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  Do i still believe in GOD?

  by smoky21 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi, everyonei not new new... i have been here before under a different user, i just forgot my log-in info after a long time...so i created a new one.i from time to time post something.

  usually i just like reading post, cuz you guys are great.i consider myself a atheist.

  i came to this conclusion a few years ago, but i think i have always been skeptical about god's existence.i dont ever remember having experiencing the holy spirit, or anything supernatural good or evil, so i cannot relate to people who have.i always thought i was good person (never steal, fornicated or hurt anyone), yet never felt blessed by god.

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  Coded Logic

  I think for a lot of people "God" is a real person to them. A real friend. Shaking that delusion can be more than a bit difficult.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqj1DhUKJco
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  Epic rant by UK TV reporter Jonathan Pie.

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. social
  2. humour

  a friend on facebook posted this.

  this is how news should be reported!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p979hai5qlk.

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  "He want's to bomb Syria to stop the flow of refugees fleeing all the bombs . . ."

  And here I thought they were fleeing because half the country is ruled by a murdering psychopath who gas' his own people and the other half of the country is run by jihadist who will chop your head off and gun down whole villages if you don't accept their exact interpretation of Islam.

  But apparently it's about the American bombs. Silly me . . .
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  What's with all the pyramids??

  by Crazyguy in

  1. social
  2. current

  the number of pyramids in the world just keep going up and up.

  an egyptoligist thinks using satellite scanning technology he has found the remnants of another 17 pyramids in the egypt.

  in central and south american they keep finding more pyramids and in java a couple of years ago they surmised that the riuns their was actually a step pyramid possible the oldest in the world.

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  1) Why were they built? They aren't a house or office building. They are very large for what and for who?

  The pyramids were built for many reasons. As tombs, symbols of power, sites of religious worship, and as cosmic engines (clocks). The only mystery here is how do you not know this? The answers to these questions can be found in a sixth grade history book.

  2) The precision of the stone blocks is unfathomable at that age of our understanding of human development. World class construction companies have said they would not even attempt to create such a building today. Some sites with 1000 ton blocks. And for what/who? How did they achieve such precision with out our modern day machines???

  This is not true at all. It's well understood how the stones were quarried and cut into the shapes and sizes they needed. We've even found the tools they used to do this. Here's a short video on some of the techniques they used:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLfBAovcuRFSI4WO_FkviKEEPShE9tOBCd&t=379&v=3zkzZM51LyE

  Also, the idea that we couldn't build the great pyramids today is absurd. The Great Pyramid is about 3,000,000 cubic yards. By comparison, the Panama Canal was built in 1903 and they moved over a 1,000,000 cubic yards . . . per day! And the precision needed for the water locks they built is far - far greater than anything in the pyramids.

  3) Why did cultures all over the world independently develop such similarities with now way to communication with each other at all? No, it was not a planet wide pyramid competitions - you'd think so, but no.

  What similarities? The pyramid shape? Are you surprised that separate civilizations also discovered spheres and cubes independently too?

  A pyramid is the easiest three dimensional shape you can build. And it was the only shape that they could build with the materials they had to those kinds of heights.
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  Stargate SG1: False Gods, False Religion

  by JWchange in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anyone watched this scifi series?

  has it helped anyone wake up to ttatt?

  i woke up many years ago, however this incredible series reinforces my beliefs about religion.

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  Loved the show. Not really sure I see any parallels or anything that would've ever woken me up.
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  What's with all the pyramids??

  by Crazyguy in

  1. social
  2. current

  the number of pyramids in the world just keep going up and up.

  an egyptoligist thinks using satellite scanning technology he has found the remnants of another 17 pyramids in the egypt.

  in central and south american they keep finding more pyramids and in java a couple of years ago they surmised that the riuns their was actually a step pyramid possible the oldest in the world.

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  It is a fact that they cannot be duplicated using modern methods

  Are you saying that we can't build pyramids today? What are you talking about?

  Mercury, the element, has been found in large quantities in some of them.

  Can you cite a credible source please?

  Then look at some of the hieroglyphs that depict "energy beams".

  Once again, can you cite a source? And how have you determined what is depicted is an energy beam? Doesn't that seem like the least likely explanation?
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  YOU MIGHT BE A J.W.

  by brandnew in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if getting ready means putting on a suit........ you might be a j.w.. if going out to the field has nothing to do with grass, baseball diamonds, or football ......... you might be a j.w.. please continue my friends.......i know ya got some.....; ).

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  If you think your religion's publications from 30 years ago is now "apostate material" . . . you might be a JW.
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  Do you have J-dar?

  by JWdaughter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  today at work i had an interesting set of co workers.

  one was telling us about her side job selling sex toys(also a l&d nurse).

  the other one, very beautiful, intelligent woman told us of her 2 kids.

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  J-dar? Hahahahahahaha! Omg, that's hilarious!
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  Fudging the Numbers: Is the WTBTS in decline?

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  it's no secret that the wtbts has a cash flow problem.

  over the past three years they have closed 20 of their 116 branches.

  they have sold off most of their properties in and around ny (including some kingdom halls), drastically reduced the # of printed pages for the watchtower and awake magazines, reduced the printing of books and other materials, increased the number of single page tract campagnes, installed cc machines at their assembly halls, and are now seizing of controll of property assets from local kingdom halls using renovation projects.

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  Coded Logic

  Perhaps "decline" is too strong a word. How about a "decreasing influence"?
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  How to be smarter

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "- matt dillahunty.

  i think that no person should ever feel held hostage by their own mental abilities.

  because, for those of us who have the ability to read, we also have the mental abilities necessary to learn and understand effective methods for making determinations about reality.

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  Coded Logic

  "I believe that there is an objective reality. And I believe there are truths that can be learned about that objective reality."
  - Matt Dillahunty

  
  

  I think that no person should ever feel held hostage by their own mental abilities. Because, for those of us who have the ability to read, we also have the mental abilities necessary to learn and understand effective methods for making determinations about reality. For example:

  
  

  Inference: the process of using observation and background knowledge to figure out what is most probably true.

  1.) Induction: The process of taking what you know about one thing and applying it broadly to other similar things.

  2.) Deduction: The process of taking what you know about many similar things and applying it to a single thing.

  
  

  Consistency: Making sure that one conclusion doesn't contradict any other conclusions.

  
  

  Validity: Having some objective way that a conclusion can be reached while also having standards of evidence high enough that don't let two or more contradictory conclusions arrive simultaneously.

  
  

  Perception isn't the end of understanding our world. It's the very beginning. We take what we learn from our perceptions and then try to build models of reality from it. And the better cognitive tools we have at our disposal the better models of reality we'll be able to build.

  We do this everyday. For example, this is how we can tell the difference between a memory of an event vs the memory of a dream. Because one will be consistent with what we know about reality and be anchored by past events - while the other may be inconsistent with reality and will not be substantiated by any surrounding events.
  

  That is to say, while we "perceived" both reality and the dream - we can still tell them apart. Because perception doesn't determine what we think of reality. Our sense of reasoning does.
  
  

  In the end, the validity of our reasoning is in its explanatory and predictive powers. If we're constantly baffled by the world around us and are consistently surprised by the events in our lives - then we may have a poor set of reasoning skills*. Whereas if we have an understanding of the world around us and are able to accurately forecast near future events - then we're probably practicing good epistemology.

  I know that these tools have been invaluable in making me "smarter". I hope they can be of benefit to some of you too :)

  *When I say "skill" I mean a learned ability honed with practice and effort. For example:

  Metacognition: To think about thinking. To consider one's own thought process.

  Mental Discipline: Training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties.
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  My Mother Died Two Weeks Ago

  by Perry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  none of my jehovah's witness relatives called to tell me or my family.

  just found out this morning.

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  Coded Logic

  I'm really sorry to hear that Perry. It's really messed up that they would treat you that way.