Posts by _Morpheus

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The Bible is NOT Error-Free

by FusionTheism in

for many christians, the bible is viewed as the 100% error-free, perfect book straight from god, where every single word was carefully chosen by god for a reason.

but, usually, when you have a discussion on the topic, these christians will end up saying that only the original copies written directly from the hands of the prophets and apostles were error-free, and all manuscript copies since then are subject to copyist mistakes and other errors.. since zero original copies are in existence, how do we know the originals were error-free?

why should we think the originals should be error-free to begin with?

_Morpheus

Bible lies. Hmmmmm.... How about this whopper:

"in the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth"

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Jw's don't let their kids die because of blood...

by freemindfade in

another nauseating detail i remember from saturdays program.

there is a video (one of so many) shaming young people for being afraid to admit they are jw's.

one australian girl talks about how one of her teachers was saying jw's let their children die over the blood issue (fact) and she goes on to say how that is not true.

_Morpheus

Maybe we should ask them, "well then why do you let your children die...?"

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Two creation stories in the bible, why have I never noticed this??

by purrpurr in

i'm reading a very interesting book right now "your god is too small" by the atheist republic.

it makes the point that there are two creation accounts in the bible!.

in one humans are created after the animals in the second humans are created before the animals.

_Morpheus

Indeed i have read that but of course not until i realized that the bible is a book of ancient jewish bed time stories could i see the possibility.

@prologos- that theory dosent hold water in dubbie land. They hold that eve was the last creation and that god rested from creative works after her. Nothing about creating more animals after the flood.

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Cant we put financial pressure on the Borg?

by 1tMakesNoSence in

why dont everyone just start taking publications, asking for more and just say you don't have any money.

.

if everyone does this, can't we put some significant financial pressure on the borg?.

_Morpheus

I would advise any reading this to not take legal advise from fisherman

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I disfellowshipped my parents this week..

by fulano in

i just wrote them a mail, telling them to not contact me any more under any circumstances, illness or death (79 and 83 years old).

unless they leave the cult and would apologize for our f*'.ed-up upbringing which ruined our whole life.

_Morpheus

By witness rules and policy, you reap what you sow. If they sowed discord and shunning you.... Then they reap it in return. I hate the emotional blackmail to serve an imaginary bronze age goat herder god.

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Wives who complain about their husbands work schedule but refuse to get a job

by hoser in

jw
friends

i listen to one of these all time in our hall.

she brings it up constantly about how they would do this or that but he has to work that saturday.

i think she should get a job and then he could find a lower paying 9 to 5 job..

_Morpheus

Ok now i want to marry viv again....

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Bethel Meeting at Regional Convention

by MrTheocratic in

i decided to go to the bethel recruiting meeting yesterday to test out my theory that the organization is in decline.

i assumed that if there is a general feeling of apathy by many in the org, then certainly it would be shown up by the lack of enthusiasm or zeal by many to sign up for bethel service.

well let me say that based on what i observed, this organization is not going anywhere.

_Morpheus

Just to echo previous points, your experiance, in and of it self, dosent 'prove' anything. How big was your comvention (attendance) and how big was the room...? It was packed, but waht of the room was 6x6 and had 10 people out of an attendance of 100,000? Its all subjective without numbers to add context.

the org simply isnt doing well with retention and an a few other key areas. However the truth is theres a sucker born every minute and its not going away anytime soon....but a few clowns showing up to a meeting who bethel would never invite dont prove it is alive and well.

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Cant we put financial pressure on the Borg?

by 1tMakesNoSence in

why dont everyone just start taking publications, asking for more and just say you don't have any money.

.

if everyone does this, can't we put some significant financial pressure on the borg?.

_Morpheus

@fisherman- not in the USA. Boycotts are advocated all the time. You can express your desire for businesses to fail fincially andnadvocate not shopping there or donatimg to specific charity all day long with no repercussions.

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Jw's don't let their kids die because of blood...

by freemindfade in

another nauseating detail i remember from saturdays program.

there is a video (one of so many) shaming young people for being afraid to admit they are jw's.

one australian girl talks about how one of her teachers was saying jw's let their children die over the blood issue (fact) and she goes on to say how that is not true.

_Morpheus

Report man!!!!

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Jw's don't let their kids die because of blood...

by freemindfade in

another nauseating detail i remember from saturdays program.

there is a video (one of so many) shaming young people for being afraid to admit they are jw's.

one australian girl talks about how one of her teachers was saying jw's let their children die over the blood issue (fact) and she goes on to say how that is not true.

_Morpheus

Your dead to me