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  Question for Atheists.. Did you gain a Greater Sense of Morality and Happiness?

  by objectivetruth in

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  i've heard some view points that state, atheists are generally more moral & caring for fellow humans, than are theists.. i'd like to hear some personal stories of life changes and quality of life after you became atheist.

  i have a simple theory that may explain this.. i'll explain my theory if you'd like, after a few responses, as i really am interested in the personal changes that you experienced.. thank you very much, and i look forward to your stories..

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  Wicked Spirit Forces are Factored into my theory. I believe that they have Created the PERFECT deception, by creating Religion and Manipulating Scared Texts, they have brought a tremendous amount of Hatred,Pride & Death into the World.

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  A theory is based on evidence. What you have is a hypothesis. What proof do you have that demons exist? And if they do, what proof do you have they've deceived anyone?

  Actually, religious humans do a pretty good job of being hateful all by themselves based on the "we're right, everybody else is wrong" foundation of the religious mindset.

  Once a person gets away from that thinking (atheists) you can be kind to everyone regardless of their beliefs as you feel no need to win any battles for "god".
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  Tech49: Mini RC 2014 Review

  by Tech49 in

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  i attended the regional convention (district convention) over the last weekend, and thought i would spend a few minutes putting down some thoughts, for your amusement.

  i will bounce around a bit, as my notes and thoughts were a little craaaaazy.. we met at one of the smaller venues on the west coast, with attendance around 7,000.

  (28 baptized.... <.04%) we were tied in to the international convention in arlington, tx.. my first thought, only about 2 hours in, was how much this sounded like a plain old sales meeting!

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  Mentioned the talk entitled "Millions Now Living Will Never Die". He said specifically that the brothers back then did not really mean THAT... what they meant was that millions of our BROTHERS in the FUTURE would never die..

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  No doubt the word "now" will soon be redefined by WT as meaning "in the future, not really now, as in now". This will be on the same list as other WT defined words:

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  soon

  imminent

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  Question for Atheists.. Did you gain a Greater Sense of Morality and Happiness?

  by objectivetruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've heard some view points that state, atheists are generally more moral & caring for fellow humans, than are theists.. i'd like to hear some personal stories of life changes and quality of life after you became atheist.

  i have a simple theory that may explain this.. i'll explain my theory if you'd like, after a few responses, as i really am interested in the personal changes that you experienced.. thank you very much, and i look forward to your stories..

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  "A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death." -Albert Einstein
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  Is the GB against JWs having pets?

  by NAVYTOWN in

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  does anyone know what was said at the recent ras about jws owning pets?

  was it discouraged strongly?

  hopefully jw pet owners will tell the organization to f-off!

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  What about guide dogs for the blind.

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  A devoted JW walks by faith, not by sight. Having a seeing eye dog reveals a lack of faith. Besides, the New System™ will fix your blindness...why run ahead of Jehovah™ by doing something about it now?
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  IC 2014 talk: "A Century of Kingdom Rule Contrasted With a Century of Satan’s Rule"

  by AnnOMaly in

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  a discussion of this talk on friday morning deserves its own thread.

  as i said elsewhere, it was a remarkable one.

  the speaker was manfred vencebi (google him - he's a bethel bigwig) and some of his remarks are real gems.

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  Technological accomplishments. Photodrama of Creation; jw.org, "and the list goes on." All to promote spiritual food, the Truth.

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  Ironically, the technological advances WT use to the full, developed by Satan's world, are the same ones it just got done condemning.

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  Satan's Rule: Keeps advancing forward, steadily improving human life

  Jesus' Rule: hasn't done a damn thing for anybody for over 2,000 years
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  US Supreme Court: Hobby Lobby wins we lose

  by designs in

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  the old guys sided with hobby lobby today in denying birth control coverage to its female employees based on the owners religious views.

  intact- is viagra for the guys.

  funny how the far right evangelical owners of hobby lobby didn't want to touch that one.... read judge ginburg's scathing counter argument and opinion.. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf.

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  Intact- is Viagra for the guys. Funny how the Far Right Evangelical owners of Hobby Lobby didn't want to touch that one...

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  Now that birth control is off the table, it'll be getting touched even less....
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  Another PR / marketing website for a JW international convention - this time Seattle

  by sir82 in

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  here is the link: http://seattledelegates.org/.

  i would guess this is the wave of the future.

  a secondary channel of business revenue for the wts - compensation for recommending restaurants, tours, etc.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  Dear Convention Delegate,

  The Seattle Hospitality Committee warmly welcomes you to the 2014 “Keep Seeking First God’s Kingdom” International Convention.

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  "Seeking The Kingdom First" includes:

  > Your evening program of entertainment

  > all-day tour to Mt. Ranier

  > tour of Boeing (part of Satan's commercial system)

  > all day whale-watching cruise

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  At every convention I've gone to, the counsel is always don't stay out too late, don't focus on entertainment- we're not on vacation, an assembly is a program of worship...don't distract yourself or waste time on "worldly" pursuits and entertainment.

  I guess when the GB endorses entertainment then magically it's acceptable.
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  Another PR / marketing website for a JW international convention - this time Seattle

  by sir82 in

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  here is the link: http://seattledelegates.org/.

  i would guess this is the wave of the future.

  a secondary channel of business revenue for the wts - compensation for recommending restaurants, tours, etc.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  "Congregations are now being invited to assist in the initial cleaning of Husky Stadium on Thursday, July 3rd starting at 9:00 a.m. Due to the compressed schedule, all who come on that day must be focused on working while at the stadium. No young children will be allowed. Workers must be at least 16 years old, although those 13-15 will be permitted if working directly with their parent."

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  So a child of 6 or 8 years old qualifies for baptism (a lifelong "contract")....but isn't considered old enough or mature enough to clean the stadium as slave labor? Really?
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  Cannot carry a gun, but can direct those that do. Does this make sense?

  by berrygerry in

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  http://trcofliberia.org/press_releases/51.

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/170340/1/A-Jehovah-Witness-serves-as-Civil-Servant-in-Government-Institution-e28093-What-has-changed-in-WT-Policy#.U7GEZY3n_Sc
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  Cannot carry a gun, but can direct those that do. Does this make sense?

  by berrygerry in

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  http://trcofliberia.org/press_releases/51.

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  AndDontCallMeShirley

  So if his profession was acceptable to WT, why can't a JW be a director of a blood donation clinic or sit on the Board of a tobacco company? As long as the JW doesn't smoke or take blood, it should be completely within the rules.