isn't thinking in itself something we accomplish independently? no one else is in our heads thinking with us....our brains do it.....we make decisions based on what we see, hear, feel, sense. if someone thinks "dependently" - well seriously, how does that happen? even a child thinks within his own head based on his own five senses. the parent can mold the child's thinking by teaching them....but does that mean that the child's brain processes are dependent on those of the parent? i breathe independently. no one can do it for me. if i develop a serious lung problem i may forfeit that independence and require oxygen machinery. but if i stop thinking independently, there is no artificial attachment on which i can depend. my brain would then be dead. and so would i. oh well, musings of the morning.
Since when is independent thinking equivalent to disobedience?
by I_love_Jeff 11 Replies latest jw friends
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Bugbear
Blondie!
Your knowledge of the Bibel is very impressive. I believe that you have been a witnesses for many years. I will always turn to you when I need a Bible qoute or a reference from the societys viewpoint. I know that you are the only one that could give a correct answer.
But it looks like you know all these things and still belive there is an answer in the Bible texts?! What do you know about "higher Bibel criticism". What do you know about what science today know about the origin of all these texts? Do you have got a chance to study the "original" text often stored in the Vatican library? Who were the person that actually put alla these letters together? What did he exclude as "not being canonical?". It would be nice to have a conversation with you on these subjects.
Bugbear