i am in earnest.
i will not excuse; i will not equivocate;.
i will not retreat a single inch.
As I said on another thread Cofty, believing something to be true, with close to zero evidence, is to me indistinguishable form Delusion, and Delusion is a serious mental problem.
This is not to be nasty to believers, I feel they need to wake up to their parlous state, because if they don't , their lives will not be as they should be, and they are so easily misled. Happiness, and fulfilment, does not lie that way, no matter what you have been told.
the ark encounter located in kentucky (opened in 2016) is a large representation of noah's ark based on the genesis flood narrative contained in the bible.
it is 510 feet (155 m) long, 85 feet (26 m) wide, and 51 feet (16 m) high.. .
genesis 6: 14 so make yourself an ark of cypress[c] wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
" Is there anything left to take literally? " probably not Cofty ! it is the refuge of Bible believers, once you prove how very silly a Bible story is, then, "it must be metaphorical."
The problem is twofold with this, one, metaphors are open to lots of different interpretations, and two, if it nearly all comes down to metaphor, then it really is all a matter of faith, or belief, and that means trusting that something is true, with zero evidence, which, to my mind is indistinguishable from delusion, and Delusion is a very serious mental problem.
That means that all Bible believers suffer from a serious Mental Problem.
As a lot of memes say " change my mind".
i am in earnest.
i will not excuse; i will not equivocate;.
i will not retreat a single inch.
" reported as eyewitnesses of Christ's words, life, miracles and resurrection ". As far as I can see it is extremely doubtful if any writer of the books we have in the N.T was an eyewitness.
" Take the Holy Spirit out of the equation and you have nothing. " So it comes down to "Faith", simply trusting that any of it is true, though there is not one shred of evidence.
thanks petra and atlantis for sending the latest letter regarding the watchtowers plan for a worldwide campaign in november this year.
i am wondering what they are planning to achieve from this campaign, particularly their focus on sending the watchtower 2020 no.
2, titled "what is god's kingdom" to politicians, governments (and tribal leaders) around the world.. it would appear that this is their answer to governments who have put them in the spot light for their bad policies, particularly their handling of child abuse.
They get more and more silly by the day. What a Silly Cult ! (be careful how you say that.)
I think this sort of campaign springs form two things, the first is that they still have the old Rutherford Ego of thinking they are far more important upon the World scene than they really are. They are simply a flea bite on an Elephants arse, a slight annoyance that makes little difference, if any.
The second is to make JW's feel they are doing something important, and that the " End" is near. The only "End" that is near is that of those magazines, they will end up in trash cans and Dumpsters all over the World.
What a Silly Cult !
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/north-staffordshire-sex-beast-finally-4401250.
Is this Zings partner reporting this for us ? Good news anyway ! The Paedos who have been hiding in the JW org must be shatting their pants now, no hiding place anymore !
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/jehovahs-witness-child-abuse-sex-18717755 .
no collective regret or any acknowledgement that child sexual abuse had happened among jws..
The summing up was very critical of JW's at the end of the Inquiry today, 14th August
The contrast between the words of the JW who summed up, merely trying to excuse the org and justify its terrible position, was marked with those words from the lady representing the Baptist Church, she showed what they are doing, willing to do, and apologised for past errors. On what they are willing to do, she said they are wanting to go further than any Law will make them, because it is the Right Thing To Do, and a Loving God would want them to. Contrast THAT with the JW final submission !
interesting video from carl benjamin.. apparently, some philosopher is arguing that 2 + 2 doesn't always = 4; sometimes it equals 5.. this is madness, utter madness.
i'm a scientist; objective reality does exist.
the existence of gravity isn't up for debate.
" Postmodernism is a mind virus which erodes people's ability to think and reason. It should always be exposed for the trash it is." Wise words from the O.P.
It is so time wasting when people try to promote what is nonsense, there are plenty of things for Science and Philosophy etc. to grapple with that will really make a difference to human existence when the problems are solved. Nonsense slows this process down, thanks for calling it out !
to be born a woman is a great disadvantage in many parts of the world and much more if she is part of a destructive sect like the jehovah’s witnesses where she is submitted to the “theocratic order” being the base that sustains the corporate pyramid, displaying submission at all times before male authority.
those of us that have been part of this cult can verify that the woman has to carry out a series of practices that for the rest of society is somewhat incomprehensible.
i’d like to draw your attention to the act of head covering, if for any reason a woman has to pray in public while a male is present, who is not available to lead the prayer, she must cover her head because she wouldn’t be respecting the arrangement of authority if she didn’t.
" The other good news is there are many woman in today's society who never joined this religion framed in lies and oppressive corruption created by dishonest men."
And I wonder how those poor women trapped in the Org feel when they see how happy and successful such women are !
they don’t go to conventions .
they don’t go to assemblies.
they don’t go to meetings.
This Thread reminds me of what, if memory serves was a kind of Song, certainly a Refrain, when I was young, it went : " Ya don't Drink, ya don't Smoke, What do ya do ?".
That REALLY applies to JW's, the List of what they cannot do is Sooooo Long ! The List of what they CAN do is SOoooo Boring !.
Edited to add, I think it was the Song by Adam and The Ants called Goody Two Shoes" ?? : " Goody two, goody two, goody goody two shoes
Goody two, goody two, goody goody two shoes
Don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?
Don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?"
we hear daily "a woman or color".
one person here mentioned that nikki haley (parents are from india) is a woman of color.. what defines "woman of color?
" is there some scan gun that they put point at your head and defines the pigmentation?.
The very act of trying to define people by the colour of their skin is a Racist endeavour.
We are all Humans, any differences, be they cultural, religious, political, biological, skin colour, or simply what group of Humans you come from, really do not matter, unless you are a Racist.
If it matters to you to define people that way, take a long hard look in the mirror, and then change your World view.
