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  Radio Show About JWs - anyone have advice?

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm scheduled to appear on atheists talk radio show this sunday (i'll have to miss the public talk, though).. here's a link about it: radio program.. does anyone have any advice for me?

  or - do you have anything you think i really need to mention?

  (like new light or some recent crazy statement in the tower.).

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  @Amelia:

  Thanks, I'll go to the link you provided to get the quotes.

  @JGNat:

  Very interesting. Yes, I will have to take the pluralism of our society into consideration. Especially since the atheists/agnostics who tune in are likely to feel that all faiths are equally wacky...

  @Gopher:

  Glad to hear you plan to tune in! Maybe you can call in and ask about the JWs policy on birthdays. :) Thanks for the links - I will check those out today and print out anything that's particularly insteresting/damning.

  Mad Sweeney brings up some good ideas. It really seems like shunning is the strongest topic; it's unique among JWs in its style and extent. It also seems to really embarress JWs. For example, I could talk about how they take Genesis as literal, but most JWs are proud of that and would call in to defend it (if they weren't afraid of calling in). Shunning, on the other hand, embarresses them.
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  Radio Show About JWs - anyone have advice?

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm scheduled to appear on atheists talk radio show this sunday (i'll have to miss the public talk, though).. here's a link about it: radio program.. does anyone have any advice for me?

  or - do you have anything you think i really need to mention?

  (like new light or some recent crazy statement in the tower.).

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  @Amelia-

  Yes, I agree, shunning is a great topic; the host is already planning to question me on that. Do you have any references for the "mentally diseased" and "contagious" statements? I haven't been keeping up with my reading of the Watchtowers lately, so I may have missed that food.

  @Desirous-

  Good advice. I try to remain calm and rational when discussing the JWs, as I know that any emotion displayed is taken as either a hateful attitude or overwhelming sadness at 'knowing' I'm gonna die at Armageddon.

  Did KoolAidMan do something kooky on TV or radio lately?
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  Radio Show About JWs - anyone have advice?

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm scheduled to appear on atheists talk radio show this sunday (i'll have to miss the public talk, though).. here's a link about it: radio program.. does anyone have any advice for me?

  or - do you have anything you think i really need to mention?

  (like new light or some recent crazy statement in the tower.).

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  Shepherd Book

  I'm scheduled to appear on Atheists Talk radio show this Sunday (I'll have to miss the Public Talk, though).

  Here's a link about it: Radio Program.

  Does anyone have any advice for me? Or - do you have anything you think I really need to mention? (Like new light or some recent crazy statement in the Tower.)
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  The Memorial Slide Show!

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one of my relatives sent me this slideshow "reminding" me about the memorial.i pasted the slides at my blog, along with a brief commentary: http://zimmerscope.com/verbisaurus/2011/04/happy-death-day-jesus/.

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  Shepherd Book

  One of my relatives sent me this slideshow "reminding" me about the memorial.I pasted the slides at my blog, along with a brief commentary: http://zimmerscope.com/Verbisaurus/2011/04/happy-death-day-jesus/
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  "See! See? Just as like the bible says! earthquakes are increasing!"

  by highdose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  which is what a dub said to me today.

  i would like to come back to him with evidence that they are not.

  does anyone have any helpful links they could post to refute this?.

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  Shepherd Book

  Sorry, I don't have any links for you. However, if the JW really said the bible says earthquakes will be increasing, then they didn't read closely enough. The scripture merely says "earthquakes in one place after another." There's no indication there will be any more or less than before.
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  Help: Re: Letter to elders NOT to disfellowship otherwise legal action will be taken

  by LouBelle in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hello there everyone.

  i remember reading a while back about someone on here ( i think) that wrote a letter to the body of elders & headoffice that they should not take any action to disfellowship them as they would be distancing them from friends and relatives and would proceed to take legal action if the body of elders went ahead.. if anyone has that link or can point me in the right direction i'd appreciate that..

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  Shepherd Book

  Here is the letter my wife and I wrote to the elders, which contains what you want:

  http://www.watchtowerletters.com/our_letter_elders.html
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  PZ Myers links to exjwguy video

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in todays pharyngula blog pz myers has linked to the latest video by exjwguy about the irony of the "new atheists" awake.

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  well done exjwguy - its one of the biggest blogs on the web.

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  Shepherd Book

  Nice work, exjwguy!

  I know PZ linked to the one shown above, but this one sure hit closer to home with me:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R7VkMgMkmg
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  Origin of Life Brochure--Excellent Video re how life may have originated

  by Cadellin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi, folks--i'm not sure if this vid has been posted before but its worth watching for a simple (and likely simplistic) hypothesis on the formation of life.

  as many of you know, one of the (numerous) difficulties with the latest wt brochure the origin of life, five questions worth asking is the way it conflates evolution with abiogenesis, then quotes scientists like robert shapiro who say that, for instance, the rna world hypothesis won't work because of thus and such.

  then, the wt (somewhat dishonestly) uses those words as "proof" that any kind of naturalistic origin is impossible (instead of revealing what shapiro, in this case, is really saying--that while the rna world hypothesis has problems, there are other hypotheses that overcome those problems).. at any rate, this is worth watching, both for the easy to understand explanation of one possible hypothesis from a harvard scientist and for the cool way the text is calibrated with the final movement of beethoven's 9th symphony.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yojsflhx7ts.

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  Here's a video I made last summer regarding the Origin of Life brochure:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9lFOdN9yR8
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  New Watchtower Videos - Was Life Created?

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i created a trilogy of short documentaries (about 3 minutes long each) exploring some of the claims and assertions in the watchtower's new brochure was life created?.

  i intend to upload the third one in the next few hours; just need to tweak a few things:.

  the basis for some of your beliefs, part one.

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  Shepherd Book

  Here is part three...

  The Basis for Some of Your Beliefs (part 3)

  God_Delusion: I'll be in touch.
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  New Watchtower Videos - Was Life Created?

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i created a trilogy of short documentaries (about 3 minutes long each) exploring some of the claims and assertions in the watchtower's new brochure was life created?.

  i intend to upload the third one in the next few hours; just need to tweak a few things:.

  the basis for some of your beliefs, part one.

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  Shepherd Book

  I created a trilogy of short documentaries (about 3 minutes long each) exploring some of the claims and assertions in the Watchtower's new brochure Was Life Created?

  Here are the first two. I intend to upload the third one in the next few hours; just need to tweak a few things:

  The Basis for Some of Your Beliefs, Part One

  The Basis for Some of Your Beliefs, Part Two

  (Make sure you rate the videos and subscribe to my account, if you'd like.)

  Also - I recently gave a presentation regarding JWs to a Critical Thinkers' Club. Here is an article that an attendee wrote about my presentation: CLICK THIS.

  Enjoy!