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  Learn To Speak Like A Jehovah's Witness

  by pale.emperor in

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  for those who were never a jw, here's a fun guide to passing yourself as one:.

  privilege [priv-lij] - a duty nobody would volunteer to do which is assigned to you without your say so.

  such as cleaning the toilets, picking up other brats candy wrappers in the back row and being stuck on locking up duty for the 7th time in a row.. df'd [dee-eff'd] - disfellowshipped.

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  PREACHING WORK

  A competition in which JW's attempt to be the slowest walker and knock on as few doors as possible.

  Another event of the competition is to stand in a corner holding a magazine, avoiding eye contact, always looking straight forward and without blinking for as long as possible.

  The third part of the competition is only for the most accomplished preachers. JW's stand near a literature cart and try to avoid eye contact and conversation with anyone passing by.

  The goal is to count as many hours while using minimum calories
  
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  The Secret of How Life on Earth Began - A new BBC article.

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  released today, this is a very accessible and easy to understand piece by michael marshall for the bbc.

  it's lengthy, and i'll confess i've taken a break about a third of the way in but i'm loving it!

  the secret of how life on earth began.. enjoy.

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  I copied and pasted the article. It took 65 pages of Microsoft Word, but well worth the time to read it. It's more thorough and better documented than chapters one and two of Genesis.
  
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  Another Outright Lie Published 2/17 WT

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this info is from the article "who is leading god's people today" feb 17 study edition.. to help them disseminate bible truth in various languages, zion’s watch tower tract society was legally incorporated in 1884, with brother russell as president.

  * he was an outstanding student of the bible, and he fearlessly exposed as false such doctrines as the trinity and the immortality of the soul.

  he discerned that christ would return invisibly and that “the appointed times of the nations” would end in 1914.. pretty sickening article overall about how badass the gb is, though this little gem is printed as well, paragraph 12. the governing body is neither inspired nor infallible.

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  CTR was counting on a physical return in 1879, but when it failed, he moved it to 1914.

  
  
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  The status of women in early Christianity

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower society maintains a very strict gender dichotomy in its organization.

  this is news to no one.

  although men -- in many cases, unqualified men -- are expected to reach for advancement within local congregations (e.g.

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  Anything authored by Leolaia is interesting.
  
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  A stunning piece of LOGIC from the Apostle Paul

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1st corinthians 15 12-17. but if it is preached that christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

  if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even christ has been raised.

  and if christ has not been raised, your faith is futile... .

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  Lanza's main argument seems to be that there is evidence that observation affects causation in the material world. He is suggesting a paradigm shift is in order because the irregularities in the traditional conception of the universe are mounting up

  That's all fine and good, but we shouldn't look at the superstitious tales of the past for explanations and answers.
  
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  Jesus, the Great Convincer?

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  supposedly the disciples witnessed jesus' super-power awesomeness first-hand.. so they were all 100% on-board to-the-death martyrs ... right?.

  erm .... judas betrayed him.

  thomas didn't believe he'd come back.

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  And surely therein lies the rub. If it truly were propaganda why on earth would they have included these details?

  Dan Brown's books contain more detailed narratives than any of the gospels. therefore what?.... they are true???!!
  
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  What Were Your Elders Real World Jobs?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we all know that education is severely demonized in this religion.

  and that the elders are appointed based on how many meetings they attend, hours they put in on the ministry and general attitude to other elders (as apposed to, you know, actual theological training and counseling) - so my question is, what were your elders occupations outside the kingdom hall?.

  in my old congregation our elders consisted of:.

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  No window washers here. Through the years in my wife's Spanish congregation I recall elders working as
  

  mechanic

  mechanic

  baker in supermarket store
  

  self employed (cranes service)
  

  court translator

  court translator

  clerk for title company

  retired (sales)

  The female pioneers and otherwise almost all house cleaners
  
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  Manufactured conflict and the media

  by Coded Logic in

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  manufactured outrage.

  false equivalence.

  every issues has "two sides".

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  TV is as democratic as anything can get. CNN, and any business, will do whatever attracts viewers. Don't blame the executives that run the TV networks, blame the public who votes (watches) for that kind of programming.
  
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  A stunning piece of LOGIC from the Apostle Paul

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  1st corinthians 15 12-17. but if it is preached that christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

  if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even christ has been raised.

  and if christ has not been raised, your faith is futile... .

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  "He who is without sin cast the first stone."

  I always had trouble with the whole story. First, the story was added after the gospel had been written. Second, Jesus wants to have it both ways, want to uphold Jewish law in other stories and break Jewish law here. Third, what's wrong with judging the wrong doer, even if you are a wrong doer, especially if repentant. Our justice systems will never work if we were to heed the advise here.
  
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  Were Conventions, Asemblies and the Memorials boring to you?

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  conventions always just seemed like more of a vacation to me than anything else, especially if you had to travel out of town for it, but definitely were exhausting especially toward the end of each day.

  for some reason i didn't mind the special and circuit assemblies too much, probably because they seemed like more of a social event than anything else and only 1-2 days.

  the memorial always was kind of boring to me.

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  don't walk too slow between doors

  Really? by the looks of all the people preaching in the area where I live, the advise seems to have been "walk as slowly as possible" It's hard to tell if they are walking or just standing.