Topics Started by GapingMouth

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Admiring evolution
by GapingMouth in
1. jw
2. friends
as a born-in, i was taught to reject evolution right off.

that coupled with not being taught it accurately at school (and for only about an hour) it is only now after breaking free of jws that i have been learning about it.

dawkins has instilled in me an admiration and appreciation for evolution and its elegance.
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Creationist Evolution
by GapingMouth in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've been having some small but effective chats with my wife of late.

she is, i hope, starting to think about some things a bit better now regarding the wts.

when i told her of the rule about not hugging in the prayer, she thought it so absurd and thought i was telling lies until she saw it herself.
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Creationist Evolution
by GapingMouth in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've been having some small but effective chats with my wife of late.

she is, i hope, starting to think about some things a bit better now regarding the wts.

when i told her of the rule about not hugging in the prayer, she thought it so absurd and thought i was telling lies until she saw it herself.
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Help with a 'study' please - atheists side.
by GapingMouth in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was having an email chat with this guy (i dont know him very well) but he wanted a debate on gods existence.

his english is terrible, but can you help me formulate a response please?

he isnt jw, i don't think, but there are some questions here about evolution etc.
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How to teach a child?
by GapingMouth in
1. jw
2. friends
i have a daughter who is nearly 16 months old, and it won't be long before she starts understanding more and more of the rubbish at the khs my wife takes her to.

she will be very exposed to a lot of creationist junk and i can just imagine her getting brainwashed just as i was a born-in.

luckily i am in a position to reduce that or perhaps counter it completely.
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JW Census
by GapingMouth in
1. jw
2. friends
the wts claims membership of somewhere in the region of 6 million if i am not mistaken.

is this true, or have they embellished the facts?

including those hiding or fading, technically how many jws are there really?
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Stupidest JW meeting answers
by GapingMouth in
1. jw
2. friends
i was thinking about some stupid non-sensical answers i have heard over the years.

"we all know the blue whale is the biggest fish"

"we were on the ministry and met a coloured couple.
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Intelligent JWs only outside the KH?
by GapingMouth in
1. jw
2. friends
hi to everyone out there and thanks for all the amazing posts on here i read every day.. there are a few people in my area that i would consider intelligent - there is one guy who used to be a chemistry teacher, for example.

another one knows his sciences too, and his job revolves around that knowledge.. but he confuses me a little... he knows all this stuff and then at the same time he completely ignores it and casts it aside and says the earth is only 7000 years old.

(yes, he holds to this - he told me himself and grew annoyed when i tried to show that the new wts leave it a little more open for explanation -- the bible agree with science 'special' one for example).
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Disfellowshipping reasons
by GapingMouth in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i grew up as a dub, and i was taught that there weren't specific reasons why people got disfellowshipped.

i was taught they didn't announce what the wrong was as they were df'd because they were 'unrepentant'.

now i know the wts is full of **** and i see a few posts about tattoos and piercings etc being cause for df'ing.
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Asking for money at the hall.
by GapingMouth in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't go to the meetings anymore for i am fading, but a short while ago something happened in a meeting i'd never seen in my entire life as a jw.

the local needs discussed the fact that the local branch had bought a new kh for a whopping 1 million euros.

that's insane, but not the part that got me.