OneEyedJoe

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  Challenge to Creationists

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  in response to the 37 threads in my evolution is a fact series - see bottom of op for links - perry posted a link to an article "44 reasons why evolution isn't true".. i offered him a challenge on the thread and by pm.

  predictably he is totally ignoring it, so i am offering the challenge to any evolution-denier who thinks they have evidence to support their position.. please present one specific piece of evidence for creationism.. my task will be to refute it with evidence within 24 hours.. then i will present one piece of evidence for evolution and your challenge will be the same.. all posts must be as succinct as reasonably possible.

  entirely in your own words, without copy-paste, videos or links.. please post your interest to take part and we will set it up before the first actual post in the exchange.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Vidqun - where is your evidence though? There's no evidence that eukaryotes were introduced by an intelligence - our inability to recreate their evolution in controlled conditions is not evidence that it did not happen naturally at some point.
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  Cover of the September 2016 Watchtower.

  by jwfacts in

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  2. beliefs

  the cover of the 2016 september watchtower has an islander couple preaching.

  the brother looks like he may be fijian in a traditional skirt standing in a river, doing a presentation on an apple ipad.

  i can't imagine there are many families that can afford an ipad in the pacific islands.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Rehosted it for those that don't want to go to JW.org:

  
  
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  JWs predatory letter writing in the news.

  by Dark Knight in

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  2. friends

  the video is worth watching too.. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/80454665/grieving-woman-turns-the-tables-by-doorknocking-jehovahs-witness.

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  OneEyedJoe

  This was just a pioneer trying to kill time by wiring something out before moving to the next house. I buy their story that it was a coincidence - if the JW knew of the death, she would've just lead with that. Why would they intentionally do this 3 months after the death? It actually seems like a shame if this story gets much attention because to me it's just a case of unfortunate timing and I think it'll look that way to most people (at least those who aren't grieving and sensitive to the illusion of meaning in minor things). It's a shame because JWs actually DO scan obituaries and write predatory letters to those who have had a recent loss - THOSE are the stories that need exposure and crying wolf like this just makes those stories seem less reliable.
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  Server Error when Checking Messages

  by WITNESS-FOR-WATCHTOWER-REFORM in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  when i try to look at my pm's, it keeps coming up 'server error'.

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  any solutions?.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Looks like this started up again for me too
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  Help - I'm going to be conducting the watchtower study

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

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  2. beliefs

  it looks like i'm going to have to take the watchtower study for a while so i thought i'd seek help.. i wont be outing myself or stating anything too controversial, but so far i have come up with the following tactics : 1) ask questions which will get people thinking even if it is about something insignificant - developing a questioning mind is the key to discovering ttat as far as i am concerned.

  2) highlight any extreme points so that some might realise they are extreme.

  3) highlight any good points - helping others in need for example - just because it is the right thing to do.. if anyone has any general comments which could help, please post them here.

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  OneEyedJoe

  I thought they did away with asking questions outside of the ones provided a decade ago. At least that's what my father (who was the conductor at the time) told me at least - he was disappointed in how rigid it got and didn't enjoy conducting anymore.
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  Funny stories how u got caught while secretly smoking

  by Gefangene in

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  2. friends

  hey folks.

  to those of you who were secrely smoking while being a jw how did your cover get blown?

  do you have any funny stories to share even if at that time they may not have been funny at all due to impending consequences.

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  OneEyedJoe

  Not a story of how I got caught, but one of how I covered it once. I'm a late bloomer and tried my first cigarette at 30 (no intention of making it a habit...just wanted to try something "evil" now that I was awake) and when I got home the first thing I did was pour myself a glass of my smokiest scotch (laphroaig cask strength!) and have a few drinks so my wife wouldn't detect it on my breath. Worked like a charm.
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  Can anybody explain this?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know i can't.

  if it helps, i'm on a public school's wifi:.

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  OneEyedJoe

  if you're on school wifi it's possible that they just block all video streaming sites.
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  Are there more ex-witnesses than current witnesses?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. friends

  for years the society has said that over 40,000 a year are disfellowshipped.

  add to that the 10's of thousands who simply disassociate or fade.... so by that logic, would it be correct to assume there are actually more former witnesses on the earth than the number of current active witnesses ?

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  OneEyedJoe

  You're also only accounting for those that were baptized. Many (perhaps millions) more were raised in the cult but were never baptized and left as they got older. I think there's a pretty good chance there are as many or more exJWs than JWs.
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  REAL Miracles!!

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you all like miracles?

  wanna hear some real miracles that have happened?

  this is all true folks!

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  OneEyedJoe

  Coded logic - I've heard nearly that exact same story several times with slight variations each time - once they were tipped off to the fact that it was demonic because the painting was of a woman who's eyes follow you as you move about the room. Even full in, I thought "I guess they need to destroy the mona lisa too."

  At least twice I heard the story told by someone who claimed it was their study that it happened to - i.e. they'd just started studying when they bought it and were advised to get rid of it because it was demons attacking her for studying.

  This is so clearly a complete fabrication.
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  Faith Strengthening Literature

  by TheLiberator in

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  2. bible

  i have shared these links with some.

  they were passed on to me awhile back.

  very encouraging.

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  OneEyedJoe

  I prefer to choose factual literature that will educate me over things chosen specifically to fortify an arbitrary belief that I already have.