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  New Game: Spot Those Logic Fallacies! - "theory of evolution is 'much further from being proved than men are from flying to the moon.'"

  by cognisonance in

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  2. beliefs

  i read on here someone paraphrasing from evolution versus the new world the quote in this post's title where a scientist is quoted as saying the theory of evolution is "much further from being proved than men are from flying to the moon.

  for those interested in the quoted scientist actual words, you can read them at google books.

  of course the author, a chemist, is refering to the theory of evolution by natural selection, something he refers to as "percise theory," as opposed to "vague thoery," the latter he is describing the easy-to-see evidence that evolution has happened.

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  Once I realized just how much creationists - including the WTS - used quote-mining, semantic pretzel-twisting, and just plain misinformation to support their case*, I had all the justification I needed to learn about the subject from unbiased sources. Guess how that went?

  If you need to cheat to defend your beliefs, your beliefs don't deserve to be defended.

  

  * All tried-and-true tactics from the sleazy lawyer's go-to grab-bag of shady courtroom tactics to use when you're losing said case, I might add.
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  Are the rocks and mountains in Revelation 6:16 symbolic?

  by raymond frantz in

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  2. beliefs

  on a recent jw.org video update joel dellinger makes thr case that the phrase " they keep saying to the mountains and to the rocks: “fall over us" in revelation 6:16 is a reference to symbolic mountain like organisation at the time of the end.what do you think?.

  https://youtu.be/y7gzbkcbl8c.

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  Vidiot

  Shit, FedUpJW beat me to it.
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  WT's Impact on Children

  by Sea Breeze in

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  2. beliefs

  what is your opinion of the wt's impact on children?.

  here, children get to connect the dots and see what will happen to you if you are disobedient.

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  Being raised a JW wasn't "bad" for me, per se...

  ...but I sure don't feel like I grew up a "whole" person.
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  Shocking Letter Reveals Jehovah's Witnesses True Beliefs! - YouTube 'xjw curious'

  by Mace.Bean in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  youtube's 'xjw curious,' pete corbeil, reads proselytizing letter written by a pimo jw who simply shares current watchtower teachings like no other jw.

  use google drive link below to print your own copies of this letter.

  (114) shocking letter reveals jehovah's witnesses true beliefs!

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  vienne - "Most videos that include 'shocking' in the title are 'click bait'. This one is no exception."

  I didn't find the letter all that "shocking", either.

  Gave me a chuckle, though.
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  Do JWs trust and rely on bad reviews? Why should they? How could it be coherent?

  by psyco in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jws are taught that all bad reviews about them made by exjws are false and sick, so they must not read or listen to them.. so, when jws decide on joining, applying, or buying whatever product, service or organization: are they reading and listening only to good reviews about people still satisfied with that product, service, or organization because they consider false and sick all bad reviews made by people who abandoned that?

  do they trust and rely on all bad reviews reported in documentaries, on internet, on tv, on magazines etc.

  about people who left scientology, who left that house, who left that job position, who left that hotel, who left that restaurant, who left that medical treatment etc.?

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  The fact that it's statistically impossible for all bad news to be a lie, the realization that at least some of it therefore had to be true was, in retrospect, one of my little wake-up moments.
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  Would a JW accused to be a murderer (in a judicial committee) be reported to the police?

  by psyco in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am wondering if a jw accused to be a murderer (or any other serious crime except csa) in a judicial committee would be reported to the police.. if i sexually abused or molested a child, i would not be reported to the police.. what about if i killed a person: would i be instead?.

  it is not a matter of being right or wrong but i am only curious to know if there is at least a sort of coherence regarding the internal policies for serious crimes....

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  Vidiot

  As bugshit crazy as this sounds, I seem to recall a leaked internal WT document stating that they should not, in fact report a "brother" to the authorities if he'd committed a murder.

  Maybe "encouraging" him to go himself and confess, but that'd be the extend of it.
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  Is it okey to express your love for Jesus currently as a Jehovah's witness?

  by Kosonen in

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  is it okey to express your love for jesus as a jehovah's witness?.

  it should be, even though it would lift some eyebrows in the congregation.

  let's see what jesus said:.

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  Kosonen - "Is it okay to express your love for Jesus as a Jehovah's Witness?"

  Sure, if you don't mind other Jehovah's Witnesses being super suspicious of you.
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  The Governing Body KNOWS what Russia is going to do.

  by pistolpete in

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  2. beliefs

  gb sanderson reminding the member what the russian war is all about.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/tng8ys/dont_even_know_what_to_say/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3.

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  Smiles - "JW leaders narcissistically teach they themselves are 'spiritually' at the center of all major global events, and that the fate of the entire universe revolves around them."

  Like I've said many times...

  ...weird shit like that's an easy habit to fall into when you surround yourself solely with people who are never allowed to disagree with you.
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  Caleb & Sophia - The Watchtower gets weirder

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the latest video release 4/4/22 (lesson 44 'don't give up') in the comic series of caleb & sophia just got weirder.

  the plot is about caleb & sophia preaching door to door, caleb with his father and sophia with her mother.

  it shows each of them having doors slammed on them four times.

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  FFGhost - "It's striking that the video ends right there, because... That 'Oh, hi, Chuck' is the point at which every single JW kid on the planet - every one, even the uber role models, you know, the ones baptized at age 7 and started pioneering at age 9 - would react with utter horror, shame, and humiliation at the realization that one of their school peers has caught them red-handed being a religious dork, and knowing that by Monday morning the entire school will know about it and be laughing behind your back, and, well, beside, in front, over, under, and around your back as well."

  But they're "suffering for righteousness' sake", dontcha know!
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  Do you find Watchtower as Looney as Jim Jones?

  by Foolednomore in

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  forbid the universe for the mass suicide of many.

  but with the no blood policy, the constant call to be loyal to the org no matter how looney it seems, just very dangerous to any normal thinking person.

  or just crazy stupidity?.

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  punkofnice - "Jim Jones ended it fairly quickly-ish. The JW's are dragging it out."

  Hard to argue with.