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  The Hubble, Yahweh, the Bible, and faith.

  by Nickolas in

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  there have been several threads in which the views of the universe provided by the hubble space telescope have been discussed.

  i guess this will be another one.

  there's a new series being broadcast here in canada on the oasis hd nature channel entitled hubble's canvas.

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  Aguest - pm for you..
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  The Hubble, Yahweh, the Bible, and faith.

  by Nickolas in

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  there have been several threads in which the views of the universe provided by the hubble space telescope have been discussed.

  i guess this will be another one.

  there's a new series being broadcast here in canada on the oasis hd nature channel entitled hubble's canvas.

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  Stressful Session with Uber-Zealous Parents--The Mermaid needs a hug!

  by Cadellin in

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  2. experiences

  okay, for those of you who don't know, i was raised jw by really great though uber-zealous parents.

  i'm now an adult and have been inactive for about two years due a bunch of reasons, the primary one (or at least the one that got the ball rolling) being the pathological intellectual dishonesty of the wt in how it handles secular quotes and citations.

  anyway, my parents are aware of all that and have left the issue alone for about the last year.

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  Cadellin said: "That response underscored for me the difference b/w using ideology to shape your world view vs. using facts. Idealogy in the JW world takes precedence--the Bible is the a priori inspired Word of God--and therefore material, measurable phenomenon (facts, we could say) are valuable only to the extent they serve such ideology." You might find this interesting.. www.csicop.org/si/show/why_bad_beliefs_dont_die
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  WHO ARE THE FALSE PROPHETS TODAY?

  by Dogpatch in

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  who are the false prophets today.

  by barbara anderson.

  in 1991, one of the watch tower societys senior writers, colin quackenbush, told me in the privacy of his office about letters which the society had received from prominent and credible elders, not apostates (thats exactly what he said), who were concerned about the increase in accusations saying that jehovahs witnesses were false prophets.

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  The Hubble, Yahweh, the Bible, and faith.

  by Nickolas in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there have been several threads in which the views of the universe provided by the hubble space telescope have been discussed.

  i guess this will be another one.

  there's a new series being broadcast here in canada on the oasis hd nature channel entitled hubble's canvas.

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  Aguest - Thanks for replying, there's nothing much more I can say.. "to be puny, weak, whiney, selfish, self-serving, disloyal, unfaithful, hateful, spiteful, hypocritical, murderous, reviling crybabies, and more. Which most of mankind IS.".. - Did you mean that most people have at least one of these traits, or that most have all of the above traits? Thanks in advance.
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  Mind Control Techniques and Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Lady Lee in

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  2. beliefs

  most of the original research on mind control comes from studies done not on religious groups but rather on chinese re-education techniques used on dissident chinese and political prisoners during the 1950s.

  robert j. lifton wrote "thought reform and the psychology of totalism" (1961; new york: w. w. norton).

  he was studying the process and effects of mind control techniques on individuals.

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  Propaganda June 22 Awake!

  by jayhawk1 in

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  i found this jewel on the society's website.

  i thought you might find it interesting.

  now i know how to avoid their propaganda!.

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  WE CAN DO THIS....if you think the idea is as good as I do!

  by Terry in

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  i have long had an idea that i think is a very powerful tool in reaching even hard-nosed jw's.. .

  it would consist only of actual photographic scans of various documents, articles, photographs such as these from marvin shilmer's blog: (see next panel).

  there would be no extraneous non-official text whatsoever.. it would be published the size of an old life magazine and sent anonymously to jw's at their homes.. the cover would clearly contain the words: "all contents originally published by watchtower bible &tract society".

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  Bttt for Terry..
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  The Hubble, Yahweh, the Bible, and faith.

  by Nickolas in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there have been several threads in which the views of the universe provided by the hubble space telescope have been discussed.

  i guess this will be another one.

  there's a new series being broadcast here in canada on the oasis hd nature channel entitled hubble's canvas.

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  Sorry, I hope these work.. wikipedia.org/Standing_wave mwolff.tripod.com
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  WTS Legal Dept: "Try to make your kids seem normal."

  by irondork in

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  2. beliefs

  just finished reading the segment on setting double standards from in search of christian freedom.

  franz gives as an example what is probably the most wanton display of in-your-face hypocrisy.. citing a brochure produced by the legal department designed to help witness parents in child custody battles:.

  this can be used to show that they are normal.

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  Matthew 23:27 >> New International Version (©1984) "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs,which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean."