:For me, can someone convert the cubits of the ark into our language, so I can work out how many animals it could carry? -- already well doc'd at http://talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-noahs-ark.html
tetrapod.sapien
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Evidence for evolution, Installment 5: Lake Tanganyika, etc
by seattleniceguy inhey gang!
i apologize for my absence of a few weeks.
i have been very busy with work lately, and i hate to write something that i haven't been able to research properly, so i haven't posted anything in this series for three weeks now.
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Who left the JW's after getting on the internet?
by toladest invitta's thread above got me wondering.
how many here still believed the "witnesses" to have the truth until they came to sites like this?
how many actually came here to defend the jw's and ended up leaving?
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i think in my case, i subconciously knew it was rubbish for some time. but when i did come online, the world opened up to me. i started small and low key, learning about scientific method and evolution before my questions brought me to sites like this and others.
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Do You Think Pink?
by prophecor inwhy are men petrified of the color pink?
would you, as a man, ever wear anything pink, say a pink polo shirt, with a pair of faded blue jeans?
although a bit out of the ordinary for most men, the artist in me ask, what is it with the very sexist colour of pink?
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i have a pink polo. very preppy. i love it.
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What happened to Babylon the Great? Why is it still here?
by truthseeker inhave you seen bab-el-on the great?
she was here just a few minutes ago.. seriously, i was thinking back to the days of 1988 - when we first received the copy of the penultimate revelation book.
you know, the one with the red cover and the scary dragon pictures inside.. at that time, jw thinking was heightened to expect the imminent destruction of false religion.
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this is one of the prophecies of theirs that i hope actually comes true: secular authorities and UN attacking religion, or at the very least fully sepparating it from state.
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Where did things go wrong?
by ljwtiamb inare certain boes and their application of principle the problem?.
were jws ever on the right track?.
are the gbs the source of all the org troubles?.
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Are certain BOEs and their application of principle the problem?
bodies of elders? no. they are just cogs in the wheel, programs in the matrix.
Were JWs ever on the right track?
no. plus their founder was a masonic pyramidologist.
Are the GBs the source of all the org troubles?
yes. if elders are just cogs on the wheel, they are the wheel.
Is the ORG the itself the problem?
GB/Org, same thing in my books.
Is christianity wrong? the bible? all religion?
IMHO, yes, yes and yes.
Why the H3LL am I half-way through life and just now starting to think like this for myself?
i hear you. i am in same position. -- because of the GB. mind control. very powerful. unfortunately, critical thinking ability is not packaged with intelligence. it has to be learned. if you were raised in the truth, then you would rarely have been exposed to critical thinking.
BTW ljwtiamb, i always enjoy your questions. thanks for posting them.
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Things you love.. another pic posting thread
by Lehaa in.
hi, i've spent the moring looking through my pics and pics of friends on the web.. thought i'd share some pics of my greatest love.... my kids.. please share some pics of the things you love the most.. .
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molly-bean the cocker spaniel
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Macs are female. regular x86 PC's are Male. Blade servers are grumpy old men.
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Things you shouldn't have liked as a Witness.......BUT DID!!!
by ScoobySnax inwhen you were a jw can you remember things you should've not liked but did?
i was listening to some dowloads tonight and heard "happy birthday" by stevie wonder, i remember going to a big family party when i was a kid, and my uncle who had some dj decks put this one on for me as it was my birthday (none of my dads side of the family were jw) i loved it.......good memories still of this song.. i remember getting easter eggs too, and thinking however pagan they were, they tasted bloody delicious.
better than "ordinary" chocolate bars.
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christmas, buddhism, hippies, Lord of the Rings/Hobbit, Dune, Big Churches, Church Music, pipe smokers.
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And THIS is supposed to be a God worthy of worship?
by SeymourButts inhe created evil (lam.
3:38, jer.
26:3, 36:3, ezek.
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Wow, God's a lot of things.
You know what cracks me up? It's when God apologists quote scripture saying God is a good guy. God (through his own holy book) says he's a good guy...well, no surprises there then!
lol! totally. The Lord of the Rings says Frodo and Gandalf are good guy's, and that Sauron is evil. But how do we know for sure? at least in LOTR there are no contraditions. Neither book has a warning label that it is just fiction. apologists...jeez. edit: oh, and i love this essay called "An Almighty Screwup" here: http://ebonmusings.org/atheism/screwup.html
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Why isn't the WTS more direct in regards to "apostate" web sites?????????
by integ ini wonder why the wts does not specifically tell its hapless adherents to not go to apostate websites?
references as to what to beware of on the internet seem to be painted with broad strokes.
always first is pornography, then chat rooms.
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absolutely. the internet poses the single largest challenge to them as an org since its inception. i think they do not specifically say not to go to an apostate web site for the same reason you don't tell a teenage boy not to have sex with a pretty girl, or try smoking a joint (not that i am saying there is anything wrong with either or even both at the same time). because chances are, they will go right out and try it. they will be curious as to what scares you so much. same with the borg, remember, she's our "mother".
i always thought: why is it so imparative not to look at or refute apostate lit if we really have the "truth"? a real truth would be able to stand up to whater skepticism was leveled against it.