I spoke to Bergman a couple of times over the phone in the early 1980s when the infamous purge of apostates was taking place. He came across as very resentful of his experience with the JWs (not that I blame him). He did a lot of good serving as an expert witness in JW custody trials. I believe I may still have his booklet on blood transfusion.
Village Idiot
JoinedPosts by Village Idiot
-
41
Awake! Quotes a Well-Known ex-JW Apostate in Support of Their Beliefs!?!
by Oubliette inkonceptual99, referenced this article on another thread: .
was it designed?
the inverted retina.
-
-
-
51
Getting it out of my system, a VERY long introduction/outpouring..
by adimmedlight inwarning, novel ahead:.
after a few months of lurking on this site, i've decided to take the plunge...i don't really care so much about introducing myself, but somehow there is some relief in the thought of getting my little story out there, just getting it out of my system.
i am the oldest of 5 kids.
-
-
Village Idiot
Thank you for sharing that. Stay out of the Witnesses no matter what. If you choose to be a Christian stay out of the right wing conservative's version of it.
Good luck in your quest.
-
53
I Don't Get It!
by John Aquila inthere are literally about thirty young single very good looking sisters in this one kingdom hall under the age of 30. that is just one kingdom hall.
in the circuit there are literally hundreds of young beautiful jw girls under 30 who are single and anxious to get married.
about two years ago, this one single good looking brother who is about 30 years old and who is an elder married this plain looking sister who is 59 years old.
-
-
Village Idiot
I'd rather have a virgin though there's no guarantee of that even with the youngest sister. -
50
what an interesting find for me
by sowhatnow inim sure to use this the next time i accidentally get sucked into an argument with someone.
im not ever understanding the idea behind any christian religion picking and choosing what they want to believe and follow, then have the nerve to claim they are right, when clearly this is obviously done.
here is a site that shows not only how bloodthirsty and evil the god of the hebrew bible was, but how more ridiculous it is for jws to follow one twisted 'commandment' about eating blood, not only reading it wrong, but then not to do all the other commandments, willingly , do they think they are ancient israelites ?
-
-
Village Idiot
jonza, as I said in that post, no further commentary is needed and I'm not the only one to sometimes cut and paste. -
50
what an interesting find for me
by sowhatnow inim sure to use this the next time i accidentally get sucked into an argument with someone.
im not ever understanding the idea behind any christian religion picking and choosing what they want to believe and follow, then have the nerve to claim they are right, when clearly this is obviously done.
here is a site that shows not only how bloodthirsty and evil the god of the hebrew bible was, but how more ridiculous it is for jws to follow one twisted 'commandment' about eating blood, not only reading it wrong, but then not to do all the other commandments, willingly , do they think they are ancient israelites ?
-
-
Village Idiot
jonza, I know by now that you support it but for the sake of the lurkers I present below an excerpt from the article you linked to:
"When God authorizes the nation of Israel to wipe out a people, it is a lawful execution due to their rebellion and sin against God. Furthermore, such an extermination can be seen to be merciful by delivering the young into the hands of the Lord and possibly saving their souls by not giving them time to become "utterly sinful".2 Additionally, further generations that would have arisen from the perverse culture, are likewise prevented from coming into existence and spreading their sin."
[footnote] 2. There is debate on whether or not children are saved if they die early. This paper is not meant to answer that question but to pose a possible reason for God's destruction of the young.
No commentary needed.
-
24
What percentage of the population are gay?
by fulltimestudent induring the long debate on the question of gay marriage, there have been many competing answers to the question of, "how many people are gay?".
a very anti-gay christian minister in sydney, the reverend fred nile, (who is also a member of the state parliament) claims that the percentage is as low as 1%.. some university (u.of new south wales) research in sydney has suggested 5%, but the authors of the study cautioned that there was a problem in the fact that an unknown number of respondents would likely not admit to being gay.. there are other problems in asking the question.
for example, what does being gay mean?
-
-
Village Idiot
truthseeker100, One should email this video link to the Watchtower (if that's possible) since some unsuspecting Governing Body member or Bethelite might be a regular Starbucks customer. -
24
What percentage of the population are gay?
by fulltimestudent induring the long debate on the question of gay marriage, there have been many competing answers to the question of, "how many people are gay?".
a very anti-gay christian minister in sydney, the reverend fred nile, (who is also a member of the state parliament) claims that the percentage is as low as 1%.. some university (u.of new south wales) research in sydney has suggested 5%, but the authors of the study cautioned that there was a problem in the fact that an unknown number of respondents would likely not admit to being gay.. there are other problems in asking the question.
for example, what does being gay mean?
-
-
Village Idiot
This might be off topic but I just had to put it on a thread dealing with gays. Watch the whole video, particularly the 1:05 time mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WVjStWtQPYM
-
22
Watchtower 6/28/2015 on 1st Christian Courage, Have the Courageous Watchtower Leaders Ever Condemned Radical Islam?
by skepticSam ini read blondie's great summary of today's watchtower lesson and thought about all the christians who died from various deaths for preaching the word and because they really believed what they preached the watchtower asked something of this sort, "if you were a christian in the early centuries, could you boldly stand up to all the exquisite tortures hurled at the first century christians because they were not afraid to take a stand for christ or be cowards to evil!".
are you aware of any condemnation made by the watchtower against radical islam or any actions showing their courage and being no part of this world?
they attack patient christian religions but what about others, where is their courage?.
-
-
Village Idiot
skepticSam,
"The Watchtower has made scathing attacks against Christendom, where is this same courage when speaking about a religion that attacks homosexuals, puts atheists in prison if caught, cuts peoples hands off for stealing, stones men and women to death?"
Why should the Watchtower condemn ISIS for doing the same things that are mentioned in the Old Testament?
-
10
What would a Psychoanalyst think about Jehovah's mental health condition?
by Brokeback Watchtower ini think he would definitely diagnose him with a extremely violent form of narcissism, lugging around a huge shadow of denial, which makes him petty and homophobic, and those 100,000 animal sacrifice orgies he so very much enjoys are a sign of a serious greedy glutton.
no doubt this voracious hunger for burnt flesh of lowly animals stems from the energy need after he experiences a uncontrollable bursts of anger creating a vicious cycle he can not break free of so that the only thing that can save him and turn him less violent is a human sacrifice from his heavenly son incarnate to quell his terrible anger.. maybe some form of oedipus complex too?.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/oedipus_complex.
-
-
Village Idiot
What would a Psychoanalyst think about Jehovah's mental health condition?
I don't know but I'll ask mine next time I see her.
-
18
My New Avatar
by cofty intime for a change.
my new avatar is the railway bridge in my hometown lit up at night.
.
-
-
Village Idiot
It might be my vision but it's a little hard to recognize the avatar as a bridge. The small size of our avatars require a contrast particularly between light and dark colors.