It is interesting that the Japanese ahve been actively seeking to discredit the WTBS. good for them. Maybe the Sarin gas attacks in tokyo got them to focus on cults and the dangers of cults and they identified the WSBTS as such. It is a pity other governments don't follow suit.
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Japan Lost 500 Congregations!!!!
by metatron indo the math:.
1998 - 3,802 congregations (1999 yrbook figure) .
(drum roll, please).
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JW blood death in Newcastle , England
by dozy inhttp://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11039189.judge_prevents_naming_of_dead_jehovah_s_witness/.
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Simply awful - the GB are such b@st@rds. One wonders whether her mental health issues were also a legacy of the GB havign been a Witness sicnes the 1970s. A double blessing on this poor woman.
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Every JW should pay attention to Steven Pinker's lecture: A History of Violence
by cognisonance incame across this lecutre (or alternatively you can read the transcript) in a class from yale on moralities of everyday life:.
a history of violence edge master class 2011some excepts:.
"believe it or notand i know most people do notviolence has been in decline over long stretches of time, and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence.".
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Frazzled UBM
I ahve repeatedly made this point to my wifew but as she has not interest in history it is water off a duck's back. The anti-intellectualism that the WBTS has intilled in teh cult means that rational argument will not penetratie their thinking to dislodge the beliefs the WBTS has instilled no matter how conclusive the reasoning.
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Sledgehammer subtlety: The insidious reworking of Micah 6:8
by rory-ks inmicah 6:8 might be - or have been - a favourite verse of many.
the verse used to read:.
"he has told you, o earthling man, what is good.
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Frazzled UBM
Good pick-up
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JW's Anti-Gay position puts them in the axis of ignorance
by scotoma indarkest area is most anti-gay.
perhaps they need to focus on those areas since they seem to agree with them on this issue.
jehovah.
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scotoma - 'Darkest area is most anti-gay. Perhaps they need to focus on those areas since they seem to agree with them on this issue. Jehovah
must really love those countries.' unsurprisingly the majority of the countries in the darkest area are muslim countries which suggests that Jehovah and Allah are one and the same when it comes to hating gay people.
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District Assembly arrangements 2014.
by quellycatface inmy jw mother drives me nuts.
she lives in quite a cut-off part of the uk and this year, is expected to travel to hq (rugbyfans), aka twickenham.
she's great to make the trip, it's like a spiritual holiday for her.. i said i thought it ridiculous and unreasonable for the gb to expect people to travel that far and pay for accommodation near london.
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Sounds like I need to be planning a family holiday in Europe the first week in August. Maybe I should book the flights right now.
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District Assembly arrangements 2014.
by quellycatface inmy jw mother drives me nuts.
she lives in quite a cut-off part of the uk and this year, is expected to travel to hq (rugbyfans), aka twickenham.
she's great to make the trip, it's like a spiritual holiday for her.. i said i thought it ridiculous and unreasonable for the gb to expect people to travel that far and pay for accommodation near london.
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Frazzled UBM
What are the dates for that great gathering?
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From the Governing Body
by molybdenum inobey obey you have no choice .
we are the ones who are god's voice.
faithful and discreet we take the lead.
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Frazzled UBM
Well done - this poem encapsulates GB think very well
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Dating
by d inas a ex jw i am cyncial to dating perhaps because i did not do much dating as a jw.
do any of you still feel this way?
i am not against dating but i am still that dating and getting yourself emontionallt attached is sort of a way of being in chains..
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Frazzled UBM
Sean connery said you need three things to be successful with women: 'confidence, confidence, confidence' Women can sniff out whether it is real or fake within 3 seconds. So you have to love and resepct yourself first and then let women see that in you. Studying and going to the gym will help but just being a good person is most of it. I was crap in my teens bbut as I ahve grown older my self-confidence has grown. Getting some runs on the board in terms of qualifications and career helps and doing some interesting things in your life also helps. Once you ahve that then you can strike up a conversation with a woman anywhere - the supermarket, on public transport, in the gym, in a coffee shop etc. and things will move from there.
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Being an Atheist Is Bad For Your Health
by Space Madness ini stopped believing in god in july 2013. in the first 3 months or so i felt liberated and relieved that i can live my life anyway i wanted without worrying about an invisible being watching my every move.
i also felt slightly superior that i was able to figure out that god isn't real while the majority of mankind continued to be fooled.
atfer the feelings of excitment statrted to wear off, i started to become more depressed and empty.
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Frazzled UBM
This may be a spurious correlation. Studies also show that people living in cities are more depressed than those living in the countryside because of increased work stress and greater loneliness - cities break down community support networks. People who live in the counryyside are also more likely to be religious. Developed countries are more urbanized than underdeveloped countries. So you have somewhat of a causation issue space madness.