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5 Common Misconceptions About the Bible
by undercover ina blog on huffington post.... interesting thoughts...that mostly would go flying over the average jw's head, those that think they know the bible oh so well.... i've highlighted certain points that pertain (technically they all do, but some really stand out) to how jws view things.. my main reason for posting this is so i can find it easily later, as it'll disappear from huffpo eventually.. .
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christine-hayes/5-misconceptions-about-the-bible_b_2173965.html.
when it comes to the bible, modern americans are at a distinct disadvantage.
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Divine intervention in finding Whitney's body? Really??
by undercover inhttp://www.katu.com/news/local/search-leader-whitney-heichels-sweater-first-clue-found-by-searchers-175893161.html.
new article in local media how the jw church played a crucial role in finding whitney heichel's body.
the true part is that the jw community does come together at times of crisis to help each other, no critique of that.
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Boy Scouts scandal eerily similar to WTS
by undercover ini posted this on flipper's thread about wts' handling of child abuse cases.
it sorta tied in with his theme, but not 100%, so i'm going to also give this it's own thread.. i'm guessing the boy scout scandal has the wt legal department working overtime right now.
i read an article about the boy scout scandal this morning.
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I wonder what the WTS thinks of the Whitney Heichel Memorial on Facebook
by undercover inwhile not so uncommon in the 'real' world, this is quite the phenomenon for jws... an 'official' whitney heichel memorial page on facebook has been set up and people from all over the world are posting condolences.. personally, i think it's a good thing.
but knowing how the wts has tried so hard to limit jws from using social networking, i can't help but think that they are not happy about such a turnout of responses from jws from around the world to a facebook page.
i wonder if they'll bite their tongues and ride it out, knowing this a tragedy of epic proportions in their community, or will they amp up the rhetoric of the evils of social networking?
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Advice Columnist on Religious Differences in the Family
by undercover inask carolyn had an interesting question today.
if only some jw parents could reason as does the straightforward carolyn.... .
by: carolyn hax | the washington post .
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Forget the 47 percent...what about the 46 percent?
by undercover inhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/bill-nye-creationism-science_n_1908926.html.
bill nye: creationism threatens u.s. science.
(see link for entire article).
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IF cornered, what 2 or 3 examples of error in JW teaching would you point out?
by undercover injust curious about this.
if - if you were cornered by elders or family or even an outsider who was curious, what two or three things would you use to point out why you no longer accept "the truthtm"?
(an exercise, not a factual situation).
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My disciples...may I introduce my wife, Mrs. Christ?
by undercover innot that it's conclusive or anything, but wouldn't it just be cool as hell if this were true.
time to re-write those doctrines, all you crazy christian kids.... .
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/the-gospel-of-jesus-wife_n_1891325.html.
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"Doomsday May Not Be What You Think" Actually, it's worse...
by undercover inon jw.org they have an awake article posted entitled, doomsday - fact, fiction and fantasy.. they go on to list a few doomsday fears that some people have, namely: supervolcanoes, asteroids, climate change, disease pandemic, extinction of critical species and of course, nuclear war.. each of the preceding fears was given a paragraph or two explaining the impact of such scenerios and the devastation it could bring.. now that they've got us all worried about our bees fleeing our bee hives as the asteroid makes impact on a supervolcano, causing an eruption which warms the earth's climate thus giving rise to deadly diseases...all the while some nut in a third world country has developed a nuclear weapon.... ...they seek to reassure you: doomsday may not be what you think.
oh, well... that's good.
i was starting to worry there for a minute.... what reassurance could these prophets of god give me?.