Posts by Captain Obvious

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is it possible to raise good kids with out religious morals?

by Princess Ashe in

making up my mind on how to teach my son values in life seems to be an on going struggle of what is right and wrong.

being raised in a sheltered jw life until after leaving high school seems like going from one extreme to another of being over restrictive or under.

trying to find that balance.

Captain Obvious

Religious morals are inferior to modern societal morals. Relying on religion to teach kids morality is lazy parenting.

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"Saudi Arabia declares atheists terrorists under new laws targeting citizens who 'call for secular thought in any form" Also

by BucketShopBill in

saudi arabia declares atheists terrorists under new laws targeting citizens who 'call for secular thought in any form.

read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594139/saudi-arabia-declares-atheists-terrorists-new-laws.html#ixzz3ezbfshlr .

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"Saudi Arabia declares atheists terrorists under new laws targeting citizens who 'call for secular thought in any form" Also

by BucketShopBill in

saudi arabia declares atheists terrorists under new laws targeting citizens who 'call for secular thought in any form.

read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594139/saudi-arabia-declares-atheists-terrorists-new-laws.html#ixzz3ezbfshlr .

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Are you seriously putting forward the claim that many experts publicly claim to be atheists "just to be on good terms with their perceived peers?" Seriously? How about they claim to be atheists because they ARE?

What an ignorant statement.

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JW.org statistics and the decline in first world countries.

by OneEyedJoe in

cross posting from another thread.

it seems that i might not be the only nerd here that's interested in statistics like this so maybe it deserves it's own topic.. so i was playing around with google.com/trends with some jw related search terms.

i found the results a bit surprising, and certainly interesting, so i figured i'd share.. first off, the link to what i tried.. one of the most surprising things that stood out was the regional interest.

Captain Obvious

Hmm... Good refutation to use when a JW talks about the big J "speeding up the work" in "the time of the end"

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the flood, mammoths, elphants, and food.

by Crazyguy in

my question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.

also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .

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Captain Obvious

Wait a minute... Mammoths after the flood? Flood didn't happen yeah but... Mammoths only 4500 years ago?

Citation needed please, sir

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Question for the nonbelievers and atheists

by nykid in

what specifically made you stop believing in god and the bible?

was it a steady road of doubts or it was reading one book or one major event that made you realize the bible was not what it's claimed to be?.

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Captain Obvious

It was the same logic that brought me out of belief in the WT.

If one is intellectually honest with oneself, it is the only logical outcome.

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Is there a list of JW contradictions / double standards anywhere?

by BenRichards in

as i mentioned in a recent thread, i've relatively new here.

have been lurking for a few weeks and just started posting.. one of the things i'm finding interesting about this site is how often someone posts a set of jw published material that contradicts each other.

for example the other day someone posted about lecithin.

Captain Obvious

Yes I believe it's called, "what does the bible really teach?"

seriously though, this is a big undertaking. Perhaps it would be a good project for someone to do? We could get the whole forum involved, all contributing Our favourite contradictions. We'll publish it and call it,"what does the Watchtower really teach?"

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AUGUST 2014 OVER!! NOW WHAT??

by NoMoreHustle in

while sitting through a dreadful meeting today, while staring into space, i wondered what is next for jw's now that the "greatest preaching campaign" in the history of mankind is over.

what is everyone gonna be obsessed with now?

who knows maybe the annual meeting?

Captain Obvious

Well JWs are used to anticlimactic events! Hype hype hype then nothing. On to the next scheme!

Every memorial, "This will be our last!"

Every DC/RC, "This will be our last!"

Every campaign, "This will be our last! Look how jehoober is speeding up the work!"

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help needed....cult question from watchtower

by goingthruthemotions in

so i was looking at the boards not too long ago and saw a list of questions that were related to whether or not a religion was a cult that looked like it came from the watchtower.

i've been trying to find those questions again so i could find the watchtower and hopefully one day show this to my wife who is still asleep to the troof of the gb.. .

the help would be greatly appreciated.. .

Captain Obvious

Careful, a cult member will not respond well to directly challenging their beliefs. They will also deny that it is a cult at all costs, and deny that they are being manipulated or controlled. A cult member believes they are making conscious choices of their own will.

This may not be a very good approach with your wife. but if you have already breached the cult subject, then sure go ahead and prove it. Maybe start by using info from legit cult experts, then quotes by cult experts about JWs.

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'She wasn't a Jehovah's Witness anyway...'

by NAVYTOWN in

jw
friends

years ago, when i was studying with the witnesses, my bible studty conductor's sister in ohio died.

of cancer as i recall.

so he flew back to ohio ( from san diego ) to be with his family .

Captain Obvious

Why should they?

Witnesses eagerly await the slaughter of EVERY human on earth who isnt an active, true believing witness. No time for empathy