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  Atheism and the delusion of meaning

  by Laika in

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  in the movie annie hall, written by woody allen, as a young boy, alvy's mother, takes him to see a doctor as he appears to be dealing with some kind of depression.

  when the doctor asks alvy what's up, alvy explains that he just found out the universe is expanding, everything will spread out and go cold and die, therefore nothing he does matters, so he is not going to do anything anymore.

  most people might see this as a joke, but i think woody is trying to make a serious point.. the point here is about meaning.

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  Carbon dating and the Global Flood - links needed

  by wizzstick in

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  i've been using the search function on the site to research this, but a lot of articles seem quite old and there have been some interesting developments in this field of late.. if you're not sure on what carbon dating is have a look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/radiocarbon_dating.

  there's an interesting point made in the calibration methods section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/radiocarbon_dating#calibration_methods.

  on developments in the last few years.. they highlight the discovery at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lake_suigetsu and how it increased the calibration from 12,593 to 52,800 years.

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  The Watchtower seem to acknowledge that the Great pyramid of Giza was built 244 years before Noahs' Flood. (2614 BC) (4600 years before 1986 is 2614 BC.)

  Awake 1986 1/22nd January pp. 29-30

  Watching the World ***What was the air like 4,600 years ago? That is what scientists are hoping to discover when they penetrate an underground chamber on the southwest side of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The 96-foot-long (29 m) chamber, covered by 4- to 6-foot-thick (1.2 to 1.8 m) limestone slabs, is thought to house a second ancient funerary boat for the "soul" of Pharaoh Cheops. The first-only 12 feet (3.7 m) away from the current site-was discovered in 1954. That wooden vessel, 130 feet (40 m) in length and excellently preserved, is on display in a museum built for it. The two pits, some 30 feet (9 m) deep and covered with 10 feet (3 m) of rubble, escaped the ravages of time and tomb robbers. It is expected that the second will be like the first-hermetically sealed by gypsum cement, thus trapping the ancient air. Space-age technology will be used to penetrate the chamber without introducing outside air. This will enable the scientists to measure particularly the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the interior air, compare them with present levels, and perhaps throw some light on the question of whether the earth is really warming up as is believed by some scientists.
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  How much water is on planet earth?

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  the watchtower, as i recall, get over the noah's flood story as regards saying the waters covered the mountains by saying that the mountains weren't .

  as high pre flood as after.

  the water didn't have to be 30,000 feet deep.. but supposing the highest bit of land was just 100 meters tall.

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  The Watchtower, as I recall, get over the Noah's Flood story as regards saying the waters covered the mountains by saying that the mountains weren't

  as high pre Flood as after. The water didn't have to be 30,000 feet deep.

  But supposing the highest bit of land was just 100 meters tall. Times that by the surface area of the globe of 510 million square kilometers

  and that is still a lot of water.

  Whilst trying to work this out I came across the following site which does a good job of comparing the volume of water on the planet.

  I have no idea how accurate it is.

  http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/2010/gallery/global-water-volume.html
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  I just informed the parents about me and the TTATT... heart wrenching

  by sosoconfused in

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  2. experiences

  well first i want to thank everyone here for the good points etc... i have received over the last few months.

  you guys have really been helpful!.

  so the other day my mother wrote me a 3 page letter telling me how she was so scared for me because she could tell my love for the truth was gone etc.. so i decided i wanted to totally rip the band-aid off and get this matter over and done with.

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  Billy the ex Bethelite- You are so cruel,
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  'Great ROI'...successfully fading

  by Skipper12 in

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  6 months or so ago, me and my wife decided we will never set foot again in a kingdom hall.

  about 4 months earlier than that, i stumbled upon an article about the wts being associated with the un.

  that got me into finding out ttat eventually.

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  ''I'm sure that everyone in has doubts but they are afraid to express them.

  If all would start expressing their doubts and all would know about all the other people's doubts, well, that would be the end of the organization.''

  How very true.
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  JW.ORG ..Search Button?

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  where is it?

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  i can't seem to find the ''search'' facility on the official watchtower webshite.. could someone point it out for me?.

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  Thanks. Not really highlighted as a web site search facility though is it.

  How come when I search for ''Raymond Franz'' nothing shows up even though it does on the Watchtower 2010 cdrom?

  Ah, I see. It only goes back to about 2000 I think.
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  JW.ORG ..Search Button?

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. watchtower
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  where is it?

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  i can't seem to find the ''search'' facility on the official watchtower webshite.. could someone point it out for me?.

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  Where is it?

  I can't seem to find the ''search'' facility on the official Watchtower webshite.

  Could someone point it out for me?

  Thanks
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  I just informed the parents about me and the TTATT... heart wrenching

  by sosoconfused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well first i want to thank everyone here for the good points etc... i have received over the last few months.

  you guys have really been helpful!.

  so the other day my mother wrote me a 3 page letter telling me how she was so scared for me because she could tell my love for the truth was gone etc.. so i decided i wanted to totally rip the band-aid off and get this matter over and done with.

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  sosoconfused. Very well done. If more exwitnesses did this I believe the Watchtower would fall quicker. You will feel better for not deceiving your parents.
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  Constructive feedback for AAWA leadership (IMHO)

  by besty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  1 - reconsider your existence - there might be a reason why the most effective resources to date have been solo efforts.

  2 - recognize that even well-intentioned organizations will firstly seek self-preservation.

  3 - be aware that egos and emotional stupidity have torn apart much grander edifices than aawa.

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  The website that had the most influence on my exit was the old "quotes" site.

  No comments, just quotes. No experiences.

  Freeminds and people's experiences did nothing for me. Still doesn't to a large degree. It's either the 'truth' or it isn't.

  Now 'Jwfacts' is the go to site for me .

  Everyone is different
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  Does this look familiar? Muslim and abusive husband.

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22044724 .

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  ThomasCovenant

  I hate religion.