Posts by Village Idiot

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The slow trickle has become a steady stream!

by freddo in

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in the last few weeks it seems that instead of one or two new posters a week we seem to be getting several every day.

many seem to be long time jw's who are troubled by the path of the organisation.

this is really encouraging to those of us who have been here sometime.. welcome!

Village Idiot

sowhatnow: "we all want to know how many new people are coming on."

You can go to the forum's users page up above and see how many new ones there are. As of this moment there are 10 newbies that have signed up since yesterday.

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It's not "new light" anymore it's "new lies" .

by truth doubter in

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this is my first post.

i never dreamed i'd be on a site like this.

i was baptized 43 years ago and pretty much have done and seen it all.

Finding the value of God; Isn't it better to believe in a deity?

by Caupon in

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the question as to what believing in this entity called god entails is a fairly important question that needs to be answered first.

to me, the key difference between a universe in which god exists versus one where god doesn't lies in the idea of teleology.

in my view, a universe with god entails some sort of process towards an end, an end which can be characterized with words such as bliss and unity and others.

Village Idiot

Perhaps I ought to start contemplating the idea of God as a chaotic magician.

That is close to the Deist concept that god created the universe and left it to work it's way up. You might conceive of 'god' as a cosmic scientist living in a multiverse who's inventing universes just for the heck of it to see what happens.

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It's Too Late to Return to Jehovah!

by naazira in

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yes friends it is too late for most of you to return to jehovah's org.

based on the new garlic bread parable in this month's broadcast with the illustration using loaves of bread.

it is obvious that the doors of the arc has been closed shut by jehovah's hand for some of us.. according to the new parable that can be found on jw tv.

Village Idiot

What about those who like garlic bread?

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Evolution is a Fact #16 - Aquatic Mammals

by cofty in

having spent at least 20 million years acquiring the machinery to survive on dry land and hundreds of millions more diversifying and exploiting every conceivable niche, a number of landlubbers made their way back to the sea.. among these were pond snails, water spiders, water beetles, crocodiles, otters, sea snakes, water shrews, galapagos flightless cormorants, marine iguanas, penguins and turtles.

of course the most impressive example of all are the whales and their little cousins the dolphins.

these have gone all the way back to an aquatic existence as have dugongs and their close cousins the manatees jointly known as the sirenians, they don’t even come ashore to breed.

Village Idiot

Great work for your whole series cofty! Keep 'em coming.

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Jehovah's Witnesses Latest Music video advice picking a marriage mate

by Watchtower-Free in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay5of0nxm44.

Village Idiot

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You Are All Pieces of Garbage

by berrygerry in

although tomo's human hotdogs was as low as an alleged human could verbally go, tomo's fear-mongering was not an official video.. i'm wagering that the feb 2016 video will be pulled or adjusted.. what do you think, trash?.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m68pcx7ztac.

Village Idiot

I think I would not eat any bread that the GB has baked or been in contact with. Don't know what you can catch.

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The pyramids and rutherford.......

by atomant in

lve been researching the early days of the jw"s and found some very damning information which needs to be discussed at length.according to my research it is claimed that early founders used the pyramids to work out important biblical dates that are now dates set in stone according to the beliefs of the sect and can not be changed as it would rock the very foundation upon which their beliefs are built.l was hoping for somone with a precise understanding to please elaborate whether this is true or not.

Village Idiot

It appears that the only date that the Watchtower cannot change is 1914. It is at the center of their fraudulent claim that they are a 'prophet' who are able to predict world events (Like WWI).

As far as to how they came up with 1914 - it was supposed to be the beginning of the Millennium - it was biblical chronology that was the key line of 'evidence' with the pyramids merely serving to corroborate it. The pyramids were considered important but not the primary argument.

As far as Joseph Rutherford is concerned he jettisoned the whole pyramid nonsense and even said it was of the devil.

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What is more important life or justice?

by Fisherman in

the outrage of injustice cries out for justice, vengeance, vindictiveness, retaliation, getting even -at any cost -even life.

Village Idiot

Could you elaborate?

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Quality of newer membership

by Lostandfound in

on a previous post mamacita29 pointed up the low quality of new jw converts.. is the quality falling even more as the society use lower than low meeting, talks, broadcasts etc.. when i was active initially the organisation and standards seemed totally different today.

i have seen hard working intelligent elders fall by death or exhaustion.

the younger generation that came along never really grasped responsibility hence shortage of good elders, never mind the watered down to almost nothing quality of meetings.