Village Idiot

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  So Long Palmyra NY Hall

  by mrquik in

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  ah just more evidence of the work "speeding up during the time of the end".

  i helped build this hall.

  was appointed as an ms & elder there.

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  Village Idiot

  I wonder what would happen if those in a similar position were to simply say no to the Watchtower. Mass disfellowshipping?
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  How many killed by the 5 Cholera pandemics during the 1800's?

  by redpilltwice in

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  2. beliefs

  you all know jwfacts (run by paul grundy).

  on this website, under “did the last days start 1914” ---> “pestilence”, it says:“during the 1800's five cholera pandemics killed around 100 million people.” .

  there is no link to any source of info, so i emailed paul and asked where i can verify that total number?

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  Village Idiot

  I remember reading about the Cholera pandemics, with those figures, in one of the "apostate" books. I think, If I'm not mistaken, that it was Sign Of The Last Days - When? by Carl O. Jonsson, If you don't have that book it's highly recommended that you get it; it's a treasure trove of information tailored to rebut the Watchtower.

  The book included primary sources in the footnotes which might help you to track the original book that made the statement.
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  Interlinear bible removed from the JW app?

  by nmthinker in

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  my iphone doesn't have the interlinear bible anymore, the one with the greek and translated english together.

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  did they remove it?

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  Village Idiot

  Most JWs won't even miss it or know that it was there to begin with. Only the intellectually minded would have bothered to have read it.
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  Again: Where is Jesus?

  by Wonderment in

  1. watchtower
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  the watchtower of december 2015 reports the following reaction of a family with four teenagers in the country of rwanda with the publication of the nwt, and how grateful they were for it.

  the wt magazine said: .

  things changed when the new world translation in their language became available.

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  Village Idiot

  Jesus is a cardboard figure for the Witnesses. Jehovah is just a sounding board for the organization, echoing anything the Watchtower wishes. For every finger they point at the sky there are three more pointing right back at them.

  .........................................................................Watchtower Jesus

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  Should I get babtized?

  by BlackWolf in

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  i know this sounds like a ridiculous question but i was talking with my mom in the car today and of course we got on the topic of getting babtized again.

  she told me that jehovah holds me accountable for my sins regardless of wether i am babtized or not so i have no reason to be holding back because it won't change anything.

  my parents are the type of super strict jw who will shun you just for not being a witness.

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  Village Idiot

  Don't get baptize and don't give them the pleasure of a disassociation letter.
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  Freddy Franz, One of the smartest men of his day????

  by DwainBowman in

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  back in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.

  dose anyone else remember this?

  i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!

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  Village Idiot

  Freddie, as others in Bethel used to call him, might have been somewhat smart (along with Charles Russell) but it was imagination that he excelled in.
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  EXCERPT from Science Fiction novel about Watchtower religion (21 pages)

  by Terry in

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  2. friends

  so many of you have sent me e-mails and messages asking how in the world.

  it was possible to write a science fiction novel about the watchtower religion.. i decided to share the first 21 pages to answer this question.. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upmawzi8yyzs18rlfw41qxzfcuaus-yynhqium9r0wo/edit?usp=sharing.

  i endeavored, as far as possible, to stay historically accurate.

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  slimboyfat: "...I have often thought JWs would make a great subject for a futuristic or sci-fi novel."

  Why give JWs a future?
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  Richard Dawkins has had a Stroke

  by cofty in

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  he is back home and making god progress.. he has issued an audio statement here....

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  Village Idiot

  On an interesting note, there's this article from CNN:

  Church of England criticized over prayers for atheist Richard Dawkins
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  Richard Dawkins has had a Stroke

  by cofty in

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  he is back home and making god progress.. he has issued an audio statement here....

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  Cofty: "He is back home and making god progress."

  I hope that's a pun.
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  Reduce people's religosity through transcranial magnetic stimulation...

  by Thursday in

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  found this interesting article in the december 2015 issue of the australasian science journal, on whether it might be possible to change a person's beliefs by stimulating their brain via transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms).. "the study by us and uk researchers recruited 38 undergraduate students, with each reporting they held significant religious beliefs and conservative political views.

  participants in the experimental condition received tms to the pmfc for a period of 40 seconds, a process that reduces neural activity in this region for up to an hour.

  control participants underwent a similar process, but with a low level of tms that has no effect on the functioning of the pmfc.. the researchers found that those who had received tms reported significantly less conviction in their beliefs concerning god, angels and heaven following a reminder of death than those in the non-tms control group.

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  I've heard of TMS being used to enhance religiosity, so it's a two edged sword.