Topics Started by eric356

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January 1 WT - Garden of Eden - Most inane article in a while
by eric356 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the wt has really managed to outdo itself in regards to stupid, poorly researched articles attempting to defend ancient myths as literal history.

the latest effort is the cover article "the garden of eden - myth or fact?".

no moderately educated adult should have to ponder that question for long before answering "myth".
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Can anyone come up with a morally acceptable reason for waiting thousands of years to end wickedness?
by gubberningbody in
1. jw
2. friends
i can't.. some bar-bet between jehovah and satan balanced against all the evil allowed just doesn't wash..
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The Basis for Some of Your Beliefs. Great video by ex-JW (CircuitOverseer)
by whereami in
1. jw
2. friends
part 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zut4jvfjxfg.

part 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lgxntcbjei.

part 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dkdmgtxq6o.
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How long until the WT Society gives "new light" about the Internet?
by DagothUr in
1. jw
2. friends
the watchtower and awake have given some warnings in the past concerning materials available via the internet.

apostate and porn sites, violent games, useless and frivolous entertainment, and so on.

for now, they are contended with just giving friendly warnings.
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How Long Can WT Stonewall The Mounting Evidence For Evolution/Age of Man?
by Room 215 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the evidence for some form of evolution -- and the age of earth and life upon it -- is mounting almost daily.

how long can the wts insulate its followers from the incontrovertible evidence without lapsing into total irrelevance?

what do you think?.
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A difference between 2009 Annual Report and 2010 Annual Report
by Gayle in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in 2009 annual meeting report, the report was given of these stats:.

u.s. 7/09 new peak in pubs and again in 8/09 land mark of 1,154,275 pubs.

making a 4% increase over last year.
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Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Atheist
by BurnTheShips in
1. watchtower
2. bible
please note that this list is intended to apply to the fundies alone.

not to all nonbelievers.

so let's turn the mirror and grab some popcorn:.
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Going door to door to recruit members doesn't work
by JH in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when you look at all the hours they do going door to door world wide and then you look at how many hours preaching it takes to bring just 1 person to their organization, it's not efficient.. my mom goes to a baptist church now, and i was surprised to know that 500 go to that meeting on sundays and they don't go door to door to go get these people.. there might be 80 witnesses at my hall and going door to door doesn't make much of a difference.

maybe it's even counter productive since people don't like being pested at home..
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Science and Logic and Faith - WT Study July 11, 2004
by jgnat in
1. watchtower
2. bible
?creation declares the glory of god!?

wt june 1, 2004 (wt quotes in red.).

this article quotes a few scientists; agnostic and christian, then paul, to argue that creation speaks of god?s existence.
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Fundamentalist Scientist
by Satanus in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
fundamentalist:1. a usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism.

or slightly generalised: .

a __________ movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to _________.