Posts by Captain Obvious

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Truth be Told

by witchywoman in

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my husband and i had the wonderful opportunity to see this movie in portland oregon.

it is produced by gregorio smith.

he was raised in the jehovah's witness religion, and shows this movie from that point of view.

Design or Non-Design, finally we know, Darwin's Doubt

by QC in

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if you want to read the definitive explanation on fossils and how life arrived its covered in darwins doubt, by s.c. meyer.

this is a game changer.

the bomb!.

Keep it up, QC. You are making more unbelievers everytime you show up in this thread. I love it. If I was still on the fence, or even interested in this debate as a doubting JW, you would have had me convinced that there is no good argument for ID.

It could be your incompetence or your arrogance... Both show your ignorance.

To any lurkers: do your homework. Silly books like this are the best argument creation has... And yet there is a mountain of evidence to the contrary! There are many well written books available that will give you everything you need to properly understand evolution. Don't let me convince you, let QC And Steven Meyer do that. Personally, creation was the only thing holding me to a belief in Christianity. I felt I owed god something, even though the bible shows he's a dick. Understanding evolution was a major turning point for me, it can be for you too.

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Lunacy or apostasy?

by Separation of Powers in

over the years i have heard some really strange beliefs shared openly with others in the congregation.

one sister, for example, stated that you could not be cremated because then "all your molecules will be spread around and jehovah couldn't put you back together.

" kinda sounds like she got stuck in a nursery rhyme there, a la humpty dumpty.. .

Captain Obvious

Maybe they will stay "hands off" because there is literally no scriptural basis for this belief. The biblical support for the new earth, resurrection et al that this is purely eisegesis. Funny how a JW brain can sift through the dogmas to believe how they like!

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Jehovah's Witness boy fights court for right to die

by jwfacts in

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/religious-boy-fights-court-for-right-to-die-20130917-2tx5u.html.

this is tragic.

the boy is 17, and earlier this year the courts ruled that he was to be forced a transfusion.

Captain Obvious

The children's hospital said he had a "cocooned upbringing" how true. At 17, despite my behaviour I probably would have refused blood too. And while it would have been a conscious choice by a competent person, it wouldn't have been a well-informed one. A JW upbringing by definition shields one from objectively considering one's beliefs.

Is there anything we can do to help? Who can I email?

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COBE's Mom Dies And "Eulogy" Was All About Praising Her And It Went For Over An Hour!

by minimus in

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i heard it was unlike anything ever heard in a local congregation.

they even got a bethelite to come sing the woman's praises..

Captain Obvious

Yeah she must have been pretty special to get anything other than the usual sales pitch

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Yet More Annual Meeting Speculation. . .

by breakfast of champions in

so, yes, there will be a "new bible" released at this annual meeting.

worst kept secret ever.. however, the new bible will no longer be called the "new world translation".

again, this is pure speculation, but it would kind of make sense since the term "new world" is very mason-y, old-time jw-y, and doesn't appear in the bible anyway.. what they would call it, i couldn't even guess..

Captain Obvious

Oh no! They can't possibly be replacing the most accurate and honest bible translation in the world!

When this supposed new bible comes out and is also rejected by any and all bible scholars as a legitimate translation like the current NWT, we will have even more ammo to fight with! So I say bring it on

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What is the biblical justification for says that a creative days is 7000 years ?

by trackregister99 in

hello, what is the biblical proof of that a creative days is 7000 years.

i read in the photodrama that russell says that a creative days is 7000 years.

and in 1965 edition of "make sure of all things" page 134 that was changed from "7000 years" to "about 7000 years".. the bible not says the duration of a creative day.

Captain Obvious

Yeah the current belief is that "the earth is very old," but they won't commit to the 4.65 billion year old fact.

Maybe they clued in to the fact that every 7-9 year old boy is obsessed with dinosaurs, which of course died off more than 40something thousand years ago

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Jehovah Witness victims of Childhood Sex Abuse - and all supporters from California - Urgent Action Alert! Contact Assembly members today!

by Sol Reform in

41 assembly votes are needed.

please contact all assembly members today!

ask them to vote yes on sb 131. call, write, fax, share this flier, talk to your colleagues, hold a press conference, write to newspapers.

Captain Obvious

How has this still not passed? I would think that most would be all over protecting abuse survivors and deterring abusers.

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What major WTBTS change(s) do you predict for 2014?

by ABibleStudent in

what major wtbts change(s) do you predict for 2014 to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the wtbts's 1914 prediction?.

after posting to what's in it for them?

(gb), i started to think what major change(s) could the wtbts make to thin the flock and cleanse the congregations of social jws who do not donate or go to meetings.. my premise is that the wtbts is a business, a dangerous cult, and that its printing operations are losing money.

Captain Obvious

Hmm.. A tithing would weed out apostates in a hurry! Donating to the Pedophile Defense Fund is usually the first thing to go, tearing up the blood card being the second.

Refuse to pay? Apostate. Easy.

Personally I like the idea of them dropping the 144000 number as literal. That way the whole thing can be figurative, and they can interpret the chapter as they please To make it still all tie together. Plus it is a big embarrassment to them IMO.

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Ray Franz blamed for 1975 false prophecy

by EndofMysteries in

i was raised a jw and as a kid my family made brief mention of apostates in bethel that falsely prophecied about 1975 and were kicked out of bethel.

i was shocked after i got out and learned that him being removed had absolutely nothing to do with 1975. i think that partial lie spread is what kept my relatives in.

1975 a big let down/false prophecy, then they are told that a governing body member and many in bethel are found apostate and cleaned out, etc.

Captain Obvious

Franz wasn't even on the GB yet... Am I wrong?