Posts by Village Idiot

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I believe that the greater percentage of JWs-You Will Not Be Able to Help, no Matter What Facts You Show Them.

by John Aquila in

so i ran into this brother whom ive known for a while and the conversation led into me being invited to come back to the kingdom hall.

we talked for about an hour during which time i explained to him 607 being the wrong date and a lot of other stuff including the child abuse cases in australia.

but what i wanted to relate was the last few minutes of our conversation.

Village Idiot

Some people will never have the integrity necessary to make this choice:

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FAVORITE DRINK....

by brandnew in

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me personally.....i think....if it was meant to be mixed ...it would come in the bottle that way.. that said...bacardi gold.

"Guardians of the doctrines"

by Half banana in

i can't help thinking that there is something essentially wrong with gj's new description of the role of the gibbering biddies as guardians of the doctrines..

guardians immediately take on a role of authority, (dont ever forget who is in charge!

) guardians outside of the legal sense of adoptive parent has another resonance, it sounds like the inhuman bullies in some dystopian novel about oppressive religious politics.

Village Idiot

Half banana, I think you mean Margaret Atwood.

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Angus Stewart calls the JW religion a captive organization

by oppostate in

if you watched the questioning of terrence o'brien by angus stewart at day 7 part 3 on youtube--thanks so much for uploading these videos--you'll see that mr. stewart puts quite clearly to brother o'brien that the jw 0rganization is a "captive organization".. he makes this reference regarding the practice of da/df'ing and shunning, which he mentions is the one thing that makes ex-jw's the most angry.

because insisting on shunning ex-members causes psychological trauma and separates people from their family, friends and their community of support; therefore, they are held captive by the organization if they don't want to lose those most dear to them.. i believe angus stewart is to be commended for seeing clearly what the wt/jw religion is truly like in practice, and it isn't pretty.. the term "captive organization" is usually used in finance to mean a business front, a legal veil that shields the parent company from liability and having to make big insurance payouts.

for example if the australian branch gets sued and loses, the "wt australia" corporation will pay the amount awarded by the judge to the complainant.

Village Idiot

Poopie, here is Mr. Stwart's email address:

[email protected]

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Do you think the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime or a terrible act of war ?

by truthseeker100 in

i believe that the bombings shortened the war in the pacific and probably saved countless lives.

i am not an expert on this subject but given the times it was probably the correct and moral thing to do.. what say you all?.

Village Idiot

Saintbertholdt:

"Originally there was some talk by the Allies of first demonstrating the A-bomb.

"But then the argument was: What if it doesn't work or doesn't work well?"

The weakness for that argument is that if an unannounced bomb failed over a city the same thing would have happened giving the same impression. The Japanese would have realized what it was.

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Will The Royal Commission Have A Major Part In Busting Up The Watchtower Corporation's Tribunal Committee Function?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

mr stewart has uncovered enough evidence of the horrors of this process set in motion by a bunch of lunatics suffering from a messiah complex and so the findings of this inquiry will will mark a beginning in the infrastructure of this institution being limited severely by laws of the land.

i'm sure new legislation that will be forth coming will be tackling this major problem head long.

Village Idiot

What I wonder is that if they change their position will it be in Australia only but not in other nations where reporting isn't mandatory?

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New Inactive One Saying Hello to all

by Lostwun in

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lostwun here, i joined 2 months ago but am now just finding the courage after doing more research to formally introduce myself to the board and embrace my new beginnings as an ex-jw.

i am a second-generation jw.

i grew up with parents who are well known and very respected in many circuits.

Village Idiot

Welcome LostWun. You're in good company here.

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Will The Royal Commission Have A Major Part In Busting Up The Watchtower Corporation's Tribunal Committee Function?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

mr stewart has uncovered enough evidence of the horrors of this process set in motion by a bunch of lunatics suffering from a messiah complex and so the findings of this inquiry will will mark a beginning in the infrastructure of this institution being limited severely by laws of the land.

i'm sure new legislation that will be forth coming will be tackling this major problem head long.

Village Idiot

I think that they will simply start reporting pedophiles to the police.

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The Romans did not crucify robbers

by purrpurr in

i've been reading a book called nonsense from the bible.

in it it makes the point that the romans did not crucify robbers.

having since researched this it seems this is true.

Village Idiot

It's interesting that the New International Version uses the word "rebels" instead of thieves in Matthew 27:38 and Mark 15:27. In Luke 23:39-40 it uses the word "criminal".

As for the Tau shaped of the cross there is the minor issue of the sign of condemnation that lies above their heads (Matthew 27:37 NIV). Whatever it is that would have allowed a sign to be put overhead would have given the cross a t shape, not quite a "Tau".

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Do you think the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime or a terrible act of war ?

by truthseeker100 in

i believe that the bombings shortened the war in the pacific and probably saved countless lives.

i am not an expert on this subject but given the times it was probably the correct and moral thing to do.. what say you all?.

Village Idiot

Prior to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings, Tokyo had been napalm bombed with 100,000 people burning to death.

Would that be considered a war crime?

Nuclear bombs have an advantage over conventional bombs of course since they are more concentrated in mass compared to an equivalent firepower of conventional explosives. That makes them easier to use which is where their danger lies.