Mad Sweeney

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  "We needed to use the library"... and other wacky Watchtower excuses.

  by cedars in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm sure we're all familiar with the crazy excuse that the watch tower society leadership came up with to justify their nine year period as a un ngo (non governmental organization).

  amazingly, this seems to make perfect sense with watch tower apologists, who don't stop for a moment to ponder the following:.

  you don't need to be a un ngo to use the un libraryif it was so innocent for them to hold un ngo status just to use the library, why did they withdraw their status when the issue received media attention?that aside, we are now witnessing the unravelling of fresh scandals to hit the society, most notably:.

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  I will LMAO if it turns out these barrels were buried in the 80s or even better, the 90s. Then the "we didn't know it would hurt anything" excuse would hold even less water than it already does.
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  WT Library 2012 CD ROM?

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  it is usually out by now.

  did i miss a thread?.

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  It is usually out by now. Did I miss a thread?
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  Review wts books--easy way to make a difference #1

  by rebel8 in

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  if you write an actual review of a book (not just spout opinions about the religion) your book reviews can actually be approved by amazon.com and have a fairly widespread audience.. and it's therapeutic.. revelation book.

  the truth book.

  youth book.

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  Awesome. I'm going to bogart the idea and pimp it on a FB group I'm in.
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  WT Letter To Ray Franz

  by Bangalore in

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  Mad Sweeney

  Page 348 of Crisis of Conscience.
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  Victoria, Australia: The long edition (new) of Part 2 of Steven Unthank's report of molestation/rape within the Traralgon Cong.

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.jwnews.net/.

  crisis of conscience within the traralgon congregation of jehovahs witnesses?

  part 2december 18, 2011 by sitepost .

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  One problem I see is that the United States corporation of the Borg can simply hang the Australian one out to dry if they need to, unless this same issue gets media attention in the USA. This is NOT a remote or local problem. It is organization wide.
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  THE WATCHTOWER SAY'S THEY ARE / ARE NOT INSPIRED

  by wasblind in

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  2. bible

  " if any ...organization claim to represent god, but decline to use god's.

  personal name....are they measuring up to this important qualification.

  of a true prophet?

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  They're never "wrong" they're just "tacking" are they?

  I believe that's been debunked as fallacious before.
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  Not sure what to tell my 4 year old about Santa

  by jwfacts in

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  my adorable little son is very excited about christmas.

  i have not made a big thing about it, but he must have picked up the christmas spirit from what he is seeing in the shops and on tv.

  he loves the music, and movies and all the decorations.

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  If he already believes in it, you don't need to say anything to confirm or debunk his belief at this point. He will begin to doubt on his own and then you can tell him the truth as you see it when he asks you. Then if he wonders why you didn't correct him sooner you can just explain it is because pretending is so much fun. But I wouldn't lie. If my kid asked I'd answer truthfully, but I'd wait for him to ask.
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  J.R. Brown at local k hall

  by reds in

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  2. bible

  was made aware that over 600 people attended a talk given at a local k hall.

  j.r. brown was the speaker.

  it seems to me that this is pretty much like the pope visiting.

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  Mad Sweeney

  I used to have a tape of a talk he gave that was passed all around among the Dubs. That stuff's not allowed anymore.
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  In your opinion...

  by iamwhoiam in

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  ...why do people choose to fade over just sending in a letter?.

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  What undercover said.

  Actually, I don't recall EVER disagreeing with anything undercover has said. From now on, whatever he says goes for me, too, if I happen to miss that thread.
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  Religion or Cult - How to Tell The Difference

  by cofty in

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  i don't believe the question is binary.

  all religions are cults its just a matter of degree.. .

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  Using the broadest definition of 'cult' you are correct, Cofty. But most people don't mean that when they use the term. When a believer uses the term 'cult' he usually means something like Vanderhoven7 listed - doctrinal and theological stuff outside of mainstream Christianity is considered a cult. When a freethinker uses the term 'cult' he usually means any group (religious or not) that uses psychological thought reform on its members (Lifton's seven principles or Hassan's BITE model or one of the other models out there). When a sociologist uses the term 'cult' he merely means an offshoot religion that most of us would call a sect.

  We're all saying the same word and meaning different things.