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"Youth Indoctrination" (Atheist Experience show #832)
by adamah in
1. watchtower
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the 'atheist experience' cable tv show had an excellent segment today on religious indoctrination of young people, presented by the ever-smiling tracie harris; it's worth a look, with great advice, and it rings true to jw methods of raising children to a tee:.

http://blip.tv/the-atheist-experience-tv-show/atheist-experience-832-indoctrination-6645496.

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AP News article: Speaking in tongues is DOWN amongst Pentecostals?
by adamah in
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speaking in tongues is down amongst pentecostals?.

http://abcnews.go.com/health/wirestory/messages-tongues-pentecostals-20126103?singlepage=true.

messages in tongues down among pentecostalslos angeles august 31, 2013 (ap)by sarah parvini associated press at three crosses church, pastor ken walters urges his parishioners to join him in song and scripture.
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Reza Aslan (author, "Zealot: the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth") interview on TYT
by adamah in
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2. beliefs
reza aslan (author of "zealot: the life and times of jesus of nazareth") makes a few points during an interview on 'the young turks' that really deserve their own thread.. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6e4emx-4k .

his main point often missed by modern-day believers is that the writers of the gospels weren't even attempting to write an accurate historical account (which is a modern concept) but instead seeking to convey truths (truisms) via jesus' use of parables and the story of his life and death.
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New blog post: Would Jesus Shun?
by adamah in
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this one is shorter than usual (!

), since it makes a simple point, based on jesus' example found in john 8:.

http://awgue.weebly.com/would-jesus-shun.html.
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Countering JW shunning: How a social psychologist's work from 50 yrs ago points to a new approach
by adamah in
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2. beliefs
i've written a blog article on the topic of jw practice of shunning, inspired by a few recent threads on jwn where the results of social psychologist stanley milgram's work on authority figures came into the discussion:.

http://awgue.weebly.com/countering-jw-shunning-how-the-implications-of-stanley-milgrams-work-may-suggest-using-a-different-approach.html.

as usual, the article will be available for reading there, but please discuss over here in this thread.. .
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NY Times article: On Gay priests, Pope Francis asks, "Who am I to judge?"
by adamah in
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2. beliefs
from ny times:.

rome for generations, homosexuality has largely been a taboo topic for the vatican, ignored altogether or treated as an intrinsic moral evil, in the words of the previous pope.

in that context, brief remarks by pope francis suggesting that he would not judge priests for their sexual orientation, made aboard the papal airplane on the way back from his first foreign trip, to brazil, resonated through the church.
New Blog post: What Did O.J. Simpson's Legal Defense Team and the Yahwist Have In Common?
by adamah in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i just wrote a new article on my blog, asking what johnnie cochran and the yahwist in genesis have in common?.

http://awgue.weebly.com/what-did-ojs-legal-defense-team-and-genesis-yahwist-have-in-common.html.

as always, thoughts and comments on the article are appreciated, either over here or there..... .
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More evidence of fraud in 2nd Peter: Noah didn't preach, per Genesis 6
by adamah in
1. watchtower
2. bible
thanks for reading the 3-part series on the contradictory characterization of lot in genesis vs 2nd peter, analyzing genesis 19 and comparing it to 2nd peter 2. in the articles, i took a step-by-step approach to show how 2nd peter's declaring lot as "righteous" was exactly the opposite goal of the author of genesis, since the point of the story is how unrighteous lot was saved not due to his righteousness, but on behalf of his righteous uncle abraham (the star of the torah).. of course, the book of 2nd peter is widely acknowledged by nt scholars to be a fraudulent work, written under a pseudonymous (fake) name in order to 'patch up' some loose ends in the torah, likely to support then-blossoming doctines of christianity.

of particular interest to ex-jws is that one intent was to support the duty to warn others of the coming end of days, including the jw's beloved scripture, matt 28:19, that justifies their preaching work: "go thereforth and make disciples...." the only support for the claim that noah preached before the flood is found in 2nd peter, so it's a dubious claim.. in the latest article, i examine the flood account in genesis 6, showing how god had already condemned mankind even before he offered the covenant agreement to noah, so there's absolutely no reason for noah to be a "preacher of righteousness", as 2nd peter claims, since god's judgment had already been passed, and death sentence had been handed down.. .

http://awgue.weebly.com/genesis-vs-2nd-peter-noah-didnt-preach-bupkis.html.
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Blog post-- Genesis vs 2nd Peter: Lot wasn't SUPPOSED to be viewed as "righteous", but "unrighteous".
by adamah in
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2. bible
so here's part i (of iii) of an in-depth analysis of the biblical character of lot, examining the contradictory depictions offered in the genesis 13/19 vs 2nd peter's assessment.

i still need to pare the article down, as it's way, way too much info, likely unnecessary to make a relatively simple point.

it's important to be thorough, esp.
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Hi, from Adamah
by adamah in
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2. friends
i'm just stopping in to say "hi!

" to everyone (and is this the right forum?

i didn't see a newcomers intro forum, but maybe i missed it).