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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  Viviane

  Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence...

  It absolutely can be where there should be evidence.
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  Viviane

  I was busy watching the RC commission, kids had camp this week, etc. Been busy :)

  Look at the chart, are you not Atheist and Agnostic?

  I am a functional atheist in general and specifically a strong atheist with any particular deity that anyone has attempted to define.
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  Viviane

  1. 'agrumentum ad ignorantum' is used everyday as a part of scientific discovery.
  2. One does not consider a possible cause for which there is no evidence as a valid contributing factor.

  Did you intend to contradict yourself?
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  Dr Monica Applewhite!

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  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm just listening to this so called doctors testimony.

  where did the watchtower dig her up from.

  her answers have mostly been maybe's and i think!.

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  Viviane

  When asked if she had ever given negative feedback about or to the JW Org, her answer was "I've not been hired to do that".

  Geeeezzzzz....
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  Dr Monica Applewhite!

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  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm just listening to this so called doctors testimony.

  where did the watchtower dig her up from.

  her answers have mostly been maybe's and i think!.

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  Viviane

  I got the impression she was competent at her job. I think the lawyer and judge rattled her a bit. I also think she should of been more thorough in her report and should of done more preparation.

  I disagree. It was obvious she was not a forward thinker (had no published peer reviewed docs), was teaching using materials developed by others, had not personally done risk assesements (she said a team at her previous job did those). etc. She basically does training and is a paid for "expert witness". In this instance, she was not an expert and fell apart under questioning.
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  Dr Monica Applewhite!

  by username in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm just listening to this so called doctors testimony.

  where did the watchtower dig her up from.

  her answers have mostly been maybe's and i think!.

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  Viviane

  I am just now watching this, but she is extremely dodgy and sketchy. It seems she's attempted to inflate her credentials. Very unpolished.
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  Is It Time to regroup?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how much do you want to bet that the organization has already started preparing articles for the watchtower magazines, convention talks, circuit overseers talks and letters to bodies of elders, to refute what is happening in australia?

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  right now the most important thing for the wt to do is protect their image that they are gods visible organization.especially in the u.s. and latin american countries.

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  Viviane

  On the turning away
  From the pale and downtrodden
  And the words they say
  Which we won't understand
  "Don't accept that what's happening
  Is just a case of others' suffering
  Or you'll find that you're joining in
  The turning away"
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  The Australian Royal Commission in to Child abuse.

  by zeb in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  dear moderator,.

  it is vital that this matter have its own heading.

  please arrange this so comments and understanding and input are not scattered through the site.. so i suggest where we have .

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  Viviane

  It really irks me when someone shows up and starts telling people what they must do and how to do it and fails to realize it's already well in hand while acting like they are in charge or are the only person who can handle it.
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  Branch Service Department Manual approves appointing Child molestors as Elders

  by stuckinamovement in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=7ba22716-556c-43c2-9fc6-76697afad440&type=exhibit&filename=wat.0001.004.0076&fileextension=pdf

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  Viviane

  Holy shitballs, Batman. I just read that manual. What can I say except...

  
  
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  FMF Rant on Abuse and JW Apologists: The Single Root of the Whole Issue(s)

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  for the jw apologists, they debate certain factors to down play all the recent sex abuse information in the jehovah's witness organization.

  and there is so much focus on "two witness rule" and "parents can report" the "elders aren't legal authorities" and many other smoke screen issues.

  a lot of these issues and discussion are down stream from what i believe to be the root of the issue.

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  Viviane

  Well their interest and motive is often in protecting their own ass, their own privacy, and their own embarrassment.

  Yeah, they're a bunch of donkey-farking assholes.