Luther bertrand
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Can any believer make a case for the superiority of faith over knowledge?
by Half banana ini find it curious why so many here on this site, in the face of factual evidence for things such as evolution and the impossibility for anyone to make a coherent interpretation for the bible, would still prefer faith to knowledge?.
can any believer attempt a defence of this position?.
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Protest for Mandatory Reporting?
by Luther bertrand inon another thread, i have been having a discussion about protests in connection with watchtower policy.
one of the biggest and more re-occuring rebuttals to protesting at kingdom halls and assemblies is that it does two things: 1. it re-enforces the apostate "mentally diseased" narrative heaped on the xjw community by the gb 2. it causes people to withdraw and get closer to the borg.. what if we as a group took the protest to city halls and government authorities to raise awareness of the need for mandatory reporting laws, rather than protesting @jw events?
hell even geoffry jackson, when he gave his testimony at the arc, agreed that it would be "helpful".
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Are Derek Ohares Protests examples of Civil Disobedience?
by Luther bertrand inbelow is an article detail where civil disobedience was used as a tactic and ordinances were broken in order to effect change: are derek ohares tactics similar?.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/20/civil-disobedience-sanchez-gordillo.
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EXJWSOLIDARITY!!!!!
by Luther bertrand ingiven derek o'hares legal issues for his brave protests i have created an fb banner to show not only exjwsolidarity but also that we appreciate derek's protests.
if you have not viewed his protests go to the "derek ohare1" youtube channel.
here is the fb banner that was i created fix it to your own fb page and show support for derek and all strugglers!.
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The New Word for the Day: Apostagasm
by Luther bertrand inapostagasm (noun): the excited reaction to any form of protest where awareness of watchtower abuses is increased in such a way that it creates an emotional response associated with increased heartbeat, increased mental acuity, and urges to do your own acts of apostasy and actions where watchtower abuses are given more visibility.. example1: reading ray franzs' book:"crisis of conscience" gave me an apostagasm.. post your own sentence using the word apostagasm.
tell us about a time when you had one!
share and share alike!.
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EXJW's in Mensa?
by Luther bertrand inany exjw's or faders out there in mensa?
any online groups for this niche?
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College and EX-JW Discontent....Questions and Stats
by teenyuck in*many* ex-jws say that they were robbed of an education due to the wtbts and as a result, they feel that their families and the wt screwed up their life by depriving them of the opportunity to go to college and therefore, earn a high salary at a job they love.
here is a link to the us census which shows that approximately 26% of the us population graduates college.
page 5, towards the bottom, shows the college graduation stats.
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What ever happened to Greg Stafford?
by Luther bertrand ini met him a couple times at some debates and ran with a circle of friends?
however, i never heard what happened to him.what the heck is he up to after having written 3 dissertations.
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Who am I? - How to find the well lived life after undue influence
by Luther bertrand ini was added fairly recently to the aawa network (thank you richard e. kelly ) and have been a lurker/fader for many years.
the ex-jw community, from a far, has offered me so many ways to help go through my own thinking while awakening and working through my own crisis of conscience.
however, i do have a critique of our community.
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Seeking Source material
by Doug Mason ini am calling on the combined scholarship of this site to help me with my research..
under the subheading of “who selected the canon?”, pages 27-28 of the watchtower of april 1, 2010 quotes professor oskar skarsaune and professor kenneth berding..
the watchtower writes:.