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  The Christian God is Stupid

  by berrygerry in

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  2. bible

  i do not clearly understand mainstream christian ideology, but i think that wt is a variation thereof.. wt teaches that god made adam and eve perfect, but that another one of god's perfect creatures, tricked eve into disobedience, thereby condemning adam, eve, and all of their offspring into a life of misery as a result.

  this is because satan out-thought god, and essentially cornered god into this "legal challenge" that god had never foreseen.. that, to me, is one stupid god..

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  I often get confused about who the real Christian God is. Sometimes it appears to be Yahweh, other times Jesus. It seems to me, that Christianity is actually polytheistic.
  

  Regardless, over time, our increasing knowledge of the cosmos has invalidated much of the 'information' about the cosmos found in the Bible. This supports your statement, berrygerry, that the Christian God is stupid. Of course, knowing what we do know now, many of us have concluded that 'God' is, as erbie and galaxie have said, a construct of the ancient Middle Eastern desert dwellers' imaginations.
  

  Whatever the reasons Constantine and his merry band of men had for compiling The Bible, today, it is definitely a tool designed to validate the Christian religious industry and its right to manipulate and control people. I think Yahweh was the ancient Israelites attempt at validating killing and warring with other tribes who did not believe as they did, thus, starting the 'our God is better than your god' and 'our religion is better than your religion' beliefs that carry on into present day. Anything can be validated and justified if the right god is on your side.
  
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  A Balanced View of Money. Sept Awake.

  by ToesUp in

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  2. humour

  how do you view money?.

  a self-examination might alert you to the need to acquire a balanced view of money.

  for example, ask yourself the following questions.. am i attracted to get-rich-quick schemes?.

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  Coming in the Nov 2015 AWAKE!... "How to remain balanced while paddling a canoe in a suit."
  
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  Polish Publishers that became inactive in 2015 will be reported to Branch Office

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  per ohmyjw over at r/exjw:.

  i assume that other countries also got this letter to boe dated 1st september 2015 about sending additional information along with s-10 form (annual cong.

  report).

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  If they start this kind of search in Canada, they aren't going to want to find my Dad.
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Royal Commission - Elders Can't Remember (Video Compilation)

  by defender of truth in

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  2. child-abuse

  not my work, by the way... newton's prisca theologia is the maker of this great video.. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=okpajgptvyk.

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  Holy Hell!
  
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  WE NEED MORE FIELD SERVICE REPORTS (Letter sent to Ecuador)

  by elkatire1980 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this letter was sent to all congregations in ecuador (south america).. the translation into english of the letter:.

  to body ofelders.

  subject: publisher who did not report field service time in the second semester of service year.. dear brothers:.

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  Soooo ... Botchtower hasn't figured out yet that field circus reports do not actually reflect accurately the preaching work. These things could just be filled out and sent in no problem. Doesn't mean anything has actually been done.
  
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  Hello world !

  by Mrs. Eden in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, here i am.. hello world, mrs. eden sending regards to everyone.

  :).

  my english is limited, so please go easy on me.. mrs. eden.

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  Welcome Mrs. Eden! Thank you for joining up. I remember when I first joined here I was pretty nervous. Just take thinks slowly, breathe, relax. Looking forward to your insights.
  
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  Mrs. Eden sends her regards to you all .... =)

  by EdenOne in

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  2. friends

  mrs. eden is laying here by my side reading the forum latest posts with me and asked me to send you all her warmest regards.

  more to follow soon.... .

  eden

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  Hello Mrs. Eden.

  Your husband's avatar is very awesome. I love Hobbes. And Calvin and Hobbes was one of my Mom's favourite cartoons. If the elders had known she'd probably have been 'shepherded' about that. I'm glad they didn't know.
  
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  The elderly sisters are at it again.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  awhile back, about a year and a half ago, when i was starting to wake up, i explained to my mom that when the circuit overseer is in town, they schedule shepherding calls after lunch, not because they care, but because they dont want to work door to door in the hot summer or cold winter.

  and they know that a prepared call means some nice hot chocolate and cookies or some ice cold tea and snacks.

  i remember her looking at me kind of funny so i ended the conversation and left it at that, and never brought it up again.

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  Love this story. Inside sedition... tres cool.

  I found it quite interesting when my Father told me that "The CO is here to stir up trouble."

  That doesn't sound like anything good in my opinion.
  
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  need input: My wife is at it again...this time about the faithful and discreet slave

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so you all know that i go with my wife to the meeting to protect the kids from the drival and pacify her.

  tonight we are sitting there and she points to mathew and says something about the faithful and discreet slave and she said eplain this.

  so breaking away from what i was reading in the meeting..." in search of christian freedom by franz"...i said.

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  The Marvster... excellent observation. This is what I've seen as well. JWs swerve off the course of discussion because they cannot refute things. Either that or they clam up. My Dad used to just stop talking because he couldn't come up with anything. This was accompanied by the stunned deer-in-the-headlights look.
  

  goingthruthemotions... have you ever thought of buying Bart Ehrman's book 'Misquoting Jesus' and just leave it out where your wife can have a look at it on her own? There's some good info. about the gospels contradicting each other in that book.
  
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  Did Adam and Eve have Leukaemia?

  by notsurewheretogo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3218171/oldest-known-case-leukaemia-unearthed-7-000-year-old-skeleton-belonging-40-year-old-woman-bears-scars-blood-cancer.html.

  a 7,000 year old skeleton has been found with leukaemia...7,000 years is nearly the age of our first ever parents adam & eve is it not?.

  so is this skeleton eve?.

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  Yeah, she's a scientific plant; a fake.

  Of course, JWs can never explain how Science fakes radiometric and carbon dating (other than my Mom's attempt at saying the big bag of water surrounding the Earth prior to the flood skews radiation data. ).

  I so had to go away to College as I grew older. My teens were spent going to school, working, and planning my escape.