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  Nudging People to Question their Beliefs

  by losthobbit in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm not a jw, nor ever was, but like most of you, i grew up being totally convinced that my incorrect beliefs were true, and kept making excuses for them.

  my sect was the church of christ.. i remember that, even though i was convinced that i was right, there were always splinters in my mind... seemingly small holes in the logic of my religion that bugged me from time to time.

  i think that when i tackled these problems one-at-a-time, it was easy to plug up a hole with a simple excuse.. in my twenties, i remember coming across a full page listing perhaps twenty problems with logic in the bible.

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  How did all these civilizations survive the flood?

  by losthobbit in

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  2. bible

  flood 2304 bc (http://creation.com/the-date-of-noahs-flood).

  neolithic 8500-1500 bc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_neolithic_cultures_of_china).

  egyption dynasty 4 2613 to 2494 bc, dynasty 5: 2494 to 2345 bc, dynasty 6: 2345 - 2181 bc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_ancient_egyptian_dynasties).

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  Separated From The Flock

  by hyperpen in

  1. forum
  2. links

  hello all, i've started a new blog to share experiences of living outside of the "flock" of jehovah's witnesses.

  it can be found at https://separatedfromtheflock.wordpress.com.

  i look forward to any comments, criticism or shared stories of life since you left the jw!.

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  Critical Thinking and undeniable facts of true truiness

  by losthobbit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was recently writing to someone on the fractal future forum.

  he came across as a very intelligent person, but i noticed that a post of his about medicine showed that he seemed to lack a lot of knowledge about medical testing and the scientific method.

  so, i asked him some questions, and his reply seemed to contain a logical fallacy in every sentence, concluding with a quote from mercola.com, one of those really dodgy conspiracy theory / anti-science type of sites.

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  Crisis of Conscience republished and on Kindle

  by losthobbit in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hi guys.

  sorry if this has been mentioned before... i haven't visited this forum in a while.. i've noticed that crisis of conscience is no longer ridiculously expensive on amazon.co.uk (now 9.38), and they have a kindle version which is even cheaper (6.84 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/b00bqou5rc).

  unfortunately the publisher did an absolutely useless job of formatting the kindle version.

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  This is just sad...

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  http://vimeo.com/50792317 .

  i believe that everyone of us, witnesses or not, should take a look at this video.

  it's a beautifully done short film/documentary about robert fitzpatrick shot starting on may 1st, 2011 until the 21st of may.

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  Are YOU a Thinker?

  by alamb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the recovering thinker.

  hi, my name is bob, and i am a recovering thinker..... it started out innocently enough: i began thinking at meetings now and then to loosen up.

  inevitably though, one thought led to another and soon i was more than just a theocratic thinker.

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  More exposure: JW lawsuit makes front page of www.msn.com

  by sir82 in

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  2. scandals

  see this:.

  http://www.msn.com/.

  middle of page, under "editor's picks".. not sure how long it will last there, but it is there now!.

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  Truth Be Told documentary is finished!!! Just in time to ride the wave of publicity from the verdict.

  by discreetslave in

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  2. friends

  the documentary is finished.

  the private screening to be held in july.. the film has been submitted to 30 film festivals in te us and abroad.

  he is taking requests for any other film festivals or venues.. http://www.hereliesthetruth.com/.

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  It took me a long time to write this...i'm staying.

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it took me a long time to write this....i'm being brutally honest...i am still a reg pioneer...three sundays ago,i was praying and asking god for a sign or something because i was so confused...i told him exactly what i needed to see for me to believe.i was feeling terrible--crying and feeling sick because i was so confused.ten minutes after, i walked into the kingdom hall and to my surprise--my prayer was answered!

  i soooo wasn't expecting it, even though i prayed.

  so this is where almighty god wants me to be,ii've reasoned.

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