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  Why I have renounced Atheism and become a believer again

  by cantleave in

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  i have always said that if a god showed itself i would follow the evidence and renounce my atheism.

  i have now seen enough to start believing again, i am so happy, i feel a inner contentment, when he connected with me i really knew it was him.

  if you are not a believer you will not understand this, but trust me, look at the evidence, open your heart to him, let him in and your life will change for the better.

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  The Swimming Spaghetti Monster.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MVHlHBqo_Hs
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  The slave will be beaten with many strokes

  by poopie in

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  the slave that understood but did not get in line.

  god is tired of cruel unloveing behavior now time for that beating

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  royal commission so far

  by zeb in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  before another day goes past please, summarize the outcome in dot points of the royal commission so far.

  for me in no order;.

  that the wt considers sex crimes against children of little importance.

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  • that the 99.99% of jw have not been told about "theocratic warfare" doctrine .

  I disagree on that one. I knew about "Theocratic Tact", as it was then called, and I'm sure that many JWs knew/know about it in spite of the fact that many of them are ignorant about most of their religion.
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  Adjourned...........not over.

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  jehovahs witnesses hearing adjourned.

  6 august, 2015. .

  the hearing into the jehovahs witnesses has adjourned until further notice.case study 29 into the jehovahs witnessescommenced on monday 27 july 2015, inquiring into jehovah's witnesses and watchtower bible and tract society of australia ltd.further information regarding this public hearing will be announced in due course.. .

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  I sent Stewart an email of encouragement with a PDF of Crisis of Conscience.

  [email protected]
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  Apostates on the loose? Glasgow Convention 2015

  by 88JM in

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  2. friends

  so each of the attendants at the glasgow convention this weekend have all been handed a photo of some guy that has been disrupting conventions in the uk.

  (the same one as in london i read about a couple of weeks ago?

  apparently he was sighted at the glasgow convention today, though there was no disruption as far as i know.. has anyone else ever heard of photo i.d.

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  "Oh and growing a beard totally didn't work - they still recognized you."

  That was dumb. Growing a beard will make you stand out even more.
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  Friday 7 August 2015 - Regional Conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses start today in Australia

  by jwleaks in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the first round of the "imitate jesus" regional convention series has begun in australia.. australia: dates and locations.

  download program.

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  Imitate Jesus! What would Jesus do to pedophiles?
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  From 1788 to 2015. How Australia has changed.

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  january 25, 1788 - .

  - the first 9 ships to carry prisoners from britain arrived at port jackson.

  nine ships carrying 759 convicts and their guards left portsmouth on may 13, 1787, and arrived at what would be the first penal colony in australia, new south wales.

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  Good contrast Esse.
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  Quality Thinking - Warning: Long Post Ahead

  by Viviane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently, several threads have had some debate about logic, evidence, critical thinking and skepticism.

  i wanted to write a post discussing those things, hopefully to clarify what those things are, why they are important and how to use those tools.

  first, logic, at its core, is simply a method for how to reason validly, how to draw conclusions based on a premise.

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  Ayn Rand:

  "No concept man forms is valid unless he integrates it without contradiction into the total sum of his knowledge.

  "Logic is the art of non-contradictory identification."

  Let's see. She accepted Social Security payments and Medicare benefits even though she was opposed to those programs.
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  I wonder with all this sex abuse drama if Wt would ever apologize to Bill Bowen and Barbara Anderson.

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  wt obviously must realize now the value of those that tried to enforce change on them.

  i think if it wasn't for these people doing what they did wt would be in even more drama now.

  so my question is do you ever think wt would voluntarily reinstate and publicly apologize to bill bowen and barbara anderson for all their hard work in bringing reform.

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  Just walk up to one of them and request an apology.
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  Quality Thinking - Warning: Long Post Ahead

  by Viviane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently, several threads have had some debate about logic, evidence, critical thinking and skepticism.

  i wanted to write a post discussing those things, hopefully to clarify what those things are, why they are important and how to use those tools.

  first, logic, at its core, is simply a method for how to reason validly, how to draw conclusions based on a premise.

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  I have to share this jewel from the Texas Republican Party platform of 2012. When you link to the PDF you can find this quote in the document by searching under "critical thinking".

  Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.