Topics Started by IsaacJ22

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Sparlock entry at Uncyclopedia
by IsaacJ22 in
1. jw
2. friends
i created a brief entry at the uncyclopedia on sparlock.

it can be found here at http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/sparlock.

if you guys want to make it bigger, better, funnier, that could insure that the entry stays up.
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A couple of statistics I'm looking for...
by IsaacJ22 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hi guys.

i've been plucking away at a podiobook about going from jw to atheist and why jws should think about how they treat xjws.

(this will be bigger than my 15 page essay from a while back.
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New XJW Podcast: Witnesses for Atheism
by IsaacJ22 in
1. jw
2. friends
for those who are interested, i've stumbled upon something pretty cool--especially for exxers turned atheists like myself.

i found witnesses for atheism via twitter (which i finally joined...sigh).. please leave them comments and let them know we're out here listening.

maybe they'll do more podcasts in the future.
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Biblical expertise of the GB and WT writing committees?
by IsaacJ22 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was just wondering if i'm correct about something; namely, that the society's leaders don't appear to know much about the bible from a secular, scholarly, or historical perspective.. i've seen quotes posted here where they claim you don't need to be an expert to interpret the bible's true meaning.

that's not exactly encouraging.

but does anyone know much about their real world, practical knowledge of the bible from a non-religious perspective?.
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Do they still require that GB members be of the anointed?
by IsaacJ22 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was wondering if i'm remembering a change correctly, especially since it happened long after i stopped attending meetings.. i seem to remember that the society began to change its position on the anointed holding top level posts within the org because they were running out of anointed ones.

apparently, anointed members were being used with higher level positions, like running committees and all that, but the society announced somewhere that they would start using other people in some of those positions too.

does that ring a bell with anyone?.
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Was the legend about Smurfs being demonic just an urban legend, or was it mentioned in the literature?
by IsaacJ22 in
1. jw
2. friends
i never heard about the smurfs being evil until i joined the forum.

but when i look in the volume library, the word doesn't come up.

i was wondering if anyone ever heard mention of it in the literature--as in, was it an official position?.
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Factual errors in the literature
by IsaacJ22 in
1. jw
2. friends
i've been chipping away on a writing project--basically, an essay/web article.

i thought i could ask for some input from the group while also creating an interesting thread.

if it hasn't already been done to death someplace else, that is.. i'm working on a particular point regarding factual errors in the literature.
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Pics of the Socialist Utopia: Look familiar?
by IsaacJ22 in
1. jw
2. friends
thought this was interesting.

it's called blinded by the bright colors of the socialist utopia.

check out the pics.
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Does anyone remember that old book about dress and grooming?
by IsaacJ22 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm working on an article for my site, and i can't remember what the name of that old book about dress and grooming was called.

we had an elder who had a serious "thing" about how you were dressed, and he carried that book around at every meeting with all the "good stuff" underlined so he could show it to you just before he smacked you with it.

it looked like it was about a hundred years old.. anyone remember the title?.