is it because we were in the cult watchtower compound that we talk about being ex-jw's when we stop being active?
i have never heard anyone say that i was an ex-catholic or an ex-lutheran or an ex-baptist.
they just stop going to their church and don't talk about it.. years after not stepping inside a kingdom hell, many of us still have to talk about being ex-jw's.
have never heard anyone say that I was an ex-Catholic or an ex-Lutheran or an ex-Baptist. They just stop going to their church and don't talk about it.
Putting it bluntly, because they were not suffering under undue influence in their lives. They did not have their autonomy restricted by an organization that claimed to love them but in actual fact was extremely damaging within every aspect of their lives.
In other words, they weren't in a cult.
as the lawsuits continue to increase world wide against the watchtower corporation and it's branches,, things could get very dire for the governing body to plea bargin for a lighter sentence and so turn over crucial evidence against their fellow f&dss, technically beat their fellow slave and what not.. now i know a lot of you will be thinking: "what on earth could lead to the gb blowing the whistle on fellow his fellow gbs?
" i think that a legitimate question and offer no answer but just use your imagination as if this thing led them to make a run to the opposition to rat on others to get a lighter sentence.. hey i'm thinking about man's powerful desire to save one's own skin at the expense of his loyal companion..
Do you mean if these class action suits really start taking off everywhere?
Isn't the fact the GB are no longer head of the wtbts a protective measure against them being sued personally? Since we had a famous case in Europe whereby the executive's of a corporation (ferry disaster) were themselves held responsible, isn't it more likely someone like the president of the wtbts will blow the whistle to save his Ass rarther than the GovBod?
so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.
i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.
i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.
I would suggest reading "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. It is entertaining and nontechnical but gives a good overview of how we got here.
Brillian book. It's a must-read.
Orphan CrowThis is because defects in the X chromosome can be overcome in the female with the other x chromosome making up for the defect. However, in the male, if they inherit an x chromosome that carries the genetic illness, they don't have another x chromosome to pick up the job and correct for the defective chromosone
Totally makes sense . I never thought about why it is boys seem to inherit most of the worst genetic defects, or do so more often anyway. It's probably why more baby boys are born, yet more baby girls survive.
today, i took the day off to go with my husband to san francisco on bart to see shen yun.
coming out of the station, were two elders at a watchtower cart!
my husband loves to witness to them.. started off with a smile and they smiled back and he told them he had been associated with jehovah's witnesses and now he is not but he wishes to tell them that even though they are going to hear things that are upsetting in the news, there is life after jehovah's witnesses.. they smiled and asked him if they could ask what religion he has gone to, or what he is doing now.
Cha ching I just wanted to congratulate you...Good job the both of you!
I must say it kinda irritates me that the elders give themselves permission to listen, but the sisters..oh no! I mean I realize the elders were approached first, but as you say they did listen. Plus elders get to see behind the curtain to some extent. Is it any wonder it's usually the man who wakes up first?
How was Shen yun? I'd love to go at some point, tis very pricey but looks amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhnseocpffq.
so according to the law department's meeting in feb 2016, russia has been studying the linguistics of the watchtower articles and discovered its brainwashing abilities!.
lol it's funny now that i'm on the russian side of this debate now, ban them all!.
Is "my book of bible stories" extremist? Yes! If you are giving it to 6 year olds it is!!!
NB I think the Russian gov't women the Watchtower legal guy was posing that question to: " is my book of bible stories extremist?", when she answered, not knowing the content of that specific book, was answering generally that all Watchtower literature uses subliminal messaging (not put well)to mind control people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhnseocpffq.
so according to the law department's meeting in feb 2016, russia has been studying the linguistics of the watchtower articles and discovered its brainwashing abilities!.
lol it's funny now that i'm on the russian side of this debate now, ban them all!.
Lloyd Evans picked up on that and showed the head of the legal department actually describing what linguistics study entails. He actually said that they will look at a book etc and if the language used is such that someone will be "mind controlled" by the end of it, then that is extremist literature and *that* is how they determined whether an organization is extremist; essentially whether their literature brainwashed people.
Guess what? Yup, Watchtower literature passed the mind controll test with flying colours!!! I couldn't believe it! That he actually told his jw audience this is why Russia shut Watchtower down. That was the reason. He said this type of linguistic study is unknown over here but roll on, bring it on I say if this is the result!
so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.
i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.
i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.
Dubby I'd like to understand how "macro" is still occurring or if it is. Did large changes end with us?
Nothing ends with us. There is no "end game" for evolution...hence Richard Dawkins "Blind Watchmaker", a play on words from the paper by William Paley, whereby he finds a watch in the midst of a forest and argues that since there is a watch, there must be a watchmaker.
so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.
i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.
i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.
Otwo-ty !But if you are interested in seeing speciation in life that is a bit less complicated than animals, there are flowers and other plants that have been documented to evolve a bit quicker into separate species.
I believe fruit flies are the classic ones. Because their life cycle is so quick, I believe biologists have done various studies which back up evolutionary theory. ( again, I'm an amateur so feel free to correct me everyone)
so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.
i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.
i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.
Dubby Macro would occur when new species evolve.
I believe that's called Speciation.
It sounds like you would like some specifically scientific books. Perhaps a university undergraduate course on evolutionary biology's recommended reading list or coursework books would be a good place to start?
I love a book called " Your inner Fish"by Neil Shubin. Its Just a fun layman's book, though.
so, i was sort of forced to spend time with my uber-in parents.
they went on gushing about the website, and the new business cards they have to give out to busy people.
business cards?
Stan the Man ok--i give up--whats VAA ?
Vast Apostate Army
