Topics Started by cobweb

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book advice about the 'jw experience'
by cobweb in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm looking for a book recommendation about the jw experience for the audience of a non-jw friend.. here is a scenario: you have recently left the jw religion and have made a friend who has little knowledge about your old religion.

you would like them to understand more about you but at this point you feel awkward about explaining your religious background and don't feel confident that you can make them 'get it'.

you decide you would like to give them a book that will do the grunt work of explaining it all; one that will give them a deeper insight into your former world than you feel able to provide, which will additionally explain why it is that you are now in the position you are, friendless, unsure of many things and adrift at an age where most people have got their life sorted.. if someone were in this situation and needed such a book, what you recommend?.
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JW's vs Evangelicals
by cobweb in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
someone on my twitter timeline has retweeted posts that contain the hashtag youdon'tknowevangelicals.

it surprised me how familiar a lot of the comments felt to me and i was struck that some of what i think of as jw behavior, mindset and attitude is shared by evangelicals.

there are differences too of course by read the list of tweets below and see if these sound familiar.
A new Scientology Channel?
by cobweb in
1. social
2. entertainment
this popped up in my google news feed.

if tom cruise and kirsty alley really do create a scientology channel and tom presents a variety show, how bizarre would that be.

i don't know how seriously i can take it, its hard to imagine anyone watching other than as a car crash.
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Is it wrong to celebrate New Year?
by cobweb in
1. jw
2. friends
lol, just kidding.. have a happy new year everyone!!!!.

https://youtu.be/b3kd1uplpxw.
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Is Christianity contingent on belief in a talking snake?
by cobweb in
1. jw
2. friends
this is a question mainly for those who are christian as i myself am not:.

to what extent is christianity contingent on a belief in the book of genesis.

i know there are some christians who accept that the creation story is a myth, and maybe the adam and eve story too.
Goodreads members who liked Catherine Cookson also liked:
by cobweb in
1. jw
2. friends
the watchtower bible and tract society, apparently.. i wonder if this is a suggested approved reading list for jw's.. https://www.goodreads.com/author/similar/83837.catherine_cookson.
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jw party goes very wrong.
by cobweb in
1. jw
2. friends
https://youtu.be/q6b77gm8xxi.

came across this audio recording on youtube which i found compelling.

an xjw recounts the story of how jws recently had a big party in the us.
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Benefits to Faith over Reason
by cobweb in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i wrote this earlier for my own benefit in order to get some thoughts straight in my head.

it is just my own personal pondering on what i think might be the motivating force behind having a faith.

it is not intended to attack, provoke or patronize anyone who has a belief and i hope it is not taken in that way.
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scholarly lectures on bible history or evolution
by cobweb in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i recently enjoyed this series of yale lectures on youtube about the hebrew bible.. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=plfbxb0kkaycq2hf6jlccdn6z47ysyxscw.

i really liked the woman doing them and she had a lot of knowledge.

it does seem quite rare to have such university lectures available.
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best ex JW sites
by cobweb in
1. jw
2. friends
i used to visit this site about ten years ago.

i haven't come her in a long time.

i have just recently started talking to a family member who is leaving the jws and i wanted to know what are the best sites available these days for finding out all the topics of information - failed prophecy, 1975, rutherford's drinking, russells tombstone - you know all of that kind of stuff.. back in the day there used to be a site run by a norwegian i think called kent.