Posts by Village Idiot

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Russian Court Denounces Jehovah's Witnesses as 'Extremist'-- The Moscow Times Mar. 04 2015

by defender of truth in

"a court in southern russia has denounced a local organization of jehovah's witnesses as "extremist" and ordered it disbanded, the interfax news agency reported wednesday, in the latest in a long line of such rulings issued to the religious group in russia.. the group's building and surrounding land will be confiscated by the local government in the town of abinsk, krasnodar region, the court ruled.the group had been distributing publications titled "humanity in search of god" and "what does the bible really teach?

" that were included in the federal list of extremist materials and are banned for distribution in the country, the news report said.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mobile/news/article/russian-court-denounces-jehovah-s-witnesses-as-extremist/517026.html.

Village Idiot

As much as I despise them I think the Witnesses and any other religion should have freedom of worship in any country.

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Pick your belief system

by Giordano in

i think we've all noticed a ton of newbe's these past months.

one part of escaping or thinking about escaping the jw's is coming to terms with what you believe now and/or what direction you are leaning towards.. here is a site that has a quick quiz that may be of some worth or just for fun.

i took it when i first signed on here and the results surprised me because it was pretty accurate.. you don't have to sign up for anything and when you finish you will get a percentage answer on 20 major belief systems.

Village Idiot

Non Theist/Secular Humanist 100%

Jehovahs Witness 0%

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Jaw Bone of the First Man in Ethiopia Lived.... When?

by Slidin Fast in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31718336.

so this jaw bone of early man has been dated at 2.8 million years old.

that means that given a margin for error and allowing an unknown but short period of time for adam naming the animals the 1000 years starts in ummm, eerrr.

Village Idiot

@ Mandrake: "OR the shape of the mandible were more of a V than a U."

My understanding is that Austrolopithecines had a V shaped jaw which appears to be the case with the image Perry posted. That species, 3 million years ago, had a cranial capacity that averaged 450cc whereas ours is 1100cc.

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Please Focus on the Bible

by terrypike in

hi people, may i firstly thank those who have responded to to my intro article, i am replying to you all as a new topic because the direct messaging is not working for me at the moment so i can clarify my perspective on bible study.

yes there are many arguments that are put forward to demonstrate for example that the bible has been composed of numerous preexisting creation story's ect, my focus is to give the bible the same opportunity to defend itself as anyone reasonably expects if charged with some crime they are not guilty of.. i find for example the account of jesus response when questioned about the divorce certificate 'but it was not so in the beginning' confirms that moses allowed changes to be made to the original, that said consider also the religious traditions moses people had been exposed to, the story of the god enki who seduced even his own grandchildren and the well known incest of the egyptian royalty, given the genetic cost, are such practices any more right now than they were then?

communities that practice close relative marriages today are well documented for there higher risk of numerous health problems so how would you find moses on that basis, guilty or not guilty as jesus did because he understood why moses took the creation story's of other cultures and gave his people there own creation story that taught them to avoid the general pagan practice of incest.before looking any deeper at moses creation story may i also ask the question why does jesus knowing that god promised he would never again destroy the world by a flood as he did in noah's day say 'as in the days of noah ..the flood came and took them all away' so what did jesus actually mean mt 24:.

Village Idiot

Posters, check out this document. It's a short list of Biblical contradictions and moral torpidity.

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Jaw Bone of the First Man in Ethiopia Lived.... When?

by Slidin Fast in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31718336.

so this jaw bone of early man has been dated at 2.8 million years old.

that means that given a margin for error and allowing an unknown but short period of time for adam naming the animals the 1000 years starts in ummm, eerrr.

Village Idiot

@ Perry

And yet science works to give us all the technological marvels because it is a self corrective process. That's what the process of peer review is all about. If all scientists lied all the time nothing scientific would work since it would be based on incorrect information. We would not have all the technological marvels that we have and would find ourselves at a 19th century level of technology if all science were fraud.

The Scientific American article that you quoted refers to "some" scientists.

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Jaw Bone of the First Man in Ethiopia Lived.... When?

by Slidin Fast in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31718336.

so this jaw bone of early man has been dated at 2.8 million years old.

that means that given a margin for error and allowing an unknown but short period of time for adam naming the animals the 1000 years starts in ummm, eerrr.

Village Idiot

@ Perry: "Amazing how these "3 million" year old molars look identical to "modern" molars."

The shape of teeth varies depending on the diet of the species. If they were omnivorous, like we are, those teeth would be similar to ours.

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God was the cause of the evil

by opusdei1972 in

bart ehrman noticed, in his book "god's problem", the fact that god was responsible for job's pain.

to show it, bart quoted the following verse:.

and they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the lord had brought upon him.

Village Idiot

@ Perry: "The idea that God is evil and satan is good is an old gnostic heresy."

I forget where but there is a biblical passage that says that God is the maker of both good and evil.

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Israel fears extinction

by abiather in

what a spirited, brilliant speech isreali pm mr. nethanyahu delivered yesterday to the congress against the negotiated nuclear deal with iran which israel fears would make iran a legitimate nuclear power with the ability to wipe out israel.

(http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/03/netanyuahu-congress-iran-nuclear-deal-path-to-bomb).

he also said: if no one supports, israel would defend itself alone.

Village Idiot

Abiather, you were doing ok until the last sentence: "Interestingly, war with Iran is a trigger to greater nuclear use in Nostradamus prophecy."

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2034 is going to be a huge letdown for the dubs

by wha happened? in

i've seen a few postings of a possible "next date" for dubs of 2034. based on an article they published comparing the last days to the days of noah.

preaching for 120 years.

however, i noticed a little tidbit from wiki about age:.

Village Idiot

They would need to drop the "overlapping generation" teaching before they replace it with the Noah's flood generation. It wouldn't add up since Jesus spoke of a single generation but hell, nothing adds up in JWdom.

I think that those who believe the Watchtower will implode completely are a little optimistic. They may lose a lot of members like in Rutherford's day but they came out of that stronger.

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Newest Caleb & Sophia video is a commercial

by cappytan in

caleb states, "now i can speak to chinese people.

" ummm, there are many chinese people that speak english, caleb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p2tgjvxdb4.

Village Idiot

When I was a teenage JW I carried this huge suitcase filled with literature including multiple language ones just in case we ran into a foreign householder. I remember an Asian lady who didn't speak a word of English. I had no clue as to what she was saying so I pulled out literature in an Asian language. When I presented to her she shook her head not being able to understand the characters on the book. Of course, I didn't have literature in every Asian language.