Posts by Village Idiot

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Has anyone out here read Thomas Paine's "Age of Reason"?

by Captain Schmideo2 in

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i wish i had read this back when i was 18. it's an amazing take down of religious beliefs, the bible, and religion in general.

) a "reason"-able manner.take this quote, from near the beginning:.

when also i am told that a woman, called the virgin mary, said, or gave out, that she was with child without any cohabitation with a man, and that her betrothed husband, joseph, said that an angel told him so, i have a right to believe them or not: such a circumstance required a much stronger evidence than their bare word for it: but we have not even this; for neither joseph nor mary wrote any such matter themselves.

Village Idiot

Here are some more gems from The Age Of Reason:

This knowledge is of divine origin; and it is from the Bible of the creation that man has learned it, and not from the stupid Bible of the church, that teaches man nothing.
*The Bible-makers have undertaken to give us, in the first chapter of Genesis, an account of the creation; and in doing this they have demonstrated nothing but their ignorance…

And-

Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we called it the word of a demon, than the Word of God. It is a history of wickedness, that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind; and, for my own part, I sincerely detest it, as I detest everything that is cruel.

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The December Broadcast... OMG- what the heck was that?

by Sliced in

"of course not- we want to eat from clean dishes!

dishes that have been cleaned thoroughly inside and out.

" we have to be sure the things entering our minds are clean... rejecting exciting fun stuff that features sex.

Village Idiot

I didn't know that dishes had an "inside" that could be washed.

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A Believer....... A naughty, naughty sheep....

by DATA-DOG in

"a believer" seems to be our new apologist/disobedient sheep.

"a believer" ignores the "spirit-directed"/"bible-based" commands of the gb/fds!

shame on you, "a believer"!!!!

Village Idiot

2+2=5, can you be a little more clear?

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A Believer....... A naughty, naughty sheep....

by DATA-DOG in

"a believer" seems to be our new apologist/disobedient sheep.

"a believer" ignores the "spirit-directed"/"bible-based" commands of the gb/fds!

shame on you, "a believer"!!!!

Village Idiot

A Believer,
From where do you guys get that I shouldn't be here?

First, you've been told in no uncertain terms why you shouldn't be here if you are a faithful Witness.

Second, you should know without having to be told.

It's your organization that will disfellowship you for that. I've known people getting disfellowshipped for reading Crisis of Conscience.

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Did you ever experience true kindness in the Org?

by HereIgo in

i remember when i was about 17, i started shunning an older brother because he was disfellowshipped.

when i graduated high school, he pulled me aside and said " i know you are not supposed to talk to me, but i want you to have this" it was a gift that he had custom made for me.

i was so blown away, we never even had a real conversation before.

Village Idiot

Yes. A kind couple let me into their home for a few days when I was having problems with my (non-JW) family. He was an elder.

Another "Sister" had me stay over when my mom and dad got back together after 17 years. She was a make-up artist for the bible dramas. I assisted her in removing the false beards (glued) and tinted skin ("Egyptian brown") of the actors.

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Where Does It Say JWs Can't Read Pubs By Other Churches?

by Cold Steel in

can jws read publications by other churches?

or by atheists?

i've always heard these are apostate materials.

Village Idiot

The elder who studied with me and took out on my first day of field service said that we were not under any circumstances to accept anyone else's literature.

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Around 100 billion people have died

by Funchback in

according to some, the earth may have 10 billion people living on it by the end of this century.

there is genuine concern about space and resources.. imagine, then, 100 billion people being resurrected to live on earth.

some jws will argue that not everyone will be resurrected to earth, including 144,000. imagine 50 billion then, assuming that half of the people who ever lived did something so horrific that they aren't deemed worthy to be resurrected.. jws who are lurking and reading this: where are they going to live?

Village Idiot

DATA-DOG,
If Jeehobo makes the Earth bigger, how would that affect our atmosphere?

If the Earth were twice our current diameter it would have four times the surface area but with greater gravity. Don't know what that would do to our atmosphere except perhaps compressing it somewhat.

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Around 100 billion people have died

by Funchback in

according to some, the earth may have 10 billion people living on it by the end of this century.

there is genuine concern about space and resources.. imagine, then, 100 billion people being resurrected to live on earth.

some jws will argue that not everyone will be resurrected to earth, including 144,000. imagine 50 billion then, assuming that half of the people who ever lived did something so horrific that they aren't deemed worthy to be resurrected.. jws who are lurking and reading this: where are they going to live?

Village Idiot

Come on folks. Some simple facts and figures.

The Earth's land surface is 57 million square miles (Including oceans, 196 million). Divided into 100 billion that comes out to about 1750 people per square mile. That rounds off to 3 persons per acre (208 X 208 square feet).

That's much less than suburban density in the United States. It's also possible to feed that many with such land density under ideal - but not realistic - conditions.

Just playing devil's advocate.

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Do You Remember When JWs Relished Explaining Their Beliefs?

by minimus in

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i bet most witnesses could not explain their blood policy, their understanding of the slave, and even simple biblical doctrines....they are an embarrassment to any old timer..

Village Idiot

I use to hang out with a couple of Witnesses whose IQs were in the genius range (170 for one of them). We would research the original Greek and Hebrew, in interlineal books, covering subjects such as the Trinity and Hell. We were a little above the rest of the Witnesses. When I went out in field service I would take the Make Sure of all Things book in order to quickly research any subject that might be brought up.

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What will humans look like in 1000000 years?

by James Mixon in

ok, the bible is a fascinating book of fairy tales, so we move on..e. zolfagharifard, some guy states "humans will be very different creatures in just 1000 years from now due to climate change,artificial intelligence and genetic mutations are all set to transform our bodies in drastic ways.

a mixture of biology and machine on the inside.

this is only 1000 years from now, what the hell will humans look like in 100000 years????

Village Idiot

E. Zolfagharifard, some guy states "Humans will be very different creatures in just 1000 years from now due to climate change,artificial intelligence and genetic mutations are all set to transform our bodies in drastic ways.

A 100,000 years into the future is too long to make a meaningful explanation. A 1,000 years is doable.

Climate change would have disappeared by a 100,000 or even a thousand years from now. It only takes a few centuries for Carbon Dioxide to be stabilized by natural forces assuming no more of it is put out by the burning of fossil fuels.

A mixture of biology and machine on the inside. This is only 1000 years from now, what the hell will humans look like in 100000 years?????The big question, will JW's still be around and preaching the END is near????

We may become cyborgs, to one extent or another, a 1,000 years from now.

Medicines such as Deprenyl that exist now can extend our lives by as much as 50% as experiments with laboratory rats has shown. Calorie reduction has also extended the lives of experimental rats. You basically eat 2/3 of what you normally will eat with high potency multi-vitamins to keep you from getting malnutrition. Both of them combined might extend your lifespan even more.

In the near future we might actually figure out how to extend telomeres in our DNA with unknown improvements in our lifespan.

As for JWs and Christianity in general, they may both disappear if our world were to become a better place to live in. Religion, particularly JWs and fundamentalist Christianity, thrives on misery and a loathing of the ego. Happiness is the solution to both of them.