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  Review: Apostasy

  by neat blue dog in

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  stan's recent post about the apostasy movie reminded me that i had watched it last month, so i thought i'd write a review.

  please note this will probably contain some spoilers so if you care about that sort of thing hold off on reading this.. first i want to say that this is probably one of the most if not the most accurate and reasonable cinematic portrayals of jws.

  however here is a list of little inaccuracies: an outdated view that preaching to all the world can 'make' the end come, jesus briefly portrayed with long hair, judicial reinstatement meetings being called "guidance meetings", a normal weekly public talk being introduced as "the first in a series of talks he's prepared for us", applause at the end of a local needs part, and a jw saying of god "you need to earn his love, it's conditional" ( i know this is basically true in practice but they'd rarely say it out loud).

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  That’s the best review of the film I’ve read.

  Personally I found the film very bleak. The film is true in the sense that the important details are accurate, and it rings true on a deep level when it touches upon what it actually feels like to be a JW.

  At the same time I would also enjoy seeing a film that shows JWs who are not quite this miserable, because not all JWs are this miserable; a more ordinary depiction where disaster doesn’t necessarily strike. But I guess that wouldn’t make much of a story.
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  Simple introduction to the theory of evolution

  by Diogenesister in

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  hi new folks, lurkers and trolls.

  i thought i would post this simple but interesting video which shows how scientists bring multiple lines of evidence together to prove evolution is true; for example:.

  comparative anatomy.

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  slimboyfat

  Is it in accordance with this Bible statement about God?

  Romans 9:18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.

  19 One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?” 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[h] 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?
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  Raise a beer jug to our German activists!

  by Darth FayDehr in

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  https://youtu.be/ps00pof7lj4.

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  slimboyfat

  This video is painfully stupid. I must stop watching these.
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  Simple introduction to the theory of evolution

  by Diogenesister in

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  hi new folks, lurkers and trolls.

  i thought i would post this simple but interesting video which shows how scientists bring multiple lines of evidence together to prove evolution is true; for example:.

  comparative anatomy.

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  slimboyfat

  The extinction of the dinosaurs created the gap in which mammals thrived and humans ultimately emerged.

  If the world of natural selection as it actually exists is not compatible with God then what set up would be? A planet where people gather vegetables in large baskets, lambs and lions lie down beside each other, and children play safely with snakes? Where have we seen that picture?

  If we say “a loving God cannot do it this way” who are we to tell God what he can do?
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  Study Watchtower confirms shunning spiritually weak. How nice!

  by Isambard Crater in

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  it really hurt to hear brothers and sisters commenting about this at the meeting yesterday.. "as in solomon’s case, one of the greatest threats to spirituality is friendship with those who do not understand or respect jehovah’s standards.

  some may be associated with the congregation but may be spiritually weak.

  others could be relatives, neighbors, coworkers, or schoolmates who are not worshippers of jehovah.

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  slimboyfat

  It would be nice to think it will backfire but I’m not so sure.
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  Study Watchtower confirms shunning spiritually weak. How nice!

  by Isambard Crater in

  1. watchtower
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  it really hurt to hear brothers and sisters commenting about this at the meeting yesterday.. "as in solomon’s case, one of the greatest threats to spirituality is friendship with those who do not understand or respect jehovah’s standards.

  some may be associated with the congregation but may be spiritually weak.

  others could be relatives, neighbors, coworkers, or schoolmates who are not worshippers of jehovah.

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  slimboyfat

  Like many Watchtower injunctions to shun, could this be open to interpretation? A hardline reading would be that all inactive people are bad associates. A liberal reading would be that inactive people can be bad associates if they break the rules or express dubious views.
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  Simple introduction to the theory of evolution

  by Diogenesister in

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  hi new folks, lurkers and trolls.

  i thought i would post this simple but interesting video which shows how scientists bring multiple lines of evidence together to prove evolution is true; for example:.

  comparative anatomy.

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  slimboyfat

  I find Alvin Plantinga to be very reasonable, much more reasonable and logical than new atheists like Dawkins and Dennett. In that video Plantinga basically argued that evolution and belief in God are compatible, but he makes a stronger argument that evolution contradicts atheistic naturalism and supports belief in God.

  https://youtu.be/PwE_D9GUC0s
  
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  Simple introduction to the theory of evolution

  by Diogenesister in

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  hi new folks, lurkers and trolls.

  i thought i would post this simple but interesting video which shows how scientists bring multiple lines of evidence together to prove evolution is true; for example:.

  comparative anatomy.

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  slimboyfat

  Evolution is not only compatible with belief in God, in fact Alvin Plantinga makes a strong argument that evolution is evidence for God. The argument is complicated but quite compelling when you really think about it.

  https://youtu.be/f2yLIbe9jyc
  
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  Simple introduction to the theory of evolution

  by Diogenesister in

  1. forum
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  hi new folks, lurkers and trolls.

  i thought i would post this simple but interesting video which shows how scientists bring multiple lines of evidence together to prove evolution is true; for example:.

  comparative anatomy.

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  slimboyfat

  Was that poll done in Iran?

  Why choose Iran? Just a generic, backward, Muslim country? Bad choice. Iranian education of evolution is equal to European countries:

  In Iran, evolution is an important part of the K-12 biology curriculum. The standard Iranian text book in biology at the high-school level has been analyzed by Elise Burton who writes: “The evolution chapter, divided into three sections, provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of evolutionary theory, with the first section devoted primarily to Darwin and his influences and culminating in the formulation of the new synthesis; the second section to evidence of evolution, including paleontology, molecular and structural homology, and embryology, with discussion of evolutionary rates and punctuated equilibrium; and the third section to examples of natural selection, such as peppered moths and the work of Peter and Rosemary Grant on Darwin’s finches (3)”. The high-school curriculum in evolution in Iran appears to be at par with the education in most countries in Europe, the Americas, and East Asia.

  http://www.nielsenlab.org/2016/02/teaching-evolution-in-the-middle-east/
  
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  JW org collapses

  by I Faded Twice in

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  ok so this is a topic i've pondered and go back and forth on.. i can easily see a point where lawsuits cause massive deficits in the organization.

  honestly i feel like we are seeing the tip of the iceberg in regards to lawsuits on child abuse.

  to me it looks like the property sell offs are to be able to get ready for this.

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  slimboyfat

  Very interesting page of Mormon statistics. I think it’s clear from these charts that Mormon growth is on a downward trajectory and they have never been as big as JWs. In particular the baptism figures are striking, plus the chart of active members as opposed to nominal members.

  Despite being much more proactive in baptising members of the public, Mormons only managed to baptise 233,000 last year. They only have 30,000 congregations worldwide, compared with around 120,000 JW congregations, and there are only around 5 million active Mormons compared with over 8 million JW publishers.

  http://www.churchistrue.com/blog/lds-membership-statistics-2018/