Topics Started by nicolaou

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Alien: Romulus
by nicolaou in
1. social
2. entertainment
i never start topics like this normally but this has really wound me up.

romulus is getting great reviews and i just don't understand it.

it was predictable, formulaic fanfiction.. it brought nothing new, quite the opposite in fact.
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Where's Simon?
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
anyone heard from him?

he hasn't been active for over a week.

probably on holiday but would be nice to know everything's okay 🤔 .
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Crisis of Conscience available for free on Audible
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i'm unclear on how this has been achieved or if permissions have been given.

presumably, audible (part of amazon) have their own procedures to ensure legality, but here it is nonetheless;.

listen to crisis of conscience - raymond franz by crisis of conscience - raymond franz on audible.
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God won't lift a finger to help you.
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
sea breeze: @nicolau,i stated my case rather succiently, which you failed to address.

if you have a better solution to the problem of evil than what jesus offers, then why don't you present that in a new topic?.

pathetic diversion.
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Who told the first lie?
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.
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Is the fight over?
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm still digesting these changes and i think i'll reserve judgement for some months until we see how it all plays out in reality.. however, if the disfellowshipping process really has been de-fanged and shunning is beginning it's retreat into the society's past then what excuses will there be in the years to come for anyone who wants to leave?.

i can almost understand why they've done this.

more carrot, less stick.
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A simple rebuttal to the recent 'Last Minute Repentance' change.
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for decades, critics have pointed out the unfairness of god slaughtering billions in a future armageddon who never even met a jw much less heard their life-saving message.

(remember the contortions around the collective responsibility of nations?

) also, why do babies and children have to die simply because their parents rejected the witnesses?
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The First Holocaust
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
please, please ignore all the scientific impossibilities here, that's not what this topic is about.. let's make the assumption as many christians do that the bible is historically accurate.

the noachian flood actually happened a little less than 4,500 years ago after which eight adults stepped off the ark to repopulate the planet.. that means that approximately 60 million lives had been snuffed out, a holocaust by anyone's estimation.

as if that isn't horrific enough just think about the babies, toddlers and young children god killed.. he drowned all of them, every single one.
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Moral responsibility.
by nicolaou in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
no subtlety here, it's going to be obvious where i'm going with this.

please consider the following scenario.. you're seated on a railway platform bench waiting for your train.

a high speed intercity is about to hurtle through without stopping when you see a small child running to the platforms edge!
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Likes and Dislikes. How about making the identities known to the poster?
by nicolaou in
1. forum
2. suggestions
i haven't a clue if it's technically feasible but i think if you're going to hit the dislike button on a post you should be open to discussion with the poster.. just your own topics and posts of course.

what do you think simon?.