The JWs might be right....for all the wrong reasons (page 4)

Cicatrix

"Sometimes I just sit back and think to myself, ?Fuck it. So what if the world is going to hell and the extinction of our race is just around the corner, enjoy what you have now and find humor in the madness going on around you.?

Pessimism? Realism."

Both. The world has always been going to hell and the extinction of our race has always been around the corner in the perception of every generation.There has been wars, diseases, genocides, natural disasters, violence of all types, and every negative issue imanginable ever since there's been humans. But there has also been beautiful babies born,geniuses, great inventions and scientific discoveries made, special memories of times with friends and loved ones (hence our nostalgia for the past).

I guess a lot of it depends on whether or not you view events as linear or cyclical.I choose a more cyclical outlook now.Sometimes I'm pessimistic, sometimes optimistic. I think it's worth trying to make this world a better place, even though there is no assurance that all our efforts will be worth it in the end.

logansrun

You know, I'm starting to understand how Einstein felt when people thought he believed in Jehovah sitting in the clouds because he simply stated, "God does not play dice."

I'm not a JW apologist. Hell, I'm not even a member of the Communist Party.

I simply stated that the apocalyptic message the JWs preach may have some validity, but for completely non-metaphysical reasons. Just because "JWs....right" is in the title does not mean this is primarily a thread about the Witnesses. Daniel Dennet once co-authored a book with a chapter title that reads, "Is God a Taoist?" Dennet does not believe in God or the Tao. Don't be pedantic, Terry.

As for the 1950's...in hindsight it's easy to look back and say "things weren't so bad." There's a nice book entitled, "The Way We Never Were" which debunks a lot of the glistening myths of the '50's. Nevertheless, at least the fashions were classier than today's. And young people listened to Frank Sinatra.

B.

LittleToe

Sinatra.
NOW you're talking, my friend!!!

gumby

I think to have the thought that life on earth as we know it might at least last untill we die....but the future generation are looking at human extinction, leaves little room for happiness for the remainder of our life. I agree with a lot of what was said concerning the fear of man destroying himself in the near future being the same cry man has had through history. To worry unduly over this leaves a frustrated soul.

Gumby

LittleToe

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Terry

QUOTE:I simply stated that the apocalyptic message the JWs preach may have some validity, but for completely non-metaphysical reasons. Just because "JWs....right" is in the title does not mean this is primarily a thread about the Witnesses. Daniel Dennet once co-authored a book with a chapter title that reads, "Is God a Taoist?" Dennet does not believe in God or the Tao. Don't be pedantic, Terry.

As for the 1950's...in hindsight it's easy to look back and say "things weren't so bad." There's a nice book entitled, "The Way We Never Were" which debunks a lot of the glistening myths of the '50's. Nevertheless, at least the fashions were classier than today's. And young people listened to Frank Sinatra.

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I love Daniel Dennet. I just finished FREEDOM EVOLVES by him.

My favorite non-fiction book is GOEDEL, ESCHER, BACH by Dennet's buddy Douglas Hofstadter.

And Frank Sinatra is, hand's down, the greatest singer that ever lived. Move over Pavoratti.

PEDANTIC:The word originally meant a holder of a degree or school master, but has since become pejorative to mean a person who presents his knowledge pretentiously or to excess. It is also used to describe those who hold leaning from books to such a vaunted status that they forsake practical logic and common reasoning.

Is that how you see me?

LittleToe

Terry:

And Frank Sinatra is, hand's down, the greatest singer that ever lived.

NOW we've found something that we can completely agree on!!!

The JWs might be right....for all the wrong reasons

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