Posts by ttdtt

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JW Acumen & Education = NO VALUE IN THE REAL WORLD

by Black Man in

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having been out of the cult for a few years now, i can finally sit back and accurately access the good, bad and the ugly, especially as it relates to education and having a sense of self-worth and realizing your potential.

in my opinion, religion is a total crock, but at least in some religions there is at least some value that you can translate your experiences and education gained in such into the real world.

for example, the mormons have their own accredited university where you can obtain a degree and you can actually put that down on your resume and use it in the real world.

ttdtt

I have heard "brothers" expound on how going to the KH is like like getting a Harvard Degree the education is so good. Even when I was "in" I thought that was a joke, especial since usually they could barely speak in complete sentences. (of course elders all).

What you get from sitting in a meeting like the TMS that you cant ever graduate - nor be thought sufficiently to speak on your own at a door, is a false sense that you actually know something.

The whole JW experience leads people to this: The Dunning-Kruger Effect.

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which relatively unskilled persons suffer illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their ability to be much higher than it really is.

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Are there any instances of "GOD" order and/or condoning the rape of women in the bible?

by Black Man in

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this came up recently with my dyed-in-the-wool jw pioneer mother, who swears up and down that there are no scriptural instances of this happening.

i seem to remember a couple passages, but can't remember where they were..

ttdtt

Also it was common for Israelites to take captive women as wives and concubines.

Thats pretty much Legalized Rape.

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why would God and Jesus hate the united nations?

by nowwhat? in

shouldn't they say thanks for" holding down the fort" until we take over?.

ttdtt

Cuz the UN is trampling on Dogs turf! He is the only one who will bring peace to the world!

And he is gonna Kill 7 Billion people to prove it!

Mic drop.

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Why isn't the Boston Globe doing a better job?

by Londo111 in

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2016/06/29/who-are-jehovah-witnesses-who-live-among/z39a6dvdcp5lvufo7y7ozo/story.html.

why isn't the boston globe doing a better job covering this group?.

after all, the movie spotlight won an oscar about this paper and their groundbreaking journalism into the catholic church covering child abuse.

ttdtt

Wow did the WT just submit that article for them with an envelope full of money?

This is the paper that broke the Catholic Church Scandal?

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AWAKE! NO. 5 2016 - Did Jesus Really Exist?

by ttdtt in

so again we go to the quality of evidence used by the wt.. you can read the article here - https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/awake-no5-2016-october/did-jesus-really-exist/.

you see the wt refer to experts with quotes.

as is usually the case the credentials are not represented, just that they are experts (so take their word).

ttdtt

How many COs talked about "worldly churches" serving up fast food spirituality.

This isnt even that - its the "free sample" from the chinese stand at the Mall Food Court.

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AWAKE! NO. 5 2016 - Did Jesus Really Exist?

by ttdtt in

so again we go to the quality of evidence used by the wt.. you can read the article here - https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/awake-no5-2016-october/did-jesus-really-exist/.

you see the wt refer to experts with quotes.

as is usually the case the credentials are not represented, just that they are experts (so take their word).

ttdtt

Funny how in the WHY DOES IT MATTER section - it fails to mention how Jesus (dogs right hand man) will come down on his nice horsey and slaughter 7+ billion innocent people.

Wonder if they they that would not be a big selling point to normal people?
:)

I like this "benifit of jesus" coming.

The earth will fully recover from its present sick state and produce bountiful crops.

SICK STATE? Based on what? COMPLETE and shameless BS!!

The world produces 1.5 times the amount of food needed for the 7 billion people on it?
If thats sick - I will take it all the time!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-holt-gimenez/world-hunger_b_1463429.html

http://www.oxfam.ca/there-enough-food-feed-world

https://overpopulationisamyth.com/food-theres-lots-it#Who_says_there_is_enough_food_for_everyone

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AWAKE! NO. 5 2016 - Did Jesus Really Exist?

by ttdtt in

so again we go to the quality of evidence used by the wt.. you can read the article here - https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/awake-no5-2016-october/did-jesus-really-exist/.

you see the wt refer to experts with quotes.

as is usually the case the credentials are not represented, just that they are experts (so take their word).

ttdtt

Great comments guys! Thanks.

Again the WT just shows they are HACKS at everything they do.

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AWAKE! NO. 5 2016 - Did Jesus Really Exist?

by ttdtt in

so again we go to the quality of evidence used by the wt.. you can read the article here - https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/awake-no5-2016-october/did-jesus-really-exist/.

you see the wt refer to experts with quotes.

as is usually the case the credentials are not represented, just that they are experts (so take their word).

ttdtt

So again we go to the QUALITY of evidence used by the WT.

You can read the article here - https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/awake-no5-2016-october/did-jesus-really-exist/

You see the WT refer to experts with quotes. As is usually the case the credentials are not represented, just that they are EXPERTS (so take their word). Also they seem to only be find old old references not any new DATA or Evidence.

Michael Grant - born 1914

William Durant - born 1885

Rudolf Bultmann - born 1884

Albert Einstein who was as much an expert in jewish history as I am - born in 1879

Is this the best they got?

It's like quoting Fred Hoyle on the Expanding Universe.

Again - this article presents NO evidence!

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Happy birthday to me

by azor in

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i just turned 41 today.

last year was my first celebration at 40. half my life is lost to this cult and i celebrate by almost losing my job.

one of the only things i have left.

ttdtt

Happy Birthday!!

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Having No Political Opinion Is Bull Crap

by Ame SF in

hello, i'm ame and after such heartwarming feedback last time from my other topic sharing my current situation, i felt the urge to just share an experience of mine that accrued a few weeks ago.. i was at mcdonalds with my mother and little brother, eating our food and in the background was the news playing on the tvs they had in the dining area.

and what were they talking about on the news?.

gun control.. now, i love the news.

ttdtt

Sweden. Guns are illegal in Sweden, but yet they have a higher crime rate than america.

So you are trying to draw a comparison between Guns and Crime - you should draw the comparison between Guns and Gun deaths.
If not your argument is the same as what the WT uses for Evolution (miss direction and a false question).

Gun deaths in Sweden per 100,000 people is 1.47
Gun deaths in the USA per 100,000 people is 10.57

The USA has a 7 times higher rate than Sweden.

Also the USA has 112 guns per 100 people where Sweden has 31 guns per 100 people.

So your point on that doesn't make sense.

By the way - check out Australia - it is a .93 x 100,000 and they used to be a country that had loose gun laws and changed all that in the 80's

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Australia