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  Cognitive Dissonace on full display at JWtalk over evolution research

  by Sanchy in

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  a user over on the jwtalk forum recently shared a warning over his research on evolution in preparation for an assigned talk.

  after detailing a couple of the tidbits that he learned of during his research, he went on to say:.

  this i found to be useful especially when talking ot others in the ministry.. but and it is a big but.....

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  Jws don’t believe that snakes and donkeys have ever “talked”. They believe there was a supernatural force manipulating those animals.

  Annnnd... thats different how? Its BETTER to believe that animals were used as puppets by supernatural beings? In the end, Whatever the means they believed they talked.

  They also don’t believe Jonah survived purely by natural causes.

  citation needed. I’ve never read that. They claim that god prompted the fish to swallow him, they never claim at all that god kept him alive. In fact they often cite some bogus not true story about a modern day fisherman who is supposed to have survived a similar experiance.

  Be careful not to superimpose YOUR explanations on the organization.
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  Morphs law

  by _Morpheus in

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  regarding morphs laws and its simple expression: its a direct parallel to godwins law on internet debates.

  goodwins law states:.

  as an online discussion grows longer, the greater the probability of a comparison involving hitler approaches.

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  Regarding morphs laws and its simple expression: its a direct parallel to godwins law on internet debates. Goodwins law states:

  As an online discussion grows longer, the greater the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches. that is, if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough, sooner or later someone will compare someone or something to Adolf Hitler or his deeds. Further, when a Hitler comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever made the comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.

  morphs law takes the truth of goodwins law and applies it to this forum specifically. Morphs law states:

  in any debate on this board, if it goes on long enough, someone will accuse a poster of being in another cult or still having cult personality traits. More over whom ever resorted to this is themselves showing the cult like traits and has lost the argument based on their inability to reason and resorting to the ‘still in a cult’ or ‘still thinking like your in the cult’ accusation.

  Im sure it could be restated and refined a bit but you get the point and no doubt see morphs law in action every day on the forum.
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  Protesters at today’s assembly on the news

  by Tahoe in

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  https://www.wgal.com/article/jehovah-s-witness-event-met-with-protestors/22834659 .

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  Certainly, but i will start another topic so as not to derail this one.
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  Protesters at today’s assembly on the news

  by Tahoe in

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  https://www.wgal.com/article/jehovah-s-witness-event-met-with-protestors/22834659 .

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  Who gives a f**k what JWs at large think. If you are still controlled by what JWs or XJWs at large think you would never do or say anything.

  Morphs law!
  
  
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  Protesters at today’s assembly on the news

  by Tahoe in

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  https://www.wgal.com/article/jehovah-s-witness-event-met-with-protestors/22834659 .

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  Lol the fake outrage from people who know better is hilarious.

  If you want an interview its easy: call the branch and they will put you through to public relations. Whoever the current designated spokes weasel is will feed you the standard issue bullcrap that most of us can write ourselves we heard and regurgitated it so much...

  so now we come full circle. Even if the “reporter” had succeeded in getting in she would have gotten notta damn thing. She still wouldnt have used the proper word for “ministerial servant” and her article still wouldn't be taken seriously by jws at large.

  But you knew all that. You just want to have cause to complain and this suits the purpose. “Oh i cant believe the heads of a religious organization (cult) numbering 8 million(ish) wont take the time to answer every little question thrown at them by every tom dick and harry who has a pulse” boo ho ho.

  Get a grip.
  
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  Protesters at today’s assembly on the news

  by Tahoe in

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  https://www.wgal.com/article/jehovah-s-witness-event-met-with-protestors/22834659 .

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  Meanwhile the current pope is being accused of running a defacto pedo ring
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  I sent off my application to study Palaeobiology (MSc) at Bristol uni and ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  ... they've accepted me!

  finance is already sorted - they're waiting for me to give them my new student number so that they can start paying me.

  just need to formally accept bristol's offer and sort out accommodation.. accommodation should be ok - i've been told priority is given to new students, plus i'm enrolling onto a program for a real degree as a postgraduate - i won't be studying gender studies or some crap like that.

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  Congrats!
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  Protesters at today’s assembly on the news

  by Tahoe in

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  https://www.wgal.com/article/jehovah-s-witness-event-met-with-protestors/22834659 .

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  Except that conventions ARE NOT private events. They are open TO THE PUBLIC, as in the useless busy work of spending weeks ahead of time slipping thousands of invitations into the doors of THE PUBLIC. Nice try though.

  False. They are most certainly and obviously private events. That you would argue otherwise is ludicrous. Not at all a good try on your part.

  Dont let your watchtower hate get in the way of clear facts and common sense. Even if the reporter got in it wouldnt have made a bit of difference in her article. She also called ms “decons”, and every jw in the country rolled their eyes and stopped reading. If she cant get basic terminology right, if she cant be bothered with basic fact checking, it calls everything else into question.
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  Facial Hair

  by new boy in

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  since i have been out for seventeen years what is the currant society policy concerning beards and mustaches.. in the sixties and seventies facial hair was forbidden at bethel if you white.

  if you were black you could have mustache but no beards.

  so obviously you could not be elder or pioneer if you had a beard.. any updates?

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  From my understanding in the USA beards are not so big of a deal anymore if you're unbaptized

  Lol thats both obvious and rediculious to even mention. NOTHING is a big deal if you are unbaptized.
  
  
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  Facial Hair

  by new boy in

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  since i have been out for seventeen years what is the currant society policy concerning beards and mustaches.. in the sixties and seventies facial hair was forbidden at bethel if you white.

  if you were black you could have mustache but no beards.

  so obviously you could not be elder or pioneer if you had a beard.. any updates?

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  Lol nope. Not in the usa