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College Degree = $23K more a year salary
by under_believer incheck out the news on this recent press release from the us census bureau.
here's the google news listing for it (so you can see all the places this story has been covered): click here.. .
lest anybody think the society is taking a softer stance on this issue, well, they're not.
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Progress with my wife
by under_believer inwell, progress continues.
i no longer directly attack my wife's beliefs... i leave her with questions to ponder and give her research assignments.
if there's one thing the witnesses taught me, it's how to talk to people in a nonthreatening way about their beliefs.
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The Bible's Candid Nature as a Proof of Divine Inspiration
by under_believer inone of the proofs the witnesses (and others) use as proof of the bible's divinely inspired nature is its supposed candor in exposing israel's and others' flaws.
if it were written by men, the argument goes, they would have hidden their failures, inadequacies, and weaknesses.
so, we see moses taking credit for producing water from the crag; we see all of the israelite kings who "did what was bad in the eyes of yahweh.
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Your opinion: Are those raised as Witnesses more likely to end up godless?
by under_believer inwas thinking about this the other day and wanted to get your (yes: your) opinion.
i find myself slipping farther and farther down the agnostic scale in my thinking--it's possible that i'll end up an atheist.
my suspicion is that because i was raised being taught that all other religions are false, that i came to the conclusion that if the witnesses don't have "the truth" then nobody does.
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CAN IT BE DELAYED UNTIL 1914?
by under_believer infrom the july 15, 1894 watch tower: .
can it be delayed until 1914?
seventeen years ago people said, concerning the time features presented in millennial dawn, they seem reasonable in many respects, but surely no such radical changes could occur between now and the close of 1914: if you had proved that they would come about in a century or two, it would seem much more probable.
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A story that is hard for me to tell
by under_believer inonce upon a time there was a daddy who really, really liked alcohol.
he drank too much all the time and smelled like wine, cheap wine from a box.
) the daddy's boys also grew up.
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The US Media is really screwed up
by under_believer ininternational newsweek editions.
look at the covers for europe, asia, and latin america.
they get a hard-hitting analysis of how afghanistan is turning into a terrorist paradise.
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Overheard at the S.A.D.: Only Witnesses Understand Eph. 5:28-33
by under_believer inat our special assembly day, there was a visiting speaker from bethel.
don't remember his name, but he was a humorless and austere gentleman who was very clearly a company man.
he said many questionable things, especially in the way he generalized about "the world" and "worldly ones.
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Scott Berkun essay: How To Detect BS
by under_believer inin this excellent essay, software developer scott berkun details many good bs detection techniques.
the essay has a business- and development-related focus, but many of the tips are general and useful in breaking down claims from anyone, including religious claims.
here's one telling excerpt: .
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The Faithful and Discreet Slave is posting on JWD
by under_believer insee for yourself.
how do we know that he's the faithful and discreet slave?
same way we know that the governing body represents the faithful and discreet slave: because he says so.