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  Awesome Article From An Old Friend Of Ours

  by freemindfade in

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  and a good friend of mine.

  i know for exjw-political reasons this link won't work on here, but its worth copying and pasting to read.

  enjoy!.

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  freemindfade

  and a good friend of mine.

  I know for exjw-political reasons this link won't work on here, but its worth copying and pasting to read. Enjoy!

  http://jwsurvey.org/the-friday-column/the-friday-column-jehovahs-witnesses-and-doubts
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  "Shunning" - now a Watchtower word?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know jws have long used the word "shun" in a general sense, as in "shun what is bad".

  but i think they have long avoided using the word in relation to disfellowshipping.

  in external media or literature wherever the word "shunning" was used in a piece about jws it was usually a good indication it was critical of watchtower and not a neutral or supportive commentary.

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  Funny how quickly things change. Just in early 2015 I was having a blowout with my family and used the word shunning to describe disfellowshipping. I was quickly corrected by my aunt who said that is an "apostate" word.

  Guess not ...
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  JW TV, this month about evolution

  by bohm in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this month the last segment is about evolution.

  one is with a sister with a university education in biochemistry who (presumably) teaches at a highschool or public school.

  she says that left handedness of amino acids indicates life was created because "if it was a random process half would be right handed and half left handed" (paraphrased).

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  freemindfade

  If they so desired, the society could produce a PhD each month who believes the Earth is flat.

  I agree with that. I personally know some PhD's that are incredibly ignorant. In the uneducated org its going to sound like they are brilliant scientists though. PhD "piled higher & deeper"

  Its no guarantee of sanity or intelligence. Look at Ben Carson for Christ's sake!
  
  
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  JW TV, this month about evolution

  by bohm in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this month the last segment is about evolution.

  one is with a sister with a university education in biochemistry who (presumably) teaches at a highschool or public school.

  she says that left handedness of amino acids indicates life was created because "if it was a random process half would be right handed and half left handed" (paraphrased).

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  freemindfade

  I think this new effort on their part shows they are losing their religion to science and they know a lot are waking up (not so much to jw fuckery) to the bible and god being total BS. Starting to seem more desperate to present "scientific" opinion.
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  The thousand mile bullshit stare

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone else tired of this wt cliche?.

  "a certain young man named eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep.

  as paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead".

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  Beards - September 2016 Watchtower

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the issue of whether beards are acceptable or not is addressed in the september 2016 watchtower - well sort of.

  it is as clear as mud as to whether they are allowed in places like australia, usa and britain.. 17. what are some factors that may affect whether a brother wears a beard?17 what about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard?

  the mosaic law required men to wear a beard.

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  I don't know of any culture or locality that does not generally accept men having beards

  Watchtower culture of course.

  and i am with JW leaks, I said the same thing to some friends earlier today, I think this is giving Prince a post mortem pass on facial hair since he is being lauded as a devout witness in the media and no one will say different.
  
  
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  Top Ten Reasons Its Better To Be A Meyerist Than a JW (by FMF and Friends)

  by freemindfade in

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  premarital sex.

  drugs!!.

  profanity is no problem.

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  1. Premarital sex
  2. Drugs!!
  3. Profanity is no problem
  4. Free trips to beautiful Peru
  5. Lesbians Welcome
  6. Eye logo is way cooler and cultier than the JW.org logo
  7. No Caleb and Sophia cartoons or Watchtower studies
  8. If you sin just plant a tree
  9. Meyerists are not a real cult
  10. Hulu has better viewership than JW Broadcasting

  

  Everything else is pretty much the same...
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  Evidence for a Young Earth

  by Perry in

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  for additional information:.

  for additional information:.

  for additional information:.

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  freemindfade

  Perry did you read my post about Neanderthals?

  Somewhere Neil degrasse Tyson is shedding a tear
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  Underground stone rings made by Neanderthals

  by freemindfade in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/scientists-underground-stone-rings-made-by-neanderthals/2016/05/25/1fa17e98-229b-11e6-b944-52f7b1793dae_story.html.

  two mysterious stone rings found deep inside a french cave were probably built by neanderthals about 176,500 years ago, proving that the ancient cousins of humans were capable of more complex behavior than previously thought, scientists say..

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  freemindfade

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/scientists-underground-stone-rings-made-by-neanderthals/2016/05/25/1fa17e98-229b-11e6-b944-52f7b1793dae_story.html

  Two mysterious stone rings found deep inside a French cave were probably built by Neanderthals about 176,500 years ago, proving that the ancient cousins of humans were capable of more complex behavior than previously thought, scientists say.
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  Freedom of speech?

  by The Rebel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  attending my boys parents evening it was mentiond they were to study the " diary of anne frank".

  ( he is 10 years old) i pointed out to the teacher that having read the book, in my option the book was not written entirely by anne frank, and i would educate my boy on why i believe this to be so.. in my mind this was a totally reasonable responce by me, but it has resulted in the head-master of the school wanting to meet with me.

  i think it wrong that an educational system will i suspect meet with me and presumably suggest my options on the " anne frank diary" constitute hate speech, as nothing could be further from the truth.. freedom of speech is never absolute, but at what point do you think it reasonable and justified?

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  freemindfade

  Freedom of speech is never absolute, but at what point do you think it reasonable and justified?

  Its reasonable as long as others are allowed to criticize the speech of the other exercising their freedom.

  Cult like JWS and Islam demand freedom of religion/speech, but prohibit from others.

  Idiotic things like JW indoctrination cartoons and KKK hate demonstrations are allowed but the majority are allowed to tell them they are f--cking idiots. This freedom, and the freedom to criticize should keep things in check, once that is lost one extreme will take over.

  Freedom of speech is only dangerous when it becomes one sided, when you are the good extremism as long as you are the right kind of extreme.

  Freedom of speech HAS to be absolute to work. So a few crack pots can say whatever they want as long as they can be challenged not silenced.