Georgiegirl
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The name of this forum
by Georgiegirl inwe've all seen jw apologists come on here (or very confused jws'/jw wannabes) bellyaching about how misleading the name of this forum is.
it suddenly occurred to me - shouldn't that actually be a red flag for them?
the very organization that claims to be "his witnesses" and that it is the only religion out there sanctifying the name of jehovah (ergo, they are the "truth") - uses the watchtower as their homepage name.
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Interview with an Innkeeper - Nativity
by Georgiegirl ini was laughing so hard i was crying at the end:.
http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/12/21/an-interview-with-the-nativity-innkeeper/.
one of the best lines ever:.
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Cognitive Dissonance: The Engine of Self-justification
by Georgiegirl inhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyid=12125926.
mistakes were made (but not by me) end class="storytitle" .
end class="captionwrap" end id="featuredcommentsmain12126640" cognitive dissonance: the engine of self-justification.
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Using Wikipedia to Quote Sources
by Georgiegirl inrecently, i've seen alot of posts using cut-n-pastes from wikipedia.
.now, i love wikipedia - but - for those of you who may not be aware - wikipedia is not a credible source.
we aren't allowed to use it as a reference for any paper in university, and anyone who wants to be taken seriously as a scholar and researcher would lose all credibility by using wikipedia as a direct reference.. wikipedia is user-created - which means i can create a wiki on any subject i choose (whether i know anything about it or not).
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Disfellowshipping - But You KNEW About It Before You Were Baptized!
by Georgiegirl instarted a new topic b/c i didn't want to threadjack another ongoing pointless debate.
:) (isn't it interesting how the apologists all come out around dc time?).
i have seen that statement made over and over again by jws about disfellowshipping.
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Why the Numbers Keep Increasing
by Georgiegirl inhave you ever read that riddle that asks if you would rather have a million dollars or a penny doubled every day for 30 days?
it shows how the penny eventually adds up over $5 million dollars in the course of month.. i think that's what's happening with the wtbs - it's not (obviously!!!
) holy spirit or anything other than simple incremental increase.
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You've got to be kidding - WTBS on twitter
by Georgiegirl inhttp://twitter.com/jworg.
this is actually pretty hilarious.
perhaps they've finally decided if you can't beat 'em - join 'em!.
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Going Back to School - Help!
by Georgiegirl infor everyone who is going back to school (and i know there are several of us, not just me!
what do you wish you had known before going back?
(i'm looking for questions dealing with the process of returning to school).. for those who haven't gone back but want(ed) too, what held you back?
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Evolutionists - please help!
by Georgiegirl inok. (taking deep breath) i am finally at that point in my recovery where i am ready to look at evolution as more than a loose theory which is clearly disprovable by the fact that all the bones proving it could be in a coffin.
or, um, some illustration like that.. i feel like first i have to "unlearn" the jw teaching of evolution to learn what "real" evolution is.
then, learn about that and then see how i feel.
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Why Fruit Bats Can't Be JWs
by Georgiegirl inhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33587754/ns/technology_and_science/.
when they do their thing, female chinese fruit bats add oral sex to get the males to prolong the act, scientists now find, suggesting the behavior confers evolutionary benefits.. oral sex, or fellatio, is often used in human foreplay, the researchers noted, but rarely seen in other animals.
as such, there have been few evolutionary reasons given for oral sex to date, and fellatio is largely thought confined to humans, although juvenile members of the chimpanzee-like bonobo do it for play.. now scientists find the short-nosed fruit bat (cynopterus sphinx) routinely engages in oral sex, the first time fellatio has been seen in adult animals other than humans.