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  When the WTS saw Catholic Church abuse being exposed

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  there was a time when the abuse issues in the catholic church were first starting to be exposed.. now, they were fully aware that they had the exact same issues that they too were covering up.. what did they choose to do?.

  they could have "learnt" and said "man, that looks bad and we know we have the same problem - but at least we can learn something and put processes in place to make sure we clean up our act".. they could have done nothing themselves but refrained from criticized the catholic church knowing that they had the same skeletons in their own closet.. what did they actually do?.

  they wen't full guns criticizing the catholics for something they knew they were completely guilty of as well, painting themselves as 'the good guys where this sort of thing would never happen' but the only processes they put in place were to tighten up how cover-ups were managed and to make sure the local elders knew how to silence any incidents.

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  freemindfade

  Very nice summary
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  Humous good or bad?
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  More Inspiring Young Awakenings

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just found these vidoes on youtube, maybe you have seen them already, but i thought i would share.

  these canadian kids for me are courageous and inspiring.

  more excellent public examples of non vitrial apostate awakening.

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  freemindfade

  Its sad but hopeful, you know that behind the scenes and the time it took to get there they went through hell, and grief, but they are turning it into positive energy as best they can
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  freemindfade

  _Morpheus how dare you deny the existence of my god Dionysus, why just last night I drank a bottle of wine!

  May the desert god YAHOOHOOY smite you with piles!

  
  
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  Why I believe in God. Why I don't believe in God.

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi i am delighted to be apart of the community.. having left the witnesses one of my first challenges was my believe in god.

  naturally.. i have concluded that i am alive and conscious.

  now my intuition tells me god exists, but my analytical thinking tells me god does not exist.

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  freemindfade

  When you embrace the facts and live accordingly it's awesome.

  Good not god.

  Just settle in the what we know so far about our natural world and what we keep learning. When we credit the unknown with "God" we are putting blinders on. Embrace the unknown about our world and ourselves and start really learning about who and what we are and be excited the more we replace "god" with real understanding.
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  boom!

  by username in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just before the morning adjournment in the australian proceedings the judge played an absolute blinder.. he asked the elder as in deuteronomy would the jehovah's witnesses stone a woman for committing adultery?!

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  freemindfade

  Two witness rule yes

  Stoning no

  So simple and yet I never thought of that one. Again I'm so impressed with the sharpness of these guys on the jw thing.
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  Soooo, when I tell you I feel it's a cult

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why would you proceed to invite me to their meetings?

  wtf?

  how much clearer can i make my stance????

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  freemindfade

  I got another one that wants a half our visit. Oy...

  Check on things. Some of these elders could be great guys if they didn't have to pretend to give a shit about "spirituality"
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  Was this the garden of Eden/Noah's flood?

  by little_Socrates in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101208151609.htm.

  jeffrey rose, an archaeologist and researcher with the university of birmingham in the u.k., says that the area in and around this "persian gulf oasis" may have been host to humans for over 100,000 years before it was swallowed up by the indian ocean around 8,000 years ago.

  rose's hypothesis introduces a "new and substantial cast of characters" to the human history of the near east, and suggests that humans may have established permanent settlements in the region thousands of years before current migration models suppose.. .

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  freemindfade

  I think a better question would read "did the Mesopotamian myth of a global flood originate with these civilizations lost to the Persian gulf". Often these things reveal the origins. Not proof a myth was factual.
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  More Inspiring Young Awakenings

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just found these vidoes on youtube, maybe you have seen them already, but i thought i would share.

  these canadian kids for me are courageous and inspiring.

  more excellent public examples of non vitrial apostate awakening.

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  freemindfade

  It's only my opinion. But I think we will see a new generation of exjw "apostate".

  I think maybe the older ones. Were most fearless and they found informaton and acted in times when information wasn't as readily available.

  Then there are those in their 30's like me and some other I know. We came into the information age. And weren't born in. I feel we are awake and pissed. Often stuck. Embedded by spouse and family and already our youth sacrafice to this shit.

  Then this young group. Very decisive about living honestly. Raised in the info age. Maybe the least vitriol of the three demographics. Still young different atmosphere different experience. I hope all the you people snap out of it and wake up before they get embedded in decades of family and friends.

  None of this is fact just gut feelings of mine. We all share similarities no matter how old or young. But we all also have different generational aspects on this cult.
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  More Inspiring Young Awakenings

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just found these vidoes on youtube, maybe you have seen them already, but i thought i would share.

  these canadian kids for me are courageous and inspiring.

  more excellent public examples of non vitrial apostate awakening.

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  freemindfade

  steve2

  friendliness? well they are Canadian lol

  Sorry can't skip an opportunity to tease Canadians, all in good fun. I do love canadians but also love to tease them.

  They seem pretty sharp, I doubt they will become ministers of some other nonsense. I think there are a few rest stops on the way out, one is still believing in judeo christian faith (I never made that one) and the other is a form of agnosticism that keeps looking for higher power. Now some get stranded at those rest stops, I have a feeling now that they are free to think, and meeting lots of people, they wont get closed minded again. I hope