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I don't want to be right!
by cognisonance inor judging by the url, the alternate title would have been: why do people persist in believing things that just arent true?.
key snippets:.
one thing he learned early on is that not all errors are created equal.
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"We don't believe only JWs will survive Armageddon, only Jehovah can read hearts" - Logic Fallacies by JWs (or us)?
by cognisonance inrecently i talked to someone i care about who is in the jw group and stated i feel that believing billions of people are going to die when armegedon comes and only a jws will survive would be unloving of a god.
the response is one that i've also noticed others have experienced.
in short the answer is something like the following: "we don't believe that, only jehovah can read hearts.
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New Watchtower Article: "Morals Without God?"
by cognisonance in...or rather what you wouldn't find in a watchtower .
morals without god (new york times article).
can we envision a world without god?
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Ancient Confession Found: 'We Invented Jesus Christ'
by cognisonance inbiblical scholars will be appearing at the 'covert messiah' conference at conway hall in london on the 19th of october to present this controversial discovery to the british public.. http://uk.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11201273.htm.
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Watch Tower Fallacies - 4/2/2013
by cognisonance inin another thread a poster, oubliette, asked to share logic fallacies we spot in wt publication.
that is a great idea and thread to which i've already contributed.
i'll also the contents of this post to that thread, but thought that it's easier to discuss a particular fallacy (or fallacies) in use in wts publications if we consider one quote at a time.
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I sometimes feel like I'm in the twilight zone
by cognisonance inbeing out of the cult that i spent the first 3rd of my expected life span in, now on the outside i keep having this amazement that i was actually in a cult!
what we were told was the "real life" now seems so surreal and dreamlike that i feel like i lived an episode of the twilight zone.
i also feel like.
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What was it about Bethel that woke you up?
by cognisonance inone the how many exbethelites thread it was mentioned that some think one either leaves down the path towards apostasy or as a 100% true believer.
i'm curious what experiences did you face at bethel that woke you up (or started to at least)?.
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Did God Invent Swords? - Logic Fallacies and Anachronisms
by cognisonance inwe need not conclude that our loving creator was the first one to make what we know as swords.
adam and eve saw turning in front of the angels something that was blazing.
by the time moses wrote the book of genesis, swords were well-known and used in warfare.
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Demons in the house (from yardsales to even digital purchases)
by cognisonance inconsider the popular jw myth: be careful what you bring home from a yard sale, it might have come from someone who has ties with witchcraft, magic, satan, etc.
said item thus would be an instrument the demons can use to get into your home and harass you.
so be careful of that teacup, tennis racket, or shirt you just purchased!.