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Oldest living Holocaust survivor is a JW
by under_believer inhttp://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2006/05/16/news/local_state/news08.txt .
what it doesn't talk about is how rutherford tried to conciliate with the nazis in the 30's, failed, and then deliberately ordered the witnesses there into a position that would put them in harm's way, when there were other things they could have done that would have preserved their "christian conscience" and not gotten thousands of them killed.
i wonder if that poor old brave guy had known that, whether he would still be a witness?
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Pat Robertson says that Jehovah is God; all other religions worship demons
by under_believer inpretty amusing response from pat robertson to someone who wrote in.
it was striking to me how much his position resembles the witness position; throw in the whole "jehovah" thing and he sounds like a particularly bombastic circuit overseer.. .
check it out at http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2006/11/robertson_says.html.
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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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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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Can someone catch me up please?
by under_believer ini've been awol for quite a while.
life intrudes, and sometimes you need a forum break.
i'm not sure i'm going to start posting regularly again, but i'm really curious as to what's been going on over the last year or so.
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Swivelling The Service Reports: The Decline of JWism In The West
by under_believer inso there is this new web service called swivel.
it is at http://www.swivel.com.
what it does is you take data and upload it onto there, and you can generate charts and graphs and so on.
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[DUPLICATE TOPIC]
by under_believer induplicate topic, please lock.
i didn't notice http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/14/126867/1.ashx before i posted.
apologies.
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Morally Bankrupt Blood Policy
by under_believer inin my usual didactic fashion, let's go through the logical steps here.. 1. the society allows witnesses to use many blood fractions: albumin for burn victims is an example.
these medical supplies come from the donated blood supply.. 2. the society forbids witnesses to donate blood.. 3. therefore, individual witnesses who accept treatment from the blood supply are hypocrites.. this is really a horrible situation.
i'm sure they felt up at brooklyn that they were becoming more liberal in relaxing the blood ban; in fact, they created a situation where any witness that accepts any of the arbitrarily allowed blood fractions is taking part in a horrible hypocrisy.
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Today's word is... hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia!
by under_believer inhexakosioihexekontahexaphobia: the fear of the number "666".
apparently it is common enough that someone felt the need to coin a new word for it.
the most amusing thing, of course, is that "666" might actually be a mistranslation.
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Winston Churchill quote on justice
by under_believer inthe power of the executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious, and the foundation of all totalitarian government whether nazi or communist.
~~winston churchill .
i don't have a lot of time to post today, but i wanted to share this churchill quote i found to resonate strongly in regards to the witness "judicial system.