Posts by StarTrekAngel

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Are GB accountable for deaths for changing policy ?

by Chook in

example blood factions, organ transplants.

suicide from disfellowshipping , breaking up family's with old oral sex policy.

StarTrekAngel

I believe they are to a degree. Some other people are as well but I believe the lower you go into the layers of authority, the least responsible. At least from an ethical perspective. It is obvious that they have legally covered their butts pretty well.

You can not put full blame on the parents or the deceased him or herself when you are under this kind of influence and in regards to the consequences of non compliance. When you are convinced you are in the truth and you've are given two choices...

1- Give your child a blood transfusions, which is not guaranteed to save his life (or so you believe) and with the chances of getting all this horrible deceases

2- Insist on an alternative that may technically have less chances of success (but you believe otherwise) + you get to keep the family + you get your ticket to paradise.

Provided the above was true, the choice is clear. I still have a friend who believes getting a blood transfusion may give him the chronic conditions the other person may have and don't know it yet (like diabetes)

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Prince's Mansion to be turned into a Museum

by StarTrekAngel in

news says it will open in october.

makes me wonder if they will include his life as a jw as part of the exhibit .

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News says it will open in October. Makes me wonder if they will include his life as a JW as part of the exhibit

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The Atheist Delusion

by looter in

jw
friends

atheist delusion.

just want to know what the ex jw community thinks about this video and also offer my pov.

the video was actually an advertisement on here.

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What happens if everyone you care about suddenly wake up?

by StarTrekAngel in

i've been at this quest for a good part of two years.

i've experienced every negative feeling a human body and mind can experience.

i have, at times, become consumed.

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I've been at this quest for a good part of two years. I've experienced every negative feeling a human body and mind can experience. I have, at times, become consumed. So much so that I have entire weeks where I have no work to show for. Fortunately those times are behind me. Yet, I press on because I am convinced I've seen the real personalities pop out every now and then and I can see they are genuinely the persons I felt in love with.

One of my kids is turning 13 soon and she is starting to show that teenager attitude, where we have less and less in common. One of the things we still do together is watch the X-files. She got hooked on it so I make it a point that no one can watch another episode unless we watch it all together.

Mulder and Scully are constantly fighting each other's assessments while Mulder continues to feed on this hope of ever uncovering the truth. While he is convinced that he knows what this truth kind of looks like, he can not get his partner to come close to his position. In some occasion, the question has been presented to him... what are you going to do once you find it?

That got me thinking... what would you do, if suddenly, in a short span of time, all the people you care about wake up from this cult. You may spend some time healing by sharing with each other what the journey felt like but eventually it will be over. Sure I agree that the best revenge is living a happy life but I am not talking about revenge. I am talking about coming to the sudden realization that you no longer have a fight. Something that you did for so long that it became a habit, a way of life. Where at times you have lost the real sense of purpose and you were just looking for the next WT fiasco to analyze with no real idea as to how that would help your goal.

Some have resorted to doing charity. That seems like an idea. I just wonder how you can take in anything that involves a "cause" without the fear that you are going into the next Watchtower.

Has anyone asked themselves the same question?

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JW claims of having the most accurate translation of bible

by StarTrekAngel in

is is true at all?

if so, are there any independent sources who have asserted this claim?

who did the translation?.

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Is is true at all? If so, are there any independent sources who have asserted this claim? Who did the translation?

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Watchtower and The X-Files

by StarTrekAngel in

i've been watching the show all over again, with my kids.

we are in season 6 and there has been at least 3 mentions of jw in the show.. in one episode, mulder and scully get to a house and when they get there they realize the doorbell button has been ripped off.

they look at each other and mulder says "frustrated jehovah's witness?".

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I meant to say Chris Carter, not Mark Snow

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Watchtower and The X-Files

by StarTrekAngel in

i've been watching the show all over again, with my kids.

we are in season 6 and there has been at least 3 mentions of jw in the show.. in one episode, mulder and scully get to a house and when they get there they realize the doorbell button has been ripped off.

they look at each other and mulder says "frustrated jehovah's witness?".

StarTrekAngel

I've been watching the show all over again, with my kids. We are in Season 6 and there has been at least 3 mentions of JW in the show.

In one episode, Mulder and Scully get to a house and when they get there they realize the doorbell button has been ripped off. They look at each other and Mulder says "Frustrated Jehovah's Witness?"

Today we watched one of the latest episodes in Season 6 and they are knocking on someones house. When they identify themselves as FBI agents, the homeowner asks "Jehovah's Witnesses?". Mulder says "No, but we do have a free copy of the Watchtower if you would like"

I also recall another mention by the Lone Gunmen.

Was Mark Snow a JW by any chance or anyone connected to the show?

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Debating With Evolution Deniers is Just Like This

by cofty in

arguing with those who reject scientific evidence can be like arguing about football; just as angry and passionate, but the goalposts keep moving, and one team doesn't exist.. read more here....

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What I find the most amusing about the relentless efforts by JW or other religions to deny evolution, is that in a way, denying evolution contradicts their own explanations of God.

JWs constantly teach that the diversity of races, colors, smells, tastes, cultures, etc is show of Jehovah's love to humanity. They apply this to almost anything in life, society and nature. They also show the contrast ( I remember the video) to show you what the world would look like if everything tasted the same, looked the same, etc

Somehow this God of diversity, has created all of these things for humans, so that he could put them on a paradise that would look the same (see the pictures of paradise, they all look the same) all across the world and with an animal creation that is static and will remain the same for eternity....

To me, a God that would have sparked and promoted further diversity thru evolution, is a much more appealing God, in the same fashion as the diversity of colors, smells, tastes, races, etc.

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Article: Religious privilege undermines abuse victims’ access to justice

by AndersonsInfo in

http://www.secularism.org.uk/blog/2016/08/religious-privilege-undermines-abuse-victims-access-to-justice.

religious privilege undermines abuse victims’ access to justice.

posted: mon, 22 aug 2016 10:40 by richard scorer.

StarTrekAngel

This is, personally, the first time I finally read an official news report where there is a remark regarding what happens to the accuser who decides to speak up without a second witness. This is important. Most of us know this is how it goes down but most of the public reporting only concentrates on the two witness rule, leaving out the fact that there are repercussions for those who choose to exercise their right to appeal to the secular authorities.

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This was posted in JW-Archive. No reactions?

by StarTrekAngel in

does anyone know where this is?.

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Check this out too...