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  ARC Analysis Summary of Case Files

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have been doing research on the arc as some people on here have suggested.

  i find it interesting on the case file analysis some of the findings.

  it looks like queensland and new south wales had the biggest problems with this.

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  cobweb

  You have a long thread on this issue already. Forgive me if i get this wrong because i haven't read those threads through, but my impression is that you are very passionate about the idea the JW organisation is only minimally responsible for child abuse and people are being unfair and opportunistic by making such a big thing about it & its not justified to sue them in the manner that is occuring. Is that the size of it?

  Where does your passion come from for making this kind of argument? If you are not an apologist i don't really understand what is your motivation for making this issue such a focus.
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  ARC Analysis Summary of Case Files

  by Richard Oliver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i have been doing research on the arc as some people on here have suggested.

  i find it interesting on the case file analysis some of the findings.

  it looks like queensland and new south wales had the biggest problems with this.

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  cobweb

  So you are only troubled by 9 of the offenders? Is that what you are saying?
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  Why do some Jehovah's Witnesses choose to be atheist or agnostic?

  by Cassaruby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "traumatic as the initial transition may be, it can lead to the development of a truly personal relationship with these two greatest friends [the father and the son] .

  .. "whatever sense of 'belonging' that membership in some religious system may create, it can never compare with the power and beauty and strengthening benefit of the intimate personal relationship the scripture presents .

  from reading joseph campbell i've come to understand that there are functions to religion or mythology.

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  cobweb

  I'm the same as Ruby, although its not Christendom. Secular humanism.
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  Why do some Jehovah's Witnesses choose to be atheist or agnostic?

  by Cassaruby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "traumatic as the initial transition may be, it can lead to the development of a truly personal relationship with these two greatest friends [the father and the son] .

  .. "whatever sense of 'belonging' that membership in some religious system may create, it can never compare with the power and beauty and strengthening benefit of the intimate personal relationship the scripture presents .

  from reading joseph campbell i've come to understand that there are functions to religion or mythology.

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  cobweb

  I think that there is a certain anount of speaking at cross purposes. What i get now from the OP when he refers to choosing belief is that it is belief in the abstract rather than anything absolute or specific.
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  Why do some Jehovah's Witnesses choose to be atheist or agnostic?

  by Cassaruby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "traumatic as the initial transition may be, it can lead to the development of a truly personal relationship with these two greatest friends [the father and the son] .

  .. "whatever sense of 'belonging' that membership in some religious system may create, it can never compare with the power and beauty and strengthening benefit of the intimate personal relationship the scripture presents .

  from reading joseph campbell i've come to understand that there are functions to religion or mythology.

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  cobweb

  Cassaruby

  As I think you fathomed, Jws do not see the bible as you do - they believe things very literally. Its not poetry to them. It was supposed to be literal truth. So after coming to realize that the literalism that the JW's teaches is not true, it often causing them to be very passionate about discovering the literal truth of reality, wherever this leads.
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  Why do some Jehovah's Witnesses choose to be atheist or agnostic?

  by Cassaruby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "traumatic as the initial transition may be, it can lead to the development of a truly personal relationship with these two greatest friends [the father and the son] .

  .. "whatever sense of 'belonging' that membership in some religious system may create, it can never compare with the power and beauty and strengthening benefit of the intimate personal relationship the scripture presents .

  from reading joseph campbell i've come to understand that there are functions to religion or mythology.

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  cobweb

  No it doesn't matter to me whether those things actually happened. Not that I disregard that they could of happened tho. I don't really know what exactly unfolded because I wasn't there. Metaphorically it all still works.

  Thanks, that is an illuminating comment and I think I understand where you are coming from now. You have a poetic soul and I think you enjoy the deep meaning of the stories, no matter the origin. You are interpreting the bible in a unique way. I have no problem with that. You would find beauty and meaning in other religious texts and mythology too I suppose.

  
  
  
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  Why do some Jehovah's Witnesses choose to be atheist or agnostic?

  by Cassaruby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "traumatic as the initial transition may be, it can lead to the development of a truly personal relationship with these two greatest friends [the father and the son] .

  .. "whatever sense of 'belonging' that membership in some religious system may create, it can never compare with the power and beauty and strengthening benefit of the intimate personal relationship the scripture presents .

  from reading joseph campbell i've come to understand that there are functions to religion or mythology.

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  cobweb

  I mean the emotion deep in my consciousness that creates a sense of awe in the universe that can only be expressed poetically.

  I recognise that feeling. That emotional sense of awe does not require belief in a God. Atheists feel it too when they look at the night sky or are in nature. The Universe is amazing for sure.
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  Why do some Jehovah's Witnesses choose to be atheist or agnostic?

  by Cassaruby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "traumatic as the initial transition may be, it can lead to the development of a truly personal relationship with these two greatest friends [the father and the son] .

  .. "whatever sense of 'belonging' that membership in some religious system may create, it can never compare with the power and beauty and strengthening benefit of the intimate personal relationship the scripture presents .

  from reading joseph campbell i've come to understand that there are functions to religion or mythology.

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  cobweb

  I define faith as an emotional belief in the mystery that is involved in experiencing life.

  
  

  On that basis, does it matter to you whether something in the bible actually happened or not? Does it matter if Jesus said the things he did or as Saename said, whether a particular book is a forgery or not? If it is so reliant on emotion then the emotion could just as easily come about whether these things happened or not. Just like a novel can make a strong emotional impact and resonate and seem very true to us.
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  Why do some Jehovah's Witnesses choose to be atheist or agnostic?

  by Cassaruby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "traumatic as the initial transition may be, it can lead to the development of a truly personal relationship with these two greatest friends [the father and the son] .

  .. "whatever sense of 'belonging' that membership in some religious system may create, it can never compare with the power and beauty and strengthening benefit of the intimate personal relationship the scripture presents .

  from reading joseph campbell i've come to understand that there are functions to religion or mythology.

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  cobweb

  I was talking to my cousin about the state of the world and how I thought it was taking a very dark turn. This cousin thinks as you do, and tried to tell me that if it upset me to believe this about the state of the world, then I should simply think differently about it and I would not feel upset. She was trying to be comforting but she was encouraging me into a delusion.
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  Why do some Jehovah's Witnesses choose to be atheist or agnostic?

  by Cassaruby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "traumatic as the initial transition may be, it can lead to the development of a truly personal relationship with these two greatest friends [the father and the son] .

  .. "whatever sense of 'belonging' that membership in some religious system may create, it can never compare with the power and beauty and strengthening benefit of the intimate personal relationship the scripture presents .

  from reading joseph campbell i've come to understand that there are functions to religion or mythology.

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  cobweb

  I choose not to believe in fairies, except for metaphorical fairies. Like grimms fairy tales is a book I like.

  So belief is just a matter of choice to you? Just a whim of feeling? It requires no underpinnings of evidence whatsoever. You could just so easily believe in Santa Claus as not or believe in elves and pixies or not.