Posts by Oubliette

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"Your bad attitude is evident, because you don't bring a meeting bag to the meetings anymore!"

by stuckinarut2 in

yes friends.....this is the comment said to me by an elder!.

"your bad attitude is evident because you don't bring your meeting bag anymore!".

i calmly replied: "but everything i need is on the tablet now......".

Oubliette

rebel8: Bookbags and highlighters were a sign of spiritual depth when I was in, for sure.

Actual Christian qualities are only given lip service. It's all about appearances.

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Joined up, long time looking

by highline20 in

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joined the site, not that i have much to share.. i'm married to a jw (wife).

i never have been or will be a jw, i honestly hate the wt (not the jws).

being married to a jw, can sometimes make you crazy, i never believed any of the bs.

Scientific Proof that Evolution is NOT Scientific!

by Nicola.threeangelsmessage in

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bruce malone, an outstanding scientist has absolute scientific proof that evolution is not scientific!.

bruce, a leading researcher for dow chemical for 30 years; he is one of the top 100 inventors eighteen of his inventions raised millions of dollars; and has a b.s.

degree in chemical engineering.

Oubliette

ALL fossils were created during the flood in Noah's day?

Oh, please!

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Disowning the God of the OT is not an Option

by cofty in

it's to their credit that many modern christians prefer the jesus of the gospels to the god of the old testament.. ot god is an embarrassment.

i am not going to list his multitude of moral crimes here but my personal favourite is his brilliant idea that a girl who is raped must marry her rapist.

it's not his biggest crime but it demonstrates a disregard for human feelings that is beyond the comprehension of every moral person.

Oubliette

Cofty: It is the exJW forum version of Godwin's Law.

Didn't someone dub that The Cofty Corollary a few years ago?

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What happened to the Canyon Lake Congregation in Socal?

by Eymvee in

hi im new to the forum, and on a quest of sorts i was told the congregation was dissolved and not to talk about it but i am very curious.

i beleive it was 10 or so years ago ( i wasnt there) most of the publishers i believe were distributed among other congregations.

we had maybe fifteen "canyon lakers" but id like to know what caused this.

Disowning the God of the OT is not an Option

by cofty in

it's to their credit that many modern christians prefer the jesus of the gospels to the god of the old testament.. ot god is an embarrassment.

i am not going to list his multitude of moral crimes here but my personal favourite is his brilliant idea that a girl who is raped must marry her rapist.

it's not his biggest crime but it demonstrates a disregard for human feelings that is beyond the comprehension of every moral person.

Oubliette

... tolerance for ambiguity ...

This is a topic worthy of its own thread.

I may start one in the next few days, ... better make that: a week or so.

Actually, it is a very important concept separate, but related to, the original intent of this thread.

Sadly I am very crunched for time at the moment so I'll merely do this fly-by and hope someone else picks it up.

If no one else does by May 3rd, I'll do it!

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JW.org does partial U-turn over Awake! magazine Rama Singh misquote

by Watchtower-Free in

posted on april 19, 2015http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/jw-org-does-partial-u-turn-over-awake-magazine-rama-singh-misquote

jw.org has removed their misquote of rama singh from digital versions of awake!

magazine.

Oubliette

Beautiful!

Love the Before & After side-by-side comparison:

"The fact is, many educated people--including a number of scientists--question the validity of the theory." - Emphasis added

It was things like this that got me to start questioning the validity of the content of the WT literature and the integrity of the authors.

Their constant use of weasel words like "many" and "a number" really got me thinking:

"How 'many' are 'many'?"
"What's the 'number'?"- As in THE ACTUAL number.
Why don't they USE the actual number?
"Is it a little? Is it a lot? Is it big or is it small?"
"How 'many' scientists? For God's sake just tell us how many? Why won't you? Can't you?
"One is a number!"
It there even one?

-

I was at university learning critical thinking skills at the time I began asking myself these questions. The consistent, recurring lack of academic honesty and integrity on the part of the writers and publisher of WT publications was one of the big things that got me to realize: Oh, my god, I'm in a cult!

Now it's all review.

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Three elders show up "to encourage me" after 10 years!

by Wasanelder Once in

"hey brother wasa, come on back to the meetings.

" (after 10 years) so i respond that the situation with pedophiles is out of hand.

they tell me "we" elders have received tons of training on the subject, its not like it was 10 years ago.

Oubliette

They tell me that it is safe and in hand now.

Was that a Freudian slip?

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Double-Speak - Never Noticed it Like This at the Time

by berrygerry in

blondie posted in another thread the july 15, 2011 extra-simple wt.. paragraph 12 has an amazing double-speak therein..

this idea makes people think only about today.

they do not care about the future or about pleasing god.

Oubliette

There's that "soon" word again!

Don't they know they've been saying it for over a hundred years!

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How the human mind processes facts and faith differently

by EdenOne in

i found this very interesting article by t. m. luhrmann in todays edition of the new york times (i've highlighted a few parts i 've found most interesting):.

it seems weird to deny them.. and yet a broad group of scholars is beginning to demonstrate that religious belief and factual belief are indeed different kinds of mental creatures.

people process evidence differently when they think with a factual mind-set rather than with a religious mind-set.

Oubliette

This is supposed to be a place for support of ex and current JW's who don't believe this organization has anything to do with God.

Eden, I get your point ... kinda/sorta.

But here's the problem: you are expecting all threads to be treated equally.

If I may, I will use Viviane and Cofty as examples. They can be brutal on threads like this. But that's the point, its on THREADS LIKE THIS!!!

I've read both of them offer some of the kindest, most compassionate words of comfort and encouragement on threads where someone (usually, but not always, a newbie) is expressing their pain and anger at realizing they've been duped by a cult and often suffer being cut off by family members.

Those threads are different.

Think about it.