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Freedom From Religion Foundation offers four student essay contests
Announced March 2016
Thousands of scholarship programs reward students for blind faith and orthodoxy, but hardly any reward students for using reason. Therefore, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to announce its 2016 high school, college and graduate/mature student essay scholarship competitions, which offer more than $30,000 in total cash prizes.
More at link. For full rules, eligibility and deadlines, please click here.
Hat tip to JWN poster rebel8 for including links to both sites at Cult Prevention Advocacy Center.
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So how do we start a Scholorship for JW and EXJW Students?
by Luther bertrand init is my contention that jw children are intellectually abused by being brainwashed to not have the choice of pursuing higher education.
so, how do we help these victims?
would a jw/exjw offer some help?
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Lovecraft and Houdini: “The Cancer of Superstition” discovered
by betterdaze inmanuscript for the cancer of superstition, requested shortly before escapologist’s death, is discovered in memorabilia collection.
according to the auction house – which will open bids at $13,000 (£9,240) with a pre-auction estimate expecting a final price somewhere between $25,000-$40,000 – the document explores everything from worship of the dead to werewolves and cannibalism, theorising that superstition is an “inborn inclination” that “persists only through mental indolence of those who reject modern science”.“most of us are heathens in the innermost recesses of our hearts,” it concludes.. fajuri said: “the manuscript deepens the debate over the legacies of two figures whose popularity rested on playing to both sides of their audience’s curiosity over issues including spiritualism, supernaturalism, the real and the unreal,”he added: “while lovecraft entertained readers with weird and horrific science fiction and houdini amazed audiences with displays of superhuman escapes, both are to be found here in what they call a ‘campaign’ against superstition.
they argue that all superstitious beliefs are relics of a common ‘prehistoric ignorance’ in humans.”.
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Manuscript for The Cancer of Superstition, requested shortly before escapologist’s death, is discovered in memorabilia collection
According to the auction house – which will open bids at $13,000 (£9,240) with a pre-auction estimate expecting a final price somewhere between $25,000-$40,000 – the document explores everything from worship of the dead to werewolves and cannibalism, theorising that superstition is an “inborn inclination” that “persists only through mental indolence of those who reject modern science”.
“Most of us are heathens in the innermost recesses of our hearts,” it concludes.Fajuri said: “The manuscript deepens the debate over the legacies of two figures whose popularity rested on playing to both sides of their audience’s curiosity over issues including spiritualism, supernaturalism, the real and the unreal,”
He added: “While Lovecraft entertained readers with weird and horrific science fiction and Houdini amazed audiences with displays of superhuman escapes, both are to be found here in what they call a ‘campaign’ against superstition. They argue that all superstitious beliefs are relics of a common ‘prehistoric ignorance’ in humans.”
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I am a bit screwed ... need some advice - non-JW issue
by StarTrekAngel inso i am having a bit of an issue at work and has been bothering me for a while.
first, you may need to know a bit about the organizational structure that i am dealing with.
there is our coo (chief op officer).
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STA, I don’t have any advice for you at the moment, but you may get some good answers and/or just general feedback at Ask A Manager. -
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You are tomato sauce...
by rrb2016 inthe wife and i went to the memorial strictly out of respect for my mother-in-law last night.
luckily our 20 month-old grand-baby was restless and making noise, so i quickly volunteered to take him in the back.
so i didn't have to listen to the presentation.
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Hmmm… “First” tomatoes, or “extras?”
Both are meant to be consumed and then flushed away as waste.
Here is the variety that uses such dehumanizing illustrations:
"Buy their fruits — You shall know them!" (TM)
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New Movie: Blood, dealing with Blood Transfusions. Coming to a theater near you soon!
by ILoveTTATT2 inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=b-tcy86as6i.
omg i cannot believe that someone is making a hollywood-like movie based on the topic of blood transfusions and jehovah's witnesses!
here is the trailer..
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Filmmaker’s mission to turn camera on religion
“People stay in this faith not because they want to, or because they believe it,” he explained. “It’s because they’re afraid of being excommunicated, of losing their families, their friends . . . I want to hope this will help change things.”
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JWs win 2015 Bronze Telly Award in the “Online Video News Feature”
by OrphanCrow injworg is carrying a "news" article concerning their recent win of a telly award.. i don't need to add to the jworg website hits, so here is the award listed on the telly award website:.
https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/list/?l=jehovah%27s&event=16&category=3&award=b.
2015 online video bronze winners.
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What CAN’T those brilliant Bethel boys accomplish with Sophia’s ice cream money and Satan’s worldly technology?
Actually, their cult competitors beat them to it:
Scientology wins a major award! Mind power vindicated!
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Vomit inducing JW Broadcasting Music Video
by sieborg insorry in advance if you have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay5of0nxm44.
do not know how to put in a direct link.
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I prefer this version:
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Tight Pants
by pixel intoday is friday.
so let's see something refreshing on the new june 2016 study wt.
tight pants!.
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What’s that sound?
It’s the stampede of young men fleeing the Kingdom Halls over this discouraging harassment.
In reality, Brother Trendy sprints to the Internet to complain about these meddling elduhs and gets the advice he needs to leave the cult without losing his family. -
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What's a word that describes the way Witnesses behave as a group?
by paul from cleveland ini can't recall the word that describes a group that keeps to itself like the witnesses do.
i thought it was "insular" but i don't think that's the one i'm looking for after reading the definition.
i remember an elder using the word "clannish" and that has the proper definition but it reminds me of a group of elves.
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Seeking Source material
by Doug Mason ini am calling on the combined scholarship of this site to help me with my research..
under the subheading of “who selected the canon?”, pages 27-28 of the watchtower of april 1, 2010 quotes professor oskar skarsaune and professor kenneth berding..
the watchtower writes:.
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Oskar Skarsuane’s email address and authorship lists at the Norwegian School of Theology.
Untranslated link: http://www.mf.no/en/kompetanse/person/40