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Nudging People to Question their Beliefs
by losthobbit in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i'm not a jw, nor ever was, but like most of you, i grew up being totally convinced that my incorrect beliefs were true, and kept making excuses for them.

my sect was the church of christ.. i remember that, even though i was convinced that i was right, there were always splinters in my mind... seemingly small holes in the logic of my religion that bugged me from time to time.

i think that when i tackled these problems one-at-a-time, it was easy to plug up a hole with a simple excuse.. in my twenties, i remember coming across a full page listing perhaps twenty problems with logic in the bible.
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How did all these civilizations survive the flood?
by losthobbit in
1. watchtower
2. bible
flood 2304 bc (http://creation.com/the-date-of-noahs-flood).

neolithic 8500-1500 bc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_neolithic_cultures_of_china).

egyption dynasty 4 2613 to 2494 bc, dynasty 5: 2494 to 2345 bc, dynasty 6: 2345 - 2181 bc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_ancient_egyptian_dynasties).
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Critical Thinking and undeniable facts of true truiness
by losthobbit in
1. jw
2. friends
i was recently writing to someone on the fractal future forum.

he came across as a very intelligent person, but i noticed that a post of his about medicine showed that he seemed to lack a lot of knowledge about medical testing and the scientific method.

so, i asked him some questions, and his reply seemed to contain a logical fallacy in every sentence, concluding with a quote from mercola.com, one of those really dodgy conspiracy theory / anti-science type of sites.
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Crisis of Conscience republished and on Kindle
by losthobbit in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
hi guys.

sorry if this has been mentioned before... i haven't visited this forum in a while.. i've noticed that crisis of conscience is no longer ridiculously expensive on amazon.co.uk (now 9.38), and they have a kindle version which is even cheaper (6.84 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/b00bqou5rc).

unfortunately the publisher did an absolutely useless job of formatting the kindle version.
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How long are they in there for?
by losthobbit in
1. jw
2. experiences
i walk past the earlsfield / wandsworth kingdom hall in london quite often on sundays.

there are always cars outside and i never see anyone go in or out... and so i wonder... how long are they in there for, and what takes them so long?.
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Do you now have a customized religion?
by losthobbit in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was never a jw.

i was a member of the church of christ.

i didn't jump from christian to non-believer, but rather went through a transition period, and i'd guess that all of you did the same,... changing beliefs bit by bit until you believe what you do now.. when i first realized that there were logic problems in the bible i started to find excuses for those problems.
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An Accurate Prophecy by the J-Dubs!
by losthobbit in
1. jw
2. experiences
as i was walking to the station today i passed three people handing out watchtower tracts at the precise moment that one of them happened to turn to the other and say, "it's going to rain.

" i thought it was quite amazing to hear such an accurate prophecy from them after having come across this rather interesting wikipedia entry and counting how often they have made the same failed prophecy (13, if you include the bible student movement):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events.

i'm reading a book, called "when prophecy fails," quite an interesting book for someone like me, being rather interested in psychology, human behaviour, logic, truth, etc.. the example in the book explains what happens under certain conditions, when people have a very strong commitment to a prophecy which fails.
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Can you help me, please?
by losthobbit in
1. jw
2. friends
about an hour ago i noticed that my friend, a former jw, has posted the following on a youtube video (7 hours ago):.

"i have just started going back to the meetings, and it was the best decision of my life!!".

the video is this one below:.
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Wasn't Armageddon Supposed to Happen in the First Century?
by losthobbit in
1. watchtower
2. bible
to me it's pretty obvious from these verses.... matthew 23:36, matthew 24:34, mark 13:30 and luke 21:32.

...that jesus, talking to his disciples, told them that armageddon would happen in their generation (the first century).

just wondering if everyone else sees it this way, or have i missed something?.
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Is it possible to be friends with a devout Jehovah's Witness?
by losthobbit in
1. jw
2. friends
just wondering if it's possible for a non-religious person like me to be friends with a devout jehovah's witness.

as i understand they don't like to mix with us lower life forms.

any thoughts?.