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Marjorie

Welcome, Wantarevolution! Glad to have you here.

lol, of course! I never said you couldn't say what you did. I just said I didn't like it because it passes judgment when you don't know the circumstances. Of course we are all free to voice our opinions here, and we are subject to receiving responses to those opinions. :)

BabaYaga

Hello and welcome, WantaRevolution!

Quirky1

Welcome to the board!!

garybuss

Welcome!

Reality is a scary place to visit, let alone live, for a lot of people I know. The gift that education gave many of us is the knowledge of what we don't know. The application of the knowledge of what we don't know is called "agnosticism" by some.

Even the most dogmatic theist is agnostic on some subjects.

In our teens and early adulthood, all of our opinions and beliefs are borrowed. None are our own. Remember this: There's a security in surety. It doesn't matter if the surety is real or a delusion, the security is still real.

Rational thinking and courage to look at superstitions, traditions, and rituals learned from parents and society is scary at first. It's also scary to begin to challenge our own conditioning and objectively look at our own core beliefs and actually challenge those beliefs. A pretty safe place to start is to look at our first language and challenge our understanding of definitions. We learned our first language by guessing at definitions of words based on context. I was shocked at how many words in my vocabulary I was using without actually knowing the actual definitions. Words like "condone".

The Jehovah's Witness group is a very poor context for challenging assumptions:-)

I'd recommend the book: The Demon Haunted World, by Carl Sagan.

For the theist, I recommend the book: The Age Of Reason, by Thomas Paine.

My personal favorites are the works of Ayn Rand. I carry her books of essays in my car and truck to enjoy during my wait times.

My advise is: Don't fear rational thinking, embrace it.

jamiebowers

Welcome to JWN! Sorry, but I've been out quite a while, so what does "serving" mean in your case? If you fade, how will anyone in your family know since you live in a differnt country?

yknot

Glad you have joined and look forward to your comments.

.....Will your wife be joining soon?.......

mouthy

drwtsn>>>said I just said I didn't like it because it passes judgment

How is it judgemental when I said I was sorry to see he had chucked the baby out with the dirty water???
I was NOT JUDGING him !!!!!!I just expressed an opinion... mine!!!!
I can see your not gonna like my posts.So dear ,,,,please just pass over my comments..
You will do yourself & me a favor ....

wantarevolution

My personal favorites are the works of Ayn Rand

I read "Atlas Shrugged" in College - i could appretiate the magnum opus aspect of it, unfortunatly i don't agree with Ms Rand's politics - I'm a Euro-Socialist through and through

what does "serving" mean in your case? If you fade, how will anyone in your family know since you live in a differnt country?

it is the term they use for attending foreign language meetings here, to make us feel all warm and snug and special. As for fading, it would still be hard - family come out quite often and so it would be easier just to stop and tell them why

passwordprotected

Welcome!

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