Posts by marmot

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How much sediment would have been moved in Noah's flood?

by Zoos in

i flew over this crate yesterday on my return home from las vegas.. .

they say this crater was created by an asteroid about 50,000 years ago.

then about 6000 years ago, presumably, god wiped out all life on earth with a global flood.. how much sediment would have been moved around during that flood.

marmot

Scientists are godless liars. That crater was actually made by Satan to confuse you.

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Help? :(

by BlackWolf in

i apologize for how rantish this is but please hear me out.

anyways i'm a 15 year old girl and i've never really wanted to be a jw.

its just never been something thats made me feel happy or loved.

marmot

Hi Blackwolf, lots of good advice here, I won't toss in my 2 cents but if you have Netflix watch "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt."

It's about a girl who escapes from an underground doomsday cult and manages to make a clean start in New York City. It's very funny and uplifting and I think it might resonate with you.

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Is Prophecy important?

by EA916 in

hello, i am certainly new to all of this.

i have recently been studying the prophecy's, and i was wondering if they are of any importance at all?

marmot

Prophecy is whatever you want it to mean but ultimately it's a load of crap.

If you've never had the chance, try reading The Finished Mystery by Charles Taze Russel.

His prophetic interpretations are gut-bustingly hilarious. Same goes for just about any WT prophetic interpretation, really.

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What triggered your doubts / awakening?

by Tornintwo in

i am sort of new here, used a different username for a while but things got 'difficult' at home so i've since been lurking.... what i would be really interested to know, if you don't mind sharing, is what it was that triggered your doubts and initial research which led to awakening, was it a bad experience, injustice, changed doctrine?

for me, it was seeing mistreatment of young ones in the congregation, they're under so much pressure and as soon as they go even slightly astray they are shunned, either informally (as bad associations which pushes them further into the 'world') or formally - with elders dying to throw the book at them so they even lose their family.... ...then reading about child abuse issues in the press.... ...which led me to silentlambs.

...then jw facts, this forum and coc, wham!

marmot

For me it was the global deluge. I simply could not believe in the bible anymore after learning that such a cataclysm never happened.

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Questions about the Flood for Brother Jeramy

by cappytan in

how long did the flood last?how long can land vegetation survive submerged in seawater?how long can freshwater fish survive in saltwater?how old is human civilization?

what is the oldest settlement in south america?

how did those people get there from the middle east after the flood wiped out everything on the earth?.

marmot

Neat Blue Dog, how is 8-10,000 B.C. even *remotely* close to the time of the biblical flood? If you go by the Bible's laughable chronology the flood happened around 2400 B.C.

Have you even read the book you profess to believe in?

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Questions about the Flood for Brother Jeramy

by cappytan in

how long did the flood last?how long can land vegetation survive submerged in seawater?how long can freshwater fish survive in saltwater?how old is human civilization?

what is the oldest settlement in south america?

how did those people get there from the middle east after the flood wiped out everything on the earth?.

marmot

Neat Blue Dog, there is evidence of human civilization dating back to 10,000 to 8,000 B.C.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe

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August 2015 WT - Let's Review the BS Children

by InjusticeSystem in

found these gems in this edition:.

- keep in expectation!- prepare now for life in the new worldthe passing of time should not cause us to lose hope thatkingdom blessings will be realized.

there are solid reasonsto keep our scriptural expectations alive.

marmot

I love how they reference the "wild beast(TM)" without mentioning what the wild beast is according to their whack-a-doo interpretation.

Can you imagine the headlines if they unambiguously stated in print that the UN is going to turn on organized religion? Instead, they have to let the reader go digging in the archives to find out what the wild beast is.

They're clearly embarassed by this teaching.

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Just found out about a pedophile elder in my old Cong.

by marmot in

http://www.hebdosregionaux.ca/monteregie/2007/11/24/simonin-purgera-sa-peine-dans-la-communaute.

i could only find the article in french, but you can use google translate.

i remember this guy vividly and it churns my stomach to think of what he did to that poor girl.

marmot

http://www.hebdosregionaux.ca/monteregie/2007/11/24/simonin-purgera-sa-peine-dans-la-communaute

I could only find the article in French, but you can use google translate. I remember this guy vividly and it churns my stomach to think of what he did to that poor girl. She's the same age as my little sister and I cannot imagine what I would do if it had happened to her. The fact that he abused her in the kingdom hall itself also blows my mind. The creep had no shame.

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Dating After Leaving?

by Garrett in

hey guys,.

this is going to be a topic of a different nature.

so, while i am not looking to date at the current moment since i'm still trying to figure out who i am and what i want life, i do want to start dating in the near future.. my issue is that i've been in for almost all my life and it's left a big hole when it comes to my romantic life.. i was wondering, after leaving, did any of you date?

marmot

I met my fiancee on eharmony and she turned out to be an ex-jw to boot! I know we're not a typical couple but we must have been matched perfectly because we've had all of ONE argument in the last six years.

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CO has been coming to my door. Would like 1 or 2 solid and easy arguments.

by The Laser Viking in

i am 6th generation.

i have been out for a few years.. back story on the situation:.

i had a co come by while going door-to-door in the neighborhood.

marmot

Ask him to explain "overlapping generations" using only the bible.