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  Visited Baptist church on Easter

  by snakeface in

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  i live in a rural area; in field service we had to drive from house to house.. i have not had any desire to visit any church for several years now.

  saturday i was doing chores in my yard - washing the car, etc.

  - and 2 ladies drove in, dressed like witnesses would be dressed.

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  Laika

  Glad you enjoyed it. :) Even if you're not a believer and you never intend to join I think it's a worthwhile experience for finding out that it's nothing like the Society told us it was.
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  Dawkins-The Greatest Show on Earth

  by KateWild in

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  as many may be aware.

  i don't like the man.

  but i have chosen to review the first chapter of his book.. chapter 1... only a theory?.

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  Laika

  I'm already aware of the context of Dawkins Holocaust remarks, given the kind of people who deny the Holocaust generally are it's needlessly incendiary and I think he knows what he's doing.

  Dawkins looks down on people who disagree with him in the same way I used to look down on people who disagreed with me as a JW.
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  Dawkins-The Greatest Show on Earth

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
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  as many may be aware.

  i don't like the man.

  but i have chosen to review the first chapter of his book.. chapter 1... only a theory?.

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  Laika

  I think fundamentalist is an apt description of Dawkins. He is disparaging of those with religious beliefs and has the same kind of vehemence for the groups he dislikes as do fundamentalists of different persuasions.
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  There Was No First Human

  by cofty in

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  this excellent 4 minute video will help to clear up a few common misunderstandings regarding evolution.. ....

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  Laika

  Life's too short for bad faith arguments.
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  Dawkins-The Greatest Show on Earth

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as many may be aware.

  i don't like the man.

  but i have chosen to review the first chapter of his book.. chapter 1... only a theory?.

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  Laika

  Agreed that Dawkins is a good science teacher, shame he's an embarrassment on nearly any other subject.

  Viviane, what term would you use to describe someone who's atheistic/anti religious views you believed were extreme?
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  This book is superior. Read it!

  by Old Goat in

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  2. bible

  it will give you an understanding of the watchtower you did not have.. .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvrhws2lnje.

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  Laika

  Superior to what?
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  Dawkins-The Greatest Show on Earth

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as many may be aware.

  i don't like the man.

  but i have chosen to review the first chapter of his book.. chapter 1... only a theory?.

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  Laika

  Given that the vast majority of members on this board once rejected evolution I find it odd how people now embrace someone who claimed that said rejection was akin to Holocaust denial and even support this comparison.

  Also see people who raised their children in religious homes agreeing with Dawkins when he says that this is child abuse, apparently oblivious (?) to what they are saying about themselves there.
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  John 14.6

  by quellycatface in

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  the witnesses don't seem to apply this either..

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  Laika

  Quelly, if you're going to start a new thread everytime you find a verse the witnesses ignore it might take a lot of work.
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  Is it Mormon campaign season?

  by Faithful Witness in

  1. watchtower
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  i am seeing a lot of young mormon men out lately, in their ties and nametags.

  is it a certain time of year that they go out?

  just curious if anyone knows..

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  Laika

  The one time a Mormon ever preached to me he sat down next to me at a park bench whilst I was reading a book, then tapped me on the shoulder and said 'I really like your coat' followed by a painful silence before he offered me a Mormon pamphlet. I accepted because I was genuinely interested in what it had to say and then he asked if he could have my number. Hell no.

  Ministerial training school graduate it was not.
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  FORGIVENESS ... You owe it to your health

  by ABibleStudent in

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  i'm cleaning up my home of unnecessary magazines/newsletters that i have accumulated over the years.

  while i was working as an employee i did not feel like i had the time to read them.

  now that i'm not working as an employee but work as a volunteer to network and maintain workplace skills, i seem to have more time to read.. after reading many threads by former jws, i thought that the following article might help some to heal.

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  Laika

  Outlaw, I like you but I think you're being unnecessarily harsh here, lots of ExJWs have wrote about the importance of forgiveness, and there's no shame in sharing Hassan's wisdom, a lot of people here have never read him after all.

  Don't worry however, I'm sure Robert will forgive you.