Posts by scotsman

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New ANTI-GAY video for Kids on jw.org

by ttdtt in

https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/one-man-one-woman-marriage/.

disgusting!.

scotsman

Is it saying gay people are like bombs? Or maybe we're just like a large can of shaving gel?

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USA Today article: Majority of people in Scotland have no religion

by AndersonsInfo in

jw
friends

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/04/05/scotland-majority-no-religion/82660980/.

majority of people in scotland have no religion.

trevor grundy, religion news service 6:47 p.m. edt april 5, 2016. .

scotsman

Scotland also has the "world's gayest parliament". I'm sure there's no correlation.

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Did I imagine a brief thaw in the Watchtower injunction against going to university?

by slimboyfat in

okay i was talking to an elder and he said me going to university was a bad idea and i should have listened to the society and not gone.

but i said that when i went to university the watchtower was saying it might not be a bad idea to go to, as long as you do it for the "right reasons", don't associate with worldly people, and keep clear of "damaging ideas".

but basically they said it was okay, in this "changing world" and job market to go to university.

scotsman

slimboyfat
Scare the bejesus out me why don't you scotsman.

which bit was scary? Invoking the Shanks?

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Did I imagine a brief thaw in the Watchtower injunction against going to university?

by slimboyfat in

okay i was talking to an elder and he said me going to university was a bad idea and i should have listened to the society and not gone.

but i said that when i went to university the watchtower was saying it might not be a bad idea to go to, as long as you do it for the "right reasons", don't associate with worldly people, and keep clear of "damaging ideas".

but basically they said it was okay, in this "changing world" and job market to go to university.

scotsman

I became an elder the same month I started a 4 year liberal arts degree in 1999 and I learned that the CO, Ian Shanks, told the elders that they could not use my choice to go to university as a reason not to appoint me.

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How to defeat JWs in 10 easy steps

by slimboyfat in

have you heard of ryan cragun's book how to defeat religion in 10 easy steps?

http://www.amazon.com/how-defeat-religion-easy-steps/dp/1634310128/ref=cm_cr_pr_bdcrb_top?ie=utf8.

cragun is a sociologist and an ex-mormon who thought it would be fun to take what he'd learnt about religious decline from sociology and see if he could apply it as a number of proactive steps to undermine religion.

scotsman

scotsman I would consider reducing the spread and influence of JWs a worthy goal. I haven't always been of that opinion, but I'm coming to that view.

if it was extensive and increasing I might agree. Attempting to assist close family to make an exit is one thing but attempting to defeat JWs is a waste of time imo.

But I also recognise that it can be stage that many of us have experienced and its part of the process of disengagement (honestly not meant to sound patronising!).

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How to defeat JWs in 10 easy steps

by slimboyfat in

have you heard of ryan cragun's book how to defeat religion in 10 easy steps?

http://www.amazon.com/how-defeat-religion-easy-steps/dp/1634310128/ref=cm_cr_pr_bdcrb_top?ie=utf8.

cragun is a sociologist and an ex-mormon who thought it would be fun to take what he'd learnt about religious decline from sociology and see if he could apply it as a number of proactive steps to undermine religion.

scotsman

11. Do not try to defeat Jehovah's Witnesses there are more achievable and worthwhile things to do.

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3 local needs parts on service meeting.

by hoser in

it is scheduled on our service meeting next week to have 3 local needs parts.

local needs 1 , local needs 2 and local needs 3.

scotsman

The last ever meeting I went to had a heavily trailed local needs talk that everyone was repeatedly told they shouldn't miss. The talk turned out to be all about me, a warning that I was a dangerous associate because I was questioning things. Of course, I wasn't named, nor had I been forewarned. Everyone blanked me after the closing prayer, many having known me since birth.

It was a surreal experience.

Maybe you're extra special Hoser and merit 3 talks...

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