I think we all need to be very supportive and compassionate toward Nimble Duck as he endures a very serious and debilitating bout of cognitive dissonance acquired from browsing cofty's series of articles detailing the evidence for evolution. We understand how you feel Nimble Duck and we're all here for you.
Island Man
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Evolutionist on their deathbed.
by Nimble duck ini would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.
their "honest to nogod" thoughts.
their terrors.
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The saddest song of all time?
by Bad_Wolf ini would pick this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th2w6oxx0kq.
i don't know how so many are happy or fine if thinking this life is it.
haven't lost parents yet, but when with them, sometimes i'll think of this song.
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The saddest song of all time?
by Bad_Wolf ini would pick this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th2w6oxx0kq.
i don't know how so many are happy or fine if thinking this life is it.
haven't lost parents yet, but when with them, sometimes i'll think of this song.
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Books are not dying out and this is not the reason for the WT turning to tablets
by slimboyfat inthere's a popular misconception that books in general are in terminal decline, that this is the reason the wt organisation has turned to tablets instead of print, and this in turn has created a financial crisis for the organisation which traditionally relied upon publishing books for income.
this is wrong on a number of levels.
firstly physical books are not in terminal decline, they are as popular as ever with consumers.
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Island Man
Another advantage is that electronic books can be more readily updated and/or "recalled" online without leaving irrefutable hard copy evidence behind for future generations to point at their silly teachings as is currently the case with all the nonsense they've left in print from decades ago. Electronic publications are more susceptible to the false claim of apostate tampering than hard copy publications.
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Song 63 - They're Watchtower's Witnesses.
by Island Man in1. they've made gods of flesh and bone, also gods of wood and stone.give them all loyalty, their own blood disown.shackled minds just cannot seethat it's pure idolatry.why, witnesses deserve such disdain!since few will use their god-damn brain!.
(chorus).
they're watchtower's witnesses.they parrot such foolishness.theirs is the god of false prophecy;lies he foretells constantly.. .
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If only we could replace someone's song book with this.
Anony Mous, you just inspired a fantasy: Imagine a whole shipment of song books being replaced with identical-looking apostate song books parodying each of their songs ...
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This Story Says It All
by Lee Elder inthis story shows the sad reality of being a jw in a medical emergency, and how incredibly difficult it is to make an informed, free choice about medical care.
it also shows that for jw's, obeying watchtower leaders is more important than marriage or even the life of your child.
very sad indeed: http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/267054/religious-husband-dumped-saving-child/ .
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Island Man
There's a comments section at the bottom of the article. So far all the comments are supportive of the mother's actions and express disapproval of her husband and the religion. It would be interesting to see what JW apologists would eventually have to say. Right now JWs look very much like the heartless pharisees that condemned Jesus for healing on the sabbath. They still have not learned what Jesus told the pharisees to go learn: "I want mercy and not sacrifice".
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Song 63 - They're Watchtower's Witnesses.
by Island Man in1. they've made gods of flesh and bone, also gods of wood and stone.give them all loyalty, their own blood disown.shackled minds just cannot seethat it's pure idolatry.why, witnesses deserve such disdain!since few will use their god-damn brain!.
(chorus).
they're watchtower's witnesses.they parrot such foolishness.theirs is the god of false prophecy;lies he foretells constantly.. .
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1. They've made gods of flesh and bone,
also gods of wood and stone.
Give them all loyalty,
their own blood disown.
Shackled minds just cannot see
that it's pure idolatry.
Why, Witnesses deserve such disdain!
Since few will use their god-damn brain!(CHORUS)
They're Watchtower's Witnesses.
They parrot such foolishness.
Theirs is the god of false prophecy;
Lies he foretells constantly.2. Proudly they declare God's name,
while by conduct, it defame.
News about their problems -
" 'postate lies!" they claim.
We help others come to see
How The Truth they cannot be.
As we grow strong, our voices we'll raise,
until they end their wicked ways.(CHORUS)
They're Watchtower's Witnesses.
They parrot such foolishness.
Theirs is the god of false prophecy;
Lies he foretells constantly.3. Witnesses defame God's name,
Heap on it reproach and shame.
They conceal the wicked;
their victims they blame.
par'dise they hold out to men,
if they spurn blood to their end.
Watchtower slavery ends joy and peace;
They shun all who ask for release.(CHORUS)
They're Watchtower's Witnesses.
They parrot such foolishness.
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On the Subject of Demons, I Have a Story to Tell.
by snugglebunny ini have posted the full story on a fb site.
so my apologies to anyone who's already read it.
some of what i've written is what was told to me by my father.
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Chook: I've never seen or experienced anything demonic, but I still can't work out what moves a ouja board.
It's the participants that move the board by a process called the ideomotor effect.
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Subliminal images - why and who are the individuals behind it?
by UnshackleTheChains ini remember about 5 years ago reading on another site about subliminal images in wt literature.
i honestly thought it a load of bs until i checked out one glaringly obvious image of a creepy skull in clouds within the knowledge book.
i was shocked and even showed my wife at the time who thought it was creepy.. so my question is why?
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Island Man
Most cited cases of subliminal images is nothing but pareidolia. I have noticed a few weird images in the Live forever book. But these images are actual images and not subliminal. I think they were probably done as a joke/prank by some member[s] in Watchtower's art dept.
What I see some doing by taking mirrors and aligning it unto Watchtower artwork to look for demonic faces is total rubbish! Take any publication with artwork and scrutinize it meticulously and you're bound to see images of faces and other creepy things due to confirmation bias and pareidolia.
Lastly, this notion that subliminal images have some kind of power over our minds to get us to do things has been long studied and shown to be blown greatly out of proportion at best and total pseudoscience, at worst. Subliminal images are useless for any purpose other than artistic fun.
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Your Top Ten Favourite Movies?
by LoveUniHateExams injust thought i'd start a thread about favourite movies.
mine, in no particular order, are .... alien - a great visual film.
the chest-bursting scene is still great to watch, no matter how many times i've seen the movie.
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Island Man
Not in any particular order:
I am legend.
War of the Worlds (the newer one with Tom Cruise)
The Matrix
The Mist
Dawn of the dead
Over the hedge
Ice age
Valerian and the city of 1000 planets.
Indiana Jones and the temple of doom.
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