Village Idiot

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  Has anyone had a jw hack into their email/tablet/phone etc to spy?

  by purrpurr in

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  i note stillin has had a recent problem with this.

  i also know of two cases were an elder went through a brothers phone to get dirt on him.

  and another were a sisters email was hacked into to get dirt on her.. in both cases apparently it was for their spiritual protection (!

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  It seems that some JWs have too much time on their hands.
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  Why are JWs so against debate

  by enigma1863 in

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  if the jws follow proverbs 27:17 they should not be afraid of any tension or friction.. in order for iron to sharpen iron you need pressure, tension friction and a bit of heated debate..

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  Laika,

  "Even a 'born again' fundie would embarrass a JW in a debate, if they were prepared." I know that from my experience as a JW.
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  Why are JWs so against debate

  by enigma1863 in

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  if the jws follow proverbs 27:17 they should not be afraid of any tension or friction.. in order for iron to sharpen iron you need pressure, tension friction and a bit of heated debate..

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  Why are JWs so against debate

  Because they will always lose.
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  Who Can Name The First F&DS Members?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  wts board of directors 1918/1919.

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  Excuse me for going off topic but the irony is too much to bear.

  I see 4 bald headed men with one that is half bald. So what? Russell is supposed to have said in the book The Finished Mystery:

  "A study of the foregoing leads to the conclusion that the various churches must have been founded by bald-headed men, and the smoke being unable to find its way out through their scalps naturally had to come out of their mouths!"

  Please don't ask for an explanation. Here it is.
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  Religious explanation for suffering vs church shootings

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  whenever there is a discussion about the "godness" of god and whether he can be described as both "good" and "all powerful" given that he could avoid untold suffering and death for millions of people in earthquakes, floods, tidal waves and other disasters we are often given the same answer:.

  "you don't know why he lets it happen but he has a plan".. bleh.

  often they throw in some snippets that suggest the people may actually deserve it for not praying to the right god or not praying hard enough.. of course it's easy to dismiss the death of all those faceless unknown people.. so, i present to you a new thought experiment for the righteous to grapple with.. i dare you to use the same arguments to explain the deaths of the people in the recent church shooting.. were they not praying hard enough?

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  Village Idiot

  It's all mom's (Eve) fault for fooling daddy (Adam) with that tasty fruit. God goes along with all the consequences of the original sin and allows for hideous things to happen so that we may be eternally grateful when we get to heaven and live happily ever after.
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  Good arguments on responsible gun control

  by barry in

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  www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll8jeet2rxi

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  Here's some more comedy:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QIdiEV1P2bc
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  WT April 15, 2015... Odd first paragraph

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  flipping thru the pages of the april 15 wt study edition, i bumped into something that strikes me as odd.

  not that the wt never publishes odd things, but usually such comes in the form of misapplied scripture or hidden second meanings.

  i've never paid attention before but to me this is the first time i see a whole paragraph with no bible verses to read.. in the article tiled "always trust in jehovah!

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  Nero's burning of Christians and their being accused of being "haters of mankind" is a matter of historical record. It is questioned though that they may be exaggerations.

  Also the English to Spanish translation from "...accused of hating mankind..." to "...se les acusa de odiar a la gente..." is accurate although it would have been better to replace "gente" (people) with "humanidad" (humanity).
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  Christians not knowing the Bible

  by Viviane in

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  last night a young man in a bar struck up a conversation with me.

  our town is having our pride parade soon and he brought it up, the bible and how it's against the bible.

  me being me, i said that i couldn't care less that it was against the bible and that it was a horrible guide for morality anyway.

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  With reference to the OP's title, "Christians not knowing the Bible" I should bring up that not all Christians are alike. You have liberal Christians, moderate Christians and conservative Christians.

  It is conservative Christians that tend to be more knowledgeable about the Bible while liberals are not. I'm sure that the person who was at the bar with Viviane was a liberal.
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  Christians don't know the Bible.

  by cappytan in

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  yep.

  i said it.. christians don't know the bible.. you know how i'm going to prove it?

  i'll use the same amount of credible evidence they use for the existence of god.. here it is.. [start of evidence].

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  punkofnice, that cartoon gave me an idea. Next time I see a Witness at my door or elsewhere I'll bring that up.
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  Why Do The Demons Love Mexico?

  by minimus in

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  the mexicans must be pretty bad, right?

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  Why the hell do they call a Mexican demon Charlie? More like Carlos.