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  The Great Weird Off - Mormonism vs. Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  interesting podcast to listen to.

  exjws go head to head with ex-mormons on which religion is weirder.

  they had judges that determined who won.. http://mormonexpression.com/2014/06/16/episode-258/.

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  NewYork44M

  my opinion is 1 - Scientology

  You have a point, but I don't think that the contest is what is the wierdest religion - ever; just a friendly contest between two wierd groups.
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  1975 AWAKE!!! Predictions

  by iamwhoiam in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  over at the archives..enjoy!.

  http://archive.org/details/1975predictionsinawakemagazinebyjehovahswitnesses.

  *click on pdf at the left side of the page.

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  I see they were still pushing the 7,000 year creative day then. What ever happened to that belief?

  Notice that the referred to the 1914 generation as those who saw with an understanding what occured in 1914.

  I distinctly remember reading and discussing these lies. Thanks for the memories.
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  The Great Weird Off - Mormonism vs. Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  interesting podcast to listen to.

  exjws go head to head with ex-mormons on which religion is weirder.

  they had judges that determined who won.. http://mormonexpression.com/2014/06/16/episode-258/.

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  NewYork44M

  After reading Under the Banner of Heaven byJon Krakauer, I would vote for Mormonism as winners of the wierd off contest.

  http://www.amazon.com/Under-Banner-Heaven-Story-Violent/dp/1400032806/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402973042&sr=1-5&keywords=mormon
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  the new exjw stars of youtube... discuss

  by friendaroonie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since the creation of a few youtube channels i spend enormous amounts of time watching them.

  they have basically replaced my activity on jwn and watching kelly and michael in the morning.

  there are quite a few issues and implications that result from this trend.

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  NewYork44M

  I really admire the Apostate Chick.

  https://www.youtube.com/user/ApostateChick
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  How Will The New York Nonprofit Revitalization Act Effect The Watchtower Corporation Book Keeping Transparency?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  so many questionn perhaps will be answer by this investigation/independent audit and perhaps some follow up untanglement of funds in the proliferation of different corporations that are under the gbs control.. i think 2014 is going to be a very interesting year for the wt corporation.

  o and how do do feel about the whistleblower policy implimentation for all those that bring in 1,000,000 dollars or more annually.

  can you imagine the wt corporation problems with that little gem, they can't disfelloship him or dismiss a whistleblower my my my.. .

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  Interesting. Some of the rules specfically exclude religions ourganizations:

  "The following provisions of the not-for-profit corporation law
  shall not apply to religious corporations..."
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  Are You a Photic Sneezer?

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. physical

  i am, and my wife never believed me that a sudden bright light can make me sneeze.

  apparently a third of humans are photic sneezers.

  although the exact mechanism isn't fully understood it may be that a strong signal in the optic nerve can stimulte a nearby branch of the trigeminal nerve.. its time to come out the closet and be proud of your crossed wires.. ....

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  I was not aware of this condition until I noticed that my 6 year old daughter always sneezes when she is exposed to a sunny bright light.
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  What is your biggest gripe with the WT and it's teachings?

  by FL_Panthers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as the title says, please list what you find annoying with the organization..

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  It is a multibillion dollar corporation that pays no income tax but does not create value to society.
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  Were you 100% in?

  by pontoon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was baptized in 1968. last meeting 2010. i have to say i was never 100% in.

  there were times i absolutely believed, but i never really gave it my all.

  never liked service, assemblies, meetings.

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  NewYork44M

  I think I was close to 100% for a significant part of my life. But even then the whole idea of the religion was embarrassing.
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  "100 years of kingdom rule" so what?? what does it mean??

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i cant stop the nagging thoughts in relation to the hype about "100 years of kingdom rule" !.

  what is the significance?

  why make such a big deal about something like that?.

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  NewYork44M

  They may discount that there is no significance, but I suspect that more than a few will use this as a watershed year to re-evaluate their life's goals.

  I remember in the 1990s I plugged into the calandar 2014 and wrote a note to myself that If the end did not occur I was going to leave. Fortunately, I figured that life is too short to wait 20 years and I left 10 years ago (too bad I wasted the 10 years, but that is another story).

  How many have made the same mental note for 2014? I predict a lot.
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  The End of The World Delusion

  by cassuk11 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  being pushed by religion since the 17th century.

  my question is why ?.

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  NewYork44M

  Religion is a bullshit story - but it works and has worked for as long as people existed and needed ways to exert power over others.

  Connecting people to the dead helps create societies and cultures. If dead people were just - dead - and nothing more, we might lose our connection to the past. Thus, religion completes the cycle. With end time predictions religion is able to strategically use this connection for the purpose of exerting even more control over people.