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The Evidence of Human Evolution keeps getting stronger and stronger
by Disillusioned JW in
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despite the wt's and young earth creationists' teachings against human evolution (namely macroevolution from non-humans) being a reality, the evidence of human evolution keeps getting stronger and stronger.. consider for example two science news articles and one other science article, each pertaining to the fossil that is nicknamed "little foot".

below are links to three science articles, listed in order of the articles from oldest to newest (except i don't see a date for one of the articles).

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2187639-exclusive-controversial-skeleton-may-be-a-new-species-of-early-human/.
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What aspects do you view most favorably about the WT and/or its religion?
by Disillusioned JW in
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even if you disapprove of much about the wt and/or its religion, what aspects do you view most favorably about the wt and/or its religion?

for me one of the things i view most favorably about the wt and its religion is its extremely strong insistence that jws never intentionally kill another human being.

i especially appreciate that regarding those who have been born, but i think some abortions of human embryos might be justifiable.
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Examples of the WT Mishandling/Misrepresenting Quotes of Jewish Publications
by Disillusioned JW in
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page 257 of the wt's 1965 book called "things in which it is impossible for god to lie" quotes from the jewish encyclopedia (edition of 1909) regarding the trinity doctrine.

the first edition of 1901-1906 likely has the same text as the 1909 edition and the text of the 1901-1906 edition (in the article about the trinity) can be read online at https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14519-trinity.

the wt begins its quote with the phrase "the concept" but the words replaced with "..." say "the fundamental dogma of christianity;".
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Poll: Atheists overwhelmingly oppose the death penalty, but most Christians favor it
by Disillusioned JW in
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see https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/06/16/poll-atheists-overwhelmingly-oppose-the-death-penalty-most-christians-favor-it/ .

i am an atheist and i disapprove of the death penalty.

i remember michael dukakis, when he was a usa presidential candidate, saying i he was opposed to the death penalty - even for rapists and murderers.
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It looks like the WATCHTOWER—STUDY EDITION (SIMPLIFIED)'s last issue was December 2018
by Disillusioned JW in
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i looks like the last issue of the "watchtower—study edition (simplified)" (at least in english) was the december 2018 issue - see https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/?contentlanguagefilter=en&pubfilter=ws&yearfilter= .

did anyone else notice that?.
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The Covid-19 Vaccines do NOT Alter Human Genes, despite the myths to the contrary
by Disillusioned JW in
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["covid-19 vaccines can’t alter your dna, here’s why"]

can covid-19 vaccines alter my dna?

no, covid-19 vaccines do not alter your dna.
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Degree of Effectiveness of JW Letter Writing Form of Witnessing
by Disillusioned JW in
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a newspaper article quotes a jw as saying "every (letter) i put in the mailbox, i feel, 'ah, this could reach somebody.

'" the article also quotes her as saying "we are accomplishing even more now than we were door-to-door because this way everybody in the house gets a chance to pick up that letter and respond to it.

it just feels good.
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Neanderthals carb loaded, helping grow their big brains
by Disillusioned JW in
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see https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/neanderthals-carb-loaded-helping-grow-their-big-brains .

the article says in part 'the study is “groundbreaking,” says harvard university evolutionary biologist rachel carmody, who was not part of the research.

the work suggests the ancestors of both humans and neanderthals were cooking lots of starchy foods at least 600,000 years ago.
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If not the WT/JW relgion where else are 'we' to go? Why not atheistic/scientific philosophical naturalism?
by Disillusioned JW in
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sometimes jws wonder if the wt/jw is not the truth, 'then where else are we to go?

' i say 'why not atheistic/scientific philosophical naturalism and why not a secular philosophy which teaches a way of life?

' what do you folks say?.
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Joe Biden Scores Whopping 85 Percent Approval Among Those Who Watched Address to Congress
by Disillusioned JW in
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see the article called just in: joe biden scores whopping 85 percent approval among those who watched address to congress .

i sure was impressed with it when i saw it..