Posts by Mickey mouse

Putting aside whether Dawkins is right or not, perhaps it's the fact that he comes across as an smug, arrogant, pompous, condescending little asshole and is obviously very proud of it that offends many people.

In other words, people just don't like him!

I have to agree with this. I have tried to read his books but can't get over his tone. All the same, just because I don't like the man it doesn't mean he is wrong and I have come to the conclusion that he is right about evolution.

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Which came first for you? Watchtower illegitimacy, or a compelling alternative?

by Fernando in

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Mickey mouse

Watchtower illegitimacy. Personally I think that bouncing straight out of the Watchtower and into another religion is like starting a relationship on the rebound. What's the rush?

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A Born ins challenge to develop a "post cult" personality.

by stuckinamovement in

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a born ins challenge to develop a post cult personality.. mentally leaving the organization can be traumatic for a number of reasons.

one of the biggest challenges for born-ins in finding their pre cult personality is that our entire personalities are based on the religion.

there is no such thing as a pre cult personality for us.

Mickey mouse

SIAM I thought you may find this interesting.

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Steven Unthank: What do we really know?

by SweetBabyCheezits in

i'm gonna play the skeptic today on a topic that is painful for a lot of people on this forum.

my intent is not to stir anything up but to make sure facts are confirmed.

bear in mind, i'm sickened by the wt's role (and the heirarchy down to elders) in child molestation cover-ups.

Mickey mouse

facepalm

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Steven Unthank: What do we really know?

by SweetBabyCheezits in

i'm gonna play the skeptic today on a topic that is painful for a lot of people on this forum.

my intent is not to stir anything up but to make sure facts are confirmed.

bear in mind, i'm sickened by the wt's role (and the heirarchy down to elders) in child molestation cover-ups.

Mickey mouse

Interesting.

I've had serious reservations about this for a while. I couldn't put my finger on it until the past couple of 'press releases'.

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What could trigger a large proportion of JWs at once that this religion is a scam

by Mr Facts in

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i am just thinking if there could ever be anything that would raise consciousness in the minds of millions of jws that this a completely hoax.

what could spark millions of them at once, any thoughts?..

Mickey mouse

I'm afraid history has shown us that nothing can cause such a reaction among JWs. Really big things (1975, the Rutherford power struggle) have happened in the past and they did not cause a mass exodus or anything like that.

Except all those things happened before the advent of the internet. A proper scandal (not like the UN thing which is a bit of a non-issue IMO) in the nternet era could have serious repercussions for the society. Things no longer occur in a vacuum.

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the Ireland branch--> issues over the years

by WildeLover in

hi all.

the irish branch has had lots of drama over the years from john may in the 1980s to the recent removal of practically all the branch committee in the mid noughties to its being closed down quite recently.. i heard on the grapevine that two of the branch committee had actually come to physical blows and there was blood on the carpet.. also many many witnesses spoke of the totalitarian environment there.. does anyone have anything further to corroborate or add to this?.

wildelover.

Mickey mouse

"There seems to be a very crude watercolour of a man in a cheap suit".

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the Ireland branch--> issues over the years

by WildeLover in

hi all.

the irish branch has had lots of drama over the years from john may in the 1980s to the recent removal of practically all the branch committee in the mid noughties to its being closed down quite recently.. i heard on the grapevine that two of the branch committee had actually come to physical blows and there was blood on the carpet.. also many many witnesses spoke of the totalitarian environment there.. does anyone have anything further to corroborate or add to this?.

wildelover.

Mickey mouse

LOL @ cedars.

This was posted on a FB group recently: http://www.facebook.com/groups/90686115834/permalink/10150546720315835/