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  This should be an interesting book to read

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have not yet read this book, but it should be interesting:.

  "the better angels of our nature: why violence has declined", steven pinker.. the publicity blurb states:.

  "believe it or not, today we may be living in the most peaceful moment in our species' existence.

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  Well worth your time! Pinker lays out fact after fact in a way that hardly gets boring or too repetitive.

  I really opened my eyes, having been brought up a JW. Every ex-Jw should give it a look, or at very least watch the video.
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  ANOTHER CHURCH THAT EVOLVED INTO A CULT

  by NAVYTOWN in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are various stories in the news today about the head pastor, mark driscoll, of the mars hill megachurch in seattle resigning after much extended controversy.

  from what i read, his church was in many ways similar to the jws.

  shunning.

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  Captain Obvious

  You've got it backwards.

  Cults evolve into churches/religions.

  Like how jesus' little cult evolved into a religion.
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  Prediction- JW's will create their own Social Network Site

  by Skinnedsheep in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with their advancement into web based programming and their soon to be broadcast meetings the need for a physical meeting place is quickly diminishing.

  i predict that the large scale sell-of of kingdom halls will begin in the next few years as the people get their meetings online.

  the one thing that would be missed with a liquidation of kh halls is "upbuilding" association which will force the society into creating a jw social media app which will not only allow for association but close monitoring of the pubs.

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  Nope. Not a chance. As mentioned above, totalitarian regimes cannot tolerate open forum discussions. Especially anonymous posters.

  Besides, you know we'd troll the shit outta their forum.
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  Satanism going to be allowed in Orange County.

  by quellycatface in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  seriously, i watched it on cnn last night.

  it sounded like a wind up first of all.. .

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  Most 'satanists' are really just protesters of religion. Much like the Pastafarians, but with a little more bite because of their name.

  Besides, in the bible satan isn't really all that bad of a dude. Jehovah is the real terror in the bible.
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  jw.org has an Armageddon countdown card on it. seriously.

  by rebel8 in

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  I thought that Russell originally taught that Armageddon started in 1799, and Jeezus was big man in heaven since 1874?

  1914, being the end of the gentile times was to be the very end of human rule on earth, to be replaced by heavenly rule as it had been since 1874 with Jesus on the throne.

  So, not an Armageddon countdown card, but still significant.
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  What in hell are apple doing???

  by hamsterbait in

  1. social
  2. physical

  i used to be able to put in a date and a reminder 2hours in advance.

  i updated my sw and now cannot set reminders.

  so now i need a paper diary.. .

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  Captain Obvious

  If you can't find it, ask Siri. She can set your appointments for you if you can't figure it out
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  is it possible to raise good kids with out religious morals?

  by Princess Ashe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  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.

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  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

  1. social
  2. current

  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 .

  follow us: @mailonline on twitter | dailymail on facebook.

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  Oops double post.
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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

  1. social
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  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 .

  follow us: @mailonline on twitter | dailymail on facebook.

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  Captain Obvious

  Prologos,

  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

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  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.

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  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"