hi i am delighted to be apart of the community.. having left the witnesses one of my first challenges was my believe in god.
naturally.. i have concluded that i am alive and conscious.
now my intuition tells me god exists, but my analytical thinking tells me god does not exist.
People respond abusively to believers like you Perry. It is because of your asinigne statements like all people believe in God. Believers that are like you are no different than the jws that stick there head in the sand or have their apologetic responses at the ready.
Faith is the antonym of fact. Belief requires one to stop critical thinking and is extremely dangerous.
firstly, thank you to anyone who is in support of this rc.
no one has shown anything but great interest and empathy for those who were abused.. i don't know who this simonsays character is though and i find him to be very rude and ignorant.
it takes all kinds to make the world go round i suppose.. today i was contacted by a staff member of the royal commission.
sorry i have to remain completely anonymous about this but you will see why.
i have first hand knowledge that geoffrey jackson of the governing body is staying with his parents in toowoomba, queensland for the next few weeks.
he has already been in australia for a couple of weeks.
The only reason I could think of not sending is if the royal commission has a surprise subpoena. Which I seriously doubt. I imagine these things take months to put together. Even if it jeopardized there subpoena I still think it's worth it. The news coverage of a jw leader dodging the press would be priceless.
I also wonder of Jackson could be the next Ray Franz. I admit that I don't know him well but he seems to be a genuine true believer. Not one that puts on a show like Lett or Morris.
hello to those following what is going in australia with our royal commission.. i want to let all those abused, neglected, shunned and blamed that i understand why you may not front the rc.
the wtbts is hoping you will consider yourself an invalid complainant, because you are not or were not.....baptised.
if you were abused at a young age and you told on your dad or the bad man that did it.......you would have been taken aside by the overseer and read scriptures about lying and being immoral; even if you didn't know what that word meant.
These wt apologists are disgusting. It doesn't matter what there leaders do or say. If I believed in hell I would say you should all burn in it.
The only consolation I have is that for you apologists to say or defend the things you do means you already live in a special kind of hell. That of your f'd up minds.
richard dawkins has said frequently if we don't agree with religious or spiritual people we need to "insult them!
" tell their their out of their "fucking gourds!
" and make sure you really show them how stupid they are for believing in something they can't prove!".
Perry the delusional. Yes belief in an imaginary invisible being is delusional. Quantity of the deluded does not make it any less deluded, just more frightening.
The only reason atheists are viewed the way they are in some circles is due to arrogant, prejudiced religious bigots like yourself.
I'm an atheist, a father, husband, son, brother, friend, among many others. My primary fear is that the deluded religious folk will block the progress we have made and devolve society to the religious bigotry of yesteryear.
richard dawkins has said frequently if we don't agree with religious or spiritual people we need to "insult them!
" tell their their out of their "fucking gourds!
" and make sure you really show them how stupid they are for believing in something they can't prove!".
Why is it even an issue? Only in upside down alice in wonderland world is this even insulting.
Militant religion is death dealing. Militant atheism involves ridicule of ridiculous ideas. Most would have no issue mocking people espousing Poseidon for a safe sea voyage. How is what Dawkins states any different.
If anyone here wants to take issue with something how about we focus on the real atrocious teachings and belief systems. ISIS, and the like. There is no comparison. Religion of any stripe deserves nothing but disdain from all ethical beings. Whether extreme like ISIS or the pacifist Jains. All stunt human development in one way or another.
It's like we are the 40 year old virgin that refuses to grow up and strike out on our own. Fear of the unknown will continue to cloud minds as long as we continue to enable these belief systems.
i have been in correspondence recently with silentambs and a few interesting things have been highlighted.
some of you may know, that bill bowen has twice tried to get the fbi involved in investigating child molestation issues in the jws org.
this is what he said to me, i quote: we have reported to the fbi on two occasions and were rebuffed due to them not wishing to get involved with a religion.
Wait I just realized it. Nitty is probably one of those uber pioneers. Marching in high step for unity et all.
Nitty you must be low on your hours this month. Are you approaching your 840 hours for the year? You must be killing it with r.v.'s on your monthly report card.
i have been in correspondence recently with silentambs and a few interesting things have been highlighted.
some of you may know, that bill bowen has twice tried to get the fbi involved in investigating child molestation issues in the jws org.
this is what he said to me, i quote: we have reported to the fbi on two occasions and were rebuffed due to them not wishing to get involved with a religion.
Nitty you are shameful. Does your husband know you are on this site?
Have you seen or read the testimony?
Can or will you answer?
are you pleased with the exposure of the society in australia?
do you feel personally vindicated by it?
do you think it gives you credibility with others now that all the things you said were going on, actually are documented?
Nitty gritty - and so start the excuses and apologetics. How sickening your view truly is. Your cognitive bias is palpable. The problem with the jws is the structure itself. You state that you are a woman and a mother. How shameful the way you excuse them. It's sad really. Have you even listened to the commission or are you like the elders that have been testifying and don't even read or listen to the evidence from the day before.
I guess you follow the example of your leaders. The elders are putting on quite a display for the world to see. It was only a matter of time for the apologist rock dwellers to peek out their head.
are you pleased with the exposure of the society in australia?
do you feel personally vindicated by it?
do you think it gives you credibility with others now that all the things you said were going on, actually are documented?
