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  Why is this an APOSTATE site?!?

  by LaraK in

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  i made a big mistake when signing up at this supposed website for jehovah's witnesses.

  after reading some things on this site it has become apparent to me that this site is nothing put another pathetic site for apostates: people who betrayed jehovah, left the truth, and are so bitter about their experiene in the truth, and they are angry just like satan because they know they will very soon be dead at jehovah's hand!.

  this website should be renamed something more fitting like "satan's playground" or a similar name that would get across the message of your site.. sincerely,.

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  @bsmart,

  Why the ... would you want to revive a 19 year(!) old thread????
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  Bias in News

  by Simon in

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  you can't escape bias in the news media, so making it visible is the next best thing.. just came across this site which aims to label the news stories to show who is covering it.

  you can see how some stories are only covered by one side which shows either their bias, or the bias of the other side from not covering it.. well worth checking out:.

  https://ground.news/.

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  Such are good resources to have.

  Diving into Simon's statement about the BBC's bias, I also found a somewhat similar site: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

  Could be nice to compare notes between the sites.
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  For those who are STILL believing Christians...

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the latest watchtower of august 2020 discusses on page 15, "how will the resurrection likely take place?".

  since learning real truths as opposed to the org's version of truth, has your view of the resurrection changed significantly?

  just one example - regardless of psalm 37:9,11,29: matthew 5:5 & revelation 21:3,4, do you now believe that our destination is heaven rather than earth?.

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  Do atheists ever have doubts about their unbelief?

  Atheists are individuals. So I guess some do, and some don't.

  I'm quite sure my knowledge about life, the world, the universe, and everything is quite limited and probably flawed too. There is much I can and must still learn.

  Yet I don't doubt my unbelief in gods. I am 100% certain that I don't (currently) believe in any supernatural entities or any gods. Please note that I don't say "I'm 100% certain no gods exist"! But I haven't seen any evidence to suggest they do exist, so I stick with the default: not believing.

  If ever compelling, testable, objective evidence comes to light that supports the idea that one or more gods exist, I'm open to accept that evidence.

  In case you wonder if me not doubting my lack of belief in any gods may be a sign of a closed mind, think about this: do you ever doubt your lack of belief in Zeus, Shiva, leprechauns or unicorns?

  "That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.” (Christopher Hitchens)"

  Still, given the OP claimed something about 'real truth', I'm still curious what everyone's method is to determine truth. I'm always open for suggestions on how to improve my method to determine what is or is not true ;-)
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  For those who are STILL believing Christians...

  by BoogerMan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the latest watchtower of august 2020 discusses on page 15, "how will the resurrection likely take place?".

  since learning real truths as opposed to the org's version of truth, has your view of the resurrection changed significantly?

  just one example - regardless of psalm 37:9,11,29: matthew 5:5 & revelation 21:3,4, do you now believe that our destination is heaven rather than earth?.

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  How does one verify what real truth is?
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  I had a somewhat paranormal experience 2 days ago, but I think science is just light years behind on this.....

  by Bad_Wolf in

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  2. experiences

  for the record i'm agnostic, never seen any direct evidence of spirits, afterlife, etc.

  i've been visiting my mother during this corona ordeal.

  a year ago i had a dream i was much older and talking to somebody about how my mom died this year but it was avoidable.

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  Glad your mom is doing better, thanks to you checking on her and the help she received in hospital.

  I'm with SBF on this. Almost all of our perception and decision making is done in our subconscious, and we're totally oblivious to many of our mind's processes....you not being able to sleep could just be a basal reaction to you receiving input you didn't consciously notice. Maybe pheromones, a subtle change in your mom's breathing or behavior before you went to bed. So you checking on her may not be coincidental at all.

  As for your father's text: what kind of trouble did he dream up for you? Could he have had any (subconscious) input that made him uneasy?

  Even if not, we need not assume some supernatural process at work. Humans tend to greatly underestimate the nature of chance combined with large numbers. Yes, someone not being able to sleep at the same day a relative has health problems is incredibly small. But now factor in the number of people on earth, the incredibly large amount of nights spent with trouble sleeping during their combined lives, and the number of relatives that suffer some nightly medical crisis. It's simple math: the odds to 'win' are very small, but with many billlions of opportunities someone sometime will 'win' that lottery and check on a relative with health problems while someone else sends them a nightly text message - by pure coincidence.

  And if we assume some other dimensional or otherwise yet unknown process 'warned' you or made you check on your mom, why doesn't that process work most of the time? Many people suffer a health crisis (and even die) while their relatives sleep soundly.

  Interesting stuff nonetheless. Whether coincidence, subconsciousness, other dimensions or ethereal causes are at work. No doubt there are many things about our universe (and perhaps others) that we don't know yet.

  Glad they worked out for your mom and you.

  Btw lucid dreaming has been known and studied since antiquity... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream
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  How do you feel about identifying roughly where you are from ? Country, Region,State ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  hi friends ,.

  is it just me or do others on this forum like to know where posters are from ?

  what country state or region you are from ?

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  Groningen, The Netherlands.
  It's an old fortified city; the canals used to keep enemies out still surround (most of) the city centre.

  It's a nice city to live in. Big enough to have everything I need, small enough to still be cozy and safe.

  Big pro: pubs have no mandatory closing time, so it's possible to party in town until the sun rises (well, when there's no pandemic going on)

  
  

  
  
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses President Robert Ciranko dies of coronavirus

  by Balaamsass2 in

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  2. current

  fyi.

  this showed up on my google feed.

  i couldn't find an earlier story in the search box.

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  @Balaamsass2,

  It's been a month, and there hasn't been one bit of confirmation from any other source, not even from the very effective JW rumor mill.

  In addition the source site has hallmarks of being an unreliable source.

  Nothing is impossible, but it's higly unlikely this is true.
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  Field service national average - what do you think it is now?

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it’s always been 10 hours when door to door was active.

  i’m curious of how it’s changed with only letter writing and phone witnessing approved.. i’m curious if they are able to do it for 3 hours like a typical door to door morning.

  i would be surprised.

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  There may have been a dip in the first month, but it may very well be back to normal.

  There's a lot of busy work going on:

  -Letter writing. Dubs slowly handwrite silly letters while drinking coffee and zooming with others doing the same. Even if 4 are drinking their coffee and only 1 is actually writing, they're still all doing field service work, right?

  - Phone witness. Same as above, but with more dubs idly watching what one of them isbdoing.

  Surely they can rake up a lot of hours doing useless shit like that. They're all being pressured to use their quarantine time for that too.
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  Top Ten List of What Happens Next...

  by Farmer Jim1 in

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  what does everyone think will happen next on the back of the coronavirus pandemic?.

  these are my suggestions;.

  1) coronavirus will have a disproportionate effect on jw ‘growth’ countries like in south america and africa.

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  They won't get rid of COs. They are a vital link in the chain of absolving the org from any and all responsibility and liability.

  Elders, pioneers and others are appointed by COs. Officially because that's how they rolled in the NT too. But we all know they don't want the branch to suffer backlash if an elder or pioneer does something criminal.

  So my bet is that COs will stay for a loooong time. But they may move entirety to part-time COs: elders that serve in their own congregation, and go bully other congregations a few weeks per year. Basically the substitute-CO thing.
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  Do angels have genders?

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  many of them came down to have relations with women.

  does that mean there are male angels?

  if there are male and female, what makes them that with no physical body?

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  They have no physical gender, and are male at the same time.

  It all makes sense when you comsider when and where these myths were written: a misogynistic patriarchal society that saw women as inferior, property of their male owners.

  Of course angels, superior beings, would be male too.

  Jehovah is male too. Sure, ask a JW that directly and they'll likely recognize the ridiculousness so they might say he is genderless because he has no physical body.

  Then ask them to show any indication for that from the Bible.