Let me talk about sex now. In fact why has that always been so hard to speak of, are you now cringing inside you as I was for so many years? Externally, I could not talk about the efforts I made to conquer lust, but inside I hoped no one would ever see my real feelings. I put it to you that most of the problems in the BKs come from unresolved sexual desires manifesting for example in perversion, power struggles and grown people flirting like 12 year old children. Repressed sexuality also opens doors to all kinds of abuse. My sister and her friend, as young children, were sexually abused on several occasions by different people in Madiban and Delhi. Madiban is where god incarnates on to earth, in case you don’t know. Delhi is the number one centre outside of Madiban. They’re the no. 1 and no. 2 centres in the Brahma Kumaris. These incidents happened in consequence with different people involved, which suggests a paedophile network within it. Now we know that things happen in life but we are more concerned about the response, the response of leadership to that. Their response was to do nothing. The individuals perpetuating this sexual abuse were left in the position for years. The child was blamed, it was her karma to be sexually abused because obviously she had been sexually abused in her past life and in fact, because it happened in Madiban, which is the god city, it was actually better for her because she had cleared away more of her past karma. They then went on publicly to deny this had ever happened, blaming it on a taxi driver. She was travelling alone within friends at the time.” When one of our four members went to struggle to establish a child protection programme within the BKs he fought for over five years before they would actually consider putting down to paper anything near child protection. It’s unfortunately typical part of their modus operandi. “My mother was powerless to do anything. Do not look too closely; do not listen to many stories, lest the fragile dream be shattered. What makes it worst was that the seniors have always been aware of these all too common travesties within the organisation, yet they have done nothing but hide them away. I find I had to split my personality all I learned from the Bks were to suppress things so that the surface is calm.”
Greatest Proof for evolution!
by abiather 18 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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abiather
Cofty,
I am talking about EVOLUTION (Cofty, what are you talking about?)
In ultimate analysis, Theory of evolution taught through school books did more harm than help. People started investing all their time and effort in pursuing their careers and climbing the professional ladder as they believed this life is all what there is. Then later most discover that their victory is empty and that they won it at an irreparable loss to their health, family and psyche, incurring obesity, heart disease and fatigue on the physiological front; separated spouse, estranged children and uncared-for parents on the familial front; frustration, depression and stress on the physio-psychological front. The World Health Organization predicts that stress will be the number one killer in the world by 2020. And stress is usually nothing more than an individual's failure to balance his lifestyle. Living life in a healthy manner and living it fully means we have to maintain regular food habits and follow a sensible diet, regular exercise and rest, going out with family, working for charity and spending some time in reflection, talking to God in meditation …. Etc.
Very few people like Albert Einstein have really understood the secret of life; he said: “Try not to become a man of success, but rather to become a man of value.” Materialistic view, as implied in Evolution theory, is unlikely to help us to become men of value, as Einstein envisioned!
Instead of viewing man as having originated from mere matter, what an appreciation Shakespeare had:
“What a piece of work is man!
How noble in reason!
How infinite in faculties!
In form and moving how express and admirable!
In apprehension how like a God.”
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DJS
Abiathar,
First of all, I thought you were leaving Richard Nixon. Second, as I've pointed out before, your obsessive focus on what you perceive to be the problems of today while completely ignoring 100,000 years of human history is comedic.
Until the year 1900, the average age of humans, based on what the experts say, was 34. There was no social security, disability, food stamps, welfare, workers comp, health insurance, or unemployment benefits. Many children died before the age of 5, and it was more than possible that your young spouse or young adult child would also die, from pneumonia, TB or a host of other illnesses which are readily treatable now.
And those who lived past 34, for 100,00 years Abiathar, limped or were lame if anything was broken and were disfigured or otherwise impaired by anything growing on them or in them.
What kind of stress do you think our ancestors experienced for 100,00 years? You focus on the stresses today as if they are much worse. Really? I mean, really?
And I will ask you again, which time period would you choose to live in other than right now?
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abiather
DJS, Your 100000 years do not match with reality!
If Human History is that many years old, what could be the present population on earth? Would it not be UNIMAGINABLY greater than the present 7.12 billion? Let us start from something concrete, and go backward! According to United States Census Bureau, world population was 2 Billion in 1927 and 4 Billion in 1974 and will be 8 Billion in 2026. That means population almost doubles about 50 years.
Now let us make a simple calculation! Though a couple can produce four children in about four years, let us give a too liberal 160 YEARS TO PRODUCE JUST FOUR CHILDREN! Suppose the human tree starts with just 8 people (or 4 couples), and each couple produces 4 children each in 160 years (and then the original couples/parents pass away). Now the history is 160 years old and population of the earth is just 16 (or 8 couples). These 8 couples produce 32 children (or 16 couples) in another 160 years, and the parents pass away. Now the history is 320 years old, and population is 32. If we go on calculating like this, earth’s population will be 17.17 Billion in just 4960 years (160 years x 31 = 4960). [Yet the present population is only 7.12 Billion, and the excess of over 10 Billion would adequately provide room for all those who remained childless for various reasons and all those who died prematurely due to war, accident, diseases … etc]
No of couples/
No of children
/No of years
4
16
160
8
32
320
16
64
480
32
128
640
64
256
800
128
512
960
256
1024
1120
512
2048
1280
1024
4096
1440
2048
8192
1600
4096
16384
1760
8192
32768
1920
16384
65536
2080
32768
131072
2240
65536
262144
2400
131072
524288
2560
262144
1048576
2720
524288
2097152
2880
1048576
4194304
3040
2097152
8388608
3200
4194304
16777216
3360
8388608
33554432
3520
16777216
67108864
3680
33554432
134217728
3840
67108864
268435456
4000
134217728
536870912
4160
268435456
1073741824
4320
536870912
2147483648
4480
1073741824
4294967296
4640
2147483648
8589934592
4800
4294967296
17179869184
4960
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DJS
Richard,
Your math has been proven wrong on many occasions. It is old news. Google it or search it on this site. And if we only consider the past 7000 years, the same conditions existed. I will ask you again: which time period would you rather have lived in?
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abiather
Google doesn't say 160 years x 31 is not 4960 years [When common sense can answer this, why turn into google?]
I would always prefer to live in a time-period when water and air are not polluted.
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DesirousOfChange
Go see a doctor!
Get some meds!
WHAT A SCREWBALL!
Doc
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cofty
I am talking about EVOLUTION (Cofty, what are you talking about?)
I am talking about the nasty, life-destroying, sexually abusive, money-grabbing cult that you are promoting.
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Viviane
Google doesn't say 160 years x 31 is not 4960 years [When common sense can answer this, why turn into google?]
I would always prefer to live in a time-period when water and air are not polluted.Abiather, stay focused. What are Delta waves, how do they facilitate communicating with god, how does turning off your mind help with this? How does turning off your senses help? What is the method of communication?
Difficult questions you must answer if you expect to be taken seriously.
