Posts by Mad Sweeney

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THIS Saturday, 12/10 - CULT FREE RADIO's first Christmas Special

by Mad Sweeney in

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don't forget this saturday is the first ever cult free radio christmas special!

guest host anondude2 of youtube fame will discuss the issue of christmas and the watchtower cult followed by my extemporaneous (and some impromptu) comments.

discussion will be interspersed with musical interludes of the season, at least three of which will be sung by me.

Letter of DA from attorney to Elders becomes gossip fodder -- Society, Elders culpable?

by FatFreek 2005 in

on a recent thread, i posted a question there but was too late.

it had fallen off the radar.

that thread was about someone who had an attorney mail notice to their local congregation that they had terminated membership.

Mad Sweeney

Why would anyone want to disassociate themselves? Why not just live your life?

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THIS Saturday, 12/10 - CULT FREE RADIO's first Christmas Special

by Mad Sweeney in

jw
friends

don't forget this saturday is the first ever cult free radio christmas special!

guest host anondude2 of youtube fame will discuss the issue of christmas and the watchtower cult followed by my extemporaneous (and some impromptu) comments.

discussion will be interspersed with musical interludes of the season, at least three of which will be sung by me.

Mad Sweeney

Thanks, everybody.

Two hours to air time.

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THIS Saturday, 12/10 - CULT FREE RADIO's first Christmas Special

by Mad Sweeney in

jw
friends

don't forget this saturday is the first ever cult free radio christmas special!

guest host anondude2 of youtube fame will discuss the issue of christmas and the watchtower cult followed by my extemporaneous (and some impromptu) comments.

discussion will be interspersed with musical interludes of the season, at least three of which will be sung by me.

How come you have to wait on Jehovah? Shouldn't he be faster than you?

by dgp in

if jehovah created the universe, knows it all, et cetera, and then he has a direct line to the governing body, how come you're always told to "wait on jehovah"?

can a simple earthling be faster in his or her reasoning than yhwh?

can s/he notice something jehovah will miss?.

Mad Sweeney

Their holey book is filled with people who acted and didn't wait on Jehovah. They're hypocrites who cherry pick verses to control their sheeple.

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funny the way our minds unwind and refocus after leaving a high control religion.. when i first left the jdubs i saw them more closely to what the entire world sees them i suppose, but not truly clearly at those early stages.

they still looked to me to be 'good people' but misguided.

as time went on, though the misguided feature remained, the 'good people' supposition faded.

Mad Sweeney

Absolutely, as long as they are not condesending or done with a misplaced air of intellectual superiority.

PSac, just because you aren't an intellectually inferior believer doesn't mean the VAST majority of believers aren't either. You're a smart enough guy to look around you and see what belief and believers have done to this world. Don't take it personally when people with unfounded views are treated condescendingly. Sure it is a generalization and a stereotype but for the most part it fits.

No one alive can state for a certainty that God exists.

By the same token, no one alive can state for a certainty that God does not exist.

We can BELIEVE either one , but we cannot PROVE either one.

We can view the same evidence, or lack of it, and come to different conclusions about God's existence.

No you can't. There is no evidence that God exists. Beliefs are not conclusions.

Why is it so difficult for so many believers to admit that they simply BELIEVE? Why try to convince others that there is evidential support for their belief, or that they have examined the universe and come to the conclusion that they believe? It is NOT possible to examine the evidence and come to ANY thoughts on an invisible sky-person WITHOUT PRECONCEPTION THAT SUCH A BEING EXISTS.

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Top 16 Ways to Get a Wife, According to The Bible

by leavingwt in

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friends

top 16 ways to get a wife, according to the bible.

1) find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes.

then shes yours.

Mad Sweeney

I may have to try some of those. . .

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Fourth-Grader Suspended For Sexual Harassment After Calling A Teacher Cute

by Bangalore in

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fourth-grader suspended for sexual harassment after calling a teacher cute'.. http://newsradio1310.com/fourth-grader-suspended-sexual-harassment/.

http://www.jdjournal.com/2011/12/07/nine-year-old-suspended-for-sexual-harassment/.

http://news.gather.com/viewarticle.action?articleid=281474980858560.

Mad Sweeney

What TD said.

Sexual harrassment is a real issue. Crap like the school principal and teacher tried to pull makes the issue appear ridiculous.

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Do YOU Believe That JWs Have A Huge Problem With Pedophiles?

by minimus in

i don't think there are more pedophiles in the religion than there are in others.. i understand that one is too many.

but i think some believe that it's an epidemic within the organization.

i believe their 2 witness rule can help pedophiles secretly abuse kids.. but i don't think that this particular crime dominates those in the religion.. .

Mad Sweeney

Haven't read the responses yet. Answering the original question cold.

YES, the problem is HUGE. The fact that offenders are NOT reported and often NOT punished in any way at all means they MUST have a higher percentage than in groups that DO report and DO punish pedophiles.

This is common sense. The organization has a failed mechanism for dealing with the problem so of course the problem is HUGE.

(when I have time I'll read through the thread and no doubt discover extremists who say there isn't a problem in the Borg any worse than anywhere else and other extremists who say the Borg is 95% pedophile and 5% kids.)

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evolution question

by outsmartthesystem in

it has taken me almost 2 years to get to the bottom of the watchtower society rabbit hole.

being fully convinced that i was duped....i am still a little ashamed of myself for being so narrow minded.

i have vowed never to close off my mind like that again.

Mad Sweeney

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