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  Culture Wars

  by Victor in

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  with things going to hell in a hand basket, i’ve taken an interest in the clashes of mindsets.

  this of course takes me back to my own evolutionary mindset pre and post jw life of two decades.

  if you overlay the core beliefs of memetic tribes as postulated by the authors, i’m curious what the median tribe of jwd would be?

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  cofty

  Marking article to read later, thanks Victor.
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  Trump suggests postponing the elections ... I'm not making this up

  by RubaDub in

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  elections have been held per the us constitution during many difficult times; us civil war, ww i, ww ii, whatever.

  i just put on the pro-trump fox news and even they are saying ... oooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. this is really scary.

  are we headed towards a dictatorship?

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  Hey GreatTeacher nice to see you back
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  Letter to CO's/BoE about Redress Scheme Australia

  by rng1914 in

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  hey everyone,.

  first time posting.

  i heard about a new letter which was only received today in regards to the redress scheme for victims of institutional child abuse.

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  Welcome to the forum.

  Marking this thread in the hope there will be some info to follow...
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  Jesus Believed In Adam and Eve

  by Parker in

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  i'm new to the forum.

  i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.

  i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.

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  SBF - The god of the NT is also Yahweh of the OT who prescribed kidnap, rape, infanticide and slavery of the worse kind.
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  Jesus Believed In Adam and Eve

  by Parker in

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  i'm new to the forum.

  i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.

  i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.

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  I see God as liberator not a vengeful, threatening and slavish God

  Is this the god who proscribed infanticide, rape and slavery?
  
  
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  Jesus Believed In Adam and Eve

  by Parker in

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  i'm new to the forum.

  i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.

  i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.

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  So many demonstrably false assertions in one post.

  The concept of objective evidence is an alien concept to many believers. Your mind is in a self-imposed prison GB.
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  Jesus Believed In Adam and Eve

  by Parker in

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  i'm new to the forum.

  i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.

  i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.

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  always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you - Godbeliever

  And yet you make no defense.
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  Jesus Believed In Adam and Eve

  by Parker in

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  i'm new to the forum.

  i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.

  i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.

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  GodBeliever - I have read Russell's writings. How on earth can any rational person with the vantage point of 2020 still find his ramblings interesting never mind significant?
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  Jesus Believed In Adam and Eve

  by Parker in

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  i'm new to the forum.

  i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.

  i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.

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  Waton - I think that is an important point that is easily missed. Whatever we might think about any wisdom attributed to Jesus of the gospels he never actually said a single word that could not have been known by anybody living in his time and place.
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  Jesus Believed In Adam and Eve

  by Parker in

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  i'm new to the forum.

  i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.

  i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.

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  cofty

  Hello GodBeliever welcome to the forum.

  It is a scientific fact that the universe is 13.4 billions years old and that life arose on earth around 3.5 billion years ago. Humans have been around for at least 200,000 years.

  These are not things we can sensibly have our own opinion about; they are certain facts. You need to start working on a theology that takes account of reality.