Posts by Half banana

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What are your beliefs now, religious/non religious?

by Jules Saturn in

what are your convictions now that you are no longer one of jehovah's witnesses?

are you a born again christian?

have you joined another denomination of christianity?

Half banana

I agree with both of your points Xanthippe. The feeding habits of the ichneumonidae leave a lot to be desired if God was to have an ounce of feeling. If there is a creator he also has to be responsible for ebola, sabre tooth tigers, parasites which live only in the human eye, black mamba snakes and a thousand other horrors as well. It is far easier to interpret the natural world as the result of evolutionary descent and therefore being quite indifferent to our feelings.

Humans though prefer to add an emotional layer to their perception of the world and here lies the problem.

The bottom line is that "beliefs"as guide to life are completely unreliable however much they may comfort us. But fear not! we have something much better than mere beliefs; it called knowledge and is securely based on evidence.

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My jaw dropping OMG moment at the end of the convention

by UnshackleTheChains in

yes folks.

over the past few days i can honestly say the convention was relatively quite good.

most of the talks, videos, symposiums were in line with scripture if you have faith in the bible.

Half banana

Overall there is a joy in NOT referring to the Bible for any answers!

Ambiguities

by Half banana in

just a thought, as the jw org declines in vigour there seem to be many puzzling stories and illustrations coming from the convention and kh platforms.

at the moment we have a thread by fed up jw about the many spokes of the bicycle wheel leading to god but claiming there is only one way.

a counter-productive illustration.

Half banana

Just a thought, as the JW org declines in vigour there seem to be many puzzling stories and illustrations coming from the convention and KH platforms. At the moment we have a thread by Fed up JW about the many spokes of the bicycle wheel leading to God but claiming there is only one way. A counter-productive illustration.

My thought is that the JW numbers are being artificially supported by threats of shunning which means that there are an increasing volume of non-believers in the ranks who feel unable at the moment to leave for social reasons. That includes elders who are ‘wide awake’ as we know from this site.

Could it be that the ambiguous illustration choices might be evidence of either Freudian slips by fading elders or deliberately barbed points to wake up others up whilst still appearing to adhere to the party line?

I reckon we should expect more in the future.

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honesty

by midnight in

regarding the recent 1975 video at the convention it hit me !.

when reasoning with people about the inspiration of the bible we used the bible writers candor ie/ there honesty when recording bible accounts about there personal mistakes .. how come the governing body despite its claims to be spirit directed are not honest about there mistakes ?.

Half banana

My request to the governing body is firstly a humble and honest an apology: to admit they have been wrong all along and that they are just a commercial enterprise. (Peddling in people's hopes and dreams)

Secondly I am asking that they shut up shop and give their wealth to all of those they have deprived of an education and of their self esteem and especially give to those suffering in ill health and poverty in their old age through believing and supporting their wacky prophecies.

But then it is a principle of confidence tricksters to maintain their mask of total innocence.

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My jaw dropping OMG moment at the end of the convention

by UnshackleTheChains in

yes folks.

over the past few days i can honestly say the convention was relatively quite good.

most of the talks, videos, symposiums were in line with scripture if you have faith in the bible.

Half banana

Unshackle said:

So, contrary to what the GB are telling us, all 18013 in 2016 did the right thing. They are all correctly partaking as Christians should. The so called mistakers are in fact bravely rejecting a man made teaching.

The "right thing" Unshackle?

If the JWs are puzzled by their memorial with symbolic consumption of the flesh and blood of their sacrificed saviour; it is because it is drawn from a long standing pagan ritual.

Christianity is one almighty confidence trick in the first place. It has always been the role of the priests and cult leaders to claim that their dogma is the only "True" interpretation. Don't be conned!

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What I Noticed At An Event During This Week. . . . . .

by HiddlesWife in

i attended an event this week with my usual closest relatives, which was inside a community center-ish venue with a backyard area.

it was given by my cousin's best friend.

she invited around 50 people of all age groups and racially-mixed.

Half banana

What do you mean my piercing is inappropriate brother?

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JWs Reaction to BBC Report

by Phoebe in

jw
friends

for months i have been telling my friends - very devout jws - about the problem of child abuse in the organization but it wasn't until they saw the bbc report that they finally believed it.

(i made mention of their reaction in an earlier post.).

today they have emailed me to say the bbc report has hit them really hard.

Half banana

There is a difference to the response by different religions. In the Catholic Church they have admitted the problem and taken measures to avoid it, and as far as I am aware they have sought to help the victims, not out of reilgious obedience but because of simple human compassion.

By contrast The penny pinching, self righteous JW org almost deny the problem and thoughtlessly quote the Bible's primitive and blunt justice principle of "two witnesses!" and imply that they are above the law and all that the abused need to do is simply keep reading the Watchtower and go out in field service.

Friends this is not an acceptable remedy to anyone except the grossly deluded!

The truth will catch up with JW org soon and they will be millions the poorer but the main thing we hope, is that those sensitive JWs with a conscience will leave their harmful cult.

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Happy birthday Watchtower!

by Half banana in

just before the month ends i would like to congratulate the watchtower magazine for completing its run of 138 years of publication.

the first copy was printed july 1st 1879. well done watchtower!.

as a reminder, let people remember that in its time this magazine has one of the world’s largest print runs for a periodical.

Half banana

Chook: and also outside all kingdom halls. It's a nutty cult full of half-wits, especially those leading it.

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Question for those who went to the RC

by joe134cd in

i'm just curious with all the happy clapping that is now going on with the singing at the conventions.

what has been the reaction to it with the r&f.

has anyone ever commented that it reminded them of a pentecostal revival meeting.

Half banana

I suppose enjoying a jolly song at the convention helps forget the fact that its all BS and there is no Kingdom or paradise.

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JW Parents and kicking out their children

by NJ501 in

is it a common practice for jw parents to kick their children out of the home, if the child doesn't want to be a jw.

(even though their not disfellowshipped they will still get kicked out for not going to meetings etc.??).

do other religions encourage kicking family members out this as well?

Half banana

@Freddo, I was just coming up to eighteen so able to look after myself. After some very kind JWs put me up for a short while, I slept on a friends living room floor for many months and scraped by with a part time job and pioneered--fool that I was.