sir julian huxley (one of the great pillars of modern neo-darwinism) may be a symbol of people who feel god is a burden because he wrote: “the god hypothesis .
is becoming an intellectual and moral burden on our thought.
" therefore, he concluded that "we must construct something to take its place.
You know, as a JW the obligation that was imposed upon me by a heartless demanding religion to "save" people from themselves was such a burden.
I also see now it was totally unnecessary because at the end of the day people are gonna believe what they believe for all sorts of reasons in all sorts of circumstances regardless of what I think they should believe. I wasn't helping anybody not even myself I was just wasting time.
All I can say is three cheers for cog diss.
If it wasn't for those extremely uncomfortable feelings that eventually became unbearably uncomfortable feelings I would never have woken up.
video: jw's dance at the jakarta, indonesia special convention.
things have really changed over there in jw land...... holding up phones like lighters now?.
Can't access it. Can you explain what's going on?
i ask this question out of interest, because as a jehovahs witness for some 26 years, i have always felt that there is an 'all work, no play' culture within the organisation.
the organisation doesn't promote social gatherings.
i could count on one hand each year how many get togethers we have had.
I actually made quite an effort to throw pot-luck or pizza evenings together but aĺl my "friends" turned out to be fake when my perfect attendance record became sporadic. Fake friends =fake social life.
JWs tend to invite you when you're "of their sort" and drop you as soon as your congregation social/organizational status drops off.
There is an episode of Black Mirror set in a not too distant future world where your whole is dictated by social points you accumulate or lose and it reminded me of JWs.
It's just a meme fgs
hi all,i have been studying with the witnesses for more than 6 months and regularly attend both midweek & weekend meetings, and i am nearly at the end of the "bible teach" book.
my boss is adamant i attend team christmas functions.
she knows about my studying and potential baptism next year, and has suggested that i attend and just not participate in activities like kris kringle.
Rule hail is riding their pet panda back to fantasy witnessworld.
hi all,i have been studying with the witnesses for more than 6 months and regularly attend both midweek & weekend meetings, and i am nearly at the end of the "bible teach" book.
my boss is adamant i attend team christmas functions.
she knows about my studying and potential baptism next year, and has suggested that i attend and just not participate in activities like kris kringle.
Well that was fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nei6lvfl13q.
interesting development in russia... according to this article on youtube, it appears that children that are subjected to being involved in banned social or religious groups can be removed from their parents..
The ball is in the court of the parents. Anybody who gets their kids to "witness" in a banned country is an idiot.
I'm sure if any kids do get "taken away" we'll hear about it on jwborg.
hi all,i have been studying with the witnesses for more than 6 months and regularly attend both midweek & weekend meetings, and i am nearly at the end of the "bible teach" book.
my boss is adamant i attend team christmas functions.
she knows about my studying and potential baptism next year, and has suggested that i attend and just not participate in activities like kris kringle.
Why did you come here for advice?
would he be disfelowshipped for talking to df persons?.
Not to mention the chick with the luxury oil, foot and hair fetish. DFing offense right there!
Can you imagine the JC.
"Now Jesus did she touch your whole foot? What about the piggies did she touch all five? Was the oil warm? Was her hair long and luxurious? Did you encourage her? Did you enjoy it?
