OneEyedJoe
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Fantastic article about Critical thinking, Cognitive biases, and logical fallacies etc!
by stuckinarut2 inthis great article is well worth downloading and keeping.
it well explains the techniques often used by high control groups (such as jws).. so much of it will resonate with us here.. https://lifelessons.co/personal-development/howtogetsmarter/.
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Leah Remini: Scientology & the Aftermath TV Show.
by Black Man inhave started watching this show and wow!
so many similarities and parallels with jw's.
this is the model to follow in articulating and exposing the jw experience.
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Reference point
by Lostandfound infor decades i had a library of bound volumes to refer to.
is present method of publishing reference proof?
not easy to check some point by use of index, although video material has no half life is it easier for wt to change tracks?
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Another Sex Offender cover up
by Coded Logic ina jehovahs witness who got sexual kicks from strangling young girls went unpunished for years after his activities were covered up by the congregation at the warwick church he attended.but perverted ian pheaseys past finally caught up with him when one of his victims went to the police having become concerned about him getting a job at a hospice.the warwick resident was jailed for five years after pleading guilty at warwick crown court to assaulting one girl causing her actual bodily harm and two of indecently assaulting other girls.the 54 year-old of langcliffe avenue, was also ordered to register as a sex offender for life and given a sexual harm prevention order restricting his contact with children.the offences pheasey admitted dated back to the 1990s when he was a member of the congregation at the kingdom hall of jehovahs witnesses in the woodloes area.his first victim was attacked in the kingdom hall library, where pheasey was the librarian at the time, when the seven-year-old girl went to get a book.prosecutor nicholas taplow told the court how pheasey closed the door, and as she reached for the book, he grabbed her .
.. http://leamingtonobserver.co.uk/news/pervert-jehovahs-witness-jailed-string-assaults-young-girls/.
... the response "we despise child molesters" by the society is truly getting more and more ridiculous everyday.
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Apostate on Inside Amy Schumer
by OneEyedJoe inon tonight's episode of inside amy schumer she interviewed a comedian (kurt metzger) that was talking about having an open relationship with his wife.
at one point he said (paraphrasing) 'i was raised to believe that a monogynous relationship is the best thing there is ... i guess that's fine if you're going to stay in your doomsday cult all your life...'.
looked him up and sure enough he was a born-in.
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Bill Burr on religion
by OneEyedJoe ini watched bill burr's netflix comedy special "i'm sorry you feel that way" a couple days ago, and something reminded me of it so i thought is post it here as i think many here will enjoy it.. the whole thing is hilarious, but in one segment he did a bit on religion and how he "just let it go" one day.
he touches on the fact that tall other religions (he gives the example of scientology) seem insane to you, but yours makes perfect sense because it was put into you from an early age when you had no critical thinking.
all the while he makes no effort to force anything on the audience - everything is presented in a non-threatening "here's what i did" sort of way.. i have to give comedians some credit for my atheism - comedy is a great way to get people to challenge their beliefs while bypassing the usual defense mechanisms.
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Is the Watchtower Trolling?
by runForever inthe public edition jan 1, 2015 is talking about a survey of praying to jesus and makes this comment:.
youth crossed out the name jesus on the survey.
and wrote god instead.. it then goes on to say no one talked to a heavenly creature that is not god without being spoken to first?.
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DA LETTER
by Brainfloss in(xxxxxxx) congregation of jehovah's witnesses.
this is to inform you that (xxxxxx) body of elders are no longer brainfloss' elders.. .
brainfloss.
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Confirmation on delegates for international conventions
by joe134cd ini have 2 unrelated question.. (1) i heard through the grape vine that delegates traveling to special conventions are only required to book a certain number of nights in a society approved hotel.
this differes from my experience where i was required to book the whole package (e.g flights/accomodation etc).
i was told the reason for this change in arrangement was due to people complaining about the high costs involved with the society arranging everything.
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Individual Mormons struggle with their faith too........
by sparky1 incheck this out.
sound familiar?.
http://news.man.com/in-depth/putting-eternal-salvation-in-the-hands-of-19-year-old-missionaries-1.