Given my new, unincumbered state of mind, I am rereading a few favourites and ones I haven't read before. I'm reading East of Eden again and have Hey, Nostradomus! and 1984 next on the list (never read it!). Any more suggestions? I can't read enough.
SecretHeart11
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East of Eden & Other Great Books
by SecretHeart11 ingiven my new, unincumbered state of mind, i am rereading a few favourites and ones i haven't read before.
i'm reading east of eden again and have hey, nostradomus!
and 1984 next on the list (never read it!).
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My aptly named SAD is tomorrow, I will be taking notes..
by BU2B inoh joy of joys my sad is tomorrow.. i will be taking notes, but of fallacies used, outrageous demos, contadictory statements etc.
i will share my thoughts here.
the good part of this was a cancelled midweek meeting and the fact its only one day.. .
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SecretHeart11
Dazed & confused, it's the meeting before the assembly that's usually cancelled not the meeting after. So he would still have this coming Tuesday.
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Warren Schroeder from Bethel on Freddy, Kline and the apostate books!
by Dogpatch inhaving problem pasting this...
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Cosmos--any creationists watching? And what does EVEryONE think of it?
by Jon Preston ini just finished the episode about the extinctions and the tree of life and how life evolved.
my wife asked me "what, do u believe in evolution now?
because im watching a science show?
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SecretHeart11
S&R: Ok I think I was mixing up "theory" and "fact". Although to be fair a lot of theories are talked about as fact. I wasn't using that debate to disprove evolution (it would be like denying dinosaurs when you can see the bones! Or like you said About earth being flat / round, not something that can change). I guess I essentially agree, we could see in 150 years how we were flawed in a parts of these theories, but was misusing terms. Thanks for your post, you sound a lot smarter than me lol I don't think that germs or evolution or dinosaurs will be disproven in years to come, but our understanding of them and their history could certainly change. And I agree I was definitely disadvantaged getting a one sided education when it came to these topics.
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Cosmos--any creationists watching? And what does EVEryONE think of it?
by Jon Preston ini just finished the episode about the extinctions and the tree of life and how life evolved.
my wife asked me "what, do u believe in evolution now?
because im watching a science show?
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Yes Vivian, thanks, that's all I meant. I wasn't meaning to start a debate. I'm not very informed on the subject (not a very scientific thinker) and I'm not claiming to be some sort of expert. I was wanting to reply to the poster and say I thought that's what s/he meant. Like you said, if we had all the answers we'd just stop right?
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Cosmos--any creationists watching? And what does EVEryONE think of it?
by Jon Preston ini just finished the episode about the extinctions and the tree of life and how life evolved.
my wife asked me "what, do u believe in evolution now?
because im watching a science show?
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S&R: The example I was thinking of when writing that was germs. There was other theories about what caused disease that were accepted. That was relatively recent (1800s?). More than 100 years granted, but I was talking in general terms. There were also medical practices that would never be done now like they were (blood letting) that were the norm. I'm not saying science is wrong, I just think it's arrogant to think 100% of current accepted scientific knowledge is correct now.
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Circuit Overseer wakes up, packs his bags and leaves!
by Anony Mous ini just heard this about a co i knew back in the day before he was even a co. he must be in his mid-late 40's now, my mother told me the story as she knows the family very well (the entire family has gone 'apostate' including several elders, circuit overseers and missionaries - this was an "example" family, always on the stage etc).. he wasn't 'feeling well' so he took time off from his co duties.
that week he packed his suitcase, told his wife he can't do it anymore and he's leaving, leaves her the car and the house and went to live in a small apartment, bought a small car and a week later got a decent job.. this was very recent so not everybody within the org has heard yet what happened..
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SecretHeart11
Smiddy, I got that by family he probably meant maybe siblings, parents, aunts/uncles, that sort of thing. Sounds like the wife stayed and he left her.
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Cosmos--any creationists watching? And what does EVEryONE think of it?
by Jon Preston ini just finished the episode about the extinctions and the tree of life and how life evolved.
my wife asked me "what, do u believe in evolution now?
because im watching a science show?
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SecretHeart11
Will be and my name, I understand what you mean. So many things that were scientific "facts" even 100 years ago are now known to be untrue. It sort of feels like a similar attitude to people who believe we are living in the most important times Biblically (kind of conceited). I'm sure every generation feels "we have the most important discoveries of all time!", which might be true until 100 years from now when they discover a bunch of information that may disprove what we know now. All these theories sound completely reasonable, but who knows what will come to light in 50, 100, 200 years that could disprove so much of what we "know" now.
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Megan Amram
by perfect1 ini found this tumblr pretty funny and wanted to share.
maybe one of you will share my sense of humor, i love the ayn rand stuff.. .
http://meganamram.tumblr.com/.
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SecretHeart11
ThankS! I follow her on twitter but have not seen her blog.
Do you like Hyperbole & a Half? One of my faves, I go back and reread it a lot.
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JW man presumed dead, shows up 24 years later to collect his pension claiming he had "amnesia"
by SecretHeart11 ini don't know if this has been discussed here, but i came across this article and wanted to share.
do you think he really had amnesia?
an excuse to drop the jw life and start fresh?
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I don't know if this has been discussed here, but I came across this article and wanted to share. Do you think he really had amnesia? An excuse to drop the JW life and start fresh?
http://nypost.com/2014/02/19/dead-amnesiac-dad-wants-to-be-declared-alive/