Posts by HowTheBibleWasCreated

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The problem of sex (or why I'm not an atheist)

by EdenOne in

as i write this under the shadow of the walls of saint jorge's castle in lisbon, two very bored jws are standing just five metres away from me with a literature cart .... in my journey away from jwism i accepted evolution as a fact.

i also became anti-religion, agnostic and apatheist.

and, while i lean towards the persuasion of the atheist arguments, there are a few reasons that make it difficult for me to completely discard the notion of an intelligent origin of life.

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Eden... let me help you.... Nothing is more horrific to me then an ex JW that chooses Christianity... in my sight they have traded 7 existing men for one guy that might not have lived ,,, I mean that is sick

You have followed evidence much as I have but have not the same way.. when I saw evolution was true I also took an agnostic approach... I felt it reasonable.... However over time I learned it wasn't ...

Thus 2 years ago I became an atheist.... However that being said does not mean i;'m not spiritual... i need to understand the universe same as you... science will provide and answer even if not in our lifetime...

No asexual reproduction stems from eucriotic cells and is so far in the past it is not worth arguing about

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This Music Video Needs to be Spread

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

in 97 i was 19 and still at home.

i was a jw to the core then believing the religion because it was presented as scientifically accurate.

this song was played on vancouver radio stations... i heard of it and saw it on cable tv and laughed thinking it was a bad example of jws.

HowTheBibleWasCreated

In 97 I was 19 and still at home. I was a JW to the core then believing the religion because it was presented as scientifically accurate. This song was played on Vancouver radio stations... I heard of it and saw it on cable tv and laughed thinking it was a bad example of JWs. In reality..... 19 years later>>>

I'm 38 and I think this video is bang on and quite humorous.. the kid gets his revenge.

This song is Celtic Rock (Im more country guy but like celtic rock) but the message is clear that JW kids are being abused NOT BY COURTS IN CHILD ABUSE... AS MUCH AS PREACHING...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJtU_MozJ5Y

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100-million man hours

by Coded Logic in

the james webb telescope is set to launch in october of 2018 and will allow us to study the formation of first generation stars, the molecular clouds that became the first galaxies, and directly image exoplanets.

roughly one hundred times more powerful than the hubble space telescope the jwst is going to push back the current boundaries of science.. this is what 100-million man hours can accomplish.. .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8p0samsz7m.

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Yes my aunt once commented that they spend billions on space projects she feels worthless... however I pointed out the only facts in the creation book... the only ones... were from space exporastions

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One Thing I Don't Get About Brexit

by JW_Rogue in

how did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?

and with only a simple majority required?

in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.

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Micheo Kuku i going to set us back from type 1 lol

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The Divine Son of God, God Incarnate, Lord, Redeemer, and Saviour of the World

by Doug Mason in

before jesus was born or even if he had never existed—another human being was already proclaimed son of god and, indeed, god incarnate within the same first common-era century and within the same mediterranean world.

in fact, almost all the sacred terms and solemn titles that we might think of as christian creations or even pauline inventions were already associated with caesar augustus, the first undisputed ruler of the roman empire, from 31 bce to 14 ce.. augustus was divine, son of god, god, and god from god.

he was lord, liberator, redeemer, and savior of the world—not just of italy or the mediterranean, mind you, but of the entire inhabited earth.

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Actually Im about to post a video on the Gospel of Peter and why in the 70s ce some educated men felt Titus might have been the messiah...

I do not believe in a historical Jesus other then possibly the street preacher in War of the Jews... but even him I doubt...

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Lurking JWs: Do people really need to know and use the word "Jehovah" or other language equivalents, to truly know God?

by Island Man in

watchtower puts forth the argument that you can't really know god unless you know and use the appellation "jehovah" or its equivalent in other languages.

is this really true?

i say it's not true and i will demonstrate to you why.. god's name is not a mere label that we have to use to communicate with him so that he knows we're talking to him.

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Vanderhoven7 Yes... but other translations like the Hebrriac Roots Bible add Yahweh more to the NT... JW are modest in a way here

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This Reminds Me of The Worst Parts of Waking Up

by jacobm in

jw
friends

star trek "frame of mind" episode:.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy90d2ipd6y/p>.

the lady at 3:13 remind me of people like e-watchman.

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Br. Riker, be more repentant or you will be disfellowshipped. Put your doubts aside, quit listening to apostates and shave your beard.- Elder Data

1 Kings 18 meet Star Wars

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

jw
friends

i did this 4 years ago... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtcpvbwuah8&index=3&list=pl6a8556eade884ea7

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I did this 4 years ago... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtCPvbWuAh8&index=3&list=PL6A8556EADE884EA7

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Beliefs About What Caused the Universe

by Perry in

the universe can be observed to be expanding.. an expanding universe must have had a beginning.

whatever begins to exist had a cause.

therefore the universe had a cause.

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Perry: Lawrence Krauss wrote a book on this very subject.

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Don't Want To Be At The RC This Year...

by JW_Rogue in

the whole time i'll just be thinking about what effect all those crazy loyalty videos will have on my family.

i can venture to guess that they'll be wound up and determined to "stay loyal" because this "is the truth" and "this system can't last much longer".

i have to go because not doing so would raise too much suspicion but i'm really dreading it.

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I'm hard of hearing. I brought a little Kaito Radio that does AM/FM/SW etc. Well I can tune to the hard of hearing frequency.... BUT.... often I find a nice FM radio station to listen to and even my wife doesn't know lol