Posts by OneGenTwoGroups

I would love to send in a letter to Bethel, perhaps hand written, but still anonymous, telling the governing body that I go door to door once per month and am a complete atheist. Why? Because my mother couldn't be seen with me in public if JWs knew what I believe now.

All these letters getting stamped from various towns across the country would be an awesome "witness" to the pain and suffering put upon people by their policies.

We just need to set a date, and get it promoted on all the XJW sites. JWN, JWR, Reddit, etc.

74

That's it! The Jesus stories are most reasonably explained as myth. History makes this obvious.

by Island Man in

a careful examination of the historical pagan religious context existing at the time of the genesis of christianity leads any reasonable person to conclude that jesus is just another one of several similar myths.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn7teoa9ark.

OneGenTwoGroups

Can anyone of you prove that the bird on Perry's shoulder is not Jesus?

Case closed, Perry's shoulder bird for the win.

78

Need Help with Blood Transfusion Illustration

by Dissonant15 in

please, who can provide an intelligent rebuttal to the following illustration?

i always thought it was bullet-proof:.

"if your doctor directs you to 'abstain from alcohol' would you be ok to have it injected into your veins rather than drink it?

OneGenTwoGroups

If your doctor told you "stay away from alcohol" ...

1. Would you symbolically drink it once per year?

2. Would you allow alcohol to be used to sterilize a wound?

3. Would you avoid any life saving medical procedure involving alcohol?

4. Would you spend hours upon end rationalizing a possibility to consume fractions of alcohol?

16

CO layoff buzz. Anyone heard anything?

by freemindfade in

heard of some co's being "let go".

anyone else heard anything like this in the last few days?

OneGenTwoGroups

I keep expecting the GB to put visit rotations at yearly.

This would eliminate the need for 50 percent of the COs.

22

Has the Great Witness Trolley/Cart campaign produced ANY results?

by freddo in

jw
friends

i live between two cities that are big enough to have their own metropolitan trolley cart arrangements organised at circuit level.

the 3 congregations at the hall i attend have trolley schedule noticeboards.

i see trolleys in the high streets and markets locally.

OneGenTwoGroups

A way to place a bunch of literature. But the Bible Study count in the US continues to decline.

23

the rumor again surfaces....

by sowhatnow in

someone please tell me how or if i can find proof that the rumor [that is pasted below] that was posted by a friend [still in, but should know better] on my face book page is false, [which of course we all know it is,] this makes me so angry, i have to stick my neck out and comment on this post but need something to back me up....anyone want to enlighten me where this got started?

i need proof he never said such a thing, it seems to me its false.

whats interesting is this, the bible in the photo accompanying the statement below is the latest version.... [photo].

OneGenTwoGroups

There was a JW urban legend about Fred Franz getting a mention on Jeopardy when I was a kid. Something about him speaking 10 languages.

Yep, I swam through crocodiles with John Denver so we could watch Jeopardy together. SMH

449

Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

by LAWHFol in

i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

"atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

OneGenTwoGroups

Viviane, if you keep disemboweling Perry like this, you won't be hungry for lunch.

Crap, that almost made sense.

174

The Bible is NOT Error-Free

by FusionTheism in

for many christians, the bible is viewed as the 100% error-free, perfect book straight from god, where every single word was carefully chosen by god for a reason.

but, usually, when you have a discussion on the topic, these christians will end up saying that only the original copies written directly from the hands of the prophets and apostles were error-free, and all manuscript copies since then are subject to copyist mistakes and other errors.. since zero original copies are in existence, how do we know the originals were error-free?

why should we think the originals should be error-free to begin with?

OneGenTwoGroups

Is logic man made? Might be the most intellectually dishonest question I've seen in a JW forum.

Is Fisherman actually Ray Comfort or Eric Hovind?

89

Problems with Common Atheist Arguments

by FusionTheism in

the reason i entitled this "problems with common atheist arguments" instead of "the case against atheism" is that many atheists claim that atheism is not a belief system, makes no claims, and has no requirements to follow, so there's no way to argue against atheism itself.

i will go along with this idea, and argue against the most frequently used arguments of atheists instead of atheism itself.disclaimer # 1: this is not an argument against atheism or all atheists.

no, rather this is an argument against the most frequently used claims and arguments made by the atheists i speak to on twitter.

OneGenTwoGroups

Fine tuning is an argument?

"Hey look at the tight tolerances for fluctuation these forces have! God did it! Woo hoo! Masturbation is a sin after all!"

Forces having a low tolerance window of fluctuation are proof that forces-having-a-low-tolerance-window-of-fluctuation exist. Nothing else.