Village Idiot

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  Why are GMO's bad?

  by cappytan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh4bi60alzu.

  first person to say, "this scishow episode is a monsanto conspiracy," is a rotten egg..

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  My issue with GMOs is not whether they're safe - I believe they are though there could be exceptions - but whether you can grow crops from them from seed.

  They're considered "intellectual" property and are made with a termination date so that farmers have to keep buying the seed.

  Another issue is disclosure. If they were, for example, to use peanut genes in corn and a consumer has a major allergy to peanuts then that could be a problem. The product should come with a notice stating what it contains so that the consumer can make an informed decision.
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  Bible popularity??

  by Diogenesister in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  more ikea catalogues were printed last year than bibles.. ikea is a swedish flatpack furniture store..

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  Ikea catalogues are probably read more than the Bible.
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  This newly leaked letter PROVES the WTS are hypocrates and do not speak the truth.

  by Dunedain in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  after reading this newly leaked letter, something profoundly "hit" me.

  myself, being born a "witness", and most of us here, who have learned their teachings for years, know of the "importance" the gb/wts always placed on the watchtower and awake magazines, themselves.. from the magazines inception, from back in probably the 1920's, or somewhere that far back, the wts claimed that the preaching work, and specifically the distribution of these magazines, were a sign of the times, and a fulfilment of bible prophecy in these last days.

  they would compare the watchtower magazine to a "stinging scorpion", claiming those magazines fulfilled that verse in revelation.

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  Perry:

  "I have long seen similarities between the Armstrong organization and the Watchtower."

  They both had their 1975 fiasco.

  "At some point, the GB are going to have to jettisone the dating of second coming at 1914."

  Not necessarily. They'll simply forget the "Generation" teaching which weighs like an anchor on their ship of false prophecies.

  "When that happens, the general membership will be allowed to have a relationship with Christ through the New Covenant like they did in the beginning."

  So long as they're tied in to their 144,000/great crowd teaching they will make the 144,000 seem as elite as possible and thus restrict the Ransom sacrifice to them. Also, Jesus has been a cardboard figure to them for too long. He's merely an afterthought in their prayers.
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  How did your close JWs react when they found out you know TTATT?

  by ivanatahan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm not sure if this topic has ever been posted (surely, i believe it has), but it would be interesting to revive such a topic and hear your stories!.

  when my parents heard my first rant (after they told me to be home schooled when i was caught kissing a girl) they entered into a long depression that continues to this day.

  my father suffers knowing his once amazing family is now divided, and my mother is equally angry.

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  When my "best" JW friend found out that I maybe disfellowshipped (for apostasy) he returned all but one of various items that I had entrusted with him for safekeeping. Several years after my disfellowshipping he, without letting me know, placed the last remaining item at my door almost causing a person to trip over it.
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  EXACTLY Why JW's Are NOT Christian

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a lot of people, ex-jws, believers and unbelievers alike, think that jw's are just a somewhat kooky brand of christianity.

  is it possible to "try and follow jesus" and not be christian?

  what exactly makes someone a christian?

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  Village Idiot

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=FQ5YU_spBw0

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3tpYnWjVymw
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  Right everyone watch this video its insane!

  by username in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm just watching this video.

  now bare in mind this guy has never been a jehovah's witness so he has no investment in this cult.. https://youtu.be/_ry-onhbkya.

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  I tried downloading it an hour ago but I encountered problems. I think that the best thing that video provided was the IRS link. If someone had edited the trivial and erroneous stuff out of that video (GMO and alcohol consumption) it would have been more palatable for people that don't want to watch an hour and a half of anything.
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  Right everyone watch this video its insane!

  by username in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm just watching this video.

  now bare in mind this guy has never been a jehovah's witness so he has no investment in this cult.. https://youtu.be/_ry-onhbkya.

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  The GMO issue, regardless of its merits, is too trivial to include along with the military involvement. I believe that he could have saved a lot of his and our time on the video if he had just kept it to defense issues.
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  Right everyone watch this video its insane!

  by username in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm just watching this video.

  now bare in mind this guy has never been a jehovah's witness so he has no investment in this cult.. https://youtu.be/_ry-onhbkya.

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  At the 14:38 mark: "They forbid you to drink and they forbid you to smoke". That's where his credibility went out the window. Mind you, the Watchtower's investment in Boeing is definitely noteworthy but that alcohol statement and the triviality of some others undermines the rest of what he has to say.
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  Pope Francis Versus Geoffrey Jackson

  by Village Idiot in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  a world of difference.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=74p8p3yekoc.

  fast forward to 3:12 .

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  A world of difference.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=74p8p3yekoc

  Fast forward to 3:12

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=tvyPugZk59o#t=196
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  Shock belt to control defendant?

  by little_Socrates in

  1. social
  2. current

  skeen also ordered a shock device be placed on calvert for security reasons because of his unpredictable behavior, legal officials said.

  on sept. 15, when calvert did not stand up at the judge's request, skeen had an electric shock administered on the defendant that caused him to twist in pain before the jury, local tv broadcaster kltv reported.. .

  http://news.yahoo.com/questions-raised-shock-belt-used-texas-murder-trial-112021293.html.

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  Village Idiot

  Why would the judge have control over the shock belt? I would imagine that it was the bailiff who would be in charge of security.