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  How can anyone really be a 100% confident atheist given the paranormal and occult?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

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  i don't believe the bible is inerrant nor do i hold a 'christian worldview' any longer as my profile details say (which i am unable to update on my profile), but i just can't see how anyone can be absolutely 100% confident there is nothing out there we can call a 'god' or spirit creature in the face of endless first-hand accounts of paranormal and occult experiences that felt as 'real' to the person who experienced them as anything else in their lives.. there are untold reports of ghosts, faith-healing, ouija boards, seances, spirit mediums, stigmata, mystical born-again experiences, speaking in tongues, and then there's hypnotism, ufo sightings, poltergeists, remote viewing, etc, etc.

  ok, so its mostly only anecdotal evidence, but the amount of it is so overwhelming it is practically corroborating evidence.

  in the face of all this, how can anyone categorically assert that there is nothing out there that is beyond ourselves that we might call a 'god' or spirit creature?

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  http://www.spiritualatheism.com/
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  Missouri Pastor’s Fiery Speech Against Equal Rights for Homosexuals Has Stunning Twist Ending

  by kurtbethel in

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  http://gawker.com/5953357/missouri-pastors-fiery-speech-against-equal-rights-for-homosexuals-has-stunning-twist-ending.

  back in august, during a springfield city council public hearing on amending the city's nondiscrimination ordinance to include sexual orientation and gender identity protections, rev.

  phil snider of the brentwood christian church lashed out at the council for "inviting the judgement of god upon our land" by making "special rights for gays and lesbians.".

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  After seeing that, he's awesome in my book.
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  Crazy Watchtower Edition

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  sometimes the watchtower takes it too far to find new readers, but this january 2013 issue really takes the cake.... ...this will become a collectors item for sure!!.

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  New 16 page WT & AWAKE available on jw.org

  by St George of England in

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  needless to say it's the same old rubbish.

  the wt has the usual 'doom & gloom front cover, end of the world, fireball, people running in panic.... george.

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  Ugh! They have the gaul to showcase a biochemist when they demonize college? Those gaylord fockers. They are imitating the Mormon scientist guy on the commercial. Hypocrites.
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  Any idea when "New Light" offically in print or explained 2 RnF???

  by mind blown in

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  hello, would anyone know or a guesstimate??.

  also, will they have assemblies to discuss .

  ~mb.

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  A friend of mine said it was even mentioned at the CA he just went to.
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  Stumbled on this...

  by MisfitMeL in

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  have any of you come across this site before?

  and if you have, what are your thoughts?

  http://www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/.

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  Delusional. Still trapped in the mental delusion that the WT has anything to do with crazy prophecy.
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  Flirting with going Vegetarian, anyone of you ever graduate from simply thinking about it?

  by Theocratic Sedition in

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  it's just a thought right now, but one of those thoughts where i have that itch.

  it's that same itch felt before i purchase something major.

  i'm just wondering what i might be getting into based upon others experiences in this regard.

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  Look into Paleo instead.
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  What Would Be A Big Deal For A JW To Get Them To Really Question The "Truth"???

  by minimus in

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  is there anything??

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  My opinion: I think it takes a "perfect cocktail" of circumstances.

  - Personal mistreatment by other JWs causing you to question the "Love" in the congregations

  - Missing meetings and "theocratic activities" is KEY. Without the constant mind numbing cult bullshit, your mind and body can have the breathing room and reduced stress to actually start thinking for yourself again.

  - Addressing doubts instead of letting cognitive dissonance take over. Giving yourself the permission to question and use your god given brain (if you believe in him/her/it) to apply real reason to the teachings.
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  Last night was my martyring

  by outsmartthesystem in

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  it went as expected.

  i had multiple opportunities to pounce on their inconsistencies....but i refrained.

  because i was recording it.

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  So what was the end result OTS? DF'd?
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  My Wife's Theory

  by breakfast of champions in

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  discussing the recent boe letter regarding child molestation this morning with my wife (she actually brought it up) , and she commented on how absurd it was - it just did not make sense!

  but there was one way that it could make sense.

  she said "what if someone at the top on the governing body was a child molester and wanted to cover everything up?

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  I think an easier explanation is that they are nucking futs. They seriously believe their own sh!t and are going nuts trying to hold on to power.