Topics Started by A Paduan

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I Believe Jehovah's Witnesses do the best they can
by zgborn in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i really believe that jehovah's witnesses do the best they can considering the deity they worship.

for starters, they witnesses talk much more about the value of fearing god than the value of loving him.

as a result, they are always on the lookout for any little thing that might piss him off.
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July 15th WT out - Coming out Swinging at Apostates Hard
by LostGeneration in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this is one of the most aggressive watchtowers i think i have ever read.. four study articles on not "following the crowd" not following unrealities(page 13) not following false teachers, meaning apostates of course(p 15).

avoiding false teachers means "refusing to read their literature, watch tv programs that feature them, examine their web sites, or add comments to their blogs.

(para 7, pg 16).
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Research confirms - ignorance elicits confidence and assuredness
by A Paduan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
darwin & others new this - research supports it - and shows that revealing the ignorance to the ignorant doesn't cure it .

http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/player_launch.pl?s=rn/scienceshow_item&d=rn/scienceshow/audio/items&r=ssw_08052010_1237.ram&w=ssw_08052010_1237.asx&t=the dunning-kruger effect<br><span>saturday 08 may 2010</span>.

dunning-kruger effect saturday 08 may 2010. a good listen.
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Hardly anybody does this, but, INTELLECTUAL HONESTY requires it!
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i work in a used book store in the religion & philsophy section and daily have interesting interactions with customers.. the layout of the religion section is two separate divisions.

the fluffy side is chri-fi (christian fiction) and christian living books.

the meaty side has bibles, textbooks, theology, hermenutics, reference guides, etc.. i keep a sort of mental scorecard going as to who goes where.. i try and ask subtle questions about why each person is looking for a particular item.. i hardly ever run into anybody of a skeptical nature unless they are trying to prove somebody else wrong.. which reminds me of when i was a good little jw in a bookstore all those years ago.... i'd look up what a book might have to say about the name "jehovah.
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Why is it important for a person to be trustworthy?
by asilentone in
1. jw
2. experiences
Blood
by A Paduan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if you want to figure what "abstaining from blood" means - just ask yourself then, 'what is bloodguilt'?.

you are what you eat - eg.

you can eat jesus too (i.e.
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Who Do They Think They Are?
by snowbird in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this passage from revelation-its grand climax!

is what caused me to take a second look at the wt doctrine that the 144,000 are a heavenly class, and the remnant of said class is associated with wbts.. the 24 elders and the anointed group of 144,000 are described as being "round about the throne" of jehovah and "upon the [heavenly] mount zion.

" (revelation 4:4; 14:1) the great crowd is not a priestly class and does not attain to that exalted position.
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Speaking lies is natural to them
by A Paduan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it's no stretch - just part of regular speak.

got a knock at the door this morning - two guys (?elders) - first up i was shown a wt booklet and the opening line is, "we'd like to show you something from the bible.

it's not from us, it's from the bible"- all the while holding up the little wt book.. smiling, i said that i've read many bibles, and "i don't believe that's from the bible - you just think it is" - they didn't stay another second.. .
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The Watchtowers exsistance "proves" the Bible is true
by drew sagan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
people validate their own reilgious experiences in a variety of differant ways.

for example, many in the power of prayer and see all of their life events as tied directly to the will of god.

others believe that they have been witnessed or experienced miracles of healing and revelation.. jehovah's witnesses are unique in that they typically ignore traditional means of verification, seeing them as superstitious, overly emotional, and self absorbed.
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Why is it so - is it a social virus - or a stop-gap for a certain need ?
by A Paduan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the org advertises, recruits, controls and damages it's own hosts in a mission of self-replication - utilising bent speech and lies to exist in the lives of others - having no life of it's own, but rather, a design to use others, without a self-awareness - what is that?.