Posts by gordon d

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Tom & Katie's Scientology Wedding

by rebel8 in

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kinda shocked no one else started a thread on this, unless i missed it.

surely we cannot pass up this opportunity to dis scientology and misogynists, now can we?.

one of many of the same news stories: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/entertainment/4336437.html.

gordon d

"free and may forget" their promises? WTF does that mean??? "He might cheat on you, but YOU GET A CAT! YAY!" Still LMAO!!!!!

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Catholics, JWs and personal conscience and Blackmail

by JWdaughter in

http://www.theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=4545 .

interesting article about the fact that 99.4% of conscientious objectors in s. korea are jw.

guess who is supporting a legal maneuver to make it possible for them to do alternative service rather than military service?

gordon d

What the.....?

Must be that demons are trying to win favor with the witnesses so the "joint rulers" will have mercy on them during the coming age!

P.S. Got my vision back!

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A Dummies Discussion on God, the Universe and Everything.

by nicolaou in

thought i'd try a different approach to the big questions but it'll probably descend into the usual disagreements.

still, no harm in trying .

.. the rules:.

Ok Nic,
How do evolutionist support walking upright?

If mankind is the highest evolved species (mentally), what are the proposed benefits of bipedal movement? Other quadripod/bipods can still reach higher vegetation----bears, apes, dogs, etc... yet all other species (with the exception of a few reptiles) can run faster on all fours. What would be the evolutionary "advantage" for walking upright?

If standing erect requires much more balance than being on all fours... why are humans the only species without a tail?

Since 50% of each day is in darkness and since humans have very little physiological defenses against predators, why is their night vision one of the worst in the entire animal kingdom?

What would be the evolutionary benefit of not being reproductive or approaching physical maturity until approx. 12 years of life (roughly 30% into the life span of ancient man)... compare this with the life cycle of any other mammal. What other animal is not "full grown" so late in life... why?

What is the evolutionary advantage of exploiting available resource for humans having such a "delicate" digestive system? Other animals within the same food chain can eat things that would make a human sick or die.

What is the advantage of being practically hairless?

What is the advantage of male facial hair?

What is the advantage of emotions like sadness, jealosy, or remorse?

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This is so huge.

by La Capra in

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when i was four, i believed that my life could be painfully and tortuously taken from me, in a ball of flame, crashing down from the heavens, just while i sitting down to a bowl of oatmeal in the morning.. when i was nine, i believed that my life, as i then knew it, would be drastically altered, that i would be tortured for being a jw, and after suffering for who knows how long, i would die (because i still hadn't lived up to jehovah's expectations).. when i was 13, i wanted to be a nuclear physicist-because it sounded cool, but in the meantime i believed that i would die in armageddon because i wanted to go to college, get really educated, and have a great, "worldly" life.. when i was 15, i felt guilty that i hoped armageddon would never come, because i so desperately wanted to go to college.. when i was 17, i was offered an honors early admissions in a prestigious program in a highly regarded engineering program.

my mother flat out said, "no!".

when i was 18, i scuttled semi-secretly to the local university, part-time, trying to hide my daily activities without actually lying to anyone.. when i was 19 i quit pretending and disassociated.

gordon d

Congratulations Counselor!

Factum est,Gaudeamus igitur...sumere potum alterum!

Will you be doing any pro bono work for other ex-dubs?

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A NEW thread for ALL Atheistic ex-dubs---

by gordon d in

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my first post since being reinstated (not jw but on the board) .

i think that mean people are not very nice... .

that hypocrites should consider that they might be behaving foolishly... .

gordon d

Actually Terry,

I think it's exceptionally Honest!

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need help for a dissasociation letter!

by aikido1914 in

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please help me write a dissasociation letter to the elders and whoever else i need to let know, that i dont want to be involved or recognized as a jw.

tonight was the last straw for me, thought fading away was the answer but making a formal stand is necessary at this point... dont respond if youve only heard of the process, i have no more patience for wishywash answers, i need real comment by real ex jws and ill know right away if your the real deal.

i appreciate any responses to my request...

gordon d

Without prying, Please let us know a little about your situation... why are you leaving?
Whatever "position" you take will stay with you.....

Good luck and hope you find happiness and freedom.

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Adulterers are Worse than Pedophiles

by gumby in

....at least according to jehovahs witnesses.. if a sister at the kingdom hall suspect her hubby is playing naughty with another woman and she finds her hubbys car has been parked at anothers womans house all night, then she can write a letter stating she is sure that adultry has taken pace and divorce him, and he is then disfellowshipped, and she still remains in good standing..............but,.

if a child tells their parents and the brothers at the kingdom hall that they were molested sexually by a brother at the hall, and this accused brother denies this accusation and there is no other witnesses to this claim, then he is veiwed as not guilty and remains in good standing.. why do you suppose the accused adulterer is treated differently.....even if he denies that he commited adultry?.

gumby.

gordon d

Carpenter and Poztate:

The web experience of ex-JWness is kinda new to me so "Thanks" for the info on the Silentlambs site....went there..... HOLY CRAP!

Big Tex said:

...combine those two issues, mix in average intelligence and perception, dollop in average education, and now present a group of men (read: body of elders) who are presented with the complexity, and multi-faceted dysfunction that is incest. On one hand there is a "respectable" man and the other is a child.

Good thoughts... kinda' got me to wondering, what kind of training (if any) do elders recieve before attaining the position as "clergy"?

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Adulterers are Worse than Pedophiles

by gumby in

....at least according to jehovahs witnesses.. if a sister at the kingdom hall suspect her hubby is playing naughty with another woman and she finds her hubbys car has been parked at anothers womans house all night, then she can write a letter stating she is sure that adultry has taken pace and divorce him, and he is then disfellowshipped, and she still remains in good standing..............but,.

if a child tells their parents and the brothers at the kingdom hall that they were molested sexually by a brother at the hall, and this accused brother denies this accusation and there is no other witnesses to this claim, then he is veiwed as not guilty and remains in good standing.. why do you suppose the accused adulterer is treated differently.....even if he denies that he commited adultry?.

gumby.