Topics Started by Night Owl

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Why doe New light tick me off???? Next 2 weeks WT Studies
by zophar in
1. jw
2. friends
if you have been a jw for 20+ years you may remember that the wt went into great detail on different illustrations that jesus used and the "type/anti-type" ridiculous explanations.

remember the revelation book and how those obscure jw conventions of the past pictured big things in heaven and the opening of seals?

anyway, the wt lessons for the next two weeks do two big things for me.
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So, Who Controls Your Mind Now?
by Night Owl in
1. jw
2. friends
well?.

nightowl.
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Looking for examples of Witnesses physically harmed during field service
by Indian Larry in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i am looking for any examples, preferably with independent news sources of any witnesses that have ever been:.

mugged.

raped.
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"Why I don't like people coming to my door, selling religion"
by Captain Schmideo2 in
1. jw
2. friends
this is from a blog, "news from me" that i read fairly regularly.

mark evanier is, among other things, a comic book writer (co-writer for "groo-the wanderer), a television writer, a great raconteur, and was a close person friend of jack kirby, one of the world's greatest comic book artists.he got an email from a jw trying to explain why they come to his door.evanier's answer is well thought out, and should explain to even the densest j-dub why people really don't like being bothered.

maybe his correspondent will take it to heart, but probably not.
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No Mans Land.........The Void..........Whatever........
by Night Owl in
1. jw
2. friends
having a believing spouse, but no longer having any desire to go to the meetings, or service, this is what i've come to call this space i'm in, and i'm sure a few others are in this same space.. nightowl .
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When it's your time to go...............
by Night Owl in
1. jw
2. friends
if you believe "when it's your time to go, it's your time to go" then cause of death does not matter.

plane crash, school shooting, accident, war, or anything else.. if you have this mind set, then any event resulting in a human death is just fulfilling a pre-determined destiny for that human.. you also cannot pick and choose as to which event, or rather, death, is in the "when it's your time to go, it's your time to go" scheme of things or not.. nightowl.

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A Manual for Creating Atheists by Peter Boghossian
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a manual for creating atheists offers the first-ever guide not for talking people into faith--but for talking them out of it.

peter boghossian draws on the tools he has developed and used for more than twenty years as a philosopher and educator to teach how to engage the faithful in conversations that will help them value reason and rationality, cast doubt on their religious beliefs, mistrust their faith, abandon superstition and irrationality, and ultimately embrace reason.

- amazon.... "boghossian has provided an indispensible chart book for all of us who must navigate the rising sea of magical thinking that is inundating america today.
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People okay with being mind controlled/brainwashed?
by Joliette in
1. jw
2. friends
i have actually heard of people saying that they are okay with being brainwashed and/or mind controlled?

does this make sense to you guys?.
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Ouija Board!!!
by XPeterX in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
to those who don't believe in this shyt:you'd better not post here .

ok...so you ever used it?what experiences do you have?were you able to summon a demon?what did he tell you?what did you see?i'm really curious and i wanna try it!.
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A Lion is a Lion. A Bear, a Bear........
by Night Owl in
1. jw
2. friends
a lion is a lion, a bear is a bear.

a fox is a fox, a deer is a deer.

that is what they are, and they behave as what they are.