SirNose586

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  British Tories pledge to stop creationism in school

  by cofty in

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  stick pins in my eyeballs or vote conservative?

  its a difficult dilemma.

  however with a general election on the horizon michael gove the shadow education secretary has just gone and added to my angst.

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  Now if all us Yanks could have the same kind of leadership on that level here, we'd be in good shape.
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  God the Great Watcher With Hurt Feelings, Rage, Jealousy and Everything Human

  by frankiespeakin in

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  2. beliefs

  the idea of a god that made everything, knows everything, and has feelings and opinions about everything seems a bit preposterous and based on a pile of assumptions which are extremely anthropomorphic in nature.. needless to say the biblical deity resembles a human with megalomania, or a human with an inflated ego.

  he demands love from his worshippers with nothing less than to love him with ones whole heart and soul.

  based to a large part on godly fear and terror, for the consequences of not loving him are,, ah well,,punishment of some sort depending on which brand of religion or interpretation one subscribes to.

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  Here is one way it "could" be valid.................the bible does describe God as having created all things from himself in a sense, having an abundance of dynamic energy. I read a scripture if he were to withdraw his spirit, everything in existence would fall lifeless. (wish could recall it offhand) So if your existence is apart of him (when one dies spirit "returns" to him), if we are part of his dynamic energy, then he would know EVERYTHING.

  That reminds me of the concept of Brahman, only Brahman isn't an entity, just the sum of all reality.
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  March WT: Dumb That Takes Your Breath Away?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the cover article is "the bible-is it really god's inspired word?"..

  this has got to be a new low in watchtower superficiality.

  how do we know that isaiah and daniel were authentic despite the claims of critics?.

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  They did the same thing with the Flood. "Jesus said it happened, therefore it did." It's certainly less work than laboriously trying to float the notion that a huge wooden box, bigger than any wooden ship that would ever be built, could successfully keep a ship full of all the earth's species at the time alive during a planetary flood (which covered all the mountains in the world) to engage in some strange form of hyper-evolution to create all the species we know of today.
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  Just felt a tremor

  by leec in

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  2. beliefs

  sitting here catching up on why the haitians deserved to suffer when i tremor jolted the house.

  funny how i can kind of tell the direction they come from / go to by which side of the house creaks first/last.

  checking google live results feed i see i was not the only one who felt it, though i don't see it yet on the quakes sites i occassionally check.. .

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  Hey! I did too, in the afternoon!
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  To what degree due you think "Internet killed the "Jehovah's Witness" radio star."

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i remember getting my first crapy computer for $200 bucks and clicking on the internet for the first time....i said to myself: "i may just look up my jehovah's witness brothers on here.....free minds watching the watchtower hmmm .

  so the nails in my faith coffin began to be hammered in rip.

  so how big an influence was the net in your leaving?.

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  It was the medium I used to research my doubts. Books were harder to come by, in fact, I got in trouble for ordering Crisis of Conscience. So had it not been for the internet, I would probably still be in, but frustrated as hell. I can give it nearly all the credit for my leaving.
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  Which Governing body member will die next?? Will things change?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i will review this post when it happens so.....prophecy time!

  who will guess correct!

  my $50 is on theodore jarc born in 1925?

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  Oh yes! Please let Losch or Herd, or whomever might be crazier than those two, take the reigns. The loonier and more reckless, the better. Ram that Titanic Borgship into the iceberg!
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  JW responses on Facebook rules from CO

  by purplesofa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know there has been threads on jw's using facebook, i thought i would post some responses from jw community i got in an email.. .

  this was presented for discussion.. .

  a co in our area (rochester) said that there would be no one being.

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  Here is what is ironic to me:

  Facebook and other social networking sites could be the tool to huge growth for the WT, if they were not so focused on the outdated mode of preaching to promote growth. It is so ineffective that there have been recent talks about the real reason for preaching, to prove we love Jehovah, or some such blather.

  It DOESN'T work. People are turned off by it, but the WTcannot see it as only a tool for growth; it is their identity. Their grip on this old method for growth is preventing their growth, among other things.

  Other groups grow by ATTRACTION, by having a group that is happy and well adjusted. Lots of people are looking for a religion. No matter what the WT says, selecting a religion, let's say a church instead or community because I think that is how people look at the choice, it really is just like different car brands or toothpaste; people check them out and make a choice. I don't think that most people are looking for TRUTH, just a place they feel comfortable and maybe a charitable cause.

  Facebook could be the best showcase for a large group of essentially decent people. BUT lleadership is so INEPT that they can't see this is a tool that would showcase them if they could ever get their act together.

  I don't like the social climate of the JW's any longer, but compared to LEADERSHIP the rank and file are genius. The top layers of the WT are the worst in any religion over a million members. They should be fired, or resign; that is how badly they have done their job.

  Kudos for this observation. If they really wanted to open the floodgates to new members, they'd try to use any form out there. It's funny how they put so much in the house-to-house method because that's what they claim was done in the past, but if Paul were alive today, wouldn't he use the internet? Or TV? Or radio? Preaching in the synagogues was the best thing he could do to reach a lot of people at once. But instead they stifle growth in order to control the message.
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  Ex-Jehovah's Witness Survey...

  by Tuesday in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everyone.

  another idea came to me tonight while discussing the pew forum survey about how only 37% of jehovah's witnesses remain in the religion from childhood.

  the recent watchtower article where it says the majority of people who leave the religion do so in order to commit sin was brought up predictably.

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  Name: Andrew

  Gender: Male

  Age: 24

  Start of the Questions:

  How were you introduced to Jehovah's Witnesses: Born in

  How did you leave the religion: Left outright

  What Age did you leave?: 23

  Were you Baptized: Yes

  What General reason did you leave the religion: Didn't believe it was "The Truth"

  How did you feel about the doctrine before leaving: Believed for the most part

  Did your feelings about the doctrine effect the way you left?: Yes

  If you were disfellowshipped for sin, did your feelings on the doctrine effect you sinning in the first place?: N/A

  Did you research the religion's teachings after leaving?: Yes

  What are your feelings on the doctrine of the religion since leaving?: There are a lot of problems

  How do you feel about the organization since leaving?: They are evil

  How do you feel about the people since leaving?: They're misguided but great people

  How do you feel about discussing your time as a Jehovah's Witness?: It's part of me I'll discuss it if it comes up

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  Great questionnaire! I don't know how relevant it is to your survey, but perhaps you could include a question about what age the person was when baptized.
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  Olympic Torch Failure A Blessing!

  by leec in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the olympics is nothing more than a satanic contest between one wild beast and another.

  the failure of the forth arm of the olympic torch is a twofold prophesy, to wit:.

  1) the beast cannot stand on its own, it will ultimately fail due to man's folly!.

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  Serves them right. That was a bizarre opening ceremony. Maybe it didn't help that I was watching it inside a bar and steadily getting more and more buzzed...but it was too weird for me. Apparently Batman rowed a canoe to the moon???
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  Man smashes 29 TV's at Walmart. Why? Why? Why?

  by dissed in

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  2. friends

  as one who has been wanting a flat screen tv really badly, i took this story very hard.. what would drive someone to such madness?.

  my first thought it was 'oldhippie' had seen something on tv he didn't like.

  somebody making fun of the geico lizzard and he decided to even the score.

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  I think he wanted to re-enact the part in Zombieland where the characters shash up the shop on the Indian reservation. Of course, in the movie, they were the only four humans alive that they knew of...