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This is Why I Will Keep Explaining Evolution to ex-JWs

by cofty in

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Twitch

I find it interesting that Buddhism ranks higher than any other religion and even higher than the unaffiliated/non religious as regards belief in a naturalist evolution.

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Why Are You Here?

by Believer in

i'm wondering why believers remain members of this forum which is clearly hostile to believers.

as one member said, nonbelievers pounce on any semblance of belief like piranhas on prey.

as former jws we should have had our fill of judgmental know-it-alls, but here we are.

Twitch

Why Are You Here?

A very subjective question....

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i was a younger dub at the time of this release, and stopped watching this movie near its beginning, when john cleese was stoned with the huge rock for saying jehovah.. this was despite having been (and continuing to be) a major john cleese (and monty python) fan.. any fans of this film?.

Twitch

"'Judean People's Front'. We're the People's Front of Judea! 'Judean People's Front'. Wankers."

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Orwell's 1984- a text book for the GB?

by purrpurr in

jw
friends

i'm in the middle of studying 1984 by george orwell .

it's a frightening book but more so for me because it's describing the borg to the letter almost just by another name.. right down to the changing of history to suit bb doctrine, the younger generation not believing anymore but finding ways around the rules to live their own lives.

the culture of squealing on others and kids being taught to do that even to their own parents.

Twitch

Great book, an eye opener when I first read it.

You might find this a good corroborative read;

https://www.amazon.ca/Orwellian-World-Jehovahs-Witnesses/dp/0802065457

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Gord Downie - No Mention ??

by berrygerry in

with the loss of music greats in 2016, i'm somewhat surprised that gord downie hasn't been mentioned here.. the hip make such good music, and put on a good show.

saw them here about 4 years ago, and gord brought his young son out on stage.

with his health news, it makes that memory so much more touching.. whenever we lose a talented entertainer, we feel such loss, wishing that their talented gift to us did not stop.. for him to give, what can only be described as, a self-sacrificing good-bye tour, leaves me absolutely speechless.. http://www.torontosun.com/2016/05/25/final-tragically-hip-tour-dates-announced.

Twitch

I raise a toast, to Gord Downie and his family.

Ditto. His lyrics and the Tragically Hip's songs are synonymous with Canadian music and culture to a large degree. I first saw them during a "nooner" at college in '89 when they released "Up to Here". Pretty good band I thought and then they exploded, here in Canada anyways.

I salute Gord's bravery and dedication to his craft with this last tour, and wish him and his own strength in the coming months.

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What's your favourite feel good movie ?

by jhine in

maybe it's time for a less serious thread .

i have just finished watching dirty dancing ( again ) .

what is your feel good movie , the one that makes you smile and cry happy tears ?

Twitch

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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RUSSIA: Jehovah's Witnesses face possible liquidation

by AndersonsInfo in

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friends

http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2181.

24 may 2016. russia: jehovah's witnesses face possible liquidation.

by victoria arnold, forum 18. if prosecutors proceed with their threat to liquidate the jehovah's witness headquarters near st petersburg, thousands of local congregations across russia could also face prohibition of their activities and individuals could be vulnerable to criminal charges for expressing their beliefs, forum 18 notes.. the jehovah's witnesses' principal body in russia is under threat of dissolution as an "extremist" organisation after the deadline in an official warning from the general prosecutor's office expired on 10 may, forum 18 notes.

Twitch

I don't believe in banning any religion no matter how pathetic it is.

Agreed.

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What was there before the Big Bang?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpuhj98vjoa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hik8hj0_t9q.

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It might be considered that defining time in relation to movement or velocity is self referential as time is part of the equation i.e velocity is distance over time. Defining time in such a way is circular and logically inconsistent.

Clearly, time is a measurement between two events occurring. A measurement arbitrarily ascribed however we wish to, in ever decreasing increments and in figures so large as to reel the mind. But these labels are relative to what we perceive and what can be measured, such as the speed of my typing, the speed of light (no relation), the positions of things, even subatomic particles (which is quite another sticky mess according to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle)

Physics doesn't require time move in one direction only as the math allows events to happen forwards or backwards in time. Such is how the Big Bang theory was postulated, working things backward. In relativistic terms, speed and therefore time are finite in that the speed of light governs all. Then again, quantum entanglement seemingly allows events to affect each other instantly regardless of distance and time. This begs the question of what is an instant?

What really is time?

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