Posts by mikeflood

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Apostate - what does the word mean to you?

by Tallon in

over a period of time i got to thinking - what does the word 'apostate' mean to me.

having given it some thought, this is my view;.

the org has given the word its own definition and basically use it to demonise people and consider them pariahs.. however, the jw meaning of 'apostate' is a mere word and only has power if recognised as such.

mikeflood

Oh, they could say that I'm an 'apostate' but in reality I'm a member of the 'Reformed Worlwide JW' ....care to join?. Just to make your day Tallon.

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The Attack by Gog of Magog: 2018 Convention

by jwdoctrine in

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the attack by gog of magog with commentary watch to the end.

talk from the 2018 convention .watch till the end.

mikeflood

That's why Russia is so wrong harassing JW's , they just fueling the paranoia ! Leave the Borg alone Mr. Putin, the would fade eventually by themselves.

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Have Artifical Intelligence Run A Site That Deprograms Jehovah's Witnesses

by Brokeback Watchtower in

with all this talk about ai taking over jobs and finding cures by feeding it proper input data and a whole host of other tasks why not have scientist put up a site run by artificial intelligence to deprogram people from cults and offer them counseling as what to do after leaving the mind control cult.. i know this might be a very touchy place to put ai i think it would offer scientist working with ai to test its capabilities and do a public service at the same time.. perhaps offer it honestly to the public who are having doubts about a specific organization that is unduly controlling their lives.. and great if that would pass a turing test:.

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

mikeflood

Oh...have you heard about JW net?....that site is a really effective deprogramming AI thing for all the Borg stuff.

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Have you ever considered how bizarre the idea of "War in Heaven" really is?

by TerryWalstrom in

when you grow up and look back on childhood belief you have to laugh at how.

easter bunnies and santa were all too plausible for children because trusted adults who were otherwise unimpeachable sources of truth and reality assured and reassured kids.

why wouldn't they accept it?jehovah's witness kids didn't have santa, we had armageddon.only this morning i suddenly asked myself why i ever accepted the idea of a war in heaven as even remotely sane.

mikeflood

Just imagine, "war in Heaven", as is depicted, fought with swords, bows, arrows, and of course, horses. Not that the spiritual sphere is advanced like 13 billion years or so. And no casualties, just prisoners.

I mean, we humans should copy that.

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Trump - Putin summit , cold war ended

by mikeflood in

trump - putin summit today, putin said : "cold war has ended, difficulties in us - russia relations don't have any objective reasons" .

it's gonna be another stunt, too much interests in keeping the worldwide weapons race and the inmense profits.....

mikeflood

Trump - Putin summit today, Putin said : "cold war has ended, difficulties in US - Russia relations don't have any objective reasons" . It's gonna be another stunt, too much interests in keeping the worldwide weapons race and the inmense profits....

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What would happen?

by Esse quam videri in

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a thrift store down the street is run by members of a small, local christian congregation.

evangelical but not sure what religion they are affiliated with.

they have set up the store as a non-profit and have a specific use for the funds they acquire.

mikeflood

Ohhh...and a playground for little kids too...please.

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Is There Life After Death

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i think this is a well developed discussion, of ian stevenson's work in investigating people's past lives claims.

it's a little long.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0attm9hgcdw.

mikeflood

Of course there's an afterlife, just remember the parable about the rich man and Lazarus....ohh...wait....were in JW land...no there isn't an afterlife.

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Satan temping Eve. Had she not ate

by pleaseresearch in

being the loving god that he is :).

how do you imagine this playing out.

let's say eve didn't eat and so we didn't fall into sin.. what do you think god would have done with satan and his demons?.

mikeflood

The thing that baffles me is how something perfect could turn to the 'dark side'. Adam and Eve is a children's tale. What about the angels that choose to make themselves a body so the could have sex with women!. Imagine perfect entities that had lived forever choose the dark side. On the other hand imagine Jesus and the history of having the option to have 'all the kingdoms of the world' , he as a perfect entity could have accepted. I mean those literary tales are so powerful that is not a mystery why people get so fanatic sometimes.

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Cain - where's the critical thinking skills?

by jws in

just read a post on facebook where somebody is making some wild crazy-talk about the descendants of cain being the beast of revelation or something.. cain was always a strange tale to me.

don't people use any critical thinking skills when they read this stuff?

everybody knows cain killed his brother abel, but do they ever look at the surrounding tale?.