Topics Started by DT
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A New Creation Myth
by DT ini'm just having some fun with genesis and the wts explanation of the issue of universal sovereignty.. one day a powerful god named jehover got lonely and created other spirit creatures.
since he was an angry bully, he made them spend all their time serving him and talking about what a great and powerful god he was.
eventually, this got kind of boring and jehover decided that if he made intelligent creatures that were even weaker and more pathetic than the angels, then he would really feel like a great and powerful god.
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Could the widespread belief in God be evidence that he doesn't exist?
by DT infirst of all, i'm an agnostic and don't know if there is a god or not.
however, i do think it possible to intelligently review the evidence and come to some reasonable conclusions, even if we can't have absolute certainty.
it's a big topic, so i'll just discuss the main reason that many people believe in god.
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Assembly Resolutions
by DT ineven when i was a believing jw, i began to really dislike those fake assembly resolutions.
my biggest complaint was that we weren't given any time to think about them before we were called on to agree.
i thought they were pretty meaningless and stopped responding to them.
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Context and Consistency
by DT insince i was born into the wts, i suffered from a lot a brainwashing before i could even read.
i had a lot of preconceived ideas before i started to read the bible.
i assumed that it was consistent, so when i came across apparent contradictions, i assumed there were reasonable explanations and even tried to make them up.
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JW prefers Coca Cola and tomatoes to blood transfusion.
by DT inhttp://www.religionnewsblog.com/20213/jehovah-s-witnesses-45.
weird!
i think it is interesting that she lied and said that she was a catholic.
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What are your plans for 2014?
by DT in2014 may be a great year for apostates.
i'm already making plans.
i think the arrival of 2014 will be a disturbing event for many jw's.
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A gradual decline or sudden collapse for the WTS?
by DT inmany of us believe the days of the watchower society may be numbered.
they are receiving an unprecedented amount of well deserved negative publicity.
however, they are still experiencing modest growth.
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How to convince a JW that they have the truth.
by DT init may be easier to see how to reason with a jw when you consider how the governing body convinces them that they have the truth or how they convince themselves of it when they are confronted by troubling information.
it seems that all they need is a plausible way to explain away inconvenient facts.
if they hear about a case where pedophilia was covered up, it is usually sufficient to assume that it was an isolated case.
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The JW response to NBC has moved.
by DT init is no longer on the main page of the authorised site of the office of public information of jehovah's witnesses.
they moved it here: http://www.jw-media.org/newsroom/index.htm i wonder if this partially a result of the criticism from jwd.
their response is noteworthy because they openly admit that they did settle with abuse victims (despite the outrageous spin they put on the issue).
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Another Questionable JW Video
by DT inhttp://www.jw-media.org/vnr/2122827332/716353.htm.
the whole video is laughable, but i wanted to concentrate on the quoting of dr. m. ruth infante.
did she know the full truth about the jw pedophile policy?