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My practise as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment I assume that no god, angel, or devil is going to interfere with its course; and this assumption has been justified by such success as I have achieved in my professional career. I should therefore be intellectually dishonest if I were not also atheistic in the affairs of the world. And I should be a coward if I did not state my theoretical views in public.
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Thanks for the tip. I've nixed some false quotations in the past, and am happy to remove any...
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Ben Franklin never said that...another of the many fake quotes circulating on the internet....
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Thank you for the comments. Yes, the passivity and respect you mention are part of the special...
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Indeed. It cracks me up when an Abrahamic fundamentalist calls atheists amoral, nihilistic, and...
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This Christians' rhetorical questions translate into those lame accusations we hear from...
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If I may toot my own shofar, a few of the posts I like best:
I hear you, I hear you. Amen, spread the word!
I tend to disregard the cultish dangers you mention that involve peer pressure (including disfellowship, preaching to family, etc), but I really shouldn't. While those "congregational" aspects never had a firm grip on me, they are very powerful forces to some current or past members, and can really mess people up psychologically and emotionally.
The blood transfusion ban is, of course, the most outright dangerous bit of JW dogma. It's also one that really makes no sense Biblically. There's absolutely no reason to read "blood transfusion" into what can easily be seen as a clear proscription against eating blood - especially when so many other areas of scripture are interpreted far more creatively! Adding to the absurdity is refusing a life-saving procedure, in the name of the sanctity of blood as a symbol of life.
Can't the Watchtower poobahs receive a "revelation" notifying them that it's now OK to take transfusions? (And that same "revelation" could conveniently add a few more decades to Armageddon's arrival date as well. That train just is not pulling into the tracks, is it.)