Posts by clarity

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The TRUE story of a Pedophile

by Tech49 in

this is a true experience that i thought i would share, one that occurred just a few years ago in my area.

it is a real experience, nothing made up here.. a younger couple moved into our kh, into the joining congregation (so not ours, but the other one that shared our kh).

they seemed nice enough, they had one boy that was about 8, and a baby on the way.

clarity

AlwaysBusy so sorry this happened to your

family! Their incompetance is disgusting!

clarity

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PALE BLUE DOT

by Brainfloss in

A few years after the complete collapse of everything C. T. Russell had predicted, J. F. Rutherford began a process of replacing Russell's unfulfilled predictions with a series of invisible and spiritual events associated with the years 1914 and 1918. By the early 1930s the process was complete.

An interesting comment on this transformation was made by Carl Sagan in his book Broca's Brain(New York: Ballantine Books, 1979, pp. 332-333):

Doctrines that make no predictions are less compelling than those which make correct predictions; they are in turn more successful than doctrines that make false predictions.

But not always. One prominent American religion confidently predicted that the world would end in 1914. Well, 1914 has come and gone, and -- while the events of that year were certainly of some importance -- the world does not, at least so far as I can see, seem to have ended. There are at least three responses that an organized religion can make in the face of such a failed and fundamental prophecy. They could have said, "Oh, did we say '1914'? So sorry, we meant '2014.' A slight error in calculation. Hope you weren't inconvenienced in any way." But they did not. They could have said, "Well, the world would have ended, except we prayed very hard and interceded with God so He spared the Earth." But they did not. Instead, they did something much more ingenious.

They announced that the world hadin fact ended in 1914, and if the rest of us hadn't noticed, that was our lookout. It is astonishing in the face of such transparent evasions that this religion has any adherents at all. But religions are tough. Either they make no contentions which are subject to disproof or they quickly redesign doctrine after disproof. The fact that religions can be so shamelessly dishonest, so contemptuous of the intelligence of their adherents, and still flourish does not speak very well for the tough-mindedness of the believers. But it does indicate, if a demonstration were needed, that near the core of the religious experience is something remarkably resistant to rational inquiry

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Well, IT HAS BEGUN. See the future of the WTBTS in print.

by DATA-DOG in

i hate to read the wt, but i skimmed the july 15 study edition.

i found many examples of propaganda, of course, but a couple things really stood out.

1) the future of the preaching work.

clarity

Data dawling ...plse post a link for magazine!

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1914-1919 ONE QUESTION???

by ADJUSTMENTS in

after reading a great article and video by mr john cedars on his website:.

http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/the-cedars-challenge-how-to-bring-down-jwsurvey.

it raised a very simple question:.

clarity

Dear AD...... how did we believe for so long,

maybe we wanted it all to be true. Even today

with everything at their fingertips...they still

just gulp it down & stagger away home...till

next time.

clarity

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The Worst Way of Living

by Coded Logic in

the unexamined life is not worth living.. -socrates.

holding all of humanity in contempt and degrading every achievement of mankind as being insignificant is not a philosophy or a worldview worth having.

tell me, oh self righteous jw, what was the price of your integrity?

clarity

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What Happened to the Religion I Left in 1995?

by JoshJeffries in

jw
friends

josh here, new to the board.

glad to know this site is here.. i would not be writing this if it were not 2014. i was a ministerial servant and regular pioneer who left the jehovahs witnesses back in 1995/96, around that time.

i left suddenly, didnt fade away, just left when something clicked one day in my head during the morning shower and made me realize this religion wasnt true.

clarity

Hello there Josh.....you are funny!!!!!!

Loved your post, a big welcome to you!

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Things are not the same in the watchtower as

when I was first in , that's for sure.

You might like this vid ...a bit of Freddy Franz!!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRuRsVKr6RQ

clarity

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"I don't care if it's teachings are false, I'd never leave because it's the best way of life"

by 4thgen in

jw
friends

have you ever heard that statement?

i have heard it many times and i just don't know what to do with it.

they are chosing a to live a lie because they like the lifestyle.

clarity

"I don't care if it's teachings are false, I'd never leave because it's the best way of life"

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Those were the last words a good 'friend'

ever said to me!

clarity

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Watching the World - Awake! August 2014

by Xanthippe in

watching the world.

''every year, nearly 3 million babies die within the first month of life, most from preventable causes.

more than a third of these babies die on their first day of life" - save the children international.

clarity

Dripping with irony this morning ...aren't we!

No wonder we do.... knowing, as we do,

about the hypocritical words & deeds of this

deadly cult!

Thanks for posting that Xan.

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clarity ...waves to Newly

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Reading the Bible Alone "Will Lead you to Apostate Thinkings!" Stay a Watchtowerite!

by BucketShopBill in

"from time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of jehovah's people those, who, like the original satan, have adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude...they say that it is sufficient to read the bible exclusively, either alone or in small groups at home.

but, strangely, through such 'bible reading,' they have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago.

the watchtower, aug. 15, 1981.. .

clarity

"All scripture is inspired.................................

that the man of god may be fully competant,

completely equipped for every good work"

2Tim 3:16,17 ...........new world trans

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GOVERNING BODY: Thanks for nothing, you rat bastards!

by Terry in

as a jehovah's witness:.

two things finally struck me:.

for now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now i know in part, but then i will know fully just as i also have been fully known.. _______________________.

clarity

unconscienceless rat basterds!

clarity

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Carl Sagan's Remarks About Jehovah's Witnesses False Prophecies