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  JW Org Flags at R.C.

  by ToesUp in

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  2. beliefs

  photo was posted on jw-archive.

  j.w.org flags flying at the 2015 r.c.

  in fribourg, switzerland..

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  rebel8

  LOL, you're right--their logo is almost Smurf blue! Irony.
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  How many Atheist organizations or irreligious organizations have been accused of the covering up child abuse?

  by jwleaks in

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  i don't know of any but would like some references if anyone does.

  of course not all atheists or irreligious people need to belong to an organization.. studies on the demographics of atheism have concluded that self-identified atheists comprise anywhere from 2% to 8% of the world's population, whereas irreligious individuals represent a further 10% to 20%.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/demographics_of_atheism.

  jw leaks .

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  rebel8

  Boy Scouts is a religious org.

  op, good point. It'll be interesting to see if there ever have been.
  
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  Creationist Museum Acquires 5,000-Year-Old T. Rex Skeleton

  by freemindfade in

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  2. humour

  creationist museum acquires 5,000-year-old t. rex skeleton.

  news january 15, 2003. vol 39 issue 01 science & technology science religion.

  tulsa, okin a major coup for the growing field of creation science, the perfectly preserved remains of a 5,000-year-old tyrannosaurus rex were delivered monday to tulsa's creationist museum of natural history.. .

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  rebel8

  Oh it is. Oh crap, The Onion got me.

  It is a pretty realistic story, especially when they mentioned the teeth being Satanic.
  
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  WT Society Makes Light of Child Abuse Crimes by Portraying them as Cartoons

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i commented on this on another thread- but i believe this has enough importance to create a thread about this situation in and of itself.

  at the current district convention as you know the wt society released a " sophie & caleb " video allegedly warning parents about the dangers of child abuse.

  they don't really use the words " child abuse " in the video - but just say if " someone tries to touch you in a manner you aren't comfortable with " and portray it as a cartoon !

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  rebel8

  Seriously, the molester is an imaginary monster grunting at the children?

  The "don't talk to strangers" campaign was harmful to children. Kids didn't understand that 'stranger' could mean 'someone I know really well who smiles and is good looking'. Therefore, they developed a false sense of trust in people they know and an irrational fear of those they don't.

  This cartoon sounds much worse than that.
  
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  Creationist Museum Acquires 5,000-Year-Old T. Rex Skeleton

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. humour

  creationist museum acquires 5,000-year-old t. rex skeleton.

  news january 15, 2003. vol 39 issue 01 science & technology science religion.

  tulsa, okin a major coup for the growing field of creation science, the perfectly preserved remains of a 5,000-year-old tyrannosaurus rex were delivered monday to tulsa's creationist museum of natural history.. .

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  rebel8

  I seriously hope they aren't going to destroy it.
  
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  Disfellowshipped at 18

  by asensier in

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  2. relationships

  you can probably guess how this story goes.. i began dating a non-witness boy.

  he knew i was a baptised witness and understood the consequences i faced for dating him.

  we agreed to keep our relationship secret, which was easy considering our 200 mile distance.

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  rebel8

  You are being abandoned and it's not an act of love.

  So you are now in the position many of us have been in--having to rebuild your life. I'm glad to hear you have a supportive BF. Get new friends that are trustworthy and supportive, use the "gift" of life to the max by making the most of your intelligence and time. In other words, build a life worth living.
  
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  JW Org Flags at R.C.

  by ToesUp in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  photo was posted on jw-archive.

  j.w.org flags flying at the 2015 r.c.

  in fribourg, switzerland..

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  rebel8

  Well that's a new one!
  
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  Eternal life through brain transplant into an android body only a matter of time. Religion no longer needed.

  by fukitol in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  humanity doesn't need to continue believing in hocus pocus pie in the sky religious hogwash and pipe dreams to have hope of everlasting life.

  nor is it necessary to find the fountain of youth or turn off the aging process.. it's only a matter of time until science achieves it.

  maybe not decades away, maybe not even centuries, but eventually..... ....mankind will achieve eternal life through a transplant of the human brain into a future highly advanced robotic body.. already the scientific fundmentals for it exist.

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  This is awesome. Seriously.

  I'm putting "brain transplant onto android body" on my amazon wish list.
  
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  "We Already Forgive Him" - What Does That Mean?

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the children of one of yesterday's shooting have told the media that they have already forgiven the killer for what he did.. dylaan roof has not apologised for what he did.

  he hates black people and probably regrets not killing even more.. what does it really mean to forgive?.

  if the legal system asked the victims relatives what they want done next would they ask for dylaan to go free and unpunished?.

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  Forgiveness is like forgiving a bank loan.

  • You have to be the bank in order to forgive it.
  • It means all is zeroed out, as though nothing further is owed to make it right.
  • It is a favorite of religious people who claim it makes you a better person. And they seem to seek opportunities to publicly 'forgive' criminals. (If you truly forgave them, you don't need accolades for it.)
  • They claim you need to do it for yourself, for your health and for your relationship with god.
    

  Acceptance is an entirely separate matter:

  • You do not have to forget or forgive. You can remember it and still move on, not focusing your energy on it.
  • You do need to do it for yourself, for your health.
  • You don't need accolades for doing it.
    
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  Why using Jehovah for God's name is as good as using Yahweh

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in another thread i wrote some notes about why using jehovah in english is as good as using yahweh.

  i'm starting a discussion on this topic because it sounds quite ignorant to hear people talk of the monk who started using it in latin without really understanding why the monk did so.. the spanish dominican monk, raymundus martini, in 1270, didn't get hoodwinked by an old jewish superstition about pronouncing the divine name with the vowel points of another word.. 1. first the vowel points of adonay and jehovah cannot be the same for grammatical reasons.

  you just can't use the same vowel points because some vowels aren't paired with some consonants in pronouncing hebrew words.

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