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  JWs made the news next to dinosaurs

  by rmt1 in

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  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/02/seattle-officials-call-for-ban-on-potentially-offensive-language/.

  seattle officials call for ban on 'potentially offensive' language"dinosaurs, for example, conjures the topic of evolution, which could rile fundamentalists and birthdays are not celebrated by jehovahs witnesses.

  halloween, meanwhile, suggests an affiliation to paganism.

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  The sun's outwardly migrating habitable zone

  by rmt1 in

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  jws explain that the earth is at a precise distance from the sun because god made it so, and that the 'earth stands forever'.. whether or not god made it so concerning the orbit, science suggests that the sun has other ideas for whether or not the earth 'stands forever'.. if one reduces the reasons for earth's precise orbital distance to the necessary and sufficient, one uncovers an anthropological conceit: the orbit of the earth is so precise not because the earth is designed to harbor intelligent life, but rather intelligent life is able to be harbored on earth because these last few billion years have found the earth remaining within the sun's outwardly-migrating habitable zone.. "distant future of the sun and earth revisited".

  http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4031.

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  JW NWT "Freeness of speech" vs First Amd "Freedom of speech"

  by rmt1 in

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  what is the difference?

  if i recall, the jw version of freeness of speech has to do with having a clear conscience to preach, ergo the inwardly concientious right to expression of belief, whereas constitutional freedom of speech is the outwardly political right to expression of belief.. so is there any version of freedom of speech in the jw doctrinal pantheon?

  i say this because i am trying to formulate my thoughts with regards to a potential refusal by my dying father to see me on his deathbed.

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  Are JWN posters considered apostate?

  by rmt1 in

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  my jw elder father is going die of liver cancer, and his prognosis is 3 to 12 months.. i am disassociated and have been out of contact with my family for four years, up until two days ago.

  i do not consider myself apostate, because i believe that is constituted by actively trying to undermine a jw's faith.

  but i could be way off.. i am hoping to remain in contact with my father during his cancer experience but i need to have some idea of what status or standing they assign to anyone who posts or reads a 'life-after-jw' board such as this one.. in their hierarchy of damnation, does it constitute a biblical-scale apostacy for someone to post to this kind of board?

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  Father dying - request for suggestions how to best use time

  by rmt1 in

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  i am a staunch atheist, so i don't need any advice directed at myself in terms of what i should pray about, what i should believe in, ect.. .

  what i do need advice about is how or to what degree i need to bear in mind the jw mindset and paradise earth hope.

  now, from my perspective, he has wasted his life waiting for armageddon, and now he gets to see exactly how much of jah's paradise is ever coming to earth - zilch.

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  Earthquakes in one place after another.

  by rmt1 in

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  "expert: small ark.

  earthquakes could be warning"; http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/aleqm5gfmhrvlmlrqtwwnjzodjogi6imqad94nss4o3

  who do jws blame for earthquakes?

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  article

  by rmt1 in

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  http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-brooks1oct01,0,3034570.story?track=hpmostemailedlink

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  october 1, 2005 latimes.com : print edition : editorials, op-ed the dark side of faith by rosa brooks it's official: too much religion may be a dangerous thing.

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