Posts by ozbrad

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The Oesophagus of the whale shark and the story of Jonah

by purrpurr in

10 years ago

in the wt's literature it is often theorised that the "great fish" that swallowed jonah was a whale shark.

indeed looking at whale sharks with their wide huge mouths it seems reasonable to think that a human could fit in there.... ... until that is you do any research on it.

while the whales mouth is huge, it's oesophagus however is only a few inches wide.

10 years ago

ozbrad 10 years ago

Almost as believable as losing your superpowers getting a haircut.

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Delete past posts

by crazyhorse in

10 years ago

hello , how do you delete past posts?

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thanks..

10 years ago

ozbrad 10 years ago

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

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The Paranormal

by Peony in

jw
friends

10 years ago

i'm interested to know if anyone has been to see a medium/clairvoyant since leaving jw's.

i must admit now i can make my own choices i seem to have a fascination with it although haven't acted on it as a) am i just jumping into believing another load of rubbish?

and b) what if it really is the demons pretending to be loved ones!!

10 years ago

ozbrad 10 years ago

James Randi has a documentary about his life including the million dollar challenge on Netflix

https://www.netflix.com/watch/80005195

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Debating evolution, intelligent design and cosmology with a JW

by Thestumbler83 in

10 years ago

ive been having an email exchange with a jw family member and the discussion seem to have become a bit heated and im not quite sure why.

i dont think ive said anything obviously offensive and ive been very careful with my wording.

but i think im sometimes a bit tone deaf with these things.

10 years ago

ozbrad 10 years ago

I can never understand how stories of talking snakes,worldwide floods and losing you superpowers getting a haircut among hundreds of other bizarre stories sound much more credible than evolution.

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in march of 2014, i was a very active jw, a ministerial servant, gave a public talk, was an attendant for the memorial, and one of 4 cleaning captains for an international convention of 40,000+ attendees.

so what woke me up?

an innocent comment from a co-worker about the candice conti court case rang a bell that could not be unrung.

10 years ago

ozbrad 10 years ago

Noahs Flood and praying away the gay wasn't working.

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Inside Scientology and Escaping the Witnesses - Mon 24th channel 5

by not bitter in

jw
friends

10 years ago

thats it really.

uk channel 5 at pm mon 24th.. maybe its already been posted but sounds interesting.

10 years ago

ozbrad 10 years ago

Inside Scientology And Escaping The Witnesses PDTV x264-TASTETV

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I watched Mr. Jackson last night with my super cult minded parents

by Magwitch in

10 years ago

i have seen some ask on this site how the active jw's are handling what is happening in australia.

here is my little experience from last night........ my parents were baptized in the late 30's as children and have never faltered in their determination to survive the great tribulation and live forever in paradise (even though they actively associate with all their df'ed kids).

my father is still actively serving as an elder and my mother has always been by his side.

10 years ago