And then God had to go and make them all evolve hyper-fast to diversify from the few-odd thousand species on board to the hundreds of millions we have now, thoroughly confusing us poor creationists.
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Posts by Vidiot
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34Why did Jehovah Kill all the animals in the flood? What purpose did it serve??
by pistolpete insome of my jw family that is waking up posed that question to my jw family that is still hanging on to jw belief.. the stepbrother that posed that question told me;.
"in all these years of being a jw, i actually never gave it much thought as to why jehovah had to kill millions of innocent animals that had nothing to do with mankind becoming evil.".
i keep picturing in my mind, all the baby puppies and kitties that were destroyed by jehovah.
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Headship and WT's Changed Understanding
by Bobcat ini don't think anyone has mentioned that the february 2021 study wt (p. 15, 16; par.
8) changed wt's long standing view on headship within the congregation.
wt used to view all baptized males as being the head of all baptized sisters.. this view led to such absurdities as a sister having to wear a head covering on a bible study because her baptized 10 year old son was sitting in on the study with her.
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iXav - "Whatever happened to 'do not go beyond what is written'?"
Personally, I think it started when they decided to take on the mantle of "God's Exclusive Earthly Organization" (mostly to justify their existence and legitimacy and keep from hemorrhaging members after being wrong so often).
Then they had to keep "going beyond" just to continue shoring up that fiction.
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What Will Happen If You Do NOT Get The Covid Vaccinations?
by minimus inwe are encouraged to all, if possible, get the vaccinations.
if you donât, we are told that we definitely could get the virus.
fair enough.. but what happens if you decide you arenât going to get the shots?
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minimus - "What will happen if you do NOT get the Covid vaccinations?"
"Re-Neducation", of course.
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Drastic Upcoming Changes? (accelerated by the pandemic)
by JWTom ingood to see you again!
much discussion now about the fallout that is coming due to impacts of the pandemic combined with the long-term downward spiral of jw.org.
i am active as a pimo and my wife is pimi....much of our personal conversation and conversation with others in jw land focuses on how things will play out for jw.org in the next 12-24 months.
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Vidiot
Historically, actual tangible in-person meetings and door-to-door ministry have been critical in maintaining organizational cohesion and discipline...
...at least amongst average rank-and-filers.
Transitioning to an "e-church", however, can't help but undercut that somewhat for them...
...but I think the loyalists would still toe the line.
And since I suspect the Org leadership privately wants to prune the membership down to just the loyalists, this would theoretically serve that agenda.
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Rocketman123 - "...a bunch little idiots following bigger idiots..."
I think Ray Franz once quoted a peer as saying that they were "followers following followers".
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Why JWs Can't Cope With The Real World
by Vanderhoven7 inno clue how i got this.. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1trgavbqlx9e9qv7begvmp0742tpawg3vfkh1eifqepe/edit?usp=drivesdk.
top ten reasons.
(why) jehovah's witnesses can't cope with the real world____________________.
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Vidiot
The WT leadership wouldn't have a prayer if they tried coping with the "real world".
Why would rank-and-file loyalists be any different?
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Was your faith in Armagedddon connected to current events?
by Wasanelder Once inremember when nixon resigned?
the big a was here some said.
remember 1986 and the "international year of peace and security?
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Wasandelder Once - "Was your faith in Armageddon connected to current events?"
To a degree.
Current events not following Fred Franz's eschatology would occasionally give me pause, however.
And they added up over time.
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Vidiot
My old mom is still in, so yeah.
They all know my family and I are inactive, but most everybody's polite.
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Police raid a Kingdom Hall in Norway and question elders
by cachito inpolice raid a kingdom hall in norway of jehovah's witnesses and question elders.jehovah's witnesses want to cooperate with the police and explain why they have an arc of alleged crimes.
they claim that their elders are priests and must maintain confidentiality ... however ... the watchtower headquarters does not ask elders to refer to themselves as priests, that would be a disfellowshipping offense.
and they do not ask their elders to maintain confidentiality ... they must give the information to high ranking officials within the watchtower hierarchy.
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Vidiot
Even though I realize why the Org tried so hard to keep its pedo problem on the down-low...
...I still occasionally catch myself asking "HTF did they not think this would ever come back to bite them on the ass???"
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Were You Affected By Weird Elders?
by minimus inwe all had some to deal with some.
you would ask yourself, âhow the hell did this guy ever get to be an elderâ???.
we had one elder originally from england that used to wear his pants belted up to his chest with typically a dirty spotted tie and shirt.
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Vidiot
In a weird religion full of weirdos, the weirdest can't help but float to the top.