There usually is a 1:8 ratio of nursing aide to patient. These are patients that are total care, they can't even feed themselves. So basically the witnesses provide a little bit of companionship for these patients, and in return the witnesses can log field service hours and I guess a shit load of bible studies.
  
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  Anybody have any experience with this?

  by stillin in

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  an elderly sister passed away recently.

  family came to her memorial service from all over the country.

  some of them, including grown-up, disfellowshipped children of hers, also came.

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  I've seen this a few times. I knew a tight family and their daughter was df. There other daughter was married shortly later, and the df sister was allowed to attend the wedding at the KH. However, she was not allowed to the gathering.
  
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  What are you gonna do when the existence of god is disproved?

  by Doltologist in

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  in 1897, j.j. thomson discovered the electron.

  this was the first constituent part of the atom which, for 2,000 years, was thought to be indivisible.

  today, we know of 18 elemental particles following the recent discovery of the higgs boson, the so-called god particle.. back in 1897, most people believed in god because there weren't even any theories as to how the universe came into being.

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  What are you going to do when the existence of god is disproved?
  

  If such a thing was possible, I would be sadden but my life would continue as before. I've accepted life with out a God for all my adult life. I've never rejected the possibility, and have hoped for a loving creator.

  Now to address what others have in this thread, the possibility of such a day coming in our life time. I've completed multiple college level science courses as they were needed for pre-requisite for nursing school. I'm now taking more advance science courses (Organic/Inorganic Chemistry, Cell biology ect...) for my future goal of pursuing a more advance medical degree. The increased knowledge I have received has not swayed me away from the belief of a possibility of a God. First, one must define what God is. Perhaps God could be simply viewed as a very advance alien life form.
  

  I think the advance of science will only confirm the complexity argument by Creationist and other theists. I believe Dawkins wrote a reasonable argument to counter the complexity argument. I've watched several of his debates, and in one of them he stated "of course it makes sense that complex life comes from simple beginnings." Perhaps not an exact quote, but what I recall.

  Creationists may argue that there really isn't such a thing as a simple beginning. The basic unit of life of all life is the "simple" cell. This basic unit of life is extraordinarily complex and entire college courses are devoted to its study. Even Prokaryotic cells are very complex, and there are bacteria that are able to communicate with each other, and this communication is considered more sophisticated than any communication systems man has made (Miller, 2001). Even the atoms that all matter is made up of is very complex. The sub atomic particles are perhaps more complex than the atom itself. Sub atomic particles behaving as a wave and particle and inhabiting different points in space simultaneously. None of this proves an existence of God, nor is it attempt on my part to support a belief in a God. I only making the argument that the possibility of more science may only confirm in many minds that life is too complex to happen without a designer.
  

  Miller, M.B. & Bassler, B.L. (2001). Quorum Sensing in Bacteria. Annual Review of Microbiology 55: 165-199.
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  My Parents Lost Forever?

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

  1. jw
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  my father served in the second world war.

  he served in the south pacific.

  he loved his time in the military and my mother was more than supporting.

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  James:
  

  A man's daughter (7-8 years old) ask him, "where was I before I was born?When he told her she wasn't anywhere she was horrified. Same fear people have about death. So I figure I wasn't anywhere before I was born so I will be no where when I die.

  I remember this nice quote from Mark Twain:
  

  "I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”
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  My Parents Lost Forever?

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

  1. jw
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  my father served in the second world war.

  he served in the south pacific.

  he loved his time in the military and my mother was more than supporting.

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  adjusted knowledge

  Unless there is some immortal soul, then probably so. My heart wishes what many want to be true, but my mind is too logical and rejects an after life.

  Spending my entire childhood of a promise paradise and resurrection, has made it difficult to accept eternal death. The thought of never existing again after death is hard for most. You can take solace in the fact that nobody on this board knows the truth for sure. I don't fault those who hold onto a belief system that helps them enjoy life.