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Are you afraid of the Ouija board still?
by cyberjesus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do you think it has superpowers?

who controlls it?

satan?
Nickolas

But I was a teenager, and would be more than happy for anyone to convince me that it was somehow all in my head :)
It was all in your head. You were not actually a teenager but a tween. Your ovaries were kicking into overdrive and you were fretting about boys and breasts. I have yet to meet a tween who was not even just a little bit screwed up. There is no paranormal. If you could provide one tiny fragment of irrefutable proof that there is a paranormal reality (like a planchet moving with an apparent gift of spelling moving all by itself) then you would be wealthy and famous. All in your head.
Happy?
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How many convicted Watchtower pedophiles are there?
by Nickolas in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
last night my wife, my wife's brother and sister-in-law (all jehovah's witnesses) and i (not a jw) settled in after dinner for an evening of tv.

i loaded the first disk of the first season of the series "lie to me" and we started with episode 1, the series pilot.

not far into the program a young jehovah's witness is accused of murder.
Nickolas

Sorry about that, blondie. I'm in Canada, as is Lady Lee. In Canada there is no statute of limitations on sex crimes of which I am aware. It surprises me that there are in the US, but I thank you for the insight.
My understanding is the 23,000+ number came from a leaked Brooklyn document but also that the WTBTS has refused to deny or confirm it. Is it substantiated or alleged? If any of those 23,000+ happen to be spirit annointed, it seems like a bit of a game changer. Almost proof that the Society is not what it represents itself to be.
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Are you afraid of the Ouija board still?
by cyberjesus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do you think it has superpowers?

who controlls it?

satan?
Nickolas

I am aggressive, but only when I think I am right. But when I am shown to be in error I back off, with apologies. It is one of my many failings.
I thoroughly enjoyed the lesson you taught today but no, we're not going at it again. I don't believe in spirits or demons but I do believe in monsters. There is, for example, a psychopath operating in the Prince George, BC area where I lived for many years before moving not too long ago. Every once in awhile some woman disappears and every once in awhile one gets found. He has not been apprehended to date and what appears to be his latest victim was found just last week. Google it if you want. The world is strange enough without injecting the paranormal into it.
Thanks again.
Nick
193
Are you afraid of the Ouija board still?
by cyberjesus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do you think it has superpowers?

who controlls it?

satan?
Nickolas

Remember....It's better when a boy and girl try it.
especially if you get the special ouija board with the extra hole in it.
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Are you afraid of the Ouija board still?
by cyberjesus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do you think it has superpowers?

who controlls it?

satan?
Nickolas

Can't make our date on the 26th, cyberjesus (or, can I call you Cy?), but sincere thanks for the invitation. I would very much like to hear Mr. Harris speak. If there was a possibility, I would have been delighted to call your bluff.
You are intelligent so you already know that the ability to bluff is really a good survival mechanism and factors in the evolution of our species. You can neither win in poker nor in life if you never bluff - but that's just another one of my paradigms. To me, only an inveterate gambler with a death wish would never bluff when inviting a strange, apparently aggressive man on the internet to a rendezvous, even if there were hundreds of people about. I could think you were coming on to me or I could just be someone who really hates to lose an online argument. I will hasten to add the evidence will substantiate that neither description applies to me but I do have a tendency to call confident people on stuff I perceive to be bullshit, amongst other quirks. Sometimes I jump to conclusions, as I did in your case. Regardless, I don't mind being bluffed, especially when it is so transparent.
Good conversation. Thanks for letting me play.
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Are you afraid of the Ouija board still?
by cyberjesus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do you think it has superpowers?

who controlls it?

satan?
Nickolas

That should have read ability to suspend disbelief. Typing too fast.
193
Are you afraid of the Ouija board still?
by cyberjesus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do you think it has superpowers?

who controlls it?

satan?
Nickolas

Thanks again, Satanus. I'm probably just limited in my ability to disbelieve. The concept of an atheist believing in a spirit world is (so far) incomprehensible for me.
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Are you afraid of the Ouija board still?
by cyberjesus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do you think it has superpowers?

who controlls it?

satan?
Nickolas

A person could therefore believe in a spirit world that did not contain any gods. The universe could be seen as a natural process that originated from an unkowable source, in a natural way, perhaps that way that a puffball sends out spores. The idea of worship could be seen as absolutely unnecesary, even stupid.
See, that's where I stumble. It seems as if I am hearing there are religious atheists, which to me sounds like pregnant virgins (and similar such contradictions). Not this one. I am learning a lot from this thread.
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Are you afraid of the Ouija board still?
by cyberjesus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do you think it has superpowers?

who controlls it?

satan?
Nickolas

Fabulous. First, I have reread your post and understand now that I misunderstood what you were saying. Paradigm shift. My paradigm was that you were splitting hairs and I called you on it. I see now you are just helping me sharpen my perspective on atheism - to be honest, to which I have only recently subscribed. I apologize for the insult.
I'd love to go. Six days is not much notice. Will have to see if I can clear my calendar. Thanks.
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Are you afraid of the Ouija board still?
by cyberjesus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do you think it has superpowers?

who controlls it?

satan?
Nickolas

Intense, cyberjesus. A little pedantic too, but mostly intense. Seems from the emotion oozing out of your post as if you are going the extra mile to prove (I said "seems", yes, no evidence) that you are the superior athiest. Ok. I'll go with that if it makes you feel better. Hope it makes it up between you and me, this little spat.
Was that a serious invitation to come with you to see Sam Harris?